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The Farmer in the Dell, beginner I'm a beginning backyard farmer in a small mountain village. I keep and share my gardening journal through this page.

I hope you enjoy my progress and what I'm learning.

Cutting and processing sunflower seeds today with my daughter.
23/07/2024

Cutting and processing sunflower seeds today with my daughter.

Learned something new this summer. Let me tell you a bit about Purslane. It usually grows wild and appears as a creepin...
20/07/2024

Learned something new this summer. Let me tell you a bit about Purslane. It usually grows wild and appears as a creeping w**d. But, I plant ID'd it and found out not only is it edible but is said to be delicious and highly nutritious being an actual vegetable that is loaded with the good Omegas. So, I let mine grow and spread this year in my lettuce bed. I finally got brave enough and ate a sprig. It did not disappoint. It really does taste very juicy and lemony, especially the slender and tender stems with a crunchy bite in the plump little leaves. I'll be putting it in my salads, sandwiches, etc. The little tiny black seeds in the flower head are numerous and it's no wonder it self propagates so rapidly. I'll be letting them grow every year. It makes a wonderful ground cover also. I am going to try to collect the seeds and spread them around where I'd like a tasty ground cover to grow.

Here's the photos of yesterday's w**ding of the rock garden and today's harvesting. See below each photo for details
19/07/2024

Here's the photos of yesterday's w**ding of the rock garden and today's harvesting. See below each photo for details

19/07/2024

After a week and a half of not doing much due to heat or migraines (ugh!), I got out today and w**ded the entire back yard rock garden! Because the Butternut squash, Cucumber and Pumpkin vines have filled in most of the empty spaces, there wasn't as much as usual but there was plenty enough to keep me out there for about 2.5 hours, which is definitely my limit! Whew!! I was too exhausted and spent to take a photo today.

Tomorrow, I'll go back and begin to see if some of my head bent sunflowers are ready to be harvested. Also, will check to see if I have some potatoes, green beans, and I saw a few ripe sugar snap peas and cherry tomatoes. too. And get some photos.

From my garden to my house, enjoy💐🦋😁
12/07/2024

From my garden to my house, enjoy💐🦋😁

My Blue Hydrangea still going strong 💙💙
12/07/2024

My Blue Hydrangea still going strong 💙💙

Had a wee winged visitor 🦋
12/07/2024

Had a wee winged visitor 🦋

What's growing today? Check under each photo
12/07/2024

What's growing today? Check under each photo

Today's harvest: the last of the first round of carrots and the first of my cucumbers.
08/07/2024

Today's harvest: the last of the first round of carrots and the first of my cucumbers.

I have been on vacation since Wednesday, and arrived home in the afternoon. I then fell asleep for an hour and a half af...
07/07/2024

I have been on vacation since Wednesday, and arrived home in the afternoon. I then fell asleep for an hour and a half after driving four hours; so, today all I did was survey and water. See below photos.

What's growing and being harvested today? Check out the photos below.
30/06/2024

What's growing and being harvested today? Check out the photos below.

Today's harvest:Sugar snap peas, green onions and carrots 😋Future harvest: growing Butternut squash 😋
25/06/2024

Today's harvest:
Sugar snap peas, green onions and carrots 😋

Future harvest: growing Butternut squash 😋

Thanks to excellent weather today, my daughter and I got our two garden shelves unloaded, cleaned out and put all into o...
24/06/2024

Thanks to excellent weather today, my daughter and I got our two garden shelves unloaded, cleaned out and put all into our new garden shed. Also we got all our garden tools, her bicycle and other items into it. We moved our woodpile over and cleaned off our side porch. Then, she got the doggy pool cleaned up and I gave everything a good watering since we still have had no rain since almost two weeks ago amidst all this heat. Lastly, beans were picked and a trap set for a groundhog that has made an appearance and eaten the last bits of my two remaining romaine and kale heads, ugh!

We have pea pods!!! I'm excited because last year not one pea seed lived. I've also got corn, butternut squash growing....
20/06/2024

We have pea pods!!! I'm excited because last year not one pea seed lived. I've also got corn, butternut squash growing. My lilies look so pretty now as does my blue hydrangea which is starting to open up. See below the photos.

The tomatoes have begun to form!!!Also picked 6 quarts bush and French beans today, plus 2 more each I face to my neighb...
19/06/2024

The tomatoes have begun to form!!!

Also picked 6 quarts bush and French beans today, plus 2 more each I face to my neighbor.

It was time to dead head all my roses, so I w**ded below them as well, no photo.

My white hydrangeas are in full bloom and the blue have a bit more to go but I made bouquets with both anyway as the blue will open in time in the vase as well as on the bush.

Today's harvestSee below photos
14/06/2024

Today's harvest

See below photos

Today's harvest from garden to sink:Two kinds of beans: Bush and FrenchThree kinds of lettuces: Romaine, Bibb, red and g...
12/06/2024

Today's harvest from garden to sink:
Two kinds of beans: Bush and French
Three kinds of lettuces: Romaine, Bibb, red and green Gourmet
Some Carrots

Grateful to have had plenty to share with our next door neighbors. This is what I kept for us.

So much for my gardening plans today. Started last night but I slept very well but still it came back as soon as I was a...
11/06/2024

So much for my gardening plans today.

Started last night but I slept very well but still it came back as soon as I was awake. Tried Tylenol, then one abortive, on the second one. My headache is finally subsiding... But I'm now tired from it all.

But here are adorable my migraine companions 😻😻🐈🐈‍⬛. Check out my other page:
Adventures of Sir Pip and Lady Grey.

What's growing today? See below each photo.
10/06/2024

What's growing today? See below each photo.

My Daylillies and Asiatic lilies are starting to bloom. They are both so very tall this year!
06/06/2024

My Daylillies and Asiatic lilies are starting to bloom. They are both so very tall this year!

Our new shed is completed and even has our lawn mower and few other items in it. We will be adding our two garden shelv...
05/06/2024

Our new shed is completed and even has our lawn mower and few other items in it. We will be adding our two garden shelves and the few tools we have over the course of the next few weeks. Yay!!!

After two days resting due to extreme soreness from helping my daughter and our neighbor put together our new shed, I'm ...
05/06/2024

After two days resting due to extreme soreness from helping my daughter and our neighbor put together our new shed, I'm back outside doing a bit of gardening. I also noticed that my sciatica has stopped shooting down my left leg!!!! I can do just sore, but not that sciatica pain, soo glad it seems gone, hallelujah!!!

I dead-headed all the spent Peonies and brought inside the last of them. Cut some of my gorgeous white roses and arranged them. Deadheaded and slightly pruned my other rosebushes. Pruned my tomatoes and set the new growth into the supports. Cut more Bibb lettuce. Cut the first of my divinely beautiful red Asiatic lilies and arranged it. Also, our shed is done and simply awaits the doors to be put on.

Today's progress of our shed. Our neighbor helped a whole lot. Gracie is a workhorse though!!! All I can say is, men,...
03/06/2024

Today's progress of our shed. Our neighbor helped a whole lot. Gracie is a workhorse though!!! All I can say is, men, good luck keeping up with her 💪💪💪! We got it all completed except for the doors. I'll show that also once completed.

Progress of preparing the foundation for the basic metal shed we will then put together to put here.Kudos to my daughter...
02/06/2024

Progress of preparing the foundation for the basic metal shed we will then put together to put here.

Kudos to my daughter, Gracie, for hefting all that pea gravel!! And w**d whacking too!
💪💪💪

Soo, what to do with all those greens? Make a veggie quiche!In the quiche: *Radish greens, Green onions, Asparagus, *Sp...
31/05/2024

Soo, what to do with all those greens? Make a veggie quiche!

In the quiche: *Radish greens, Green onions, Asparagus, *Spinach, turkey bacon, Swiss cheese, milk and eggs

* Items from my garden, the rest is from our local CSA farmbox we order from once a week

Today's cuttings from my Rose Garden
30/05/2024

Today's cuttings from my Rose Garden

Harvesting my lettuces, dill, and radishes, also some Peonies and Ground Elder. I also got the small base around my Blu...
29/05/2024

Harvesting my lettuces, dill, and radishes, also some Peonies and Ground Elder. I also got the small base around my Blue Hydrangea w**ded before it blooms, but forgot to get the photo.

A bit rainy in our neck of the woods this Memorial Day 2024. Here's looking out my addition's small front porch door to ...
27/05/2024

A bit rainy in our neck of the woods this Memorial Day 2024. Here's looking out my addition's small front porch door to view my flowering rose garden.

It's a grey day here today. But, it has a beauty all its own.

Coral, yellow, white, red and pink

Got to get the w**ds, soon, my L hip and sciatica are improving, but still needs extra rest to stay off of it while doing cold/hot therapy, TENS, chiro and starting PT this week.

Saturday's backyard bloom update.
26/05/2024

Saturday's backyard bloom update.

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