Kate
@herbygardens.bsky.social
Herbalist & Gardener 🌱 | Nature Lover 💚 | Zone 5b/6a She/her herbygardens.com - I write about my garden and herbal recipes
Io moth caterpillar eating one of my blue corn leaves 🌱 They cause very painful stings so I'm glad I saw it before accidentally brushing against it. #nature
Tomatoes 🌱 I pulled these from the vine before the rain storm so they wouldn't crack. #vegetablegarden #gardening #harvest #tomatoes
Current situation 🥴😭🌱. A walk through my garden after heavy rain. This was the shallow area. The other area had water over my boots.
A silver spotted skipper butterfly headed towards an anise hyssop flower 🌱 #nativeplants #nature #butterfly
A very vibrant patch of Echinacea purpurea. The surrounding echinacea flowers are much paler in comparison. 🌱 #nativeplants #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
We've got strong wind gusts today so crossing my fingers these corn stalks don't snap 🤞🌱. This blue corn grew to about 12+ feet tall. #vegetablegardening #corn #gardening
Reminder to check for cucumbers every day 🙃🌱. This one stayed on the vine a little too long. #vegetablegardening #gardening
Garlic bulbils 🌱 I let one of my garlic plants flower so I can collect the mini bulbils to plant in the fall. They'll take at least two growing seasons to produce full sized bulbs. #vegetablegardening #garlic #gardening
Happy full moon in Aquarius 🌕🌱 The garden is finally getting some rain. Unfortunately our creek is flooding and some roads are washed out 😅. #moon #gardening #nativeplants
Found this pumpkin growing in an inconvenient spot 🌱🎃 It will continue to ripen off the vine but probably won't be sweet enough for pie. #vegetablegardening #gardening
The butternut squash vines are fighting the trellis and taking over the yard 😆🌱 #vegetablegardening #gardening
I let one of the broccoli heads flower 🌱. The flowers taste like broccoli and are really good in salads. The bees love them too! #vegetablegardening #flowers #gardening
Watching all the butterflies visit the garden is definitely a mood booster 🌱 #nature #butterfly #nativeplants
My favorite butterfly visited the garden 🌱. #butterfly #flower #bloomscrolling #nature
I harvested about 12 ounces of immature oat tops yesterday to use for milky oat tincture 🌱. I'm going to cut all the stalks down and use them for mulch in my carrot bed. #herbalism #harvest #gardening #vegetablegarden
Shallots! 🌱 I puled them out a few weeks earlier than I'd have liked but the weather is not cooperating. Onions were starting to bolt so I just harvested them all. #harvest #vegetablegarden
Pulled the last of the beets up! These came from a variety pack containing Detroit Dark Red, Chioggia, and Golden. 🌱 #vegetablegarden #harvest #gardening
This red sails lettuce is doing very well despite the extreme heat. I have it in a shady spot where it gets about 6 hours of direct sun. 🌱 #vegetablegarden #gardening #lettuce
Here is a homemade rose liqueur for #RoseWednesday 🌱. Thank you @leximccologist.bsky.social for the recipe! My ingredients are in alt. #cocktail #drinks #roses
Lexi McCologist@leximccologist.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere’s the recipe. In one batch, I used the extracts but didn’t add glycerin or food coloring. In the second batch, I used vanilla bean and citrus zests. I included the table of contents from the book so if you want any other recipes, just let me know.
One year ago today I decided to make a pepper bed (idea is first picture) and then what it looks like a year later. (Peppers do great in pots and don't need to take up space in my raised beds this way) #VegetableGardening #UrbanGardening #BackYardGarden #Zone5A
