{"id":5205,"date":"2021-04-30T22:56:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2021-04-30T22:56:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:56:59","slug":"galling-pawpaw-trellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/galling-pawpaw-trellis\/","title":{"rendered":"Galling PawPaw Trellis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have ambitions to create a trellis tunnel. I picked a spot with lots of English ivy and Virginia creeper vines and planted some timbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We enjoyed a visit from Eric’s dad James and brother Don:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James gave us a soft shelled turtle: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I learned the primary way of making black ink for hundreds of years was by pulverizing dried oak galls, which are the cocoons that oak wasps make:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another thing Alabama taught me is that Lewis & Clark were saved on their trip back by the pawpaw fruit. It is North America’s largest edible fruit, tastes a cross of bananas and mangos. They start of small, but get up to 6″ long:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doggies (and us) have been enjoying our gazebo campouts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This month’s tech video has me talking to water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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