Funky Grape Vine Growth
I have been searching Google and Goole Images for a while, and cannot figure out what this is: I just saw it yesterday. It’s growing on the stem of one of the... Read More
Black Swallowtail Butterfly
One of may favorite things about our garden is the different critters it attracts. Here are some pictures of a Black Swallowtail Caterpillar that I hung out with for a while yesterday:... Read More
Nichols Plum – Fruit Drop
This is kind of sad. Three years ago, we started a fruit guild in our yard, in which we planted one Nichols Plum Tree. We got one fruit from it the first... Read More
This week’s flowers
A mix of vegetable/fruit, garden, and wildflowers.
Myrmecophobia
Those who know me well know that I have a fear of just one thing: Ants. Naturally, four years ago we moved to the Great Anoka Sand Plain, which is basically an... Read More
Dragonfly
I took a bit of time to weed the garden this afternoon, and this guy let me get very, very close.
King of the North Grapes
Three years ago, we purchased 100+ grape vines from Great River Vineyard, in an attempt to green our chain link fence. There are a couple of grapes on the fence that are... Read More
Purple (or green?) Tomatillos
I started both Purple and Green Tomatillos in March this year. To be honest, I don’t have the slightest idea which ones survived, and which ones didn’t! We lost a couple of... Read More
10 days
Just a quick comparison picture: 10 days of growth. June 24th and July 4th. Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
Strawberries and Sunshine
Here’s what you get when you use a point-and-shoot camera to take a picture of a strawberry bed about an hour before sunset.