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.
Tomato Spirals, Revisited
I first posted about tomato spirals here; you can find a few more entries by searching “spirals” on this site. I finally had some time to prune and tie up my tomatoes... Read More
