Half Way

By the time you are reading this, Ill already be at my vacation destination. The beach.

Its a 200 mile trip to the coast and We have our favorite pit stop half way there. Its a produce store that sits on the side of the hwy surrounded by farm land that you can see as far as your sight will let you. Its never ending rows of peach trees, strawberries and other fresh crop.

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McLeod Farms road side market has some of the best veggies, fruits, jellies, pickles and ciders. You can get hot boiled peanuts and coffee. In the fall, they have a large pumpkin patch and corn maze.  

The peaches and strawberries are so fresh.

They serve ice cream, cakes and cobblers as well. They also have clean restrooms and an inclosed eat in porch as well as an outdoor picnic area.

We always grab a few tomatos so we can enjoy some fresh mater sandwiches for lunch. We will also purchase some other goodies for snacks.

We may even pick up some sweet potato or strawberry bread for the road. 

Next to the produce store, is a museum. Inside you will see vintage cars and antuiqes. The outside has a display of vintage tractors.

I like to walk over there and check them out before getting back on the road.

We will stop here on the way back too and enjoy a picnic lunch. 

All I Got

Looks like this is all im gonna get from the pepper plants I planted at the beginning of summer.

I planted six. New leaves continue to grow but something eats them during the night.  

As soon as the flowers fall off and the peppers shine through, They just get snipped off during the night! Wonder whats doing it? Birds? Squirrels? Bugs? 

As far as the egg plants?

This is all I got. The purple flowers bloom and fade... Hello? Is there any eggplant home? Never.

However, the eggplants are covered with fire ants! I got stung by one. 

I have been ant bit before and thought it was a fire ant until now. There IS a difference. The fire ant stung like a bee! Left a wlep too. Im glad I got my hand away before they swarmed me. 

Oh dear, im just not a gardener.