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| Nephew Matt is our family Beekeeper! |
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| Our dahlias are in the pots so they don't rot in our wet ground. |
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| Just for you! She is my great niece. |
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| Sylvan berries - what's for dessert? |
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| Where do we start? My niece, Angie, and her son help out. |
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| Any guesses on this herb? (sweet sicily) Very sweet with a slight licorice flavor. |
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| The terminal berry (the one on the end) will always be the first to get ripe. Angie's hands have been picking. |
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| Purple of Sicily Cauliflower. So delicate and pretty. |
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| The 2nd planting of cole crops: broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower. |
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| Purple peas have pretty flowers first. |
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| The pods are dark purple, the pea seeds inside will be green. Florencio in the background supervises. |
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| Purple kohlrabi with all its leaves hanging down. |
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| The many colors of Swiss Chard. |
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| Asparagus. Not very prolific this year. |
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| Leeks, a couple have "unique" shapes. |
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| The chickens scratching around. He tends to strut. |
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| A crop duster buzzed nearby most of the morning. |
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| Red winged blackbird breaks up black walnut shells to see what's inside to snack on. |
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| Florencio pulls the beets and washes them. He is showing us the pretty orange ones. |
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| Kohlrabi with all the leaves piled high. |
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| Lisa, my sister, picks the greenhouse cucumbers. |
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| Many lettuce varieties. A green looseleaf variety. |
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| Red tinged green lettuce that makes loose heads. |
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| Crispy green head lettuce. |
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| Kohlrabi once it has been trimmed. |
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| What was trimmed off. |
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| Rhubarb drying after its washing. |
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| My mother in law, Mary, focuses while she trims and bundles beets. |
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| Basil in the greenhouse is growing. First picking was today. |
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| Basil co-existing with the dahlias in the greenhouse raised beds. |
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| I love this dahlia. |
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| The sun came out and the greenhouse was very toasty. It also cast an interesting shadow on the petals. |
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| One of Lisa's creative bouquets. |
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| Lighted from behind. |
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| A red looseleaf lettuce "Outredgeous". |
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| Anna, my niece, made these little nuggets for our dessert today. White chocolate filling with today's raspberries. Wow! |
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| A little critter investigates. |
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| The green little blossoms belong to the Lady's Mantle. |
