After The Berries

From mid to slowly June until the quaternary of July, I pick berries twice a day. My freezer is total of raspberries, blueberries, dark currants as well as gooseberries. I lost (???) my canner, then I'll endure on the hunt at yard sales then at that topographic point volition endure jelly eventually. There are nonetheless simply about blues, but the birds tin cause got the remainder of them. Today I went out there, as well as it seemed similar I was seeing everything else for the firstly time. Except for the blossom garden exterior my sleeping accommodation window, everything else has been ignored. It was exciting to see, as well as if you'd similar to come upward along, nosotros tin cause got a petty tour.

The birds are possessive nearly these as well as develop quite a racket when I walk near.

Right exterior the door, the borage is setting off fireworks of its own.

I swear, the echinacea was barely budding final fourth dimension I saw it.

Baby elderberries are looking skillful then far. On the other bush across the yard, beetles cause got done a release on the leaves, then I'm interested to run across how that is going to plough out. More circulation mightiness hateful fewer fruit flies. Maybe?

Fleabane daisies as well as chicory cozy upward to a petty balsam fir inward the field. The fields are filled alongside masses of these along alongside drifts of Queen Anne's lace betwixt the trees. They are mowed periodically, but then pretty. And they grow back.

Monarda is starting to bloom inward the back, but non yet inward the front.

Mountian mint! Lush as well as healthy, it's been a yoke of years since it took a plough inward the still. We'll remedy that soon.

Oh yeah... the argue I went out was to harvest simply about nettle seeds. This while was a 4" pot iii years ago. The bare expanse inward the motion painting is what I injure upward pulling. Those roots! Those stings! What an exciting hour! Jewelweed grows correct adjacent to it as well as actually came to the rescue. Shorts as well as t-shirt are a pitiful alternative for this work, yesteryear the way.

This is what I pulled, as well as it isn't quite done yet. This is a full-sized shower curtain. Nettle roots are actually incredible. Tenacious... sneaky... strong... I'll cause got to produce this every year.

I was get-go to intend the passionflower was non coming back, but depression as well as behold, at that topographic point it is! Instead of 100 shoots, I exclusively institute 2. This was a oil winter. Almost all of the lavander died, as well as 1 of the figs. Guess it was oil for the passionflower, too.

I planted poppies all over the house inward all kinds of varieties. I am completely inward dearest alongside them.

Finally, I was walking yesteryear the raspberry while as well as thinking nearly how this seemed to endure 1 of the years when no St Johns wort would endure coming up. Sometimes there's lots, sometimes there's none.
I looked upward as well as at that topographic point was a glimmer of gilt off to the right!

It looks similar remainder of the summertime volition endure pretty exciting. In the final 12 or thirteen years, then many unlike perennials as well as "planned weeds" cause got been added to this plot of province that I don't retrieve them all, as well as larn pleasant surprises almost every fourth dimension I walk through the yard!
Here's hoping that you're enjoying the plants inward your surround too!