Donna's Snake

This afternoon, I was working on my computer when a neighbor, Donna, called Marcia and told her that she had a snake on her porch and could I take care of it. Well, I did. The snake is a black snake. They are good snakes. I believe we have one that lives under our shed. (our snake) We have seen him/ her a couple of times. Well, I took Donna's snake and released him/her at the edge of the village in the bamboo woods. It appeared that she/he had eaten recently. There were two bulges in his/her midsection.

bulge (a mouse or bird) 

bulges

Tomatoes - 3 Weeks later

The hanging tomatoes are doing the best. They are flowering, but no tomatoes yet.

In the front left is the cherry tomato plant. You  can see cherry tomatoes in the picture below. On the right is the yellow tomato plant. No tomatoes yet. Between and behind are the other two plants that were in the planter. I decided to put them in the ground to give them more root room. It will probably be June or July before we have any usable tomatoes. Although we may have a few cherry tomatoes before that time.

Bear in the Neighborhood

One of our residents saw a young bear in her backyard that had torn down her bird feeders.  She contacted Henderson County Animal Control and was advised that the bear would leave if there was no food left out.  Her contact at Henderson County Animal Control said that folks should be careful about leaving trash and bird feeders out.

Another said their garbage can was down and bag of garbage dragged to the side of shed and their standing bird feeder was bent over and when they pulled it out of the ground the stake in the ground was bent.

I went on a walk and found some bear scat. He/she has been eating a lot of bird seed.

Tomatoes

We shall see what we shall see. We bought some tomato plants, and if everything goes right, we should be supplying us and our neighbors with tomatoes by sometime in June.  

In the first picture is one of those upside down tomato planters. It was only $1.50 at Big Lots. It had everything except the dirt and the tomato plant. I had a four foot treated 2x4 that I split and made the support. I put two plants in this planter.

upside down tomato planter

These two plants are the same variety as those in the upside down planter. As they grow, I am going I will pinch off the lower branches and fill the pot with more soil. The newly buried stem will produce more roots.

One of the plants below (right) is a yellow tomato. I think the other is a cherry tomato. I really can't remember. We shall see.

Our Snake is Back

 We had a black snake show up on our carport last year about this time of the year. Today, as I was going to the shed, there he was in the tree. Enjoy the pictures. Click on the picture to make larger.

Pizza

We were eating at the Pizza Hut last night, and the woman in the next booth ordered a vegetarian pizza with ham.

Spring has Sprung