Lemon Queen Sunflowers are so beautiful. This heirloom Sunflower produces medium size creamy yellow flowers on 5 to 7 foot stems. Sunflowers are great to shade vegetables in the garden. We planted some of ours flanking Yellow Pear Tomato plants […]
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Planting Long Red Cayenne Pepper in Bed
Long Red Cayenne pepper starts planted in a small bed next to our new asparagus bed. We started these in a wooden box outside. These are planted next to Petite Orange Marigold flowers. Grow your own Long Red Cayenne Pepper […]
Continue reading »Planting Heirloom Japanese Long Cucumber
The Japanese Long Cucumber are doing great. We planted these under one of our rows of grapevine. With a little coaxing they trellised themselves up the grapevines and the wire that was there for the grapes. We added a couple […]
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Relocating a Garter Snake
This fellow was slithering through the grass as I was mowing the lawn. We put him in a bucket and relocated him to the field so he wouldn’t get hurt. Garter Snakes are pretty much harmless. When we come across […]
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Daucus carota is a variable biennial plant. A biennial plant is a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its lifecycle. The first year the plant grows leaves, stems, and roots, then it enters a period of dormancy over the […]
Continue reading »Spiderwort In Bloom
The spiderwort is blooming with pretty little blue flowers. This species of Tradescantia is native to the Ozarks. Virginia Spiderwort can be found in most of the eastern half of the United States as far down as Alabama as well as […]
Continue reading »The Rise Of The Contenders
These are Contender beans also called Buff Valentine. They are one of the earliest beans at 48 days until harvest. We planted ours 4 days ago and they are already rising out of the ground or should I say our tough […]
Continue reading »Transfered to Bed Long Red Cayenne Pepper Starts
Here are the Long Red Cayenne Pepper starts transfered to the bed. The small starts next to them are Petite Orange Marigold. Grow your own Long Red Cayenne Pepper with Heirloom seeds from AzureDandelion.com
Continue reading »Red Romaine Lettuce
Our red romaine lettuce is coming right along. At 18 days they are about 4 inches tall. Full maturity is 66 days but they can be harvested at this size. Grow your own red romaine lettuce with heirloom seeds from azure dandelion.
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