BeetleBabble

They’re strongly flavored but they go really well with the beet root oddly enough 😂

I love love beets. I like the red ones the best but husband likes the yellow so I’m growing both!

Basically yup. So I separated the stems and leaves. Sautéed a bit of onion and garlic then cooked the stems with a little salt and water (covered) adding the leaves in a few minutes later

Yesterday I washed and chopped up a couple garden beets and their greens outside and had both for dinner. 🍽️ 🌱🫜

All the beets and the greens got eaten 😋

I then planted more seeds so I can keep enjoying them as long as they’ll keep growing for me #zone10 #vegetable #gardening

This one in particular is still going strong! Wish they all got the same start he did :D 💪🌱🥬

The other guys in the photo are finger lime (beside the pumpkin) and mango. Both of those seem to be doing well here!

The truth is in the fruit so tbd
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Repotted my little big man (blue Java banana) today.

The cavendish we planted in ground died back (visible here behind the Java) so I want to see if there is any difference leaving him potted long-term because ..so far so good.
🌱🍌🤷‍♀️ #zone10 #gardening

Ugh yeah I have some sprouts seemingly alive but not moving an ounce. but maybe they’ll still get a chance when the weather turns

Vegetable germination has been pretty bad this winter with all the hot dry weather here (RIP carrots and bunching onions) but I do have a couple Red Acre cabbage coming in strong and they’re very pretty 🌱🥬 #vegetablegarden #zone10

My papaya trees are still growing!

The only other time I got them to germinate and grow we ended up moving and had to leave them behind right as they started fruiting XD

Very happy that this time the papaya bounty will be all mine! 🌱

Next up. Figs.

We have propagation! This is not a drill! (Chaste tree) #gardensky 🌱

Mornings have been a cooler with the fog rolling in each night. Today it’s still overcast.

I love lighting the first fire of the season.

Neat

I hope this goes better than my previous attempt to learn to crochet.

A little shout out to #Greenstalk for saving my strawberry plants.

I was going to rip them all out for the fruit only being eaten by slugs/snails every year.

Instead, this year I actually got to enjoy a few strawberries!🍓

Now that they have established I’m sure next year will be even better 🌱

My first summer with zinnias and DEFINITELY planting them again! Big and beautiful 😍

I will be moving them tho. I greatly underestimated how tall and lanky they would grow 🌱 #flowerreport

That’s a big plant! I’m obv doing my peppers wrong 😝

At home. I was at home lol. I’ve been growing milkweeds in my front yard for the monarchs.

Thus far in October, I have planted cucumber, edamame, carrots, snap peas, bunching onions, bulbing onions, leeks, cabbage, lettuce, sunflowers; & transplanted peppers and mini pumpkins. 🎃

The cucumber is already pretty much over but it was good while it lasted!

Excited for my future bounty 🌱

Saw this guy as I returned home from walking the dog. 🐕

🦋 Monarch taking a well earned break. 🌱

Same bro. 😎

The collected bones from three Costco rotisserie chickens means it’s time to make some chicken stock for chowder! 🍽️

Sadly only the herbs are home grown this time as squash doesn’t make good stock ROFL 🌱

But now I’ve planted all my aromatics for fall/winter harvest 🧅🥕

Look at this awesome guy!

This is why I leave the plants that look like they’re just sad aphid colonies because those draw in all the secondary biodiversity.

I get so much joy out of going out the front door and discovering something new. 🌱🦋🐞

#insect #bug #preyingmantis #permaculture

Whoa this one is new! A grape sphinx moth. 🍇🐛🌱

Truly “grow it and they will come”.

A pluot tree (plum apricot hybrid)

Deep red pluot fruit

Pink speckled with yellow pluot fruit

Yellow pluot fruit

I did not expect that the color variation in fruit on this grafted 4 in 1 pluot tree would be so distinct or so pretty! 🌱 🌳

That is a really weird thing to say to a person growing 6 plants in their backyard food garden.

My first time successfully germinating edamame! 🌱🫘🫛

We *intended* to get a trellis up but life happened

and now (a year or so later) the grapes are living their best uninterrupted life. 🌱🍇🍇🍇

Any idea what’s wrong with my papayas? 🤔

My hope is it’s just stress from being transplanted mid-summer. 🌱☀️☀️☀️

#papaya #planthealth #gardening

Two week check in and the mango volunteer is seemingly doing fine in its new location! 🥂🌱

Burned myself real good yesterday.
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I was only going to be outside for a ‘short time’ 🤥 lol. What a lie. That is never true 🤪

I hate dressing up like I’m going to war just to go outside but so be it!! 🧑‍🏫 no exceptions!!