As I was sitting in Virginia's spring gobbler woods this week, I saw once again the evidence of how this season is a transitional one. Within the past 10 days, I heard for the first time this year the following birds: wood thrush, yellow-throated vireo, black-and-white warbler, American redstart, scarlet tanager, and hooded warbler among others.
But also as part of this transition time, Elaine and I ate the last of the frozen blackberries and wineberries, both ending up in two cobblers. And we ate the last of the venison from deer number four, meaning the meat from six whitetails is left in the freezer.
As I look around our back yard, the North Star cherry is replete with blooms. The tree is still small but we hope that it can produce several pies and cobblers this year. And the Dolgo crabapple also shows potential as does the Rome apple tree.
Today, I think I will gather some onions and maybe in a week or two, the asparagus will be ready to pick.
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