All About Pocket Knives

It’s peach pickin’ time in Texas. Picked the first batch yesterday. Had home baked peach pie with vanilla ice cream last night.

Plums are starting to ripen also. (Bottom picture).

Ken

Parker County peaches!!! Oh my!!! Bet they do taste good. Now if that ice cream is Blue Bell.......

We’re a couple of hours drive from Parker County, but we have been to the Parker County Peach Festival. Worst part of it is driving through the DFW metromess to get there. You will rarely find anything but Blue Bell ice cream at our house. Their Homemade Vanilla flavor is unbeatable on fresh peaches or pie! Every summer they release a batch of a flavor called “Peaches and Homemade Vanilla”, that’s just about as good.

Ken

My bad Ken. But they are good looking peaches. And Blue Bell is addictive.

Coming along…..

bestgear wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 5:27 pm Coming along…..

I ran across a few Dragon Root plants today, they are found throughout the Eastern U.S., though rare in some areas. The berry cluster will eventually turn a bright red. A Five Lined Skink watched me.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:22 pm I ran across a few Dragon Root plants today, they are found throughout the Eastern U.S., though rare in some areas. The berry cluster will eventually turn a bright red. A Five Lined Skink watched me.

Great pics Ike. And your slithery friend is Captivating.

Great pictures, gents! Things are a' blooming!

The boss seems to good luck with orchids.

Great garden pictures all! Thanks for sharing.

Ike, I’ve encountered Dragon Root a few times years ago when I lived in east Texas, but can’t recall seeing any around here in north central Texas. Hard to miss the red berries when they’re ripe. It may be too dry here, or it doesn’t like the more alkaline black prairie soil. Very unusual looking plant.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 3:24 pm Great garden pictures all! Thanks for sharing.

Ike, I’ve encountered Dragon Root a few times years ago when I lived in east Texas, but can’t recall seeing any around here in north central Texas. Hard to miss the red berries when they’re ripe. It may be too dry here, or it doesn’t like the more alkaline black prairie soil. Very unusual looking plant.

Ken

It is a cool looking plant, and I have heard of people growing them as a garden or accent plant. I will just enjoy them as I come across them, rather than introduce a toxic plant into my yard. I will post another pic when the berries turn red.

Nice pics, BH!

Thanks Ike for the kind words.

Beautiful pictures everyone!

Super cool Skink pictures Ike! He's beautiful!

Here are a few I took today.

I'll start with my new two chamber sand stone planter. These were used by farmers as feeding troughs in days goes by.

The right side is planted with Cactus & succulent plants.

The left side is planted with beard cloves & California yellow poppies.

I especially like the tiny little clover that is growing with one of the cactus plants I bought. There are at least 245 different types of clover world wide.

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And a few from around my little wood shed.

The window says:

(left side) "Little Garden, Big Dreams,
(right side) Bees, Berries, Flowers, Trees" (in German all these words start with a letter "B" & it sounds much better than when it's translated.

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TPK wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 7:42 pm And a few from around my little wood shed.

The window says:

(left side) "Little Garden, Big Dreams,
(right side) Bees, Berries, Flowers, Trees" (in German all these words start with a letter "B" & it sounds much better than when it's translated.

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How about adding a Berliner Bär?

That is a really artistic and nice looking area that you have created, Tom, very impressive! Thanks for posting the pics!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:56 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 7:42 pm And a few from around my little wood shed.

The window says:

(left side) "Little Garden, Big Dreams,
(right side) Bees, Berries, Flowers, Trees" (in German all these words start with a letter "B" & it sounds much better than when it's translated.

How about adding a Berliner Bär?

That is a really artistic and nice looking area that you have created, Tom, very impressive! Thanks for posting the pics!

Thanks Ike! That's a very nice compliment.

But just wait till you see what I am working on right now for on my wood shed. It's going to look awesome IMHO. I'm still working on a few details at the moment. Like some "napkin technique" inside of one of the objects and I need to get a couple more things in town & drill some larger holes in some tiny flower pots but with that said, I'd like to have it finished by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. I guess you could call it a 3-D picture??? Or just"Art". If ya don't really know what the heck it is you've just created you can always call it "Art" so I'll call it "Garden Art".
Stay tuned for the pictures in a day or two.

Nice respite to metropolis Tom.

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2024 7:42 pm And a few from around my little wood shed.

The window says:

(left side) "Little Garden, Big Dreams,
(right side) Bees, Berries, Flowers, Trees" (in German all these words start with a letter "B" & it sounds much better than when it's translated.

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Looks awesome, Tom.

jmh58 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 6:12 pm IMG_7596.jpegIMG_7590.jpegIMG_7589.jpeg

Nice John! Can you eat any of those?

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 12:14 pm Nice respite to metropolis Tom.