I’ve had this grapecart for years.  Like almost 20 years.   WOW!  It’s an antique.

Do you see the edible plant in it?  Look close…

Yum.  It’s strawberry time at Mann’s Farm in Scott County, Virginia.  Are strawberries in season where you are?

Here’s some more of what is growing here at RiverCliff Cottage…Blueberries in the new section of raised beds are coming along nicely. This is the first year for the ones in the picture. They are sleeping. Next year, they will be creeping, and finally, on the following year, they will begin leaping.

Potatoes are up. Yukon Golds…

We’re about sick of eating lettuce, but we’ll keep it up as long as it’s here.

And yesterday we planted three raised beds with these…

I keep returning to my apiary since last week I had the great fortune to catch a swarm of bees by doing nothing but setting a “nuc” trap beside the hive with a little lemongrass oil on a papertowel. Read about this big surprise here.

Since then, I am wearing a path out there going to see if this will happen again. Over and over and I keep returning with my head hanging low. Apparently, this must be like lightening striking twice or winning the lottery twice. It ain’t gonna happen.