Fresh strawberries

June 13, 2021May 16, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Just an hour after picking. (Photo by Rachel A. Williams)

Exuberant day lilies

June 10, 2021May 16, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

And we had just thinned the bed.

Bee collecting strawberry pollen

June 6, 2021April 22, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

(Photo by Rachel A. Williams)

Fern favor

June 3, 2021April 22, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 3 Comments

You have no idea how much visual pleasure this gives me. As well as a feeling of accomplishment, considering how much work was involved in getting this bed to take hold.

What do you do with a spoiling potato?

May 27, 2021April 9, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Plant it, of course, and hope it starts coming up in a big pot looking something like this. We’ll keep adding dirt as it rises, hoping to increase our harvest.

Inside view

May 26, 2021April 9, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 1 Comment

Georgia O’Keeffe was right. Flowers truly are amazing.

Domesticated mountain laurels

May 23, 2021April 9, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

They may look fragile, but those compound blossoms feel like rubber. This image reminds us of some Dutch masters. (Photo by Rachel A. Williams)

Back to the sequence of flowers

May 19, 2021March 31, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

When tulips come on like gangbusters.

Trout lilies

May 13, 2021March 31, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

The yellow blossoms are a special spring ephemeral.

Now, for another view, with the Red Barn in the background. (Photos by Rachel A. Williams)

Here comes peppermint!

May 12, 2021March 31, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Yes, where we are, it comes up wild, like a weed. Spearmint lines up along a fence on the other side of our house.