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🌼The feverfew is blooming! It’s gorgeous unde 🌼The feverfew is blooming! It’s gorgeous under the towering purple snap peas.I’ve enjoyed having feverfew in my garden for many reasons. I’ve found it to help relieve fevers, and many use it for migraines and headaches. But lately I’ve just enjoyed its delicate beauty.I started the plants from seed, and they’ve been perennial in my zone 7b climate, making them no hassle after the first year.Most flowers I grow serve more than one purpose, and feverfew is a lovely example. ☺️#feverfew #feverfewflowers #medicinalherbs #medicinalherbgarden #medicinalflowers #kitchengarden #cottagegarden #raisedbedgarden
Spring harvest today. 😍 Strawberries, asparagus Spring harvest today. 😍 Strawberries, asparagus, and elephant garlic scapes.#springharvest #strawberries #homegrown #garlicscapes #asparagus #asparagusseason #arkansasgardening #harvestseason
My elderberry bush is loaded with flowers!! This i My elderberry bush is loaded with flowers!! This is its third summer, and last year I got just enough berries to make elderberry syrup to last the season.I have two other bushes, and while they are smaller than this one, they cross-pollinate so these fragrant flowers will develop into berries.Elder flowers actually have medicinal properties in their own right, and many people batter and fry them as fritters! I haven’t tried that yet.Do you grow elderberry bushes?#elderberry #elderberries #elderberrybush #medicinalplants #elderberrysyrup #growingelderberries #perennialgarden #perennials #sustainability #foodasmedicine
Mother’s Day is bittersweet for me. I lost my mo Mother’s Day is bittersweet for me. I lost my mom to cancer 5 years ago. But I’m blessed to be the mom to these two great kids!I quit my job to stay home with them when they were 6 and 2, and it was that year I started my first garden. The trajectory of all of our lives changed with that first garden, and I couldn’t be more grateful.I just wish my mom were here to share it all with.So wherever you find yourself today, I hope you enjoy it. Celebrate if it’s sweet. Give yourself grace if it’s bitter. Do a little of both if it’s bittersweet. ❤️#happymothersday
Beets have been a “learn as you go,” “trial Beets have been a “learn as you go,” “trial and error” plant for me. It has taken me several tries to learn what works and what doesn’t.For this spring planting, I direct sowed 5 rows in this 3’ bed. After germination, I thinned to about 2” apart.I’m also testing five different kinds to see which varieties perform better.I added a layer of rich compost to the top of the soil before planting, and that seems to be the key to healthy plants from my observation.Today I harvested some baby beets to make more room for the others (and I was running low on my pickled beets — which I eat on my daily salads). And now I’m just waiting and watching these beauties grow!#beets #gardenbeets #redacebeets #cylindrabeets #detroitdarkredbeets #earlywonderbeets #raisedgardenbeds #raisedbedgardening #raisedgardenbeds #raisedbedgarden #compost #growingbeets #springgarden
It’s my sophomore year of growing LUFFA! I loved It’s my sophomore year of growing LUFFA! I loved this plant last year! We enjoyed the young luffa fried like okra and I peeled the mature ones for sponges. But I am doing a few things differently:1. I’m planting SMOOTH luffa in addition to the RIDGED luffa. If you want sponges, don’t make the mistake I did and grow ridged. They’re hard to peel! I am growing 2 ridged plants for eating and 3 smooth plants for sponges. Thanks to @atexasgardengirl for sending me the seeds!2. I started the seeds indoors and transplanted them. Even with our long season, it took a LONG time for the fruit to mature into sponges so I’m giving them a head start. They transplanted really well!Once they were transplanted, they started climbing almost immediately! At this rate, my A-frame trellis will be covered with these beautiful plants!!#luffa #smoothluffa #climbingokra #luffagourd #luffah #luffasponge #luffahsponge #verticalgarden #verticalgardening #aframetrellis #trellis #gardenlife
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