Butternut Squash Flower
Butternuts are some of the only squash that do well in our gardens! Yum!
While our main aim is to grow food, beauty is a value unto itself and we seek to cultivate this as well. The process of growing food is beautiful indeed. The rich colors & textures of food from seed to harvest is a part of the fun of growing your own food!
Morning is especially a favorite time of mine. After the morning mists move and the first rays of light hit the gardens... This is one of my favorite places to be! Join me as I walk around our gardens investigating what’s looking beautiful today!!
Beans trellising on Corn in the Classic 3 Sisters Planting
We’ve talked a few times about the 3 sisters guild where you plant corn, squash and beans. The corn provides a trellis for the beans, the beans provide nitrogen for the corn and the squash acts a groundcover keeping moisture in and weeds down.
I loved this little peek at this bouquet of beans trellising on the corn!
Seeking bean...
Kentucky Wonder Beans on a Sunflower that’s passed its Time
This sunflower has had its day and it’s tempting to rip it out of the garden after the birds enjoyed all of the seeds. Yet each day I see goldfinches enjoying this spot as a perch and it acts as a trellis for the beans. Creative trellising!!
Garlic Chives beneath Arkansas Black Apple
Allium Family members are great in guilds with trees as they confuse pests and therefore give the tree a bit of a break in pressure from bugs. These are also tasty to eat.
Sunchokes
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We are quite excited for the sunchoke yields this year! We got a few new varieties and paid for them with steem over the winter and can’t wait to try em!
sunchoke blooming!
They are certainly beautiful on the landscape. A true beautiful food.
Chadwick Cherry Tomatoes
As I didn’t hustle to start tomatoes this year, we relied on volunteers and also excess seedlings from neighbors. This is a trusty variety from a friend of ours.
Animals
Myrtle is our free spirited Americauna who comes and goes as she pleases around the homestead.
Luci
Our sweet pup looking at me 💘