Mid-September and the peppers are thriving!
#showmeyourpouch #shirtharvest #LunchboxPeppers #redbellpepper #zone7b #gardenjournal
Fine or silly? I pick up the pine cones in the front yard because it think it looks tidier. It’s a pine forest. I am tidying the forest.
#zone7b #gwinnettcounty #pinecones #gardencart #yardchores #pinestraw
Most of my girls are busy! They will dig, forage, explore and generally cause havoc the entire time they are out free ranging. But not Becky. She has about 90 minutes in her and then she needs a nap. I guess when you look this good beauty rest is a top priority.
#beckywiththegoodhair #polishchicken #bufflacedpolish #petchickens #chickennap #backyardchickens #gardenfriends
This is Weed & Feed! I pulled all the clover from a flower bed and brought it back for the velociraptors to enjoy. It tastes best when I hold it.
#petchickens #chickentreats #silkiesunflower #gloriavanderbilt #Violet #donnamartin #beckywiththegoodhair #featheredpigs #gardeningwithchickens #Gwinnett
This is an approved dust bathing area. Why do they look so guilty? When they are tearing up the garden they look pleased as punch. But doing the right thing clearly makes them uncomfortable.
#brycedallashoward #whitelacedredcornish #gloriavanderbilt #oliveegger #petchickens #dustbath #Gwinnett #gardeningwithchickens
If I didn’t know what was happening here, I would be terrified that I had an OCD bug laying eggs on every leaf!
#ferns #gardening #gardeningingeorgia #redfern #shadegarden
Friends or enemies? I was pulling weeds and noticed these two eating the ends off of some fresh fern fronds. Reasonable, if we get something attractive/beneficial later. A squishable offense if they are just bad to the core.
#gardenpests #ferns #zone7b #caterpillar #gardening #bugid
Once again, trying to eat dinner while watching the chickens. Instead, being watched by the chickens while eating dinner! Tomatoes by me, basil by @shadygrovefarmstead and happy goat cheese by @cattywampus.acres47. Eat local folks! Farmers market Tuesdays at 6:30 at @slowpourbrewing in downtown Lawrenceville, GA.
#eatlocal #growyourownfood #lovelawrenceville #gwinnettcounty #petchickens #inspectors #
Treats? You have them? I want them. Please? Now?
#VioletZindars #darkbrahma #petchickens #mybiggirl #backyardchickens #tinyfarm #Violet
I looked it up. The #pinktomatoes are #GermanQueen from @bonnieplants. I’m not sure what it says about Teutonic royalty that these are super ugly…but really tasty!
#zone7b #harvestbasket #jalepenos #greenbellpepper #gwinnettcounty #mastergardener #growyourownfood #eatlocal #snacks #crudités
The uglier, the tastier! It’s been a terrible year for my tomatoes but I’ll keep trying. This is some sort of pink tomato that is just now ripening. I think it’s been in the ground for months!
#zone7b #gwinnettcounty #gardenjournal #Lawrenceville #pinktomato #growyourownfood #eatlocal
This fun guy is growing some sort of screened in porch situation. That’s very hospitable. I hope it brings whatever guests he is going for.
#shroombnb #fungusamongus #zone7b #mushroomidentification #igrewthis #Gwinnett
Oh, hello Glo. No, it’s not for you. No, I don’t them inspected. I think you’re probably still full from the entire tomato you ate the other day. How about some treats for the human?
#gardenfriends #gardeningwithchickens #petchicken #gloriavanderbilt #gardeninspector #zone7b #LunchboxPeppers
These…should not be the same size?
#mastergardener #eggplant #okra #zone7b #gardening #gardeninginga #gwinnettcounty #homemade #growyourown #growyourownfood
Gloria, that’s not the ONE tomato I picked today on your beak is it? It is? You knocked it off the fence post and quietly ate the whole thing while I was pulling weeds? And you’re not sorry? No shame at all? Pretty proud actually and would 100% do it again? Awesome.
#gardeningwithchickens #petchickens #zone7b #circleoflife #youwinsomeyoulosesome #gloriavanderbilt #badchickens #brat #pinktomato
The girls having been paying the rent lately so I’m letting them dig in the compost pile. The compost pile is their number one rated destination on Cluck. (It’s like Yelp, but for chickens.)
#petchicken #compost #chickenfeast #showmeyourpouch #tinyfarmer #fresheggs #happyeggs #happyhens #payingtherent
It seems like she could have just told me, but Jesse sent me a signed letter today giving me permission buy a new AMG wagon 😎 #notakebacks
One is big and one is tiny. One volunteered and one was cultivated. I love them equally. We are all doing our best.
#nofavorites #butternutsquash #redbellpepper #zone7b #gardening #gwinnettcounty #tinyfarmer #eatlocal #squashtimist
Dinosaur snacks! The squash I am holding is infinitely better than the squash on the ground. Ground squash is for peasants.
#petchickens #polishchicken #darkbrahma #sicilianbuttercup #brontosaurus #backyardchickens #yellowsquash #zone7b #tinyfarmer #hungryhungryhippo
Will this kill me?
This really looks like something @begoodnatured would craft. It seems to be pre-felted.
#Gwinnett #zone7b #poisonous #mushrooms #felted
Matchy matchy harvest!
#LunchboxPeppers #sungold #tinyfarmer #tanktopbasket #zone7b #veggiesnacks #Gwinnett #showmeyourpouch
Harvest! It’s been another tough year for tomatoes around here but luckily I have a neighbor that shares (plus a CSA and a farmer’s market)! That’s the last of the cucumbers. I’ll be pulling the vines this week. What can I trellis for fall?
#zone7b #farmtotable #SpaghettiSquash #eggplant #zucchini #sungold #gwinnettcounty #harvestbasket
Look at Vi in the lower left. She has an entire stalk of kale on her back. Do your chickens throw things over their shoulders when foraging? I mean “foraging.” Clearly no one is searching for food around here. The broodies are the best at throwing all kinds of things onto their backs while feeling nesty. Weirdos.
#petchickens #VioletZindars #darkbrahma #silkies #polishchicken #sicilianbuttercup #gardeningwithchickens #chickenfeastfriday
Worst Chicken, reporting for duty.
#Gretchen #sicilianbuttercup #petchickens #backyardchickens #escapist #cucumbereater #polkadotchicken
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
After a few months off, we’re back to having his and hers convertibles. Jesse just bought this fairly rare ’94 E320 cabriolet. I’m already looking for a set of 17in monoblocks for it. #w124 #a124 #mercedes #convertible #cabriolet #unimog404 #unimog #mercedesbenz
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