Friday Photos

Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing weekend planned.

It's been another busy one here, so I'm just going to get right to the week in photos:

Echinacea

Fig!!

Psst... Maggie- it's finished!

Fledgling Robin. Saw it yesterday as Mom walked it farther away from the chickens.
 Looks to be doing well!

GIANT SLUG

'Cause I'm Happy...

Potato farm up the road.

Tomato Jungle!

Volunteer potatoes. One plant... 12 tubers. Woo Hoo!

And since I wasn't able to post yesterday's usual collection of links (hello, migraine), here are a couple of links that I had set aside as interesting:

• We don't have tomato hornworms here, but I understand they're quite the problem in some places. If you happen to be in one of those areas (Hi Karen!), you may find this article from Hobby Farms helpful.
• Speaking of tomatoes... here's a handful of recipes from Gardener's Supply. That Bloody Mary mix sure looks good!

Is your garden starting to wind down or are you still running to keep up with harvesting your goodies? Pop on over to Facebook and let me know!

Friday Photos

Between playing catch-up from last week, having the Grow Your Own Food Summit to listen to, and two different online learning events, this week has been one of the busiest I've had in a long time! Despite feeling as though there just aren't enough hours in a day, it's been great- I've learned some really interesting things about gardening, real food, and (thanks to CreativeLive and Dr. Art Markman) some key insights into how habits are formed and how I can make the most of them.

In between lots of hours on the computer, though, I did manage to snap some photos. Here are some of the highlights from the last two weeks- enjoy!

Carrot flower

Cauliflower

Cilantro

First Eggplant, Ever!

Lovely hydrangea

Monarda... a.k.a. Bee Balm

My office... beats the heck out of my old cubicle!

...my co-worker snores a bit, though. 

Potatoes are taking over! I've even run out of bins; hooray for compost. 

Volunteer chamomile

That's it for this week! Time for me to get over to New Moon Goat Farm & Sanctuary, before the mercury rises- we're looking at temps in the high 80s through the weekend, so I need to get the chores done while it's still cool. (I know that the 80s aren't that hot, and there's not even any humidity to speak of... but it's abnormal for here and people will be freaking out all weekend about how Incredibly Hot it is. I think it's pretty funny, personally, so I play along in public.)

What's on your agenda for the weekend?

Friday Photos

Berries and Eggs

Blackberries in bloom. Invasive as all get-out, but tasty.

Peek a Boo

Girdled for future firewood

Happy houseplant in the sunroom

A giant! Yum.

They're still Everywhere....

...but I finally found out who will eat them. Hooray for trout!

Red Huckleberry

Silvana Grain Co. 

Thimbleberry

Eye on the prize...

... and JUMP!

Dragonfly exuvia (the shell that gets left behind)

Have a great weekend, everyone! Don't forget to help me pick a Craftsy class... I'm taking suggestions up until this coming Monday morning. Feel free to leave a comment here, or over on Facebook- I'd love to hear from you!

Friday Photo Tour

Hi Friends- Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week. I did; it had its ups and downs, for sure, but it all evens out in the end. Here's what it looked like, from my perspective:

This little guy fluffed up all of his feathers just so I could take his picture.

Happy!

I think this is an Angora Goat. Anyone know for sure?

I love our big trees... Alex is a good 9 feet off the ground, in this photo.
 It's time for a trim, though!

... and all of that cleanup work gives us a head start on next year's firewood. Satisfying!

The last of the robins, getting ready to leave.
All of them have flown the nest, now.

The garden is taking off.

This year's potato bins are growing fast too... much better than last year!

Peas - take two.

Foo Dog - Guardian of the Garden

Fiery red-orange Oriental Poppy

One of my favorite roses - a gift from a friend's garden.

That's it for now! Don't forget to stop by the Facebook page and leave a comment on the giveaway post to be entered to win a package of reusable produce bags from Natural Home. The contest closes Saturday night at 11:59 p.m., and the winner will be announced on Monday! 

Have a great weekend everyone! :)

Friday Photos

Alex working hard trimming trees.

There's always one who won't cooperate...

I love taking pictures of this bullfrog.

Purple Broccoli!

Caterpillar and damage on iris leaf. Pretty, nonetheless.

Woolly caterpillar on rhubarb. 

Handsome hubby with chainsaw.

Bee on chives. I could watch bees in flowers for days.

This beauty is tucked away by our pond. It's a dark, dark
purple- the photo doesn't do it justice.

Unknown variety of Deutzia. Just starting to bloom.

Flag Iris

Variegated honeysuckle

Hydrangeas on the way!

Kale and baby onions

Dramatic Flo

More bees in flowers. This rhodie had so many bees, we could
hear them all buzzing from a few feet away. Love It!

My next strawberry recipe, in the works.

So that's what my week looked like... not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

Remember to check in over the weekend on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram as I travel down to Puyallup to attend the Mother Earth News Fair. I'm looking forward to hearing from you!