Physalis cinerescens grows wild in the backyard and I’ve started moving cuttings of it to new places.
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10/03/2024 lemon balm tea
We ran out of dried lemon balm for tea so I snipped a few more bundles to dry.
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I sprinkled seeds around last winter and one came up near the bird bath and blackberries!
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08/17/2024 fermentation of peppers
We planted lots of peppers this year and exciting stuff is happening with them.
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We were kindly given seeds of this white flowered wild variety of the native passionvine, from north eastern Oklahoma. Two plants made it and this year one had its first blooms!
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We had a taste of paste tomatoes with dinner.
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A friend gave us some of her baby partridge peas in the spring and they are growing up and blooming! This species is an annual so hopefully they will come back.
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We had a lot of germination of Indigofera miniata this spring and around five individuals have survived to planting size and then nibbling by yard bunnies (one even grew back!).
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We put out the summer beans and okra a bit late but the beans are sprouting! (I forgot to look at the okra and I’m not going back out in this heat.)
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