swoon, swoon, swoon

my favorite, good ol' queen anne's lace is everywhere. makes me swoon.
so much so that i had it carved into my skin. this is one of the only pics i have from my road trip to vermont.

goose neck loose strife- also a dear love of mine.

this is a volunteer melon in the (now) old compost pit. i have no clue where it came from. i'm going to have to make it a little sling and tie it to the fence so it can have some support.

the other bear.

new compost area freshly layered up with sawdust, leaf mulch, cow manure, and chicken shit straw. repeat, repeat, repeat. yum.

i am loving the new compost area. i kept planting more and more flowers around the old compost area until it was fairly inaccessible.
it is about to become part of the kitchen garden, which as i have stated, is about my favorite spot to hang out.

the old compost area is through that red gate, soon to be awesome new entrance to the k. garden.

the old chicken area is becoming a rocking perennial bed, just like that. most of these plants were lovingly divided for me by my dear friend in vermont and i packed them into the cab of my truck around me and tooted them home. nothing is better than sharing and receiving plants from friend's garden. i love that.
my ladies this morning. thanks for the poop and the eggs- keep up the good work.


drying herbs.

making plant medicine (and granola).

onion harvest from yesterday.

mullein.