Peach Pie

The peaches I picked (shown in an earlier blog post) have now been turned into a pie. This simple recipe yields a tasty dessert. Ingredients include cut peaches, peach flavored jello, sugar, corn starch, and a pre-made pie crust.

Peach Harvest June 2012

I am pretty happy with the harvest this year. For trees that do not have any herbicides, fertilizer, or pesticides the fruit looks pretty good. My estimate is that this is about 30% of the fruit on the trees. Another 10% or so is being eaten by animals or is diseased.

Butterfly on Shale

Dragonfly in Spider's Web

With apologies to the English poet Mary Howitt, "Come into my palour", said the spider to the dragonfly...

Calla Lily 2012

Calla lily that started blooming June 7, 2012 in Louisville, Kentucky. So far, two blooms have appeared. This set of plants is quite hardy being able to survive the Louisville winters.

Crackle Vaseline Glass Marbles

Crackle vaseline glass marbles that will glow a green color when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. See them on eBay at this LINK

Plain vaseline glass marbles can be found for sale on eBay HERE.