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monarda

8/3/2020

 
Picture
wild bergamot, bee balm, horsemint (Monarda fistulosa)
wild licorice
snowberry
goldenrod
saskatoon berries
smooth blue aster
wild rose
wolf willow
starry solomon's seal

wild strawberries

6/1/2020

 
strawberry patch.
wild strawberry flowers
wild strawberry plants
saskatoon blossoms.

potato berries

7/22/2019

 
yes it's true! apparently potatoes do flower in cool weather.
potato flowers
potato flowers, July 7
the fruit is poisonous. it looks like cherry tomatoes.
Picture
potato berries, July 22

harvest

10/9/2015

 
leaves and branchlets are falling
potted plants are indoors
(on account of overnight temps)

wolfberries are dried & frozen
horseradish, to do
herbs, to do

going for pizza with the basil
then, hunting borage seeds

beets and chard, yumazing
wet snow mornings

red mountain ash leaves branchlet autumn
mountain ash (autumn)

springtime

4/26/2014

 
coyotes. a couple of swainson's hawks. gulls & geese. cedar waxwings at  mountain ash berries (rosaceae. genus: sorbus). bald eagle. owl, robins. song. porcupines.
mountain ash
a mountain ash tree
still seeding, planning. the garden hardiness zone seems more like 2 or 3, or zero. last year's potatoes lasted almost all winter.
potato sprouts
sprouting potatoes
many shard puddles. ladybugs, other beetles, ants, spiders, moths. a definite sign of spring and it just keeps snowing. prairie crocuses...
prairie crocus
fuzzy wildflowers
april's a pink {sprouting grass, egg, fish} moon, farmer's almanac. the giant ice cubes, receding.
Picture

flowering ... tomatoes

8/31/2013

 
this was difficult! pinching flowers off!
tomato flowers
tomato flowers
... trying to facilitate the ripening of what are atm, big green tomatoes. only one, a hint of red.
green tomatoes
tomato berries
autumnal, time's turning.

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