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Les Matthews
@les-matthews.bsky.social
IT professional, aspiring homesteader
Black Witch moth on my fence after a hard rain.
#moths
June 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This DR brush mower will go through almost anything. I wish I had taken a 'before' pic - it was very jungle-like.
There is a lot of land to clear on this future homestead, and most is being done with a chainsaw and this walk-behind brush hog.
May 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Got the walk-behind brush mower out yesterday.
#homestead #brush-mower #brush-hog
May 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pic is not as good as yours. In fact, I didn't even capture the Humble sign in the frame, but here's a shot I took last year.
April 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There's only one way to get rid of a gopher.
March 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I planted 2 apple trees (Anna, shown, and a Golden Dorsett), 1 pear (Kieffer to go with a Tennousi and a Acres Home already planted), and a fig (Chicago Hardy to go with a Celeste). Root veggies and borage seeded around the base. I also have 2 plum trees.
#homestead #fruittrees #guild #foodforest
March 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This Walgreens is giving away a free #linux distro with each flu shot. @debian.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I love Mediterranean, and Fadi's is my favorite around. The wife and I enjoyed the cuisine not long ago.
#mediterraneandiet #lebanese #fadis #houston
February 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Yep, and so is Marco Rubio.
February 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Traitor:
February 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Made it out of this year's Fort Bend Master Gardeners fruit tree sale with two apple trees (Anna and Dorsett) and one pear tree (Kieffer). These will be the 1st apple, but 3rd pear in the food forest I'm building on the future #homestead.
February 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
And don't forget his VP with the smokey eye.
February 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I had a frightening experience on Saturday while burning brush on the future #homestead. The wind picked up causing the #fire to spread beyond my control, and for a moment, I feared it would reach a nearby wooded area dense with fuel. I sustained minor burns on my legs but am otherwise unharmed.
February 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We had a hard freeze a couple of weeks ago. I covered the bed, and most plants made it. I have two Napa cabbages, both looking pretty good now.
#vegetablegardening #horticulture #cabbage #easttexas
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Similar to the ones in Lubbock.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This 'neighbor' is hanging out on his front porch checking out who drives by.
#dog #rural
January 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I plant #flowers mostly to attract pollinators to my #vegetablegarden, but I think this gerbera is really pretty, as well.
January 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Greenery for the winter planted - Napa cabbage, spinach, collards, mustard greens, lettuce, rosemary, and oregano.
#vegetablegardening #raisedbeds
January 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It seemed really petty of the Titans to wear the old Oilers uniforms and print the Oilers logos on the field for last week's game against the Texans.
January 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Went for a walk just before sunset and found those pigs!
#wildpigs #boar #homestead #easttexas
January 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I took this picture of a Texas longhorn at the entrance to Palo Duro Canyon.
#palodurocanyon #texaslonghorn #texaspanhandle
December 27, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Dan Crenshaw's district.
#gerrymander
December 26, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Wild pigs rooted in the past week.
#homestead #pigs #wildpigs
December 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Brown-eyed Susan, planted to help attract pollinators to my veggie garden.
#gardening #flower #browneyedsusan #zone9
December 8, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Working hard to clear the 6.5 acres that will be the future homestead for my wife and me.
#homesteading #landclearing #pond
December 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM