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| Lisa, my sister, picks the first of the zinnias. |
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| An armload of zinnias. Potatoes in the foreground. |
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| In the background, a multi-tasking Bryan, a friend of mine, helps pick Sylvanberries, Deanna, a co-worker from Sprague who is now at McKay, checks the cauliflower in the foreground. |
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| The 2nd planting of cole crops has a few mature white cauliflower. Deanna is harvesting. |
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| Amy, a friend who is helping us out, picks Sylvanberries in the rain. |
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| One of the many passing rain clouds today. |
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| Lisa is adding ferns to the flower mix. A new texture. |
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| These ferns are leathery. |
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| The spores on the back are dark and a little raised. |
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| When the sun came out we could see the spores while looking at the front side. |
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| Lady's Mantle catches rain drops that bead up and glisten in the sunshine. |
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| Lisa, my sister, made a DELICIOUS pastry for our morning snack. |
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| Pink Astilbe is ready for this week. Almost frothy looking. |
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| The rains came pouring down on my great nephew who lives here at The Farm. "Should I abandon my trike, or just put up my hood?" |
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| "It's not letting up, heading for cover"! |
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| That shower left big puddles. |
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| Then the sun came out and the coats came off. She poses with a dahlia in hand and a nasturtium in her hair. She is my great niece who lives at The Farm with her little brother and baby sister. |
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| Blackcaps. Black raspberries. |
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| Lemon balm is ready to harvest. Soon this will be in the boxes. |
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| Lovage is like an overgrown celery, much taller. Same flavors and can be used in much the same way. |
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| Sorrel. Soon making an appearance. |
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| One of the first Echinacea, a.k.a. purple coneflower, to bloom this year. |
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| Lavender is beginning to bloom. |
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| Ornamental allium (onion family flower) are beginning to burst out of their protective casings. |
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| A purple drooping allium flowers out. |
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| Pink snapdragon. The lower right petal caught some rain. |
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| These seeds in their protective casings are on a "basket of gold" flower. |
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| Dad planted this beautiful clematis by the entrance to the backyard of the house. I told him I loved it and he brought me my own. It is planted with a red rose and a white rose at my house. I have a living "flag" for the 4th of July. And memories. |
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| Sweet peas are starting to bloom. |
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| A golden hop adorns the little greenhouse. |
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| Guess who hopped by to visit? |
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| Twining morning glory start up the trellis. They all grow in the same direction when they climb. |
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| The bunny tail grass we planted along the walkway in the new raised beds is starting to bloom. Doesn't it look like a little bunny tail? :) |
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| Lisa and I planted more things in the raised bed after the harvest boxes were picked up. These yarrow plants really wanted out of their 4 inch pots. Runners that would normally grow along the surface of the soil had headed DOWN. |
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| More was added in, the late sun was shining, good times between sisters. |
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| Chocolate scented cosmos. Give them a sniff sometime. |
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| Lisa is forever on the move, shovel and plant in hand this time. |
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| These we purchased at Costco in a bag. Pretty! |
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| More sweet pea colors. |
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| Black hollyhocks bloom by our late Grandma Daisy's house. |
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| The underneath side of the orange drawer that won a spot in the flower garden. It was "repurposed" after the farmhouse bathroom was remodeled. I wonder when Queen Lily Soap was popular? |
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| Lisa and I remember when these berry carriers were used on The Farm's strawberry fields of yore. |
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| Asian pears growing in the orchard. |
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| It appears there will be an abundance of figs this year. Unless the birds win the battle. |
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| Apples growing in the orchard, too. |
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| About 9:15 Tuesday night. Almost a "glow in the dark" picture. The clouds have thinned out. |
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