Yesterday I tasted my very first Japanese persimmon. 
This colorful fruit rules! I have never seen such large persimmons. You have to taste one of nature’s best desserts.
The tree bows to the ripened persimmons. 
The ants can have this persimmon for themselves.
Thanks to our vet for sharing his bounty of yummy fruit! Dr. John you rock! 
Dr. John and his staff have a neat office pet that allows me a photo or two.
Lucky little lizard!
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Me just being me has all manner of experiments in various stages in my house and in our garden as well. Meet Mr. Onion Face!
So after 10 days of having my Mr. Onion Face on the counter, it was time to take farewell photos before the trip to the compost bin. Plus the gnats and smell is not very appealing.
The rotting tomatoes adds a little flair to the picture.
Time for the next phase for Mr. Onion Face. Let me introduce you to Seymour, our compost bin. Goodbye, dear friend.
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We love carrots!
In addition to the health benefits of carrots, they also dazzle me. The carrots above look to be dancing under water.
Purple carrots are a garden novelty and taste great. 
Lucca is a great little helper!
I found another neat carrot combo.
We have a few more carrots in the garden. I hope they bond before I harvest.
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Turtles are on the top of my list of favorite reptiles. We have many turtles living all around our little spot called home and apparently they love tomatoes as much as I.
He does not look very pleased to have me taking his photo but I cannot help myself from capturing great pictures.
He hung around as I gathered the ripe or ripening tomatoes. He hissed a little when I picked him up for a photo. I returned him to dine on the best of the tomatoes in my garden.
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In the spring I had two large sweet potatoes left over from a friends garden that never found their way into some delicious meal. The potatoes made slips so I mounded up some dirt and planted them.
I decided this morning to see what action was going on beneath the soil. I laughed in delight when I unearthed my very first sweet potato!
I gathered around eight pounds of lovely sweet tasties. I added a little more soil and gave the plants some water.
I am may just bake a sweet potato pie today!
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While the neighbors are on vacation their garden grows. I have enjoyed the various sights and sweet tasty delights from helping tend the gardens over the past few weeks.
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Yay new potatoes!!! 
After fretting over the health of our first potato crop, I found about ten pounds of potatoes beneath the soil. I am so proud to harvest our own potato crop. The second planting of potatoes will be equally exciting.
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Blueberries are in high demand among all us around the patch.
Our butterfly bush is a favorite plant in the yard.
Our garden is hard at work! 
The summer medley of squash is bursting with blossoms. In a week or less we will be dining on grilled squash!
The cucumbers are making tiny cukes. 
The grasshopper is one of my many little garden friends.
The beans taste better than they look!
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Fresh, frozen, blended and now in a pie. I stir a couple of recipes around in my head. The result is a mulberry and banana pie.
The mulberries are plentiful even after all the critters have had their breakfast. I enjoy food play in desserts most of all.
Thus a banana and mulberry pie idea takes fruition.
We have a winner!
Take about four cups of mulberries with a cup of water and let simmer with two or three semi-ripened bananas until tender. Add the juice of one lemon with a bit of the zest. Sugar to taste. I used 1/8 cup sugar. Add in either corn or potato starch to blended mix for thickening agent. After the pie filling and crust have cooled, add the filling to top of crust and let chill for at least three hours before serving.
The pie is delicious. Tastes similar to cooked blackberries.
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