I haven’t posted about my chickens in a while, so I thought I should provide a quick update. Lefty had a rough couple of months. She went broody on me, meaning, she decided that she wanted the eggs to hatch. So she’d park herself on the freshly laid eggs each…
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Floral Friday – October 9, 2026
A few commenters from last Floral Friday were interested in seeing all five the aloe flower clusters opening, so I was able to capture the photo above this week. I’ve never had an aloe plant put up this many flower stalks and this many flowers. I wish I knew the…
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Floral Friday – October 2, 2026
No, this is not a repeat. This aloe plant, which bloomed earlier this year, is now blooming again. And this time it’s throwing up multiple flower clusters. The main one is just starting to open its little flowers, and I hope in the next week or so they all begin…
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Floral Friday – September 25, 2026
I found these inky cap mushrooms growing at the base of one of my raised garden beds. From what I read on Google, they tend to appear around rotting wood. Which makes sense. When I set up a raised bed, I fill it halfway with branches, small tree limbs, leaves,…
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Floral Friday – September 18, 2026
Nothing extravagant for this week’s Floral Friday. Instead, I thought I’d share this little mushroom. It may be the tiniest one I’ve ever seen. I was rolling up the garden hose the other day and happened to look down. There, amongst the brown and gray fallen leaves was a little…
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Floral Friday – September 11, 2026
I think Morning Glories have some of the prettiest flowers. The one growing in my yard has soft, pastel blue blooms. They are currently growing in a spot near my back patio, amid a collection of Jewel of Thailand and several potted fruit trees. What I like about the photo…
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Floral Friday – September 4, 2026
This zinnia caught my eye last weekend while I was weeding a garden bed. Not just the color of the flower and how it contrasted with the dark leaves and railroad tie, but also the tiny yellow florets in the center. Like little flowers within a flower. Fall isn’t too…
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Floral Friday – August 28, 2026
Google Image Search tells me these are Sow Thistle flowers. They’re new to my yard, appearing over the past few months. The stalks are around five feet tall and very green. Once the flowers begin to fade, they develop these dandelion clusters of white seedling that are carried away on…
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Floral Friday – August 21, 2026
A simple squash flower is my spotlight for the week. I have some herbs growing in a raised bed, and a few weeks ago I added some compost to the soil to give them a little boost. I didn’t realize there were some squash seeds in there. Over the past…
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Floral Friday – August 14, 2026
For a little change of pace, I thought I’d share a few photos of one of my pitcher plants (Sarracenia). This variety is also referred to as the North American pitcher plant. There are roughly 11 species of these plants, and I’m lucky enough to live in an area where…