HOBBY FARMING ! ! ! Memorial Day 2009 LAST UPDATE (Sept. 11, 2009) This site is dedicated primarily to my hobbies of metal detecting and woodworking and hobby farming. Click ONCE on pictures to enlarge them ! ! ! 2009 Nursery Plot Index Red Poppies Strawberries(June) Raspberries Asparagus Concord Grape Vine Red Maple Tree Cottonwood Tree(3) Mountain Ash Cedar Tree Ash tree Elm tree Hazelnut tree(3) Apple tree (2) Potatoes (3 var.) Sweet Corn Indian Corn Peppers (2 var.) Peas Stringbeans Carrots Leaf Lettuce Onions (2 var.) Cucumbers Watermelon Squash (2 var.) Pumpkins(2 var.) Cantelope Gourds(3 var.) Potatoes, onions = June 2009 Strawberries June 2009 Onions - July 2009 Tomatoes - August 2009 August harvest - 2009 July harvest - 2009 Indian corn - August 2009 Red Norland potatoes - July 2009 Turks Turban squash - Sept 2009 Pumpkins, squash, watermelons, cantelope, gourds 2008 Veggies --- 2008 Strawberries - June 2008 Grapes, raspberries, cantelope, peppers - 2008 Aug 7, 2006 August 7, 2006 Red potatoes - Aug. 7, 2006 Produce - 2005 CHERRY TOMATOES Giveaway produce - 2005 Giveaway produce - 2005 Just a little history on how I got involved in the Metal Detecting hobby. In February of 2002, during my annual physical checkup, I was diagnosed as being a Type 2 diabetic (non-insulin). Diet, exercise and medication were the prescriptions by the doctor. I cannot walk just for the sake of walking. Coincidentally, about the same time, I had gotten a flyer in the mail from a metal detecting business in the north Dallas-Ft Worth suburb of North Richland Hills. I checked out the business and ended up purchasing a White's DFX metal detector, a high end general use metal detector. MD is the buzz word for Metal Detecting and a person who partakes in the hobby is an MD'er and the actions one takes is called MD-ing. I started my first day MD-ing on May 6th, 2002 where I was living near Springtown, Texas. Found a quarter and a penny in the front yard. By the time 2002 came to a close, I had picked up 2,971 coins from the ground and a few rings and other artifacts. As of Sept 11, 2009,  the accumulated coin count is at 19,444 with a face value of $1,727.77