It started out pure white. I thought it might turn pink or orange. But no, it turned...green 🤔🌱🎃

So this gourd vine crawled up the side of the greenhouse and into the open part. (Pictured) I look out the window beyond as I'm picking it, and see two more gourds hanging from the tree right outside. I have no idea how to get to them or get them down. 🌱🤣

Still blooming in the basement. I think I brought this home last fall. 🌱🥰

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Lots of cherry tomatoes, some Cherokee purple, two little zebras, and that one Hungarian Heart. Also found a few cucumbers in the greenhouse today. 🥒💚 Can't complain 🌱🍅😎

Beautiful. 🌱🫘

One lone Hungarian Heart tomato appeared. The rest of them defaulted to cherry sized tomatoes 🧐🌱🍅

"It's the humidity that's bad" is not just something Midwestem people say to be annoying. It literally makes you feel ill and you can't breathe.

Forgot to tag! 🌱💜

Hello friend 🥰🕷️🕸️

The Morning Glories are going crazy today 💜🥰

Yay I found one they missed that looks good! 😁🌱🌽

If it's not one thing, it's another that stops me from getting a proper corn harvest. This year I planted Glass Gem Popcorn. It was eaten right off the stalk. They left a few under developed and molded. Crows? 🐦‍⬛🌱

When I lived in town, I had tomatoes one year that grew so massive, they yanked cage out of the ground and took them for a walk. This year at the farm, the raspberries latched on to the tomatoes and they both grew over my path together 🤷‍♀️🤣

Watermelon coming soon 🌱🤭🍉

Lookie what I found today in the greenhouse. 🌱🥒

This crisis isn't just farmers losing land. This is your food, and the cost of input being higher than output. Not a sustainable system. And before you say "the farmer should do different", by all means tell us how. Also keep in mind you don't get to change prices. www.agweb.com/markets/outr...

"But the truth of farming in America is not a single story." Look, I know it's easier to assume all farmers are the same, but thinking this makes you no better than a racist assuming all one types are the same. Read this and think past stereotypes. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/ayanamad...

This is Lucky, the kitten who now lives inside after we found her missing a foot. She is amazing!! Currently on antibiotics while it heals, and goes back to the vet next week to see if she needs further amputation because of a bone fragment. I mention her in the article below 💜

What have I been up to? Oh you know, making a list ... ko-fi.com/post/The-Lis...

We call these duck gourds 😆🌱

One of the two monarch butterflies on the purple prairie thistles today. 🦋🌱💜 This is why I let my yard be unruly!!

I picked a big cucumber from the greenhouse today, but the kid ate part of it before I could get a picture 😆😋

Busy season is upon us, and so is harvest time. I won't be around much in the coming weeks, but I did a quick update on Ko-Fi today: ko-fi.com/ladybugdawn

Gourd season is upon us. 😮🌱

Still waiting to see what color this turns or if it gets any bigger 🌱🎃

Good morning 🦋🌱

Beaver Dam peppers are rocking this year! I absolutely love these - they are a mild hot, similar to a jalapeno. Some years are hotter than others, and this seems to be a hot year. 🌱🌶️

Your knowledge is valuable. Your skills are valuable. You are valuable. Do not let them tell you any different. 💜

Right. They are ultimately attacking the human soul and attempting to fool people into believing it has been replaced by their various inventions. Hang on to your heart!

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Today's Queen 🌻🌱

This morning's harvest. The greenhouse and cherry tomato patch. Haven't checked other patches or rogue plants yet.

I feel like yesterday's weather was false advertising - was supposed to be low 80s and not so hot, but it was horrible from 10am on. Today's breeze and temperature is much better.

How cute is this picture. I can't believe this adorableness was in my photos from last week! 🤣😍🌱🐝

A little article I wrote about mint in all it's forms... wildcountrychild.substack.com/p/mints?r=55...

Fun story. A few weeks back, my oldest was making shrimp, as he does often. He always shares with the cats, and was thrown when all of them said "no thanks". So he did too. Usually he gets it from a local franchise, but this bag came from Walmart. Then today...😮 abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns...

Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on.

Lost another big stalk from the Hill, but what's left is carrying on✌️🌻🌱

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I might have found some tomatoes 🤭🍅🌱

Today's sunflowers 🌱🌻

As close as I can get to this lovely lady 🌱🌻

Either a Cosmo or Tickseed, idk it came from a mix of mostly native flowers. 🤷‍♀️🌱

No, it is not a summer squash or winter squash. Chances are, the mystery gourd is an open pollinated seed from the big pink pumpkin from last year. 🎃🌱

New pictures added on Ko-Fi 🌱 ko-fi.com/i/IU7U31JV90I

Just in case you missed the earlier announcement, The Seed Collector and Her Chickens' Chapter 1, “Before the Sun Shouts,” is now live on my Ko-fi page, with its full illustration. 📖 Read it here: ko-fi.com/post/Before-... #TheSeedCollectorAndHerChickens #booksky #The_Eco_Spiritual_Experience 🌱

Y'all aren't going to believe this I lost the Canna Lilies back in 2020/2021 when I didn't properly store the bulbs over the winter. They just didn't grow. 4 years later, one is coming back?? 😮