Growing Things

Garden View I

Healthy Tomato Plant



Early Boy Tomatoes

Garden View II

This years lamb crop

Greens




Bee Balm



Baby Cucumbers Plants

Camping at Black Moshannon State Park

Abbie, the sun and bubbles!

Dutch oven cookin...lamb, venison, organic pototoes, carrots, and herbs from the garden! It was yummy.

Carving by Dayton

We had cute neighbors!

Pitcher plants on the Bog Walk



Hum...




More Bog Walk wonders

Stunning Views



Jeff and I, I think we are getting old, we better keep hiking so we don't get stiff in the joints!

We took the older two and friends camping as they are not able to trek to NE with us next week.  We had a wonderful time...lots of  kayaking, hiking, biking and just plain sitting around the camp fire!!

Coffee Shop Fun

Laura Loo Hoo behind the cookie!

Tah Dah...Laura and yummy cookie!

Aunt Sarah behind the cookie!

Baby Weaver behind the cookie!

Emma

Grandma and Emma

We had a lovely stop at the coffee shop in Boalsburg.  Then we were off to the Farmer's Market which was even more fun and filled with healthier goodness!

Extraordinary in the Ordinary

Rocks and Mint

Ferns and Lambs Ears



Sunlit Ferns

Lovely

Allium

The boy and the girls!

I think this must be Hariet the Hen!

Thyme

Mother Duck and poppies

Soon to be mother duck sitting on her eggs.  She started to puff up and hiss when I took her photo!

Her nest is by the little pond amid Grandma Rhynalds' Poppies!



We can watch her tidy her nest while doing our school work - what a nice view we have!

Lady's Slippers

Lady's Slippers on the farm

They grow under hemlock trees in the filtered sun light

They are nestled on the forest floor amid the tired, old leaves and branches!



Up the hill from the magical spot where they grow!

Down the hill from the magical spot where they grow!



Like gracefull dancers!



Their habitat!

Their protector and companion - Mrs. Hemlock



Neighbors near by - Baby BUR OAKS!

And Baby Red Oak

Gardening

What time is it?  Time to garden!

Drawer of mint

This is the start of my spiral herb garden!

Yummy strawberries blooming!

Emma's pancies

Lettuce!

I love to garden...the dirt, the green greens, being outdoors, the warmth of the sun, the animals and children that come to visit while you are "out in the garden", the yummy food and beautiful flowers, the exercise and just the joy that it brings to my soul.