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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wasps are everywhere ugh This one looks injured so I offered it my tomato. 🌱 #nature #bugsky

A wasp eating from a ripe Roma tomato. I cut it open and offered it to the injured wasp. Its wings look tattered and torn.

Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy autumn equinox 🍂 These are Señora zinnias. I thought they were going to be more of a blushy coral color but they're still very pretty! 🌱 #flowers #bloomscrolling

A Señora zinnia plant with a two blooms. The outside petals are purpley magenta while the inside petals are neon coral. In the background are more zinnias and apricot asters.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

After 2 weeks in school my kids brought home a nasty cold and I've been sick in bed for 3 days. I managed to get outside and harvest some seeds though. 😅 🌱 #nativeplants

My hand holding a dried echinacea head. Very spiky. I should have worn gloves.

Echinacea seeds in my palm next to the dead echinacea flower head.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The garden is still producing! 🌱 It was 48 degrees this morning (F) and it smells like fall. 🍂 #harvest #vegetablegarden

Lots of blue corn, beets, watermelon radishes, and tomatoes freshly harvested from the garden. Everything is piled on a black outdoor table.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oops my sweet corn and blue corn cross pollinated 🌱 #vegetablegarden #harvest

My hand holding an ear of sweet corn with mostly yellow and white kernels mixed with a few blue ones.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I was out of town for a while and the garden is overflowing 🌱. #vegetablegarden #harvest

A round harvest basket filled with tomatillos, Roma tomatoes, black bell peppers, red jalapenos, cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, cucumbers, and scarlet runner beans.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Io moth caterpillar eating one of my blue corn leaves 🌱 They cause very painful stings so I'm glad I saw it before accidentally brushing against it. #nature

An Io moth caterpillar on a blue corn leaf. It's covered in lots of green spines that cause very painful stings. It has a red and white stripe going down the length of it's body.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Tomatoes 🌱 I pulled these from the vine before the rain storm so they wouldn't crack. #vegetablegarden #gardening #harvest #tomatoes

Three Black Krim tomatoes on an outdoor wooden table. They are at different stages of the ripening process. The left is bright red but still has a ways to go. The middle is orange and the right is green with just a hint of blushing around the top.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Current situation 🥴😭🌱. A walk through my garden after heavy rain. This was the shallow area. The other area had water over my boots.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A silver spotted skipper butterfly headed towards an anise hyssop flower 🌱 #nativeplants #nature #butterfly

A silver spotted skipper flying towards an anise hyssop flower in a flower garden. Photo was taken on a windy day and the anise hyssop stems are slightly bending towards the butterfly.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A very vibrant patch of Echinacea purpurea. The surrounding echinacea flowers are much paler in comparison. 🌱 #nativeplants #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

A bee on a vibrant echinacea flower in a flower garden. Photo was taken on a gloomy day right before a thunderstorm.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We've got strong wind gusts today so crossing my fingers these corn stalks don't snap 🤞🌱. This blue corn grew to about 12+ feet tall. #vegetablegardening #corn #gardening

Blue corn stalks with tall tassels blowing in the wind.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Reminder to check for cucumbers every day 🙃🌱. This one stayed on the vine a little too long. #vegetablegardening #gardening

My hand holding a pickling cucumber in front of cucumber vines growing in a raised bed. The cucumber is a little overripe and should have been harvested yesterday.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Garlic bulbils 🌱 I let one of my garlic plants flower so I can collect the mini bulbils to plant in the fall. They'll take at least two growing seasons to produce full sized bulbs. #vegetablegardening #garlic #gardening

Close up of a garlic flower head containing loads of tiny bulbils. The bulbils are clones of the mother plant.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Happy full moon in Aquarius 🌕🌱 The garden is finally getting some rain. Unfortunately our creek is flooding and some roads are washed out 😅. #moon #gardening #nativeplants

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Found this pumpkin growing in an inconvenient spot 🌱🎃 It will continue to ripen off the vine but probably won't be sweet enough for pie. #vegetablegardening #gardening

My hand holding a ripening sugar pie pumpkin in front of corn stalks. The pumpkin is mostly green with some orange spots.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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.

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Chech - GeekKirk @geekkirk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

One year ago today I decided to make a pepper bed (idea is first picture) and then what it looks like a year later. (Peppers do great in pots and don't need to take up space in my raised beds this way) #VegetableGardening #UrbanGardening #BackYardGarden #Zone5A

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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.

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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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