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What I grow in my garden this year

Pumpkins, squash, tomatillo and basil

Rhubarb, mint and mangold

Strawberries, cherries and cranberries

Not pictured (yet): salad, cucumbers, tomatoes, okra, more tomatoes, more basil, more mint, rosemary, lavender and thyme, thistles, lots of flowers, apples, pears, grapes, zucchini.

To be seen: corn, artichoke.

I love my little garden paradise 💚

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Herb harvest! Here we have rosemary, lemon balm, tulsi, sage, lemon basil, Mexican tarragon, stevia, and mullein! 🌿🌱🍃

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August in the garden

My bounty to take home

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These pictures don't do justice to how tall these sunflowers are.

Close to 5 m in height, maybe I'll measure them when I cut them down at the end of the season.

Most of my other sunflowers have bloomed already, but the ones in this little patch just keep growing taller.

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Morning harvest! Pattypan and yellow squash, carribean superhot peppers and a few tatos

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✨how it started vs. how it's going✨

I'm in love 🥲

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got my new perennials all planted! with the exception of the smallest solidago these were given to me by a very lovely friend and coworker who raises monarchs but has had to move into an apartment. i am very excited to have these in my care and i hope they flourish and invite more insects to my yard!!

left to right:

solidago spp. - native goldenrod

agastache ‘orange hyssop’

gomphocarpus physocarpus - hairy balls milkweed

monarda spp. - red bee balm

achillea ptarmica ‘peter cottontail’

solidago spp. - i think this is a non native goldenrod but i’m not sure

kcmo - zone 6b

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And another one ✨

Cat for scale.

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This was enough squash for four meals 😱✨

Spaghetti with roasted squash purée and fried sage.

Cat for scale.

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August in the garden

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is he a dog or a cat?

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Cat for scale.

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August 12

That black eyed susan is so funny. I have to hack it back to keep it from overtaking everything nearby.

My new natives look amazing. I can believe almost all of them have bloomed in their first year. I hope they all return next year.

I decided to prune my okra tree and I do not regret it. I love the shape and it doesn't seem there were any negative consequences.

Tomatoes are FINALLY ripening (I've been enjoying cherry toms for 2 weeks but no full size would ripen!). I. AM. EXCITE.

Speaking of EXCITE. So many eggplants, but no idea when to harvest them.

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Bee friend 8/11/24

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No tomatoes over 1 kg yet, but we're slowly getting there.

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Squash moving into the air bee & bee 🐝