Wednesday November 9, 2011

 

 

Sam’s Orchard

After church at Line Lexington we went to Sam’s house, because he wanted Cerwin to check the propane heater in his greenhouse.

 

 

From what I could tell, the orchard was finished bearing fruit for this season.

 

 

As I searched through bushes and trees, about all I found were seed pods and berries – probably also filled with seeds.

 

 

 

 

Can you tell what fruit this gnarled trunk produces?

 

 

It is the main trunk to a grape vine.

 

 

I’m not sure what these are called (Sam did say the name), but they sure are pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

The fire bush is bright red.

 

 

Inside the green house there is a small orange bush that Sam said is purely decorative.

 

 

There are some brand new buds, so there will soon be more little oranges.

 

 

These fuchsia were also in the greenhouse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outside I found a few of these pretty purple flowers close to the ground.

 

 

These are seed pods on a large asparagus plant that was growing at an unusual spot in the yard. Sam said the birds planted it.

 

 

More pretty flowers

 

 

I was surprised to find several hanging strawberry plants that were still blooming and producing strawberries.

 

 

They are in a protected area of the orchard, and continue to produce a few strawberries a week.

 

 

I always enjoy walking through Sam’s orchard and garden whether it is spring, summer, fall or winter.

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Later we enjoyed lunch at Henning’s Market with Sam and Alice.  

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