propagating a fern

 My sweet old fern was just busting at the root with rhizomes.

It could not even take a drink.

 Upturning the pot one can see why.

The roots were so tangled and full of little future ferns.

 Slowly and purposefully each root got untangled and stripped of its little jewels.

 Each and every root was carefully drawn through my fingers as the bulbs snapped off to the ground below.

 With dry roots the processes was accelerated.

At one point I thought to cut the root ball into two, no chance.

 Potential ferns.

 My reference gave little detail on the process of doing this.

Following instincts, trusting the process the roots were then transplanted into other pots.

Circling the pot and covering only and inch or two.

 The other old fellow will get the chance once my husband pulls the huge pot from the garden.

From the beige pot above to the huge old black garden pot.
The root ball filled it up!

My sweet lonely lab approved

:)

He misses his Rena Girl (our Golden Retriever) she passed away earlier this month.

Those mischievous gnomes!

Morning harvest

The reward of a mornings work.

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Hens a laying...

Borage in the lettuce bed. Lots of pollinators enjoying it.

This the east facing lettuce bed. I had to take this way back.

Clippings of the flowers are in a bucket of water.

Look at the size of that stalk!

Borage in the sun...

The Swiss chard, spinach, chive, brocolli are all thriving well.

As is the margeram and camomile's at the far end.

Looking toward the west side of the shed...

The bok choy in flower (for seed) is hiding behind the other borage that was trimmed after this shot.

The celery and the beets foreground.

Bok choy seed stalks, there are several plants still growing yet.

The broccoli it is now mostly gone to seed, save for a few heads left yet on side shoots.

This seed stalk healthy is harvested to dry for nest season.

Now this like to kill me. 

Yes folks those are the steel arbor sections you gave us. I saw this in my minds eye, suppose sometimes I ought not to pay attention to that minds eye but this time...well it is the cats meow

5 tomato plants here

 one heirloom brandiwine

2 yellow pear

100's a salad red

one beef steak for burgers in the summer

Now flowers over here will yield many good pollinators and lots of summer tomato.

Another borage

French marigold, seed pod heads in hand are hard to see.

Harvest to scatter this week.

Kale trimmed and carrots harvested left soil to till to plant the onions.

A few here and a few down on the other side of the kale.

now a little bit of blood meal and some nice light potting soil mixed in to my well composted earth...

Onions to harvest end of summer for the fall and winter months.

I got the hoses coiled and boy is my back tired from that one. One of the many skills gained in childhood working in the family gas station. I often got stuck with that job. Taught me well though.

This guy was laughing at me and causing mischief the whole time I am sure of it!

Noticed him as I was getting ready to close the work down.

Now how did those kids get up there?

The old braniwine heirloom made it through the winter. 

It was given a bit of Epsom salt and some bone meal to get the issues under control.

You see the other gnome?

this is broccoli raab seed almost ready to shell and store for next season.

Now I did this once had all of these folded after washing them. With some confusion over dew point thinking it was low temp to come one night I laid them out to cover. Now they will need attention again.

The tomato field got a good layer of chicken dung and pine shavings.

Well better get on with the day.

I have had a good 45 minute rest. 

Ye ha!

Garden tour

 To the left hanging is spearmint, next to it is rosemary

below peas then beans to the right outer row.

Turnips to the left behind the peas

broccoli raab behind it then the pumpkin vine and the squash above it.

 

 zucchini and cucumber to the right

 

 the pan squash to the right.

Needs the tending for the powdery mildew is at issue

  Cucumber in the middle is not happy...must research what it is asking for.

 

 Pickling cucumber is happy.

Just like bumps on a pickle Marsha

:)

 

 I turned around the carrot/radish/leek/parsnip bed is happy.

The kale at the end and a new batch of radish is started.

To the right the row of beans on the edge and the broccoli raab center, some rosemary for bees too.

farther right my first french marigold has smiled upon me.

the pumpkin vine given some Epsom salts today

 

 More beans to harvest.

 

 The winter onions are up, the radish here are called Easter egg for they are varied in color.

 

 I transplanted the other heirloom far back and the close tomato is a teardrop yellow that I got this week and transplanted into a larger pot. It is an heirloom and I found it at a Wal-mart of all places.

The broccoli here is slow it is in need of something?

I must do the research next week

the basil is happy

 

 I love the green!

far left cauliflower,Swiss card, shallots, spinach, flowers of narcissism and zinnia

far right green onions, black seed Simpson lettuce,  sage, borage,

back row left to right

dill, flowers above, beets,celery, bok choy, chives

 

 borage in cubes, romaine, cobb salad

 

scarlet runner beans

 

Heirloom brandy wine tomato, bell peppers green then orange

 

 green bell

 

 Check out the garden shed!

 

some store bough flowers that are stressed lobella  I think

well there you have it a few weeks in.