Atlantic Giant Pumpkin
“Titan” Sunflower
Mexican Sunflower
Clockwise from left: hibiscus, corn, yellow strawberry and purslane
If canning is “fun” I wonder why all these jars have never been used?! hahaha
White Tailed Deer
Garden Living Room
Marigolds, eucalyptus, hibiscus
Blackberry Bush is getting very tall (on trellis on right side of picture)
Rouge de Vif D’Etampes pumpkins, Lemon cucumbers and Delikatesse cucumbers on this trellis (and amaranth on the right)
Hartman’s Giant Amaranth
Amaranth is a grain you can cook like quinoa. I love the magenta seed heads and stalks. The grain (little shiny black seeds) grow in the fluffy pink tops of these awesome plants. I planted this variety from Baker Creek seeds several years ago and it re-seeds itself every year. Amaranth is one of my favorite plants in the garden.
Little Collection of Bones
The Spy found all these bones (and many more!) in the woods at forest-school summer camp. Friday was his last day at camp.
Gift from school
It was a fun June and July at summer camp!
The Spy is off to other adventures, but Baby’s new school year at forest-school begins Monday!
Baby’s Classroom
Baby’s Clay Sculpture (with the artist’s explanation haha)
View from windows in Baby’s classroom
See the cave? And at the top of the hill is Squirrely Garden.
More sights…
from around…
forest school.
Maze by the Spy
Purple Skies
Shallow End
Deep End
Yeah, “canning is FUN” Ms Spy…get into it! ;). Hope that white tailed deer was on the correct side of the fence! Love The Spy…just ducking in home in between visits to drop off the precious stuff…baby has that lazy thing down to a fine art, she can even explain her way out of it with complex reasoning and logic…good luck trying to win a battle with her in the future ma’am! ;). OOOH! Just remembered something that you all might like to have a go at. Even The Spy is going to want to do this as the end results make all of the effort completely worthwhile and it is an amazing reminder that simple ingredients can sometimes make the most beautiful things…mud balls!
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Hikaru-Dorodango,-or-Shining-Ball-of-Mud
http://www.aipt.org/jasc/Lesson%20Plans/Society%20&%20Culture/Teena.Create%20Hikaru%20Dorodango%20_polished%20mud%20balls_.pdf
Is it just me or does that look like a small shark under baby! EEK!
Canning is clearly not “fun” as these jars with lids have been in my neighbor’s mom’s barn for years (30?) haha I have made some basil jelly last year and pickles but never done huge batches. We have tomatoes by the dozens here now so I should probably be making some Spy Garden Ketchup. Thanks so much for the beautiful Hikaru Dorodango: I am printing the tutorial right now. Awesome!
Wouldn’t it be an amazing thing to share with the children at Baby’s school or Sunday school? Worthless mud turned into something precious…there has to be a lesson there somewhere ;)
Isn’t it amazing how much everything grows in such a short time? Like that pumpkin! I grew Love-lies-bleeding Amaranth this year and the tassels are just starting – can’t wait for the long ‘dreadlocks!’ Great in arrangements. :-)
Yes, things are growing fast! Amaranth is my favorite. I’ve grown the love-lies-bleeding before; I’d like to try some new varieties next year.
A lovely collection of photographs and thanks for showing Amaranth, I have wondered how that grew but not taken the time to research it :)
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