Kate

@herbygardens

Herbalist & Gardener 🌱 | Nature Lover 💚 | Zone 5b/6a She/her herbygardens.com - I write about my garden and herbal recipes

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Kate@herbygardens· 24d

Blue corn tassels 🌱 #vegetablegardening #gardening

Flowering corn tassels growing out of the top of a blue corn stalk.

Kate@herbygardens· 25d

The butternut squash vines are fighting the trellis and taking over the yard 😆🌱 #vegetablegardening #gardening

A young butternut squash fruit growing on the vine along a vertical trellis.

Kate@herbygardens· 26d

I let one of the broccoli heads flower 🌱. The flowers taste like broccoli and are really good in salads. The bees love them too! #vegetablegardening #flowers #gardening

A broccoli plant flowering in a raised bed. A bee is in one of the open yellow broccoli flowers. In the background are lots of white buckwheat flowers mixed with calendula and bee balm.

Kate@herbygardens· 27d

Watching all the butterflies visit the garden is definitely a mood booster 🌱 #nature #butterfly #nativeplants

A yellow swallowtail butterfly on an echinacea flower in a native flower garden. In the background are bee balm flowers (Monarda fistulosa), daisy fleabane, evening primrose, elderberry, and a few mugworts that are impossible to get rid of.

Kate@herbygardens· 27d

First sugar pie pumpkin! 🎃🌱 Cant wait to make pumpkin muffins 🍽️ #vegetablegarden #gardening

A small sugar pie pumpkin growing on the vine. Next to the pumpkin is an open blossom.

Kate@herbygardens· 28d

My favorite butterfly visited the garden 🌱. #butterfly #flower #bloomscrolling #nature

Kate@herbygardens· 29d

I harvested about 12 ounces of immature oat tops yesterday to use for milky oat tincture 🌱. I'm going to cut all the stalks down and use them for mulch in my carrot bed. #herbalism #harvest #gardening #vegetablegarden

My hand holding a metal bowl filled with milky oat tops. In the background are the oat stalks growing in a raised bed.

Kate@herbygardens· 29d

Shallots! 🌱 I puled them out a few weeks earlier than I'd have liked but the weather is not cooperating. Onions were starting to bolt so I just harvested them all. #harvest #vegetablegarden

My hand holding a freshly harvested shallot over a pile of more shallots on an outdoor table. The tops are still pretty green but were starting to turn brown and get floppy.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 17

Pulled the last of the beets up! These came from a variety pack containing Detroit Dark Red, Chioggia, and Golden. 🌱 #vegetablegarden #harvest #gardening

A round basket filled with about a dozen beets of varying sizes and varieties.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 16

Little skipper on a black eyed Susan 🌱 #nativeplants #nature #butterfly #flowers

A skipper on a black eyed Susan. Below the black eyed Susan are several white yarrow flowers.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 15

This red sails lettuce is doing very well despite the extreme heat. I have it in a shady spot where it gets about 6 hours of direct sun. 🌱 #vegetablegarden #gardening #lettuce

Red sails leaf lettuce growing in a raised bed. Around it are several arugula plants, mini romaine, and some very sad looking celery.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 10

Pink zinnia 🌱 #bloomscrolling #flower #flowerreport

A pink zinnia flower growing in a flower garden surrounded by other zinnias that haven't bloomed yet.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 9

Buckwheat and corn are growing very well together 🌱 #vegetablegarden #gardening

Lots of white buckwheat flowers growing between tall blue corn stalks under a blue sky.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 8

Here is a homemade rose liqueur for #RoseWednesday 🌱. Thank you @leximccologist.bsky.social for the recipe! My ingredients are in alt. #cocktail #drinks #roses

My hand holding a glass bottle filled with homemade Love Potion liqueur. In the background are lots of white and pink flowers. It's made with small piece of lemon and orange peel, 1/3 vanilla bean, 1/2 cup rose petals, 1 1/2 cups vodka, 1/2 cup brandy, and 1 cup simple syrup.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 8

Yay tomatillos! 🌱 I have two tomatillo plants next to each other but I hand pollinated a lot of flowers just in case 😆 #vegetablegarden #gardening

A tomatillo plant with lots of ripening fruits and a few flowers.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 8

The oats are almost ready to harvest 🌱 I'll use the immature seeds for tinctures and the leaves and stalks for teas. #gardening #herbs #herbalism

My hand holding a stalk of common oats with immature seeds in a raised bed with more oats.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 7

Making some yarrow tincture today 🌱 #herbs #herbalism

My hand holding stems of yarrow and lavender in a mason jar with a little water. In the background is a wild flower garden with echinacea, daisy fleabane, elderberry, and wild bergamot.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 7

Quinoa 🌱

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 6

Echinacea flowers for #MagentaMonday 🌱. Caught a green metallic sweat bee visiting the flower garden. They are native to North America. #nativeplants #flowerreport #bugsky

A metallic green sweat bee gathering pollen from an echinacea flower in a flower garden. There are several echinacea flowers in the background and in the foreground are daisy fleabane flowers.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 5

Bee on a poppy for #SundayYellow 🌱 #flower #bloomscrolling #flowerreport

A bee gathering pollen from a white poppy in a flower garden.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 4

First echinacea flower 🌱 #flower #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #nativeplants

An pale pink echinacea flower blooming in a flower garden surrounded by yarrow. There is a bee on the echinacea - possibly a leaf cutter bee.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 2

Leek babies 🌱 A few leeks bolted so I pulled them all up and found lots of offsets. #vegetablegarden #gardening #harvest

Two leeks freshly harvested from the garden. They have a few offset bulbs growing from the main bulb.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 2

97°F today so I'm harvesting the last of the greens before they bolt. 🌱 Hope you are all staying cool today! #vegetablegarden #gardening #harvest

A large round basket filled with Swiss chard, kale, a shallot, a beet, and some parsley.

Kate@herbygardens· Jul 1

Rabbit rabbit 🐰🐰 The cosmos are blooming 🌱 #flower #bloomscrolling #flowerreport

Lots of pink and white cosmos blooming along a privacy fence. In the background are unopened echinacea flowers.

Kate@herbygardens· Jun 28

A strawberry galette for the strawberry full moon🍓🌕 #foodsky #baking

A strawberry galette on a wooden board. The crust is garnished with a few chamomile flowers.

Kate@herbygardens· Jun 28

Poppy 🌱 In the background you'll see my attempt at a Florida weave for a few Roma tomato plants. #gardening #flowers #bloomscrolling

A red poppy blooming in a raised bed. In the background are several small Roma tomato plants and a rogue chicory. The tomatoes are strung together with twine using the Florida weave method.

Kate@herbygardens· Jun 27

Found these lacewing eggs while weeding around my shallots. I think they take about 10 days to hatch. 🌱 #nature #gardening

Lacewing eggs on a shallot leaf in a raised bed. My hand is providing a background for the eggs so I could get a clear picture.

Kate@herbygardens· Jun 26

Daisy Fleabane 🌱 #nativeplants

A large patch of daisy fleabane growing along a privacy fence.

Kate@herbygardens· Jun 26

The onions are finally starting to bulb 🌱 #vegetablegarden #gardening

Several white onions growing in a raised bed.

Kate@herbygardens· Jun 25

Beautiful yarrow flowers 🌱 #flowers #herbs #herbalism