Mango pit: Before and After. I really don’t understand how the mango pit holds into so much flesh. It isn’t that big but it stubbornly keeps me from eating at least an ounce of fruit. If I didn’t have the velociraptors to share it with I would feel bad about all of that food waste. I wish mangos were more like avocados in the pit department.
#mango #mangopit #petchicken #experiment #mangochicken #oliveegger #SicilianButtercup #Cochin #chickensnacks #sharingiscaring #themoreyouknow
Harvest basket with gnome.
#zone7b #bellpeppers #shishitopeppers #coolapeno #snackingpeppers #eggplant #homegrown #gardener #organicish
I really want to see what a mango pit looks like. The tiny velociraptors will clean it for me! Is this how you make Mango Chicken? Listen past 30 seconds to hear the rooster take credit for the treat. Men.
#petchickens #chickentreats #Violet #Gretch #gloriavanderbuilt #Kahlo #SoniaSotomayor #mango #backyardchickens #myflock #happychickens #fresheggs
I pathetically purchased #zucchini at the farmers market a week ago. With great shame, I told the farmer that all my plants had succumbed to vine borers. He said that his secret is coffee grounds. So, I raided all of the coffee makers at work for the used grounds and now my new zucchini and I smell like baristas. Will my zucchini be caffeinated?
#vineborer #homegrown #organicgardening #organicpestcontrol #coffeegrounds #recycling #upcycle #lilburnfarmersmarket #zone7b
Kahlo has been working on this look all day. You start with a perfect Polish poof then lightly dampen by drinking out of all available mud puddles. Please notice how her wattles are adorably buckled under her chin. I have no idea how she accomplished that. Supermodel.
#Kahlo #fridakahlo #whitecrestedblackpolish #PolishChicken #petchicken #chickenportrait #tinyfarmer #beetleblack #happyhens #bouffant #Poof
Thank goodness the rain filled this random bowl with water! Every single chicken has had a drink from it tonight. If it weren’t for this bowl, where would they get liquids? From those huge waterers I regularly wash and fill? I think not! Ridiculous. Everyone knows the best water is from mud puddles. Random bowls are a distant second.
#SicilianButtercup #Gretchen #silkie #silkierooster #SoniaSotomayor #petchicken #rainwater #jerks
I had a kitten for one hour. I abandoned all other responsibilities. How do kitten owners get anything done?
#kitten #khloe #toebeans #gatorule #naptime #verybusy
Cherry Tomato + Basil Leaf = Bruschetta for one
(Not for two chicken! Get back in the coop! When will Gretchen stop being able to fly? She is the last one who can still make it over the fence.)
#gardenhelper #homegrown #zone7b #SicilianButtercup #petchicken #GeorgiaGrown
Latergram from vacation. I was headed for the iceberg but stopped for the “Shell with Attached Seaweed” attraction. Pretty fancy nature!
#exploreNL #icebergalley #kingspoint #newfoundland #roadtrip #iceberg
Bryce Dallas Howard, featured #WhiteLacedRedCornish model for @mcmurray_hatchery, shows off her loooong neck. Part giraffe, part velociraptor and all crazy, Bryce is a great addition to my flock of oddities. Her sister Gloria is perched behind, doing her best #turken impression. Someone (Wilga) has been plucking out her neck feathers. Such personality! Such troublemakers!
#petchickens #backyardchickens #oliveegger #sisters #brycedallashoward #gloriavanderbuilt #happyeggs #happychickens
Harvest! Looks like salsa, if you add some labor.
#locallygrown #zone7b #farmtotable #yardtotable #cucumbers #pinkbrandywine #snackingpeppers #volunteersquash
On today’s edition of “Nature is a Jerk” we have whatever is removing huge #greentomatoes from the plants and just eating a few bites. This Jerk doesn’t wait for the tomatoes to turn red, doesn’t eat all of one before moving onto the next AND always chooses the #tomato I had my eye on. First, I was blaming #birds when it was just a few nibbles. Next, I was cursing #bunnies when it was more. But now, the tomatoes are being removed from higher up the plant and I assume it is a team. I’m thinking a duo of #Cardinals pecking at the stem with a #Raccoon using its creepy hands to hold the cage steady. Then a contingent of rabbits rolls the fallen fruit to a comfortable area where the whole team can relax together and enjoy it together. There might also be a small deer on the coaching staff. I’ve seen evidence of chest high nibbles I can’t attribute to anyone else. Unless those raccoons are going at it totem pole style…
#gardenfail #gardenpests #zone7b #critters #sharingiscaring #mytomatoes #gardendangers #homegrown
Just a minute of some Georgia chickens eating a Georgia peach! I skewered the peach to the ground so it wouldn’t roll around and get dirty. There is a second peach stake on the other side of the chicken yard so that Vi and Donna didn’t have to share. Spoiled? My chickens? No!! Stop!
#fluffybuttfriday #whitelacedredcornish #silkie #silkierooster #SoniaSotomayor #PolishChicken #Kahlo #petchicken #spoiledrotten #georgiaonmymind #scratchanddent #georgiapeach #GeorgiaGrown
Latergram from vacation – Wikipedia says:
Roosevelt Campobello International Park preserves the house and surrounding landscape of the summer retreat of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and their family. It is located on the southern tip of Campobello Island in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and is connected to the mainland by the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, at Lubec, Maine in the United States.
#roadtrip #campobello #campobelloisland #bordercrossing #lubec #FindYourPark
My tomatoes will reach the sky! Several of the plants are approaching the 8 foot mark. This is the year I will cut them back so that it doesn’t become a dense tomato jungle. This one. This is the year.
#lazygardener #zone7b #homegrown #tomatoes #growyourown #gardeningingeorgia #tomatocages
Thank goodness Ruthie is no longer broody! Her quarter sized eggs are so important to our daily rations. 😀
I do appreciate your efforts tiny chicken. Even if they are not represented well by your production.
#silkie #ruthbaderginsburg #blacksilkie #Bantams #bantamchickens #homegrown #happyeggs #petchicken
I’ve missed this…face.
#beckywiththegoodhair #BuffLacedPolish #bighairdontcare #Becky #beardedchickens #PolishChicken #petchicken #chickenportrait
Like an iceberg in an inlet, my vacation has reached its end.
#iceberg #newfoundland #kingspointnl #roadtrip #Canada #icebergspotting
We had to come back to #AcadiaNationalPark to see what we missed last week when it was all fogged in. Looks a little different in the sunshine! Highly recommend #BeehiveTrail for those that are sure-footed and not afraid of heights!
#FindYourPark #acadianp #barharbor #Maine #hiking #canadianlily
These stones are comically easy to stack.
#novascotia #exploreNS #capebreton #rockstacking #rockstack
Look at that little dude in the front! He’s wearing a cast on his foot and absolutely playing it for extra treats. Oh, poor me, can’t get over there, please deliver! Worked on me!
#cabottrail #capebreton #ilovecbcraft #goatfarm #soap #cutegoat #longears
It was a full evening at the #airbnb.
#sunset #visitnovascotia #feetup #hiking #resting #vacationmode
M O O S E
Finally! I thought we were going to get out of Canada without a single spotting! At first it was just this large moose. Then there was one baby. Then two! It was so exciting! And, lest you think I’m good at spotting things, I included the picture where the moose literally crossed the walking path in front of a crowd of tourists.
#professionallevel #moose #skylinetrail #cabottrail #capebreton #hiking #novascotia #moosespotting #Canada #roadtrip
A wild #pitcherplant! I would have thought they were tropical but it was growing in the exposed mantle at the #Tablelands in #GrosMorne!
#exploreNL #hiking #grosmornenationalpark #newfoundland #pitcherplants
I saw my first #fjord today!
#grosmorne #westernbrookpond #boattour #exploreNL #hiking #newfoundland #waterfall
Hiking the #SkerwinkTrail. Well marked, not crowded and great views! The internet oversold the dangers of the cliffside parts. I think the first plant looks like a very small hosta and the last picture is the color of pinecone one should choose if you get to choose your own color.
#exploreNL #hiking #purplepinecones #newfoundland #portrexton #roadtrip #5k #skerwink
P U F F I N S
I’m in love. Worth the whole trip!
#puffins #elliston #rootcellarcapitaloftheworld #exploreNL #puffinrock #roadtrip
The purple and pink flowers are weeds! They grow along the highway and in medians. Such good weeds! The jelly bean houses are a trademark here in #StJohns. That’s all we saw before the fog rolled in…
#exploreNL #newfoundland #roadtrip #jellybeanhouses
In addition to friendly sheep, our #airbnb also had an enormous #peony. Check out the size of these blooms! Can you see the two ants? The formations in the last picture are the #flowerpots at #HopewellRocks.
#airbnbexperience #travelbug #newbrunswick #bayoffundy #roadtrip
I was worried that the sheep at my #airbnb were not going to be friendly. But then I sat down with a piece of pie and discovered that sheep are just like any other animal. Scroll for the progression.
#sheep #bayoffundy #newbrunswick #Canada #roadtrip #summervacation #hungrysheep #airbnb #travelbug
Maine. So far it is 100% fog. Having read a lot of #StephenKing novels I am concerned about the fogs of Maine. If I don’t make it out…
#spooky #foggy #Maine #acadianationalpark #roadtrip #lichen #hiking #danger
Practicing my wildlife spotting skills before we get into Canada. Moose
#CampSunshine #wildlife #wildlifephotography #roadtrip #moose
“A short hike to the longest single drop waterfall in the state.” Sure…you say short, I hear difficult! I know your games guidebook.
#hiking #bashbish #bashbishfallsstatepark #bashbishfalls #RallyNorthAmerica
We used to pull these off of the bushes and throw them at each other. We called it a snowball fight! We were animals. They did not deserve that treatment.
#Hydrangea #hydrangeas #snowballs #roadtrip #whitehydrangea
Did not fit in the wagon. Could not bring them home. But…we could probably weld some up!
#bottletree #bottletrees #roadtripfinds #gardenornaments #decorative #ideatree
Harvest! There’s about two cups of #cucumelons there. I think I’ll take them to work and blow some minds! I’m going to have to explain light yellow #bellpeppers too. People expect certain things from their produce and I prefer the oddities.
#zone7b #mexicansourgherkin #zucchini #blackcherrytomato #basil #Burpless #gardener
I have no idea what this is or how it got here! It volunteered about 10 feet from my compost pile but I don’t recall ever planting a squash or pumpkin that looks like this. I guess I’ll wait until it matures to see what it turns into! Currently it is about the size of a softball.
#gardeningsuprises #squash #pumpkins #volunteersquash #zone7b #mysteryplant #gardeningingeorgia #MasterGardener
It seems fancier when you add a little pickle slice. Thanks for the eggs girls! Happy 4th!
#fresheggs #happyeggs #happychickens #deviledeggs #homemade #eatlocal #gherkins
People often ask me what to plant when they are just starting to garden. I always recommend peppers because they are reliable and prolific! My ideal number of jalepenos is one. I just need to make salsa when the tomatoes are ripe. Inevitably I have piles of jalepenos well before I am salsa ready. Peppers are also easy to give away.
#gardener #gardeningingeorgia #peppers #coolapeno #coolapenos #zone7b #harvest #growyourown #eatlocal #GwinnettCounty
Work flowers. These are out in the middle of a parking lot, just pleasing pollinators and smelling good! I really appreciate that.
(I don’t know the names of any of these.)
#pinkones #purpleones #yellowones #flowers #zone7b #flowerbed #colorful #flowers
The first! I her.
#gardening #vegetablegarden #homegrown #eatlocal #tomato #tomatoplants #zone7b #dinnerisserved #freshtomatoes #bruschetta
Locking the broodies out of the coop for three days meant everyone was locked out. What’s a laying hen to do? Dig an adorable hole under the ramp and treat it like a group nesting box! Good job girls! I appreciate your efforts.
#fresheggs #Eastereggs #diggers #petchickens #smarties #egghunt #broodybreaking #greeneggs
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