Berry time @ Glen Mar!

It's berry time! 2nd batch of black raspberries. Batch #1 was on 7/4. The larger berries are as big as a nickel.

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Jammin' @ Christmas time!

I usually make my black raspberry jam in September but never got around to it. Ircink family pierogi gathering this evening and I wanted to get some jam to my aunts and uncle. 23, 8-ounce jars. 32 last year. I swear I had the same amount of quart bags of raspberries. I did have the same amount.

Odd.

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sunflower.

 

So yeah, sunflower seeds found in bird seed CAN sprout and blossom, I guess.

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Blueberries. 2014.

First black raspberries of the season! Popped overnight. Yeahhh for me! 

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narcissist.

Look at them....posing like that. It's all about them. "Take my picture, Jeff...look how pretty I am!" Narcissists.

"Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed,..."

- excerpt from Walt Whitman's "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun"

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Russian sage smudge sticks.

Cut down the Russian sage today, salvaging what was left of the leafy parts of the plant to make smudge sticks. Let'em dry for a couple weeks and let the cleansing begin! What? Never heard of "smudge sticks"? Well read on, friend. Read on!

Last smudge stick outing....click here.

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.

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make jam. not war.

Can you imagine if countries made jam and had competitions instead of killing each other? Not just jam though - the planting of the shrubs, tending to the bushes, harvesting, freezing. Why do I always have to think of this shit?

Well I did my part today. 32 - 8 ounce jars. That's what 9 quart bags will yield. 12 more jars than last year. Black raspberry...from the gardens here at Glen Mar.

Do you like jam? Probably cheaper in the store. This is special schtuff.

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Early Girl!

July 29. First tomato of the season. Got my plants in the ground late this year. That's cool. Raspberries are done (9 quart bags) so I've got 14 tomato plants to tend to (2 Better Boy, 3 Early Girl and 9 Cherry).

I let her finish ripening in the window. It's where I put all my Girls...

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Gardenia.

Finally...a bloom. No - two blooms. And many more on the way. Can you smell them? I can.

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First batch.

Black raspberries at Glen Mar. Half a quart. Lots more to come. Last year I made 20, 8 ounce jars of jam. We'll see....

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Siberian Iris in bloom @ Glen Mar.

It's June! Where did May go to?

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Propagating chocolate mint.

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Brodé Galeux d’Eysines. Parle vu?

Just a few more weeks, Cinderella...

This French heirloom pumpkin means "embroidered with warts" from Eysines (a small city in the southwest of France). This baby is from the gardens of Glen Mar in Greendale, WI, USA.

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Black raspberry jam.

From the berry crop at Glen Mar. Doubled my output from 2011. Oddly, canned just three days earlier than last year.

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haikuin' it, zucchini style!

Zucchini bread - LIKE
homegrown…my Greendale garden
eat – come to Glen Mar

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"ohhhh...look at the pretty lace!"

That's a rose bush leaf. That's what those motherfuckin' Japanese beetles leave when they're finished munching on my beautiful roses. Well - not any more. I just sprayed the fuck out of them.

Previous post on aforementioned Japanese beetles/fuckers.

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mojitos.

Made with chocolate mint from the garden. WHOO!

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Early Girls ripen'in.

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Zucchini Numba One!

If you pick it, the zucchini bread will follow...

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Japanese beetle...

...is dead. Oops - wrong Japanese beatle.

There we go. Is dead. Now stay the fuck out of our garden.

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