Squash Lady Beetle larvae. Not beneficial. Got squished. Also, walks significantly faster than I would have expected for a hairy blob.
#squashbugs #ladybeetle #gardenpests #zone7b #zucchini #predator #gardeninggloves #naturalpestcontrol #gardeningingeorgia
Picking blueberries with Glo. Turn it up and listen to her sweet little chirps! (Yes, she has convinced me to lift her up to reach more berries. Fallen berries are for losers.)
#oliveegger #petchicken #gloriavanderbuilt #gardeningwithchickens #zone7b #spoiledrotten #chickentreats #gardeningsuprises #mychick #bestfriendgoals
Cucumelons! Looks like a miniature watermelon, tastes like a fruity cucumber. This is my second year growing them and I think they are worth the trellis space!
#cucumelon #mexicansourgherkin #zone7b #trellis #homegrown #gardensnacks #fromseed #GeorgiaGrown
Guess who is locked out of the coop? These idiots! They have the whole yard to run around in and they are standing three feet from the door to the coop in case it magically opens from the intensity of their glare. Not happening. Broody chickens are so focused!
#BroodyBunch #broodysquad #broodybesties #broodychicken #ruthbaderginsburg #silkies #brycedallashoward #whitelacedredcornish #petchicken #backyardchickens
You win this round, Nature. The combination of gravity, rain and squirrels was too much for my first round of corn. I got 6 ears for human consumption, about the same for chicken treats and then had to clean it out. Seconds round is already up and I have plans! Game on!
#corn #cornstalk #homegrowncorn #gardencart #gardenfail #zone7b #gardenpests #sweetcorn #keeptrying
Not quite open? Not a problem! This pollinator was on a mission. He went right from here to a female flower and got the job done. Thank you!
#pollinators #squashblossom #bumblebee #pollinator #bee #bees #savethepollinators #gardenhelper #zone7b
Purple Cauliflower. This was my best one of nine. Never really got close to edible. I can’t seem to grow cauliflower here. I think it gets too hot, too fast and the bugs move right in. But I keep trying!
#zone7b #purplecauliflower #gardenfail #growyourown #eatlocal #eattherainbow
I have all the stages of tomatoes! Ripe, almost ripe, unripe, flowery, and just planted. All the plants are looking pretty good and worms are being controlled. I don’t want to jinx it but this is the best start I’ve had in a while. Fingers crossed! Oh, and we had four ears of corn for dinner. Take that, wildlife!
#tomatoplants #homegrown #chocolatecherry #CherokeePurple #mysterytomatoes #zone7b #tomatosandwich #futurefood
Another fan of my corn growing prowess. What do you think? Rabbit? Squirrel? Possom?
#gardenfail #gardenpests #homegrowncorn #zone7b
Erm…have I interrupted something? Bryce is still diligently hatching Ruth and Ruth is still diligently hatching zero eggs. My broodies are not bright but they are dedicated.
#broodybesties #broodychicken #brycedallashoward #ruthbaderginsburg #petchickens #nestingboxdrama #silkies #cornishhen #whitelacedredcornish
Despite my concerns that the corn was a failure because it fell down again, the Garden Inspectors have declared it is complete success. If they had hands they would applaud. Jerks.
#petchicken #homegrown #corn #oliveegger #EasterEgger #Chickensaddle #chickentreats #gloriavanderbuilt #sophiebhawkins #zone7b
The #cucumelons are about the size of individual rice krispies! Who is pollinating these? Mosquitos?
#cucumelon #mexicansourgherkin #gardeningsuprises #vegetablegarden #MasterGardener #zone7b #growyourown #homegrown
Sometimes you have to give the people what they want! #drivingwhilestickered
Sometimes you have to give the people what they want! #drivingwhilestickered
It’s just two weeks till @benzblogger and I head north on another adventure. We’re driving from Atlanta to Newfoundland starting off with 4 days of @rally_north_america from New York to @campsunshinemaine with hot laps on Watkins Glen and New England Dragway. Donation link to support the kids and families of #campsunshine is in my bio.
#longroofsociety #makeamericafastagain #bonnevillesaltflats #e63swagon #roadtrip #roadtrip2019 #e63amg #e63 #e63s #e63samg #e63wagon #mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #rally #roadrally #rallynorthamerica @edbolian @arnesantics
It’s just two weeks till @benzblogger and I head north on another adventure. We’re driving from Atlanta to Newfoundland starting off with 4 days of @rally_north_america from New York to @campsunshinemaine with hot laps on Watkins Glen and New England Dragway. Donation link to support the kids and families of #campsunshine is in my bio.
#longroofsociety #makeamericafastagain #bonnevillesaltflats #e63swagon #roadtrip #roadtrip2019 #e63amg #e63 #e63s #e63samg #e63wagon #mercedes #mercedesbenz #amg #rally #roadrally #rallynorthamerica @edbolian @arnesantics
When you wait just one more day in case they aren’t fully ripe…it rains buckets and they spilt. Ate them anyway. They were delicious!
#tomatoplants #homegrown #cherrytomatoes #thefirsttomato #zone7b #splittomatoes #gardenfail
When you plant non-traditional tomatoes and then fail to label the plants you’ll have to guess when they’re ripe. Touch of red? Maybe!? Maybe not?!
#MasterGardener #tomatoes #cherrytomatoes #zone7b #organicgardening #ripetomatoes #firsttomatoes #gardeningsuprises
Nom for me, nom for you. Two of the chickens make a daily trek over to the blueberry bushes to assist with the harvest. They don’t normally venture so far from the coop but blueberries are a strong enticement.
#blueberries #blueberrythief #zone7b #rabbiteye #Chickensaddle #sophiebhawkins #hawk #orchard #homegrown #gardenhelper
These two geniuses are back in the broody business. Ruthie, the small black #silkie, is sitting on zero eggs in the preferred box. Bryce, my #whitelacedredcornish model, decided that Ruthie was pretty much baby sized so she’ll just skip the eggs and sit on her. Delightful. It’s also about 90°F outside and they are putting out a combined broody heat that could cook an egg, not hatch it! Also, the screeching! I’m giving them two days. This is just dumb.
#petchicken #petshaming #broodychicken #chickenmama #nestingboxdrama #broodybesties #heatwave
Vi, you’ve got a little grass…
No I don’t.
You do! It’s on both…
No.
I’m serious. You’ve got grass hanging out of your beak.
Shut up. Provide treats. No commentary.
Jeez. Bossy ass chicken.
#VioletZindars #Cochin #silverlacedcochin #petchicken #biggirls #girlboss #chickenportrait #closeup #beautyqueen #glamour #backyardpoultry #chickenselfie #chickenselfiesunday
The vine is a mile long. It had produced one #spaghettisquash. The worms found it. Another #gardenfail. Ah well, the chickens do consider “infested young squash” to be a delicacy. #bonappetit
#gardenpests #zone7b #organicgardening #Chickenfood #ventilated #farmtotable
Flower progess photos! The Carlos #Lantanas are so cute! Each flower group is about the size of a quarter. Our #Hydrangea tree is starting to bloom! Very exciting. The deer only nibbled the bottom few branches. The #marigolds have a great view of the cucumbers coming in. I think I am supposed to companion plant them near the tomatoes but I didn’t. The #callalily plants seem to do better in darker colors. All if the yellow ones are struggling but the red and purple are rocking. Overall I am enjoying the flowers.
#gardeningsuprises #lantana #hydrangeas #zone7b #shadetolerant #shadegarden #yellowmarigolds #lilies #MasterGardener #companionplanting #feedthebees #pollinatorgarden
This deer is practically an IG model. She’s got this arbor set up out in the woods and insists on framing herself for perfect pictures. I had to take about a million to make sure I got her best angles. Thirsty.
#GwinnettCounty #gwinnettcountyparks #doe #hiking #naturephotography #notscared
The first multi-crop harvest! The voles ate most of the potatoes so I decided to just see what was left. It’s about 10 lbs of #redpontiac and #yukongold potatoes. Not terrible…but I think I planted 20 lbs of seed potatoes. The peppers are #coolapenos, like jalepenos but not hot. We’ll see!
#harvestbasket #gardeninggloves #zone7b #vegetablegarden #peppers #eatlocal #yardtotable #futurefood
Do I have two kinds of worms? The ones on my palm are greenish and ball up when I pick them up. The ones on my fingers are reddish and immediately stretch out and try to escape. I dug them up in two separate potato hills but right next to each other in the garden. Hmmm…
#worms #gardenfriends #zone7b #digginginthedirt #redworms #greenworms #MasterGardener
The first! I started the peppers from plants, not seeds, so they had a bit of an advantage. Now if I could only find my velcro tape to secure them to the stakes.
#bellpeppers #greenpepper #purplepepper #harvest #eatlocal #growningeorgia #backyardgarden #organicgardening
Just a minute of chickens eating collards. The for main characters are Donna the #silkie, Vi the #Cochin, Becky with the Good Hair and Kahlo the #whitecrestedblackpolish. Guest appearances by Gretch the jerk and Wilga the feather plucker. They really do each have their own personalities.
#petchicken #backyardpoultry #collardgreens #PolishChicken #chickenvideo #chickensnacks
This “Mouse Ear Blue Hosta” spoke to me at the nursery. I had no idea it was such a show off in the flower department. I choose plants (and paint) based on the names. Good idea? Probably not. But my house is painted “Dark Squirrel” and I have a “Mouse Ear” hosta so I think I’m winning!
#hostas #zone7b #hostaflowers #mouseears #gardenwin #shadegarden #GwinnettCounty
The corn is f’d. Every year, same story. Swipe for the progression from no rain to light rain to thunderstorm. I’ve tried planting it deeper, hilling the rows, planting closer, further, more rows, less rows. I’ve tried shielding them with fencing, between trellises, additional posts, words of encouragement, threats. I’ve planted earlier, later, different varieties, more water, less water, fertilizer, weeds, mulch, companions. I’m out of ideas.
If anyone can tell me how to keep my corn vertical until harvest I would really appreciate it! I f’ing . #zone7b #growingcorn #gardeningfail #gardenfail #MasterGardener #eatlocal #growyourown #upickfarm #boo #gardentips #zone7 #vegetablegarden #growingvegetables
The garden inspectors noticed some blueberries had fallen off the bushes. Don’t worry, they cleaned that right up. And then a few that hadn’t yet fallen but might have soon. They took care of those. And they wanted me to pass down a few from the higher branches but I had to draw a line. It’s a very wavy line.
#petchicken #oliveegger #gloriavanderbuilt #sophiebhawkins #EasterEgger #chickensaddle #blueberrybush #rabbiteye #spoiledchickens #zone7b
I was hoping this flower would open today but instead all of the petals fell off. I planted a pack of wildflower seeds (horrible idea. There is no way to know which ones are weeds vs. flowers until the weeds are well established) and this is one of three varieties I’ve seen. I think it’s a poppy of some sort?
#wildflowers #beemix #zone7b #flowergarden #poppy #orangepoppy
May you grow big and strong and decapitate any prey or mates that cross your path. This fierce predator has only one front claw but I choose to believe she lost it in a battle with a much larger foe. It will not slow her down.
#prayingmantis #gardenfriend #zone7b #bugs #futurequeen
I trimmed back some dead branches on the #OakLeafHydrangea this year. Then I stepped on one and punched a bloody hole in my foot. I think I’ll just let them grow however they please next year. I learned my lesson.
#hydrangea #annuals #zone7b #goldenhour #selfdefense #woods #frontyard #gardening #flowergarden
Current garden updates: Things are happening! The usual suspects are starting to produce. Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and zucchini are well on the way. The corn in about ready fall over and be consumed by nature. Is this first picture Asapragus seeds? I let them all fern out and now they are growing these cute little pods. Maybe they are planting more asparagus for me!
Ok, I have to go chase the chickens out now. They followed me from plant to plant while I took pictures in case something was for them.
#zone7b #vegetablegarden #growyourown #eatlocal #yardtotable #blueberrybush #coolapeno #asparagus #rainbowbellpeppers #cucumbers
The shoe on the right is exactly one year old. The shoe on the left is a brand new replacement. It’s hard to believe these are the same model! Those were some hard miles! Happy hiking!
#merrell #hiking #hikingshoes #fitbit #getoutside #wandernorthga #FindYourPark
Growing corn or ratty Barbie dolls? There is no way to know yet. We’ll have to stay tuned for the results.
#gardeningsuprises #zone7b #corn #homegrown #eatlocal #barbiehair #cornsilk #GeorgiaGrown