#blueberry bushes

[ladysnowangel]

Signs of spring in the garden.

[ecopunkfox]

Blueberry bushes! Top one we’ve had for a couple years, the other two we just got this year 🫐

[inthecityofgoodabode]

May 2023: Memorial Day

Our blueberry bushes have been high on green growth & low on berry production: 

Mystery cucurbit identified. It is a cucumber plant: 

Red Russian kale: 

And turnip greens. They were all harvested, cooked & delicious: 

I hilled our corn this weekend: 

This corn was hilled two days ago & it has doubled in size. If you aren’t hilling your corn, you should be. It loves it: 

These flags start flying Memorial Day weekend. They will continue to fly through Juneteenth, the Fourth of July & won’t be taken down until after Labor Day. I was a little disappointed that I didn’t hear any fireworks this Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend is normally the beginning of illegally discharged firework season around here: 

[vqpn]

spiders nestled in the blueberry bushes

[warnerfrancesca]

Landscape - Farmhouse Landscape Inspiration for a huge farmhouse partial sun gravel vegetable garden landscape in summer.

[avilakaylen]

Landscape - Farmhouse Landscape Inspiration for a huge farmhouse partial sun gravel vegetable garden landscape in summer.

[donadacasa]

Blueberry Waffles with Fast Blueberry Sauce Who can resist blueberry waffles with blueberry syrup?

[dgalevisuals]

[xxivkay]

Blueberry Waffles with Fast Blueberry Sauce Who can resist blueberry waffles with blueberry syrup?

[heldhram]

My friends: Wanna go out for a bite this weekend? Me: Sorry, I've got errands to run x.x

The errand:

Those blueberry bushes just ain't goan water themselves yanno?

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Being a novice gardener whose first priority is creating a welcoming place for wildlife with plenty of native plants and natural food sources has made me even more aware of how many people genuinely despise nature and wild animals especially. Like gardening communities and resources are filled with an absurd amount of disdain for anything other than bees, butterflies, and pretty birds that never ever eat anything from the garden.

Finding other people with similar goals and desires to mine, people who love native flora and fauna and want to welcome animals in rather than keep them out, feels like finding an oasis in the desert. I know things are getting better, I know this attitude is changing, but it feels so slow and difficult.

[lonelydncers]

why are these flowers taking so long to grow back wtf

[tenderanarchist]

Trying something new with the blueberry bush. I’ve tried netting in the past but without a frame around the bushes animals are very likely to become entangled and injured, and wasps can still get in to eat berries. So hopefully these organza bags I got on clearance will protect the berries from birds and insects while still allowing them to ripen. They work best on clusters of berries at the ends of branches, so it’s impossible to cover all the berries, but it should be a significantly better harvest than last year. Whatever is uncovered is free game for the birds and insects- they still get their share!

[thewillowoaklady]

Blueberries growing on a blueberry bush

[emsalx]

some more pictures of our blueberry harvest 

26 feb 2023