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| Today's harvest box is loaded with berries. |
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| Our "pick of the day". |
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| Beautiful flowers include these crown like pink monarda or bee balm that can also become a tea. |
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| Dark blue delphinium, white frothy goat's beard, yellow centered feverfew, a touch of purple scabiosa, white yarrow along with yellow rudbeckia make a stunning bouquet. |
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| Beautiful combinations. |
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| Light blue delphinium with pink cluster roses and the tall crown like monarda. Looks like a lily is waiting to open, too. |
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| The large creamy dahlia on the right is the much coveted Cafe Au Lait. |
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| The dark purple flower on the lower right is a new addition for us this year, an anemone. |
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| This bouquet includes lilies getting ready to open, pink cluster roses, Cafe Au Lait dahlias, boxwood for greenery and dark pink Jupiter's Beard on the top left and at the bottom of the photo. |
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| We have added to our hydrangea selections here at the farm. The tall feather-like pink flower is agastache. Bright pink and dark pink are Sweet William. |
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| Fern fronds added in with blue Veronica, graceful pink lupine, pink cluster roses, hydrangeas meld well with the Sweet William. |
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| An up close look at rudbeckia. So many rings of different colors. |
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| Loganberries are ready! They do not become dark like our blackberry varieties. It was crossed between a raspberry and a blackberry in the late 1800s. The berries ripen at different times throughout its season (and are very tender) and therefore is not usually found on farms where berries are machine harvested. It is wonderful for backyard gardens where people tend to nibble a few now and a few later. |
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| While picking berries Terry shows how tall a leek from last year has grown. Its flower is taller than she is! |
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| Sylvanberries just waiting to be picked. |
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| The Sylvan harvest may last for a couple Tuesdays depending on the weather, too hot or too rainy, may shorten it. |
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| Oh wow, look at that lily! The soft green is the blooms of lady's mantle. |
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| Anna brought out lunch and look at this dessert! Angel food cake rolled up with whipped cream and wonderful fresh berries. Yum! |
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| At the top right are Anna's fixings for iced mochas. For lunch we have a pasta salad with farm fresh touches included as well as a green salad with a few peas tossed in. Not many peas these year. |
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| Some people mix the two salads together! |
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| Ahhh, the first slice into dessert. |
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| Pink astible kind of goes with my shirt. |
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| It appears our new hydrangea enjoy their location. |
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| Some flowers are lighter than others. |
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| After the last box was picked up Louise, Anna and Levi brought out Honor who is expecting a foal later this summer. She is living in the barn at the farm now. A gentle pony for sure. |
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| Lisa and I relocated our gladiola patch to a spot on the farm that won't be as wet during the winter (we hope). We have landscape fabric between the rows to help fight our prevalent weeds. Each row also has drip irrigation. We think there are about 1,000 glads planted here. We lost track! See you next time on the blog. Lorrie |
