It’s so hard to find good garden help. Tubbs (Violet) over there just eats anything I drop. Also, I ate most of those #BlackCherry tomatoes before I got inside.
#cucumelon #cucumelons #cherrytomatoes #Cochin #petchicken #backyardchickens #tinyfarm #harvest #Gwinnettcounty #mastergardener #zone7b
Next level genius Gretchen realized she could fly over the fence and access the back side of the cob.
#smartbird #chickentreats #homegrown #cornonthecob #Cochin #pekin #goldencampine #petchicken
My official position on this walking nightmare is that you need to take your disco ball butt to the other side of the fence because I think there is a tiny spider army brewing in there. No thank you!
#spider #eggsac #Georgia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #discoball #relocated #arachnophobia #arachnid
This is one broody sitting on top of another broody. That DOES NOT count. You did not hatch that other chicken. She is your sister. You’re both idiots.
#broodies #crazychicken #Silkie #cornish #petchicken #backyardchickens #nestingboxdrama #nestingboxes
Dammit.
#cucumber #chickentreats #cukes #trellis #gardeningfail #lifefindsaway #Burpless #growingpains #zone7b #Gwinnettcounty
This may be more cucumbers than I can give away in one day. Feels like 25 pounds. I should pick them smaller but I never do.
#garden #zone7b #cucumbers #Burpless #Gwinnettcounty #CherokeePurple #tinyfarmer #eatlocal #growyourown
So incredibly broody! Rosie is broody for the third time this summer. She has pulled every feather from her belly and refuses to stand up. She’s currently trying to hatch a branch in the isolation pen. I usually just let them brood for a while but it is too hot and she is too stubborn to wait it out. She would be a fearsome mother hen!
#poundchicken #gamebird #petchicken #backyardchickens #fresheggs #broodychicken #broodymonster
Saw this cave on TV last week. It happened to be on the way to another thing today. Pretty impressive!
#cumberlandcaverns #visitTN #campsite #crazycampsite #spelunking #mcminnville
Thanks stupid bug. That leaf was too attractive. It’s much better with holes. (At least it is on a volunteer squash. That’s something.)
#gardening #laboroflove #ladybeetle #zone7b #organicgardening #squash #volunteersquash #squish #Georgia
Ancient Proverb: Give your chickens corn and they eat for a minute. Tie that corn to a fence and they eat for five minutes.
#chickentreats #backyardpoultry #petchicken #cochins #silkies #chickentoys #chickenpinata #chickensaddle #Gwinnettcounty
Do you see those hash marks all around the top of the circle? It seriously looks like someone Frankensteined a cherry tomato into this regular tomato. Fyi, I ate it anyway. It was delicious.
#frankenfood #CherokeePurple #homegrown #zone7b #gardeningsuprises #gardener #vegetablegarden #tomatoplants #eatlocal #heirloomtomato
This level of beauty does require some effort. And to think just a few months ago Rosie was a pound chicken looking for a home! If you are thinking about new chickens consider checking your local shelter before buying chicks. #adoptdontshop isn’t just for dogs and cats! Thanks for the tip @adoptabirdnetwork!
#Rosie #poundchicken #junglebird #turkey #preening #bosslady #broodychicken #petchicken #flock
Harvest! I managed to get cucumbers and peppers at the same time so I think I’ll try to make relish.
#cucumbers #summersquash #CherokeePurple #bellpeppers #cucumelons #fiskars #zone7b #gardener #prepickles #tinyfarmer
The #cucumelon planting has been a success! After a truly unbelievable germination period and a slow start up the trellis, the vines are thriving and the harvest is starting to roll in! They taste like strong cucumbers and are super crunchy. I bet you could sell these for $8 a pint at the farmers market! (I give away all of my extra veggies for free but I like to calculate the market value.)
#gardening #zone7b #cucumbers #trellis #vegetablegarden #homegrown #farmersmarket #organicgardening #tinywatermelon #tinyfarmer
50 deviled eggs! Way to go girls!
#petchickens #fresheggs #cookout #deviledeggs #eatlocal #homemade #chickensofinstagram #tinyfarmer
The first Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes! I love this type because they are big enough to matter but small enough to snack on. They have excellent flavor and don’t crack immediately. Also, Rosie and Glo have no respect for the fence that keeps them out of the garden.
#growyourown #eatlocal #cherrytomatoes #chocolatecherry #zone7b #Gwinnettcounty #mastergardener #oliveegger
I’m already a vegetarian. I don’t know what I’ll eat if my vegetables cry when I pick them! Dammit.
#crisisofconscience #cucumbers #gardener #zone7b #vegetarian #eatlocal #Burpless #vegan #plantbased
My talented flock created this perfectly hollowed out watermelon bowl today and are currently working on a coordinating loop. If you’re interested, all of their beak-crafted work will be available on their Etsy shop. (Just kidding! It will be in the compost pile.)
#crafty #myflock #petchickens #rooster #SoniaSotomayor #Rosie #Violet #silkierooster #cochins #watermelon #chickentreats
The Oak Leaf Hydrangea turned pink for summer!
#hydrangea #oakleafhydrangea #gardeningingeorgia #zone7b #mastergardener #gardentour2020
That’s my jam! I made peach-basil jam from @pearsonfarmga peaches and it is delicious! The canning was actually not as labor intensive as I remember. I think I’ll pick up some pickling salt and get some cucumbers preserved too.
#peaches #peachbasiljam #balljar #canning #homegrown #tinyfarm #foodphotography #georgiapeach #pearsonfarmga
The first!
#gardening #tomatoes #zone7b #tinyfarm #tomatoplants #growyourown #eatlocal
Ew! No thank you. They ate a whole branch of a blueberry bush in one day! They freeze when you look at them but move in unison when you look away. The three at the end of the branch are plotting something. What are they?!
#bugs #caterpillar #blueberrybush #gardenpests #zone7b #caterpillars #organicpestcontrol
I call this gem “hiking behind tall people.”
#badlands #badlandsnationalpark #hiking #boomerang #keepup #faster @advanced_amateur
I forgot I made this while emerging from a cave at #CratersoftheMoon!
#boomerang #seriouscaver #bats #lava #lavaflow #lavacave #roadtrip
Round food = Chicken clock!
The girls can demolish a melon. I added some spouts for extra nutrients. I’m sure they appreciated it.
If you’re wondering: 12 o’clock – Rosie, 3 -Vi, 6 – Big Red, 8- Gretchen, 9 – Gloria, 11 – Becky.
#petchicken #chickenportrait #chickensnacks #chickensofinstagram #cochins #oliveegger #poundchicken #cantaloupe #eatlocal
I stood in one spot and picked for an hour. I think I got one branch of one bush fully picked. It was a gallon. There are SEVEN bushes. Note to self: Stop planting “extra” blueberry bushes!
#tinyfarmer #upick #blueberries #blueberrybush #zone7b #rabbiteye #growyourown #eatlocal
Crops!
#tinyfarmer #eatlocal #gardener #kitchengarden #organic #blueberries #Burpless #YukonGold #fresheggs #upickfarm #volunteersquash
Somebody took the time to decorate their egg today. Extra snacks for everyone!
#fancychick #petchicken #paleblueegg #EasterEgger #homegrown #Wilge #notyouglo
The smaller they are…
#SoniaSotomayor #silkierooster #Silkie #rooster #petrooster #eyeballing #sideeye #fierce #rage #chickensofinstagram
Please be fruitful #cucumelon! I really want to pickle jars of you! Also, how do you say cucumelon? I’ve been saying Q-Q-melon. Yes? No?
#garden #tinyfarm #crops #organicgardening #eatlocal #newveggie #tinywatermelon #citrus #trellis #vining #zone7b #miniature #minicukes
Portrait in Broodiness.
Ruthie and Rosie are just two of my four psycho broodies. They have distinguished themselves by refusing to walk a single step when removed from the nesting box. Plop. Full pancake. Ruthie the #Silkie has been broody four times in less than a year of life. Rosie is on broody stint number two but with a noticeable commitment to the cause. Lunatics.
#nochickzone #90degrees #poundchicken #ruthbaderginsburg #petchicken #broody #broodychicken #silkies #chickensofinstagram #teenmom #pancake
When I left for vacation the cucumber vines were just starting to climb the trellis. Two weeks later they are at the top and making cukes!
#zone7b #cucumbers #crops #harvest #tinyfarmer #gardenfresh #eatlocal #trellis #Gwinnettcounty
Flowers and bees at the #DenverBotanicGardens. Anyone know why they went with “botanic” rather than the more common “botanical” in the name? Either way, pretty flowers.
#Denver #flowers #bees #pollinator #walkinthepark #visitdenver
Squeee! Baby duck!
#Denver #botanicalgardens #denverbotanicgardens #duckling #lilypad
Hiking in Aspen. There were so many different kinds of wildflowers!
#difficult #camping #Aspen #wildflowers #naturephotography #nobears
I’ve been to every National Park in six states with almost no wildlife sightings. Tonight this mule deer and five buddies walked up to me in a bar. Ah well.
#muledeer #Colorado #socute #fortcollins
Landscape Arch. Worth the walk.
#arches #hiking #FindYourPark #Utah #roadtrip #archesnp
Wildlife capture success! Do you see the lizard? He’s very small but it’s all I’ve got in the wildlife department.
#FindYourPark #Arches #lizard #Utah #wildlifephotography #desert
My #airbnb has an apricot tree with a view!
#apricot #moab #fruittree #zone? #100degrees
Temple Square is really impressing me with their gardens! Are the tall ones gladiolas?
#Saltlakecity #zinnias #gladiolas #SLC #TempleSquare #morningstroll #imherefortheflowers
The Salt Flats are significantly bigger than I expected.
#strangeworld #FindYourPark #bonnevillesaltflats #salty #Utah
Lava field flowers are amazing! They are teeny tiny and incredibly tough. They are slowing turning lava rock into soil. If you stick around for a few millennia you’ll see their progress.
#FindYourPark #cratersofthemoon #lava #monkeyflower #bitterroot #buckwheat #drawfbuckwheat #hiking #Arco #wildflowers
I am sure that there are animals in the parks but I am not seeing much of them. Here is my animal series:
1 – maybe a wolf print? It was a little smaller than my palm and had deep claw holes.
2 – picture of a picture someone else took of Bison fighting. I kind of saw it? I have seen a lot of bison but mostly just standing still.
3 – deer. Maybe it is a special western deer? I don’t know.
4 – there is a moose in this picture. It was in a “moose environment.” That’s pretty much a zoo exhibit. I did see a moose way up in the mountains but it is a teeny tiny spot in the picture.
Nature is unpredictable.
#FindYourPark #Yellowstone #GrandTetons #roadtrip #animalphotography #hiking #wolf #bison #moose
This is real scenery. It just grew this way.
#GrandTetons #FindYourPark #Wyoming #roadtrip #USA #nationalparks #grandteton
Hiking.
#Yellowstone #findyourpark #headwaters #Wyoming #yellowflowers
This is certainly not something I’ve seen before. This mini-geyser is just as good as the big, famous one!
#findyourpark #nationalparks #Yellowstone #geyser #oldfaithful #Wyoming #geyservideo
The fields of yellow flowers go on forever! I bet they only last a few weeks. I’m so lucky I got to see them! (And a turkey, deer, eagle, ferret and snake!)
#findyourpark #custergallatinnationalforest #emeraldlake #camping #Montana #mysticlake #hiking #nationalparks
Somehow, just standing here, I became an accomplished fly fisherperson. Or maybe that is one too many viewings of A River Runs Through It.
#nature #bighorn #bighornnationalforest #Wyoming #findyourpark #roadtrip #scenery #westward #BradPitt #ariverrunsthroughit
Sea creature or alpine meadow flower? I think it could go either way!
#naturehike #roadtrip #alpinemeadow #bighorn #nationalparks #daisy #wyoming #bighornnationalforest @nationalparkservice
Another #airbnb with chickens! I think this one was a happy accident. I booked for the view and the chickens were a bonus!
#petchicken #roostersofinstagram #devilstower #roadtrip #crazychickenlady #littlejoe