My tomatoes are pearlescent! I don’t know what variety this is but they are glittery and marbled! They also taste good.
#harvest #zone7b #gardening #tomatoes #tinyfarm #gardensnacks #georgiagrown #gwinnettcounty
I love these little #LunchboxPeppers! I would have said I only planted red ones this year but these orange ones would disagree. All of this is headed for the freezer today.
#gardening #zone7b #bellpeppers #redlunchbox #orangelunchboxpepper
Tonight we are featuring back-of-the-fridge kale, suspended from a piece of old twine, under a twisty branch. Expecting my #michellinstar any moment.
#petchickens #chickenfeast #chickensnacks #kale #polishchicken #silkies
Auditions for Cirque bee Soleil are happening on the cucumber vine today. She’s hanging from a curlicue, suspended by just her fingertips! Such skill!
#acrobee #beeyoutiful #pollinators #zone7b #gardenfriends
This guy has seen some things. I found him in a flooded hole. One of his back legs ends at the knee in a pretty gnarly stump. I gave him some #grubblies and a leaf full of water. He did not accept my pity. I’ll try again tomorrow.
#prideful #frog #zone7b #gardenfriends @grubblyfarms
You know how sometimes, you’re going to harvest that squash tomorrow but then you work late and forget and then two days later you come back to find it has graduated high school, started working out and got all swole? Now it wants to talk about protein powder and squat PRs? Oops.
#giantsquash #summersquash #zone7b #harvestbasket #tinyfarm #crossfitsquash #lunchboxpeppers
The #SpaghettiSquash has been harvested! It was developing a split (uneven rainfall) so I decided it was time! It is almost a full gnome tall and weights 7 pounds, 14 ounces! Yeah squash!
#gardening #harvest #gardengnome #zone7b #gardeningingeorgia #myburpeegarden
I never have my basket when I need it.
#harvestbasket #homegrown #tomatoes #myburpeegarden #redtomatoes #yellowtomatoes #zone7b #tinyfarmer
The Garden Inspectors seem fine with the knee high weeds but were very disappointed that the cucumbers are now producing only above the two foot mark. I heard grumbles of “elitist” and “bull…” from these two as they returned empty beaked.
#gloriavanderbilt #Gretchen #sicilianbuttercup #petchickens #freerange #zone7b #gardeningwithchickens #gwinnettcounty #eatlocal
This is not my prized #spagettisquash. It is from a little further down the vine and I hadn’t realized it was being attacked. Those smug little worms headed straight for their holes when confronted. Cowards.
#gardenpests #gardenfail #youwinsomeyoulosesome #zone7b
I think it is almost time to harvest my giant #spagettisquash! It has turned golden yellow and my fingernail does not easily penetrate the skin. I am now just waiting for the stem to turn a little brown. If I harvest too early it won’t noodle well and that would be a major #gardeningfail.
#zone7b #wintersquash #opinionswelcome #Gwinnett #homegrown #yardtotable
Made some quickles. I seem to have added ALL the salt. They are now resoaking in water to draw out the salt. Tomorrow will have to be quick enough.
#quickles #pickles #homemadepickles #readarecipe #followdirections #wingit
I forgot again. Must check the #okra every day. I wonder how big they would get? Is this a zucchini situation? Will I get an okra bat?
#zone7b #gardeningfail #gwinnettcounty #mastergardener
Um, Bryce? Your neck is a corner? Does anyone else have a hybrid chicken-giraffe?
#whitelacedredcornish #petchickens #chickentreats #gwinnettcounty #gardeningwithchickens
Recipes that call for one cup of zucchini are a joke. I’m going to quadruple whatever it says and then probably toss in the remainder.
#squashmath #zucchini #zone7b #gardening #recipes #gwinnettcounty
The Thing I Did Not Plant is having another fantastic year! Transplanted for the fifth time in as many years, to some poor soil with not nearly enough sunshine, then shredded by hail, it has produced the best flowers yet! Meanwhile, the #FiddleleafFig I’ve been doting on inside seems to throw more leaves on the floor every time I look at it.
#sentientbeings #cannalilly #zone7b #gwinnettcounty #gardeningfail #cantwinthemall
Harvest! I’m going to need some new eggplant recipes.
#eggplant #tomatoes #summersquash #bellpeppers #zone7b #gardening #harvestbasket
This is what is happening with my Spaghetti Squash / Leyland Cypress hybrid plant. Swipe for the telestrated image. Next step: world domination.
#gardening #spagettisquash #leylandcypress #zone7b #vining #trellis #outofcontrol #zone7b
The are Nope Bugs. As in “Nope. Can’t live here.” They got squished. I feel no remorse.
#gardenpests #zone7b #spagettisquash #organicgardening #pestcontrol #gwinnettcounty
The garden inspectors have reviewed the work that I did extracting melon for human consumption and ruled that I was slightly too thorough. Next time I will do a worse job so more is left for the pre-compost cleaning crew.
#watermelon #gardeningwithchickens #zone7b #polishchicken #silkie #petchickens #crazythingschickenpeopledo #freeranging #spoiledchickens
Thank you for the beautiful flowers @shadygrovefarmstead! If you live in the #Gwinnett, Georgia area they are now hosting a small market at @slowpourbrewing in downtown #Lawrenceville on Tuesdays from 5-8. Flowers, berries, veggies, goat cheese from @cattywampus.acres47, what else could you need?
#eatlocal #supportsmallbusiness #gwinnettcounty #lovelawrenceville #hydrangea #zone7b
I eat okra raw. That’s how I like it. Young, tender pods, dipped in a little ranch. They taste like crunchy green beans and have excellent texture. I would also slice them for salads. The infamous slime appears when they are cooked so this avoids that entirely.
#okra #zone7b #gardening #gwinnettcounty #tinyfarm #newvegetables
Kahlo and I would like to announce that we are at 0% broody. It took 6 days of being locked out of the nesting areas but everyone is now back in circulation. Kay does not want to hear anything about her food boob. It was a heavy snack day.
#petchickens #polishchicken #whitecrestedblackpolish #Kahlo #foodboob #gardeningwithchickens #zone7b #freeranging
I planted some flowers in my vegetable garden to encourage pollinators. This one says “deer resistant” but did not mention bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks or other visitors. Let’s see!
#zone7b #rudbeckia #blackeyedsusan #vegetablegarden #tinyfarm #pollinatorgarden
I cannot overstate the giantness of this #spagettisquash! It’s starting to turn yellow and harden up. I hope it makes it to harvest!
#zone7b #squash #trellis #vegetablegarden #tinyfarm #tinyfarmer #eatlocal #gwinnettcounty
Look! I grew an okra! I don’t particularly like okra but the plants looked really cute at the nursery so now I have two. I find it hilarious that they grow up into the air. I expected they would hang down like peppers.
#experimentalgarden #experimentalgardening #zone7b #okra #growyourownfood #greenokra
Garden progress photos! The #spagettisquash are out of control! The vines are climbing the #leylandcypress and I think they are a good 20 feet in the air! Deer ate the cucumbers so we’re working on some regrowth there. The #eggplant and #zucchini are doing very well. Most of my #tomatoes are very over-watered with all the thunderstorms we’ve had so I had to pull a few rotten plants and started a few new plants on higher ground. The #asparagus forest is busy storing energy for next year and there is probably just a week of blueberries left.
#zone7b #gardener #growyourownfood #eatlocal #vegetablegarden #gardeningwithchickens
Are my broodies cured after 3 days of being locked out? Not even close.
#silkie #cornishhen #petchickens #ruthbaderginsburg #brycedallashoward #broodyhen #broodyrage #thebroodybunch
This is one broody idiot sitting on another broody idiot. Bryce always sits on Ruth when she’s broody and Ruth is nearly always broody so that works out. They are currently locked out of the coop with Violet, queen of the broodies. I bet it takes 4 days to break them. They seem extra determined this go around.
#broodyhen #broody #brycedallashoward #ruthbaderginsburg #silkie #cornishhen #teenmom #angrybird
I’m standing in my garden. We’ve had a little rain. Will rice or cranberries grow in #zone7b? They like it boggy, right?
#gwinnettcounty #floodzone #Lawrenceville #gardeningfail #pond #standingwater #puddle #itsnotasfunasitlooks #chickenboots #Crocs #waders
An interview with a Moody Broody. Violet is a champion brooder, dedicating weeks at a time to hatching nothing, and becoming frighteningly thin. When forced out for exercise she complains loudly while pacing back and forth in front of the door to her coop. Here she tells the story of how she was given her favorite foods, fresh water and hugs, aka Tortured!
#PoorVi #VioletZindars #petchickens #broodyhen #broodychicken #darkbrahma #backyardchickens #hugyourchickens #chickensofinstagram #chickenvideo
I wanted to eat dinner while supervising the chickens free range time. What I got was the chickens supervising me while I ate dinner. How do they know?
#petchickens #needy #hungry #wilgefortis #gloriavanderbilt #freeranging #supervised #chickensofinstagram
This is the perfectly clean (and giant) foot of my dedicated broody. She sits the box all day and perches on a branch shouting angrily when forced out. No digging, no mud, only brooding. Also, she seems to have lost a toenail.
#petchickens #VioletZindars #darkbrahma #furfeet #bigchicken
Oh my god! The tiny twin under her chest is too much! I didn’t see it when I was talking it but it is by far the best part of the picture. That is a sister photobomber! Sorry Glo, you’ve been seriously upstaged by Bryce.
#petchickens #gloriavanderbilt #brycedallashoward #whitelacedredcornish #oliveegger #myflock #photobomber #sisters #gardeningwithchickens #gwinnettcounty
The apple tree is trying much harder than usual this year. It must have heard me say I wanted it cut down. It can stay if I get to eat an apple this year and it is good, not gross.
#appletree #zone7b #orchard #tinyfarm #eatlocal #growyourown #gwinnettcounty
Side shoots and some early ripeners. I also picked a gallon of blueberries today.
#gardening #zone7b #gwinnettcounty #vegetablegarden #broccoli #cucumbers #harvestbasket #gardenjournal #eatlocal #growyourown #growyourownfood
Anger loaf. I force cuddled Donna briefly and now she’s holding a grudge. Poor baby. So sad.
#silkie #donnamartin #petchickens #partridgesilkie #myflock #tinyfarmer #perched #chickenloaf
This is by far the biggest #spagettisquash I’ve ever grown! I usually grow the individual size ones but I couldn’t find the seeds. Let’s see if we can make it to maturity without disaster!
#zone7b #squash #gardening #tinyfarm #georgiagrown #eatlocal
Damn girl! Looking good!
#Kahlo #polishchicken #whitecrestedblackpolish #petchicken #chickensofinstagram #chickenselfie #tinyfarm #backyardchickens #
Harvested my first tomato minutes before a freak hail storm rolled through!
#zone7b #gwinnettcounty #Lawrenceville #tomatoes #homegrown #eatlocal #firsttomato
Can I prune a #spagettisquash vine? Yesterday I decided that since eggplants and tomatoes are in the same family I should prune the suckers from the eggplants. They looked just like tomato suckers so it made sense. However, the squash vines are so different. First, I worry about them being hollow and allowing disease inside. Second, should I prune the main stem or the offshoots? They’ve run off the hog panel in both ends and are currently climbing the Leyland cypress trees! Thoughts?
#pruning #squash #zone7b #gardening #gardeningwithchickens #petchickens #vegetablegarden #tinyfarm #trellis #hogpanel
My first big blueberry harvest using my custom blueberry apron! I find it is much faster to harvest with two hands and it is too time consuming to walk back to the bowl with each handful. This is my solution. I think it needs one small modification and it will be perfect!
#blueberries #blueberrybush #zone7b #harvest #pickingblueberries #gardening #icansew #gwinnettcounty #mastergardener
I battled several voracious velociraptors to harvest these cucumbers! (Smallest, but mighty, raptor pictured.)
#ruthbaderginsburg #silkie #petchickens #gardeningwithchickens #zone7b #freeranging #cucumbers #gwinnettcounty
Clean up crew! There were a lot of blueberries on the ground today after a hard rain so I brought a couple of inspectors in to sample the bounty.
#petchickens #gardeningwithchickens #VioletZindars #beckywiththegoodhair #polishchicken #darkbrahma #myflock #zone7b
Turn it up! I took Vi to the other end of the garden so she had to walk back for exercise. Not a #walkofshame, but a walk of rage! She yelled the whole way! Broody rage is serious! She’s 8 years old! I tried to tell her that she was more suited to being a grandmother than a mother but that did not go over well. I think she has been sitting on zero eggs for 3 weeks now.
#broody #broodyhen #darkbrahma #Violet #VioletZindars #petchickens #broodyrage #gardenwalk
Was this a dahlia? I’m using past tense because someone ate it and dug up the roots overnight. I was pretty excited to see what it was going to be. I don’t specifically remember planting it last year but the disappointment of seeing it destroyed actually rings a bell. This may be a pattern.
#dahlia #zone7b #gardening #squirrel #tubers #gardenpests
The garden inspectors noticed a few low hanging fruits on the cucumber vines and took samples. They were ruled unfit for human consumption and, as a safety measure, destroyed. This service was provided by The Worst Chicken and her colleague, Second Worst Chicken. I’ve filed a complaint (but I’m their supervisor). #gardeningwithchickens #freeranging #Gretchen #Gloria #Kahlo #sicilianbuttercup #zone7b #growingcucumbers #tinyfarm #badchickens
These are the most delicious black raspberries. I wish I could get them to produce better! They only set fruit on the second year growth so they need constant pruning and training. They are harboring a bumper crop of #poisonivy so I can’t really get in there to work on them. Also, the basketball hoop is adjacent so they often get beat up. They aren’t really primed for success.
#blackraspberry #blackraspberries #zone7b #berries #harvest #tinyfarm #homegrown #eatlocal
Donna Martin is silkie perfection. Doesn’t this look a little Senior Portrait? Next pose will be sporty.
#petchicken #silkie #donnamartin #donnamartingraduates #silkiesofinstagram #chickensofinstagram
Blueberry tour! I think the harvest will begin in about a week. I made myself some custom blueberry harvest aprons this year for maximum speed and efficiency.
#blueberries #blueberrybush #gwinnettcounty #upick #zone7b #georgiagrown #tinyfarm #homegrown #eatlocal