I went to dinner with my parents tonight and was able to show them the plot for the first time in a few years. My mom remarked that it was the best (and most productive) she's seen it to date. It's great to see that I'm not the only noticing that stuff.
It was also great to have my dad out there because he'd studied entomology years ago and identified a Hummingbird Moth right away. I'd never seen one before as far as I'm aware. I was surprised at how large it was -- probably a 6"-8" wingspan. It was very interesting to watch it move about from one flower to another with no care that I was less than a foot away from it. Unfortunately, the picture I took wasn't great -- my cell phone doesn't have a good camera. Just wait until this fall, though!
That's it below with the yellow/orange spots on the side of the body and the blur (wings) on either side.
I also thought it was neat to see that the Sunflowers are finally flowering. That wasn't the case the last time I made it out there (Sunday).
I was surprised to get a really good harvest today. Surprising to me because Wifey took the kids out there along with her mom on Monday where they picked some beans and a few tomatoes. Regardless, I picked a lot of tomatoes, beans, and cayenne peppers and a good number of ground cherries with mom and dad.
I weighed the beans, cayennes, and tomatoes we picked this evening. The beans amounted to 1 lb 7.3 oz, the tomatoes were 3 lbs 3 oz, and the cayenne's were 9.7 oz. Quite a nice haul!
No comments:
Post a Comment