Black Nightshade

Who knew?  One of my wildcrafting pals found this in my back yard and told me what it was and that it was edible... not only edible, but delicious.  It tastes, oddly enough like a sweet tomato!
This is what the plant looks like before the berries turn black.  Pick them when black.  They are so good!

My Pole Beam Fort

My pretty bean and wild morning glory tunnel.  I know the beans aren't wild but I figure I can get away with showing you this because of the morning glories.  This tunnel is so perfect, I am going to do this every year from now on.  You can actually plant both sides ( which I will do next year ) with pole beans and let them climb.  The cool thing.... besides being actually cool inside the tunnel ... is that gravity makes the beans hang down and you just move from the hot garden into the cool tunnel and just reach up and pick the low hanging beans.  So easy!

Oklahoma Paw Paws

" Pickin' up Paw paws. puttin' 'em in my pocket....."

These tasty fruits remind me of mango, banana, persimmon.  They are rare ...so far... as they don't travel well and are difficult to preserve.  Here is what I did with mine.
squish them through a sieve, add white wine vinegar and oil to the golden colored fruit for a pretty, sweet,and delicious salad dressing.  Pictured here is some freshly picked curly dock that will also make it into the salad.