This is our final edition of Trouts Farm Latest Photos, a monthly photo essay we started in June, 2001. Going forward, you will find our pictures and musings at Plastic Farm Animals. You can also look us up on Facebook and Instagram. HOME, SWEET HOME Troutsfarm yard and gardens, a place we like to be. […]
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From Farm and Garden to Sink and Fork – May, 2020 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE We pay up front, and every month pick up an embarrassing amount of produce. FAVA BEANS Our first experience with these fabled beans reveals a sublime treat similar to edamame. SUNKEN GARDENS OF MONCURE We
The setting for most of our weekend walks – May, 2020 WALK #1 – CLICK BEETLE A very large bug with fake eyes attached itself to Bob at Jordan Lake Dam. WALK #2 – AUDUBON OBSERVATION DECK To change things up, we drove over to another side of the lake for our
From spiders to bunnies, our world is teeming with fancy animals – May, 2020 TWO KINDS OF FROGS You’ve got your leopard frog and your bullfrog. Our little pond off the front porch is a breeding ground for frogs. KING OF THE DITCH A very large bullfrog is the lord of his
Our yard blooms bright in May of 2020 MOSTLY FLOWERS When the gladiolus bloom we know Camille’s birthday is just around the corner. PEONIES Festiva Maxima! ROSES Our Fragrant Cloud, and a yellow Radiant Perfume from Shaine’s garden. Both smell divine. ALL TOGETHER, NOW May is the
Checking out our friends’ new old plantation house – May 16, 2020 CAROLINE AND HEYWARD Socially responsible, upwardly mobile, and proud owners of a tobacco plantation house built in 1839. BALCONY WITH A VIEW This is the view of Hey and Caroline’s front yard: the lawn with its ancient cedars and circular
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Sheltering in place has not been uncomfortable. We live in a spacious house on two acres, one of us works from home and the other is retired. Our deep friendship, plus a vibrant spring, random wildlife sightings, curbside shopping, our Red Roots CSA, friends who share eggs and drop off tomatoes, Zoom, Skype, and Messenger,
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Sheltering at our place is so nice that it’s easy to forget the outside world is a big, hot mess – April, 2020 TROUTS FARM Home sweet home, with the fragrant phlox in bloom, and our mascot, Spot, yakking at us from the front porch. The phlox garden has come a long way.
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Forest bathing at The Bend – April, 2020 WHITE OAK This monstrosity is on our back acre. The giant nest probably belongs to the squirrels. BARK White Oak bark, with it’s page-like scales, and scabby Sycamore. SMALL SURPRISES Camille ran into a rare White Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) on
In which we dance on the cusp of spring with spicy stews and fresh bread, tender asparagus, the garden starts raring to go, Blackbird flocks and nesting Bluebirds, pollen flying and a flying Belle, a hidden snake, Life in the Time of Covid, iris blooms, and seed potatoes. CURRY Comfort food comes in many
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