Pomato?

What The Heck is growing on my potato plants? I've never seen anything like this before! Only a couple of plants have these on them.

When I first cut these open they were white inside, but a couple of minutes later they turned a slight brownish color. They have a delicate smell and taste of a potato, but look like a green cherry tomato without seeds and are solid.

HELP before my MUTANT garden takes over the world!!!!

Chicken Chasers

Can you spot the chicken chasers in this photo?

How about now?

Or maybe here!

No, there!

We picked up the grandkids Saturday night and took them to the Fireworks Display which they enjoyed very much. Then kept them overnight, and EARLY Sunday morning they decided to go out with Grandma to let the chickens out. Well they must have decided that our chickens were a little too fat for their own good and started chasing them all over the yard. Even their refuge under the pine tree wasn't safe, nor was their pen or chicken coop either.

After repeated requests for them to leave the chickens alone and getting no response, we had to insist when Mr. Rooster (our Barnyard Bully) raced after an unsuspecting Aden and almost attacked her. Luckily he was stopped by Grandma's scream.

So then they had to find other ways to amuse themselves.

Like terrorizing the goldfish pond, by filling it with stones for the fishes, and sticks for Mr. Froggy (who was finally put outside after spending the winter and most of the spring in a terrarium, see earlier post X-mas Frog).

Later Ethan found other ways to amuse himself.

But it just wasn't as much fun, so.....

BACK TO CHASING CHICKENS!!!

4th of July Fish Fry

Well it was a beautiful day for an outside fish-fry. I spent the morning making my homemade version of the old KFC coleslaw for the event and defrosting tons of fish. We had about 200 bluegill fillets plus 40 largemouth bass fillets from last year, the whole 32 inch pike Eric caught this year and most of the 27 inch catfish I caught last year. Lynn was busy cleaning house and getting everything ready for the event. Before everyone started arriving we had to corral the very uncooperative chickens and pen them up. And put the dogs in their pen.

Eric, Andrea and Sarah came over early to help get things going. Eric and Lynn set up the picnic tables and prepared to fry French fries outside. Sarah, Andrea and I started breading fish to cook inside. Our best friends Beth and Jeff arrived along with their daughter Emily and her fiancé Chris.
Angie and Eric brought the grandkids Aden and Ethan plus our granddog Ginger. My buddy Dan also blessed us with his presence.

Well cooking got going into full swing. Sarah was pan frying fish, while Andrea and I took turns with the electric deep fryer and breading more fish. Lynn was deep frying French fries outside as fast as she could and when she was done with them she started frying fish too. When all was said and done we had enough leftovers to send everyone home with lots of fish. And Lynn was afraid we weren’t going to have enough....HA.

Aden and Ethan had fun hand feeding leftover French fries to the chickens and I think their dog had plenty too. Everyone was stuffed so I think it was a successful event. Even Andrea who doesn’t really care for fish seemed to enjoy the meal. Sarah fell in love with the pike and I am sure she will be after her brother to go catch more.

I’ve had 2 meals of leftover fish and still have enough for 2 more, and I’ll be eating coleslaw all week.
And again, I failed to take any pictures.