I have to say how thankful I am that God opened the skies for us and gave us two good rain showers on Saturday. It's been over 20 days with no rain in our area and we really need it. We had to water everything at least 2 hours a day to keep plants, crops,… Continue reading 09.22.19 “Surprise Honey, I did something really bad……”
Category: Home in Amite
09.18.19 Creating a Picnic Area – Part Two
I didn't say this in part one but this series of blogs is mostly so we can remember what we did while creating the picnic area on our property. If you want to read it we appreciate your interest! Once it's finished and you want to come to visit us there Part of the project… Continue reading 09.18.19 Creating a Picnic Area – Part Two
09.13.19 Creating a Picnic Area! – Part One
Bridging the Gap - post three The side of the end of our pond didn't have a lot of improvements until recently. It was on our list but money and other issues kept us from working over there. This photo is from Google satellite. I'm sharing it so you can get a good understanding of… Continue reading 09.13.19 Creating a Picnic Area! – Part One
08.26.19 Chauvin Produce Company – In Transition to the Fall Garden
Gardening is difficult when the weather is as hot has it has been. The high today was in the high 70s so right after church today I spent several hours crawling around and working in our main vegetable garden. Pulling weeds has been difficult because the garden was so full. All weeds and dead leaves… Continue reading 08.26.19 Chauvin Produce Company – In Transition to the Fall Garden
08.20.19 Flowers, flowers, flowers at the Chauvins!
We have so many pretty flowers around our property on Rohner Road in Amite. A while back I took a few pictures of plants blooming their prettiest and have included them with the more recent ones taken today. The majority of our flowers were transplanted from our home in Hammond when we moved here. This… Continue reading 08.20.19 Flowers, flowers, flowers at the Chauvins!
08.04.19 My name is Rosalyn
A friend I've known for about 30 years asked me this morning if my name was RO-SA-LYN or RAH-ZA-LYN. I won't reveal his name so he doesn't get bombarded with hate mail! Ages ago people not knowing how to pronounce my name didn't bother me. You know why? My mama would correct anyone who called… Continue reading 08.04.19 My name is Rosalyn
07.14.19 Chauvin Produce Company – Things they are a changing
Things, they are a changing in the garden! This week I harvested our entire crop of potatoes. See the picture below. It was not the large basket full of potatoes I hoped for. But it will provide us with maybe 4 meals of potatoes so that's good. Once the plants above the ground died off… Continue reading 07.14.19 Chauvin Produce Company – Things they are a changing
06.27.19 Chauvin Produce Update – It is Harvest Time!
The vegetable plants are as big as they need to get and they re all producing. We are now harvesting daily! Instead of showing the garden itself, I'll share some photos of the harvest and a couple of the garden! We've been dealing with hungry little insects and bugs and spraying and spraying the plants… Continue reading 06.27.19 Chauvin Produce Update – It is Harvest Time!
06.05.19 Chauvin Produce Company Update
This produce update we're starting with the bad news and then will go on to all of the good news. Well, it was just not time for us to grow broccoli and cauliflower. The plants got big, but bugs got the leaves. We treated them all three different times using Sevin Dust, then Insecticidal Soap… Continue reading 06.05.19 Chauvin Produce Company Update
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