Oconee Heritage Museum Field Trip
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Garden, Trees, Chickens, Eggs
Concord grapes starting to bloom. If you look closely, you can see the grape buds. Another shot of the grape vine! I had so much trouble keeping things alive in this tipsy turvy pots. Strawberries were growing in them, but birds and the chickens have eaten them all. Don't laugh, but these were weed flowers from the yard. The grow in large bunches. I pulled up the bunches and stuck them in the pots. They are actually quite pretty. I figured if they died, there were always many more bunches of them in the yard to replace these with. This is one of the blueberry trees...full of blooms. This is another blueberry tree on the side of the house. Russets and Irishes growing well. Sweets blooming and growing strong. Pomegranate tree growing in front yard. Two of five of the raised beds. Cabbage and corn in the front. (No, I did not plant it like that. My neig...
Old Stone Church and grounds field trip
These two pictures above are of the burial ground of a Cherokee Indian, Osenappa. The dimes and pennies on the end tomb marker are from the child and me. One set of coins for each. The pennies for our visit and respects to a warrier lost. The dimes for one of our own...a legacy to the tribe.
Stumphouse and Issaqueena Field Trip
Stumphouse Tunnel...dug before the Civil War and during... these were blast holes I could not get the picture to turn in the correct direction. Clemson used the tunnel to make cheese for awhile. Issagueena Falls: