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Sofiimagines
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Winter is coming. The frost was so thick this morning shouts of "SNOW!!" from a very excited child echoed in my home ❄️ and my last remaining coneflower bloom has officially turned into an ice princess.

#Flowers #Nature #OriginalPHotography #Autumn #gardening 🌱 #zone6b #FlowerPhotography
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Packing and labeling soil samples from my raised veggie beds and and in-ground beds around the yard today so I can understand what’s good and what could use improvement. I’ll get access to online results in a few weeks.

#gardening #zone6b #soil #msuextension
Soil test kit and instructions. Soil sample and label details for the lab. This is one of two samples from different parts of the yard I want to analyze.
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Ayocote Morado finally starting to emerge as the other pole beans are dying back.

Last year I had a bunch of the plants hanging to dry in my basement because frost came before they were ready.

#gardening #zone6b #polebeans
Ayocote Morado beans on a cattle panel trellis.
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM Everybody can reply
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the_word_nerd
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Planted ~50 garlic cloves and ~50 red and yellow over-winter onions today. Whew!

First time trying onions this way, so I’m excited to see what happens.

And even though I harvested a nice-sized bag of mixed greens, I’m gonna go eat an enormous cheeseburger.

#gardening #zone6b #raisedbedgarden
Georgian Crystal garlic cloves and the cheap vodka I used to sterilize them before their overnight fertilization soak. Georgian Crystal garlic cloves sterilizing in a pint glass of vodka. Some of the over-winter onions I planted today. These have been growing indoors under a grow light for about the last couple months. Mixed greens I harvested today including arugula, spinach, chard, cabbage, lettuce, kale, mustard, and beet greens, plus “microgreens” from beets and radishes that were thinned.
October 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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The pawpaw cheesecake @jasoncauley.bsky.social made is a really special treat!

#pawpaw #zone6b
A slice of pawpaw cheesecake with black walnut sprinkled on top. Pawpaw cheesecake fresh out of the springform pan. Cross-section of pawpaw cheesecake.
October 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM Everybody can reply
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Karen Droms
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Homemade pepper jam time! Used the remaining hot peppers from the garden, store-bought bell peppers, used just apple cider with no added water, and the low sugar pectin. And just before this week’s freeze warnings! 🌱🫑🌶️

Tart and spicy, just like me!

#vegetablegardening
#gardening
#zone6a
#zone6b
Small jars of homemade hot pepper jam stacked on a white crocheted table runner in front of sunlit French doors. One opened jar lies on its side in the front left of the others. Photo of a hand holding a Triscuit cracker topped with some cheese and some hit pepper jam.
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM Everybody can reply
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gardenthyme.bsky.social
GardenThyme
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If the mild weather holds 2-3 more weeks, I might get one more pepper harvest like this morning's. 🌱 #vegetablegardening
Zone6b/7a. #peppers
Green bowl filled with a variety of mild peppers
October 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM Everybody can reply
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Karen Droms
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It’s harvest time! Used veggies fresh from the garden for a while, time to harvest and preserve. Bags of tomatoes in the freezer for sauce and jalapeño jam from the peppers. I’ll need to buy bell peppers since critters ate those plants. 🌱

#vegetablegardening
#gardening
#gardensky
#zone6a
#zone6b
Photos of hot peppers (jalapeño and cayenne), sage hanging to dry, and onions (including red, yellow, and white).
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Josh the cat has been my study buddy for the Foundations of Gardening course.

He sits next to me while I read and listens in to the webinar classes, too.

#caturday #gardening #zone6b #studybuddy
Studying leaf and flower parts. Being bored while I read about the soil texture triangle. Being the big spoon during a recent course webinar. Falling asleep during another recent course webinar.
September 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM Everybody can reply
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the_word_nerd
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Transitional time in the garden. Shelling peas are coming. But so are a few sweet repeat raspberries & ever-bearing strawberries. Amish Paste finally ripening indoors! Onions & shallots are done curing outside; what we haven’t eaten yet moves to the basement.

#gardening #zone6b
Shelling peas on a trellis. Small sweet repeat raspberry and even smaller ever-bearing strawberry. Amish Paste tomatoes final showed the slightest sign of lycopene so I picked them and they’ve been ripening indoors in a paper bag. I’ll be saving seeds from the largest one. The rest will become sauce. Shallots, red onions, yellow onions, and white onions in plastic mesh bags for storage.
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM Everybody can reply
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Karen Droms
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Asters are such a pretty flower, it almost makes up for them being the signal for the end of the gardening season. 🌱

#BloomScrolling
#Gardening
#GardenFeed
#Zone6A
#Zone6B
Photo of light purple aster flowers with other greenery against a stacked stone wall.
September 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Fall planning outside today. Filling up the raised beds with greens, beets, carrots, peas, and radishes.

Inside, I shelled some beans and packed up some dried herbs.

#gardening #zone6b #fallplanting #beans #herbs
Seeds I planted today. A mix of different varieties of greens, carrots, beets, radishes, and peas. Bean shelling station. From top left: Kentucky Wonder, Cannelini, Cherokee Trail of Tears, Cranberry, Kidney (very light pink today), and about 4 tiny Navy beans. Jars of beans, not including those shelled today. Navy on top. Top row: Kidney, Cannelini, and Cranberry. Bottom row: Bingo, Kentucky Wonder, Cherokee Trail of Tears. Jars of dried herbs from the garden: basil, cilantro, dill, mint, parsley, rosemary, thyme, sage (oops, I meant to line them up in alphabetical order 🤪).
September 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Fall-planted garlic arrived! From Keene Organics in neighboring Wisconsin.

Going all in on Georgian Crystal this year.

#gardening #zone6b #hardneckgarlic
One pound of Georgian Crystal seed garlic for fall planting.
September 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Nice Sunday harvest. The last of the green beans (I took them out to make room for more fall planting); the first of the fall-planted radishes, and two disappointing but cute sweet peppers. Plus various tomatoes and a good clump of greens.

#gardening #zone6b
Sweet peppers, greens, tomatoes, green beans, and radishes.
September 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM Everybody can reply
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sofiimagines.bsky.social
Sofiimagines
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#YellowThu #ColorADay

Marigold blooms are still going strong!

🌱 #GardeningFeed #Annuals #zone6b #yellow #bloomscrolling #photography
September 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM Everybody can reply
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Kate Ferguson
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This week in the garden: I really just can’t get enough of the nasturtiums this year. They are thriving and still blooming beautifully. 🌱

#gardening
#zone6b
#bloomscrolling
Bloody mary variety nasturtiums with red flowers and round green leaves. The biggest leaves are four inches across! Alaska variety nasturtiums with yellow-orange flowers and round green leaves with yellow speckles A bloody mary variety nasturtium flower. It has five pale yellow flowers with deep red streaks.
September 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Beautiful Alice’s Dream tomatoes!

Need to get some fresh mozz or burrata to eat then with.

#gardening #zone6b #heirloomtomatoes
Three Alice’s Dream tomatoes on a cutting board.
September 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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The cucumber succumbed to the cooler night temps, so I made one more jar of quick pickles with what’s left. Some tiny guys I just halved and tossed in with the rest of the slices, so we’ll see what becomes of them.

#gardening #zone6b #pickles #quickpickles
August 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM Everybody can reply
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Kate Ferguson
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Today in the garden: I thought all the nasturtiums had already bloomed, but apparently not! A new color combo for this season 🌱

#gardening
#zone6b
#bloomscrolling
Two creamy yellow five-petaled nasturtium flowers with dark red streaks surrounded by round green leaves, growing behind a red brick. Bloody mary variety
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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Lunchtime harvest: Sage, Rosemary, tomatoes (to ripen & to freeze), and the first of the fall baby greens: arugula, spinach, mesclun blend, chard. Plus Ova Jo and Ryecroft Jan dahlias.

And a bunch more pole beans and onions on the drying rack.

#gardening #zone6b #coolseasongarden
Colander basket with sage, rosemary, tomatoes, and greens. Yellow and white dahlias off to the side. Drying rack with Cherokee Trail of Tears, Cranberry, Cannelini, and Bingo beans, as well as shallots, red, yellow, and white onions. Ova Jo (yellow and white) and Ryecroft Jan (all white) dahlias. Mostly San Marzano tomatoes (a couple over-ripe Bonnnie Best too) go in the freezer for future sauce making.
September 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM Everybody can reply
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gardenthyme.bsky.social
GardenThyme
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First Seminole pumpkin. Will roast it this weekend. 🌱 #zone6b/7a
#gardening
Yellow/orange Seminole pumpkin
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM Everybody can reply
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the-word-nerd.bsky.social
the_word_nerd
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The 6th bed is all garlic, but will have other things eventually. For today I got it fertilized and a cozy straw blanket. My husband set up the two trellises so I can grow more tomatoes and squash on the south side of the house.

#gardening #garlic #zone6b #raisedbed #hugelkultur #catio #peonyrow
March 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM Everybody can reply
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the_word_nerd
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Morning harvest: spinach, lettuce, chijimisai, arugula, and radishes.

#gardening #zone6b #veggiegarden #raisedbedgarden
Morning harvest: spinach, lettuce, chijimisai, arugula, and radishes in a metal colander.
May 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM Everybody can reply
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Joy Grows
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𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕣
𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜. 🦋

#mondaymotivation
#feelingspring
#mindfulness
#newbeginnings
#Zone6b
March 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM Everybody can reply
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Dave on Blue
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#TrumpProofing with #TherapyGardening. Perfect timing for #Gardening and saving money.

Fortunately, we already added a #Greenhouse last year and very happy to have it.

We’re #Zone6B just off the Lake Michigan shoreline (900ft) in Wisconsin.
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February 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM Everybody can reply
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