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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There's still some squash left in the field, and not including the 5 hubbard squash and 5 pumpkins I harvested last week, this is about 50 kilos of squash. It should see me through to next year's harvest. Very pleased. #vegetable #gardenersofbluesky

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You know it's a big squash when your secateurs won't fit around the stem to harvest it! #gardenersofbluesky

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October 2nd and the garden is still producing. 6 liters of cherry tomatoes, 4 liters of green beans, 4 eggplant, 7 zucchini, and 2 cukes. I'm leaving the squash and colder weather veg for now. #selfsufficient #homestead #vegetablegarden #gardenersofbluesky

The vegetables mentioned in the post, sitting in baskets.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Starting to harvest the squash. These are warted green hubbard squash #homestead #vegetablegarden #gardenersofbluesky

4 dark green squash on a wooden cutting board.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Little Ricky is so happy that I bought new shoes #catsofbluesky

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Took a little break to see what was ready in the garden... #gardenersofbluesky

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I took a basket of homegrown veggies over to my neighbour. She said I was a food witch. I take that as a huge compliment. #gardenersofbluesky

A wire basket with fresh garden produce.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm just gonna say it. Bumblebee Sunrise is the prettiest variety of cherry tomato. #gardenersofbluesky #homestead #vegetablegarden #tomato

Cherry tomatoes that have yellow and red stripes.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had to go down to the city for 30 hours, so I harvested everything that was ready. I just got home, and this is what grew while I was away! #gardenersofbluesky

A lot of tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, and eggplant

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I see your toilet cat, and raise you 3

3 cats in a bathroom. Two orange ones are on the toilet, while the third, a dark tabby, watches from the edge of the bathtub.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I didn't make the haloomi, but everything else on the plate came from my garden this morning.

A dinner plate with haloomi cheese, corn on the cob, kale, green beans, and zucchini.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy caturdogday from Rufus and Little Ricky!

A black dog and an orange tabby cat lie stretched out on a wooden floor.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't know what you are talking about

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm so lucky to have the space to grow my own food. Today's harvest.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This hybrid between a Golden Hubbard and a Warted Green hubbard is now bigger than my head, and still growing!

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

More Monarch butterfly caterpillars!

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Who knew that eggplant could sneak up on you just like zucchini does 😂 (Aubergine/courgette for my UK friends)

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The first of the cherry type tomatoes are starting. From left to right, Bonsai, Bumblebee Pink, Bumblebee Purple, and Bumblebee Sunrise. I'm still waiting on a few other varieties.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My Golden Hubbard squash and my Warted Green Hubbard squash cross pollinated. A mash up of my 2 favourites! Still lots of growing to do. My hand for scale. Yes I have a lot of rings 😂

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Yellow bush beans are done. I've pulled them, and sowed beets for a late fall harvest. Yes it's a bit crowded 😂

Bean plants uprooted, leaving a strip of bare soil.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

This is why much of my property is left to meadow. Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat milkweed plants.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I've dealt with a lot of ticks over the years, never seen one this small. For scale, it is set against a piece of lined paper. I pulled that stealthy bugger off back of my leg. Since I didn't know how long it had been there, I went to the drug store and got the preventative antibiotics. #tick

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Eggplant and green hubbard squash all coming along well!

Eggplant blossoms and a baby eggplant starting to grow.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I think I need a squash intervention...

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Suddenly the yellow bush beans are ready to harvest! #vegetablegarden

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My sour cherries are picked, pitted, and processed. Three liters of sour cherry jam, a few liters of juice, and packets of cherries frozen for pies.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

First batch of raspberry jam done! You can hear the "plink" as the lids seal. You can actually see it snap down on the bottom left jar. So satisfying!

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It's nearly 100 years old, but this tool is still the best way to remove raspberry seeds when you are making jam.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My pumpkin pie recipe takes a long time to make. I've started working on it 😂 #gardenersofbluesky

Pumpkin blossom with tiny pumpkin starting to grow.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Things are coming along in the garden. Zucchini blooming, tomatoes forming! #vegetable #garden

Vegetable garden with zucchini and hubbard squash plants.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A good morning picking raspberries at my allotment. Time to make some jam! #garden #allotment

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Garden tour. I'll post an allotment tour another day. And some pics of my deck veg. I may need a veg garden intervention.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I think I'm going to need a few more tomato cages... #garden

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One of the perks of growing your own garlic is that you get to feast on garlic scapes! Me, not the cats 😂 #garden #cats

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Digging over a fallow bed. Quick break for lunch, then time to get planting!

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The allotment is planted. Still need to repair the corn cage, and tie back some raspberry canes, but happy with what I've got done.

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Picked these beauties from the garden this morning

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Got my beets, carrots, parsnips, chard, and kale in. Last weekend I put in 3 different apple varieties, a sweet cherry, and 2 hardy peaches, all pruned to Ann Ralph specifications to keep them small and easy to harvest. #gardening

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Sue Fleming @chefsfleming.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

They're so good! Have you tried Sunrise Bumblebees?

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