Is this the one that hurt me?
Side note: steroid cream is amazing. Why did I never get it as a child? My arms looked like they belonged to Groot and three days later they are just red and scabby. That’s a huge improvement. Really.
#poisonivy #poisonoak #poisonsumac #gardendangers #weedingfail #itchy #scratchy
It’s happening! The giant #rhododendron is blooming! I think we’re a week from the peak!
#zone7b #rhododendronbush #purplerhododendron #perennials #MasterGardener #gardentour2024
As always, Vi is at the center of the snack circle. She does let the other girls get in a few nibbles. Becky and Kahlo, the poof heads, are actually comparatively small chickens but take up a lot of space in the circle.
#snackcircle #petchickens #Applecore #darkbrahma #SicilianButtercup #oliveegger #whitecrestedblackpolish #BuffLacedPolish #myflock #backyardchickens
I let this gnome roam over to a new spot in the yard. He’s not in jail, keeping watch over my caged hostas.
#gardengnome #gnome #roaminggnome #hosta #hostas #zone7b #shadegarden #solomonsseal
They are multiplying! The white ones seem to be getting larger in diameter.
#clamatis #fenceflowers #zone7b #gardeningsuprises #mastergardener #gardentour2024
Ruthie is broody yet again. She’s been locked out of the coop for a few hours and she jumped up on this branch to be eye level so we could discuss it. Her complaints are many, and her language fowl, but I’m not letting her back in.
#broodymonster #silkie #ruthbaderginsburg #broodyhen #angrybird #petchickens #tinyfury
I actually like the skinny Asparagus stalks more than the fat ones. And I feel like Asparagus is a proper noun that needs to be capitalized. I guess any vegetable I have to wait Years to harvest gets extra respect.
#zone7b #asparagus #purpleasparagus #mastergardener #vegetablegarden #asparagusfern
All my plants have cages because the deer are relentless. But look how well they are doing! All of my hostas came back!
#zone7b #shadegarden #deerproof #GwinnettCounty #freshlyweeded #hosta #hostas
Captain Awkward reporting for bowl drinking! Why is she looking at me like I’m the strange one? Did you know Bryce is featured with @mcmurray_hatchery, both online and in the catalog, as the #WhiteLacedRedCornish model? She’s supposed to look this way!
#petchickens #brycedallashoward #redhead #chickensofinstagram #cornishhen #model
Ooo, it’s a spiky one!
(Clearly we bought a variety of #clematis over the years and labeled exactly none of them. I do not have any idea about the varieties.)
#zone7b #fenceflowers #perennials #purpleclematis #MasterGardener
Weeds. It’s what for dinner.
#petchickens #zone7b #gardeningwithchickens #salmonfaverolle #darkbrahma #PolishChicken #snackcircle
One! One red flower! Victory!
#clematis #deerfence #zone7b #redclematis #GwinnettCounty
This is where the red fern grows.
#ferns #zone7b #shadegarden #fernfrond #redfern #GwinnettCounty
The Thing I Did Not Plant has been transplanted to a bed without enough sun. I haven’t killed it in three transplants so I bet it’ll be fine.
#cannaslily #Cannas #zone7b #volunteer #shadegarden #fullsun #azalea
Looks pretty innocent, right? Wrong! Bryce and Wilga had Becky pinned down and were plucking her head feathers. This is why I have to have two coops. They just can’t tolerate how perfect her bouffant is and try to destroy it! I don’t know why Becky never runs away. She just crouches shown and tries to wait it out. I saved her and have those monsters a stern talking to.
#petchickens #WhiteLacedRedCornish #salmonfaverolle #BuffLacedPolish #beckywiththegoodhair #brycedallashoward #wilgefortis #meangirls #myflock
Four types of #clematis currently in bloom on the deer fence! Somewhere we planned a red one. I hope it comes back!
#zone7b #deerfence #perennials #gardeningingeorgia #gardentour2024
Vi would like you to know she is starving! STARVING! Someone else ran off with the majority of the apple core so she missed out on the third treat session of the day. The feeder is full and she got plenty at treat sessions one and two but she really needed that apple core.
#VioletZindars #darkbrahma #petchickens #backyardchickens #chickentreats #lapchicken #scratch #featheredpigs
I’m going to need a longer basket…
#asparagus #freshasparagus #zone7b #purpleasparagus #gardeningingeorgia
Seconds later Ruth lost custody of the prime dust bathing spot. It’s a whole hill of the same dirt but only this one spot is suitable.
#petchickens #dustbath #gloriavanderbuilt #ruthbaderginsburg #brycedallashoward #silkie #gardeningwithchickens
The largest #dogwood is in full bloom! There is another one in the woods just starting and a third that is just leafing out. Location matters.
#zone7b #flowers #whitedogwood #yardflowers #GwinnettCounty
Clematis. These white ones are the first to bloom but I am hoping some of the other colors we’ve planted make a showing soon.
#clematis #zone7b #fenceflowers #deerfence #GwinnettCounty #gardeninggloves #MasterGardener #gardentour2024
After my talk with Gretchen about dust bathing in the garden she must have told Gloria that it was forbidden. Gloria took that very seriously and limited herself to just two hours of disturbing the soil and nibbling broccoli leaves.
#petchickens #oliveegger #gloriavanderbuilt #dustbath #gardenpests #chickendrama
I did it! Three purple asparagus harvested at their prime! And what did I do with such a bountiful crop? I ate them while standing in the garden. They were crisp, juicy and delicious! Maybe next time I’ll get more at once and can cook them.
#asparagus #purpleasparagus #zone7b #harvest #firstharvest
I see you all out there with your baby goats. It’s cool. I have a goat too.
#SoniaSotomayor #silkierooster #petrooster #zone7b #gardeningsuprises #silkies #backyardchickens #chickensofinstagram
Hey Gretch, I just planted those items and would prefer you dust bathe in the secure area I have fenced off for chickens. It’s several hundred square feet, full of places to dig, things to climb and treats! All the other chickens are in there (because they can’t fly as well as you). So, can you please go back inside and away from my newly planted veggies? Guess how that ended…
#Gretchen #SicilianButtercup #petchickens #gardenfail #dustbath #zone7b #Broccoli
These are huge! I would say they are palm sized. I did not think they got that large.
#azalea #azaleas #pinkazaleas #zone7b #MasterGardener #gardentour2024 #stayathome
Ruthie may get her top knot back! She’s always getting her head feathers pulled out by her hateful sisters (she is loud and hogs the preferred nesting box) but it looks like she’s having a successful molt! Or she could spend tomorrow shrieking in the box and lose all of this growth. Probably the second one.
#ruthbaderginsburg #Ruthie #RBG #silkie #petportrait #chickenselfie #silkies #blacksilkie #judgementalchicken
The new issue of @wheelhubmag arrived today. A few shots of me doing some 3d scanning down at @fullermoto. If anyone needs 3d scanning, cad design and/or 3d printing (current max print size 4ftx2ftx2ft but much larger will be available soon) let me know. I’m tooling up for a new business with my brother doing this type of work.
The new issue of @wheelhubmag arrived today. A few shots of me doing some 3d scanning down at @fullermoto. If anyone needs 3d scanning, cad design and/or 3d printing (current max print size 4ftx2ftx2ft but much larger will be available soon) let me know. I’m tooling up for a new business with my brother doing this type of work.
Who wore it better? Becky is doing an incredible daffodil impression. I hope it brings you joy!
#BuffLacedPolish #PolishChicken #petchicken #daffodil #whitedaffodils #zone7b #petportrait #chickensofinstagram #beckywiththegoodhair
Celebrating quarantine Christmas with a new pizza cutter. #bosslaser
Celebrating quarantine Christmas with a new pizza cutter. #bosslaser
I do not seem to be capable of cutting asparagus stalks to eat. They work so hard and it seems cruel to stop them from achieving their full potential. Viva la asparagus!
#asparagus #zone7b #purpleasparagus #springisintheair #mastergardener #reluctantharvester
Garden Inspector reporting for duty! I cleared some weeds from around these onions so everyone had to come check out that fresh, fresh dirt. Worms were consumed, plants were destroyed, the usual for my inspectors.
#gloriavanderbuilt #oliveegger #petchickens #zone7b #wintergarden #MasterGardener
She stood too long in the Good Looks line and missed out on Smarts. She literally lacks the sense to come in out of the rain. It’s a tragic day for Becky with the Not So Good Hair.
#beckywiththegoodhair #BuffLacedPolish #PolishChicken #petchickens #poof #backyardchickens #chickendrama #mudhen
We’re going to have so many #clematis this year! I hope there are a variety of colors!
#fenceflowers #deerfence #zone7b #flowerbud #Y #MasterGardener
Just some pretty flowers, blowing in the wind.
#springisintheair #pollenseason #GwinnettCounty
Today I saw a very healthy looking coyote sprinting across the road. He looked beloved pet levels of fluffy and fed. And he was fast! This is why my chickens don’t free range unless I’m in the yard with them. Also, cute hosta.
#GwinnettCounty #zone7b #highway316 #hosta #coyote #coyotespotting
Something very ambitious has sprouted out of the compost pile. I don’t know what it is but Vi is coming by to conduct testing. Testing = Eating.
#compost #composting #petchicken #darkbrahma #VioletZindars #tinyfarmer #eggshell
One day, in his tiny asparagus soul, he heard a voice whisper “grow.” And he felt that it was right. And that he should grow. And grow he did! He grew even though it was winter. He grew even though none of the other asparagus stalks had even broken ground. He grew and grew until he was waist height on a human. Now he will fern out and shade his siblings as they eventually emerge, like normal asparagus, in the spring.
#asparagusfable #taleoftheasparagus #asparagus #zone7b #earlyriser #stalker
Spring things! It’s hard to believe it’s really here. This cute pollinator seems a little early to the party but with the blueberries about to bloom she’ll have plenty to do! This is the first year that we get to eat #asparagus!
#jessamine #blueberrybush #hosta #zone7b #purpleasparagus #springisintheair #MasterGardener
Bryce generally will not get within 10 feet of me. However, it was imperative that she get a drink out of the mud puddle I made while filling their sparkling clean waterers. Treats are not worth getting close but mud puddles? Mmm yeah!
#brycedallashoward #velociraptor #brontosaurus #covermodel #WhiteLacedRedCornish #weirdos #petchickens #chickensofinstagram #GwinnettCounty
Somebody is feeling himself today! Sonia just did his first crows of the season and look how red his face is! Still, none of the girls are interested in his advances. Poor tiny rooster.
#SoniaSotomayor #silkierooster #springtime #pantaloons #blacksilkie #petrooster #petchickens #roostersofinstagram
17 gallons of distilled water, 6 bottles of isopropyl alcohol, 4 bags on frozen broccoli. Pandemic prepper or just a guy with a cnc that needs a coolant change and sla prints to wash who consumes too much broccoli.
17 gallons of distilled water, 6 bottles of isopropyl alcohol, 4 bags on frozen broccoli. Pandemic prepper or just a guy with a cnc that needs a coolant change and sla prints to wash who consumes too much broccoli.
Made the mistake of going to Sam’s today. We only care about being able to wear our contacts in the apocalypse. Apparently the 150 people in line don’t know you can check out on your phone.
Made the mistake of going to Sam’s today. We only care about being able to wear our contacts in the apocalypse. Apparently the 150 people in line don’t know you can check out on your phone.
It’s not warm and it’s not sunny but these tulips make me believe in spring. I bet they have to be replanted every year due to squirrel consumption. Worth it!
#tulips #Alabama #birminghamalabama #pinktulips #springtime #bulbs
I’ve been hoodwinked! I’ve had this h*cking rooster in a cushy isolation area for seven days. Seven days of handmade meals delivered to his straw-lined, temperature controlled, batchelor pad. Seven days of him just staring at me and not taking a single step while I worried about him favoring one leg. Seven days of catering to blueberry and scratch preferences. I decided to bring him out to visit his hennies tonight and he sprints off like he’s a track star. Can you see when it looks directly at me and essentially laughs in my face? We were enemies before and we are enemies still. Well played Sonia.
#rooster #silkierooster #SoniaSotomayor #petrooster #backyardchickens #faker #played #GwinnettCounty #petsofinstagram
It might be too early but I’ll enjoy this little pop of color anyway. I’ve never had a daffodil in this exact spot before. I assume the local squirrel landscaping crew was here.
#zone7b #daffodil #daffodils #springtime #squirrels #bulbs