Good job, girls!
What a load.
Tiny wicked witch.
Pollen Pulled in October.
October 15, 2014
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side – Giant Puffball, Calvatia gigantia
October 14, 2014
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finding her inner Dolly Parton.
Fall
October 8, 2014
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Fall walk.
From the enclave
At the end
During
Back home
And around
Slim pickings 10/8
Makes you hungry for beef stew and fresh bread.
Odin is on a Mission…Paw Paws (Asimina triloba)
September 22, 2014
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Odin on the prowl
Odin looks high into the treescape..
lovely leafage, but..
Odin, searching
Ah ha!
The kitty’s bounty
the way home.
The forager at rest..
Honey Bee Sweet, Sticky, Scrumptious
September 18, 2014
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I decided I could take one frame from one of the 2 hives this year since there is plenty more for the bees for the winter (read ~50lbs/hive!). Since it was only one (but still 5-6 pounds of honey!) I scraped it into cheese cloth, squeezed, twisted, and finally hung it off the faucet in the kitchen sink to ooze out, and gave it one more squeeze with spatulas to get the last bit sans wax.Â
Capped Honey
Oozing honey
Sweeeeeeeeet!
Garden Apex in Late August
August 24, 2014
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Garden produce from two days.
When the garden is in high production, picking every day or two is pretty much a good idea. This is probably the last week of super high garden production. After two days, a sweep brought in: corn, tomato, onion, pepper, squash, basil, beet.
There’s plenty more to pick and the garden will likely go into October, but this is likely the peak of production for 2014.
Garden Love
July 10, 2014
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Modest, but Hot.
Be still my beating heart
Hosta, Hotsa, looking for a kiss.
Busy as a Bee!
July 10, 2014
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Happy Flower, Happy Bee
Look at the pollen sacs on my little honey bee (Apis)!
3 bee-types like this sunflower (Helianthus)!
Thistles (Cirsium) – yumm.
Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea) – yumm!
Summer Squash – huge hit with the pollinators!
Flowers Full, finally
July 8, 2014
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flowers full finally.
Puck Presents.
grow cucumbers in your flower pot!
bolting lettuce – nice accent plants.
The Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), unsung heroine of SpringBlossoms.
May 18, 2014
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Lovely with the scent of Jasmine.
