Here Comes The Sun...

Sunflowers from my sunflower teepee. 

BUZZ

I am fascinated by how different all the colors and centers of these beautiful flowers are.

Up close, you can see the dark shell of the sunflower seed. The yellow blossom reminds me of a pomegranate.

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Meditation

I created a little garden altar, garden shrine...a spot for meditation in the place I love most. My garden.

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Cats Mounting Hens and a Look Beyond The Weeds!

 My kitty prefers sleeping on a chicken rather than on comfy couches...go figure!

Beyond the weeds there are blooms. Beyond the weeds there is laughter. Beyond the weeds there are  riches.

 

 

 

 

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Screaming Thighs and Organic Matter!!!!

Doing a 30 day squat challenge. My thighs are on fire. Enough said!

Onto organic matter. The boring bit about how grateful I am for the abundance of water we have. How tired my hands and knees are from pulling weeds.  I have decided to try putting straw down between the plants to see if that helps any. The bonus is that beautiful organic matter should break down after a good till or two in the fall and again in the spring. I hope it helps. I am a quarter of the way done. it is a slow process. The garden is huge!(60+ tomatoes 60+ peppers and the list just keeps on going!) I am pulling each and every bloody weed out before I put down the straw. I manage about 2 hours or two rows a day because of the heat.

Off to make some relaxing meditation jars with my nieces and nephews....

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How Do You Water??

I am experimenting with my outside water situation. I have well water. I have zero pressure. Every year I spend ALL summer dragging hoses. I don't mind irrigating the grass but the garden, the food we eat the entire year, is a tough one to do. I am considering furrows. Last night I spent a couple of hours and made a couple of furrows to see if I like it better than just sticking a sprinkler head on the end of a hose and pulling it all day. I am at a loss and need some new ideas. If I go with the furrows I will be making at least 60 of them because our garden is HUGE! Like I said, we preserve, bottle, dry, sell and store everything and count heavily on it. So if you have an opinion please let me have it. I should just point out right now I am up at 5 turning on all the water, feeding animals etc. and then every 40 minutes the ENTIRE day and sometimes late into the night I am dragging hoses. At 5 am you would be surprised to see how many people are outside. I am affraid that over the last 5 years my neighbors have seen all my nighties (sorry) and if I haven't put my glasses on yet I am sure they have seen me run into the side of the house or a huge tree while dragging hoses. Hahaha!!!

 

Furrows

No Furrows