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Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024

10/06/2024 wild ground-cherries

Physalis cinerescens grows wild in the backyard and I’ve started moving cuttings of it to new places.

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Posted on October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

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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Posted on October 1, 2024October 1, 2024

10/01/2024 fluffy asters and giant sunchokes

I love fall flowers!

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Posted on September 29, 2024September 29, 2024

09/29/2024 cowpen daisy

The flowers have all started at once now without my noticing until just now.

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Posted on September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

09/25/2024 sunchokes in the compost area

Who made this compost area so fancy??

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Posted on September 24, 2024September 24, 2024

09/24/2024 drummond’s aster

I sprinkled seeds around last winter and one came up near the bird bath and blackberries!

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Posted on September 8, 2024September 8, 2024

09/08/2024 second passionvine!

The second passionvine has flowers! This one is on the metal dividing fence in the backyard. It gets less sun than the other one on the trellis.

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Posted on September 7, 2024September 7, 2024

09/07/2024 I do love fall flowers!

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Posted on August 23, 2024August 19, 2024

08/19/2024 garden and neighborhood elements of dinner

Tasty stuff.

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Posted on August 20, 2024August 18, 2024

08/17/2024 fermentation of peppers

We planted lots of peppers this year and exciting stuff is happening with them.

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