Posted on June 17, 2021June 16, 2021I love days like this So many surprises last night and this morning! A baby frog, probably a gray treefrog? It hopped from a pot to a carrot leaf. So small. This was my big surprise last night. First moss rose flower of the season. Today’s surprise is the tall mystery plant has finally bloomed! It turned out to be a four-point primrose!! I remember having seeds from Mom and planting them, but I don’t remember planting them in this particular spot. 🤣🤷
Posted on June 16, 2021June 16, 2021Progress on new beds Excess dirt from our new geothermal HVAC installation is becoming a series of raised beds. I am shaping them for 20-50 min each evening while trying not to overheat. In the previous photo you might have noticed the dwarf peach tree’s support stick. The tree was very unhappy in its temporary bucket so I prioritized its island and planted it this evening. A parent robin was stocking up on food in the freshly moved dirt. I know it was a parent because it kept adding food instead of eating it immediately.
Posted on June 16, 2021June 16, 2021The weekend blog crossover episode Baby zucchini harvest before departure. Saw a tree cricket on the mint. Rouge Vif d’Etampes squash has a baby. Upon arrival to Texas, Junior Supervisor Briar and Senior Director Gracie take a break. Mustard greens and rouge d’hiver lettuce from the garden in a fancy salad by Mom! Mom has outdone herself again with fresh blackberry sorbet. The mint leaves are from my garden. Upon return to Oklahoma, a very fine toad was seen. An excellent weekend visiting with our southern blog colleagues.
Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021Yesterday’s stuff The Chef got three jars of dehydrated onion stems/leaves from our harvest of granex bulb onions. The bulbs are still drying in the hall. My hat is irresistible to Gram. He tries to eat the string and tulle until I get fed up and put it up. Fleabane in full bloom! Photography is boring for dog. Dill starting to bloom. Elderberry is thriving. Full view. It’s just one plant! A tiny bee on Gaillardia pulchella. A young (?) lynx spider eats a house fly while sitting on coreopsis. Coneflowers are going strong. I need to look up the name of this skipper, which is sitting on a dayflower leaf.
Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021Surprise primrose bloom! Didn’t expect a bloom until next year. From seeds from Mom! Thanks Mom! Missouri fluttermill primrose. Narrow leaf is the primrose, adjacent broad leaves are strawberries.
Posted on June 9, 2021June 9, 2021Little things growing Some of tepary beans have started to climb! Salvia coccinea seedlings emerge in an earwig-free environment. Likewise, maybe the baby basil will have more luck away from earwigs.
Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021Humidity of spring Found the two tiniest stinkhorn mushrooms in the yard! Probably a bee fly? Decided the onions would probably dry better in the less humid air of house.
Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021Soup for dinner Green onions in the soup and green onions in the cream cheese fried wontons!
Posted on June 5, 2021June 5, 2021Harvesting onions and hilling potatoes 6 kg of yellow granex onions. 4.5 kg white granex onions. Briar smiles over the bounty. The Chef is going to chop and dehydrate the stems/leaves for green onions. About 1.6 kg of green onion from both varieties. Put the last tub of city compost on the potatoes to “hill” them so they put out more roots. All the bags are fully opened up now. Zucchini begins.
Posted on June 3, 2021June 3, 2021Not quite the right match My first frogfruit bloom! Frogfruit is the host plant of the Phaon Crescent, but this nearby butterfly is a Pearl Crescent 🤷😂