The sweet corn in the back yard seems to be confused…it’s not even 3 feet tall, but it’s starting to try to produce corn…weird! The German Butterball Potatoes are getting ready to flower! The Butternut Squash is getting some color texture! Bush Beans, Pole Beans and Snap Peas Mystery tomatoes coming along. I transplanted this guy and forgot to write…
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The first pie pumpkin The first (ever) acorn squash I love the texture in this bed…Sunflowers, tomatoes and acorn squash Ashes made her way outside, Bo was not happy about it… Baby tomatoes…not suffering from butt rot The first lemon cucumber…the previous few mysteriously disappeared… The first bush snap pea The first rain water harvest!!! Silly puppies AKA Mika &…
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Hilled up potatoes! A corner of our back yard Fantastic sunset shot from the back yard Chickens like beets 🙂 The Butternut Squash is starting to run! Snap Peas and beans starting the long climb! Beans make for a pretty cover crop Spinach (second planting) under a tree in the front yard Mint and a transplanted tomato…couldn’t tell you what…
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Recently, Tool Lady and I saw some unusual behavior happening right outside our bee hive…The bees seemed to be moving very quickly and strangely right outside of the hive. At first we thought it was a robbery in progress. You know, the whole fight to the death panic ensuing madness that happens when another entity is trying violently to steal…
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We checked on our bees again this weekend and have found 8 separate combs being built…one almost entirely completed! The work these little guys are putting into their new home never ceases to amaze me! They look happy and healthy and seem to be doing wonderfully despite the crazy temperatures and horrible drought we’ve been experiencing! Now, I love honey…
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Round two of the snap peas is much smaller than Round One, but we already have a few flowers and one actual pea 🙂 The Blue Corn is coming along nicely! This is my first year trying this variety…my fingers are officially crossed! All of the tomatoes I started from seed in one of our raised beds are turning into…
