Week 3 June 11

Nephew Matt is our family Beekeeper!

Our dahlias are in the pots so
they don't rot in our wet ground.

Just for you! She is my great niece.

Sylvan berries - what's for dessert?

Where do we start? My niece, Angie, and her son help out.

Any guesses on this herb?


(sweet sicily)

Very sweet with a slight licorice flavor.

The terminal berry (the one on the end) will always be the first to get ripe. Angie's hands have been picking.

Purple of Sicily Cauliflower.
So delicate and pretty.

The 2nd planting of cole crops:
broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower.

Purple peas have pretty flowers first.

The pods are dark purple,
the pea seeds inside will be green.
Florencio in the background supervises.

Purple kohlrabi with all its leaves hanging down.

The many colors of Swiss Chard.

Asparagus. Not very prolific this year.

Leeks, a couple have "unique" shapes. 

The chickens scratching around.
He tends to strut.

A crop duster buzzed nearby
 most of the morning.

Red winged blackbird breaks up
black walnut shells to see what's inside to snack on.

Florencio pulls the beets and washes them.
He is showing us the pretty orange ones.

Kohlrabi with all the leaves piled high.

Lisa, my sister, picks the greenhouse cucumbers.

Many lettuce varieties.
A green looseleaf variety.

Red tinged green lettuce
that makes loose heads.

Crispy green head lettuce.

Kohlrabi once it has been trimmed.

What was trimmed off.

Rhubarb drying after its washing.

My mother in law, Mary, focuses while
she trims and bundles beets.

Basil in the greenhouse is growing.
First picking was today.

Basil co-existing with the dahlias
in the greenhouse raised beds.

I love this dahlia.

The sun came out and the greenhouse was very toasty.
It also cast an interesting shadow on the petals.

One of Lisa's creative bouquets.

Lighted from behind.

A red looseleaf lettuce "Outredgeous".

Anna, my niece, made these little nuggets for our dessert today. White chocolate filling with today's raspberries. Wow!

A little critter investigates.

The green little blossoms
belong to the Lady's Mantle.

Week 2 June 4

Week 2 Box items

A little cuddle time between picking time.

A nice warm day to check out all the strawberry plants. 

Lemon grass growing in the lathe house.

Purple of Sicily cauliflower
appears to be getting heavy.

Regular cauliflower with a
touch of purple. Hmmmm???

Lisa cuts the cauliflower.

Angie pulls the rhubarb...

Anna, with baby out of the sun in a
front pack, trims the rhubarb.

New for us this year, purple podded peas.
The blossoms and joints of the plant are various shades of purple. Stop by and check them out Tuesday.

Artichokes this week.

A few Sun Sugar tomatoes from the greenhouse.

Just enough Sun Sugars for our Tuesday salad. Yum! Thanks Anna.

White foxglove.
(Can't you just imagine a fox slipping
his/her foot into one of these?)

Pink roses. Such full clusters of beauty.

A critter thinks this is heavenly, too.

Delicate peony.

Mary and Mary bundle away. We work at all bundles being as close to the same as possible. Thanks ladies!

Harvested kohlrabi.
Many green ones, one purple one.

Asparagus today.

Green kale.

Purple Kale that is more ruffled than the green.

The many colors of Swiss Chard this year.

Helpers rescuing us in the tea field.
The right side "hedge" is full of the tea plants.

Foxglove and Cape Fuchsias.

Dahlias from inside the greenhouse.

Pink roses and blue delphiniums.

White David Austin roses (fragrant)
with delphinium.

A plethora of flowers.

Purple dahlias. Doubles, singles.

Wow.

Beautiful.

A boxholder's helper carries
their flowers. Thanks!

I really like this one.

A David Austin white rose up close.

A ruffle type rose that is so very delicate.

Greenhouse tomatoes are looking good. They haven't started turning color, yet.

More variety on the way.
Baby radishes.