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but it was a beginning
2021
-- december 2021 --
$ 2021.12.03 fri
Autumn walk around the property. Love the pines.
-- november 2021 --
$ 2021.11.25 thu
Osage Orange seedlings heeled in for the winter.
$ 2021.11.20 sat
Bareroot Tulip Poplar seedlings
$ 2021.11.15 mon
some standing dead wood finally fell.
$ 2021.11.14 sun
And it begins...
$ 2021.11.12 fri
A beautiful new day
-- september 2021 --
$ 2021.09.03 fri
#monarch #monarchbutterfly #monarchwaystation #homestead #polinators #orchardlife #orchard #summer
-- august 2021 --
$ 2021.08.29 sun
Future hot sauce. Cayenne, Blackberries, Carrots, Onion, Garlic
$ 2021.08.23 mon
Sunset colors reminded of The Way of Kings cover art
$ 2021.08.22 sun
First year for the main apple orchard. 15 planted in spring.
$ 2021.08.22 sun
#ironweed #polinators #homestead #summer
$ 2021.08.22 sun
BITEME! apple in my trial diagonal cordon row. Both thanks to @skillcult !
$ 2021.08.12 thu
$ 2021.08.05 thu
#hummingbirdmoth #polinators #homestead #summer
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-- july 2021 --
$ 2021.07.30 fri
#swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #polinators #homestead #summer
$ 2021.07.30 fri
Monarchs everywhere.
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$ 2021.07.30 fri
Onion harvest curing
$ 2021.07.30 fri
#coneflower #bees #polinators #homestead
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$ 2021.07.29 thu
The west is on fire and we are under water. This is fine...
$ 2021.07.21 wed
busy busy busy
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$ 2021.07.20 tue
Garlic harvest
$ 2021.07.18 sun
So many snake friends this year, keeping our gardens pest free.
$ 2021.07.18 sun
Eastern Fox Snake chillin in the compost.
#easternfoxsnake #garden #homestead #compost
#easternfoxsnake #garden #homestead #compost
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$ 2021.07.12 mon
#polinators #milkweed #bee #bumblebee
$ 2021.07.06 tue
Mrs. applesfirst saving Monarch babies! #monarchbutterfly #monarch #butterfly #caterpillar #milkweed #homestead
$ 2021.07.04 sun
garden in full swing #garden #growyourownfood #summer #killyourlawn
-- june 2021 --
$ 2021.06.26 sat
why is a bat sleeping in my empty rain barrel?? #batinmybelfry
$ 2021.06.21 mon
what?
$ 2021.06.13 sun
All my dill belongs to these guys. #butterfly #swallowtail #caterpillar #homestead
$ 2021.06.13 sun
black swallowtail caterpillar. lots of these guys this year. they love dill for some reason. #swallowtail #caterpi...
$ 2021.06.12 sat
Comfrey chop and drop on an American Persimmon seedling. #permaculture #comfrey #persimmon #homestead #chopanddrop #...
$ 2021.06.03 thu
#bumblebee #bees #comfrey #homestead
-- may 2021 --
$ 2021.05.31 mon
Wasted potential. A few failed grafts this year. #apples #orchards #homestead #growyourownfood #grafting
$ 2021.05.30 sun
$ 2021.05.30 sun
Hey man...
$ 2021.05.29 sat
Spelled bland and mealy wrong. #kanziapples #factoryfarming #growyourownfood
$ 2021.05.27 thu
$ 2021.05.26 wed
4 hungry baby robins
$ 2021.05.26 wed
$ 2021.05.25 tue
Used some pear branches for stakes, this one decided to grow... upsidedown.
$ 2021.05.17 mon
$ 2021.05.16 sun
Goldrush scion grafted a month ago...nah, I'm fine. Lets make some apples.
$ 2021.05.15 sat
$ 2021.05.01 sat
Red fleshed apple seedling
-- april 2021 --
$ 2021.04.28 wed
$ 2021.04.27 tue
Rosemary from seed. All started at the same time. Such a wide range of vigor. I wonder if one of these can survive...
$ 2021.04.27 tue
Not so pink moon
$ 2021.04.26 mon
Gold Rush on Bud 9 looking good. Second year grafting and I'm hooked.
$ 2021.04.25 sun
This may just look like dirt, but compost is almost magic in the garden. I can never make enough.
$ 2021.04.24 sat
$ 2021.04.23 fri
Osage Orange seedling
$ 2021.04.23 fri
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