Duck feeding time! #fowlplay #electricfence #goose #andrewshek #ducks #localeggs #ducksofinstagram

Do not mess with this wasp’s grape. #localgrapes #wasp #pollinators

This little beetle looking bug is an Ailanthus Webworm Moth part of the Ermine Moth family. This one is enjoying some celosia that we grow for cut flowers and edible leaves. #attevaaurea #erminemoth #ailanthuswebwormmoth #localflowers #celosia #pollinators #edibleplants #insectfriend #pollinatorgarden

Black Swallowtail Butterfly adults love the various flowers in the garden like this Agastache. The larvae are dependent on foliage mostly from the Apiaceae family like carrots, dill, and Queen Anne’s Lace. Having lots of both means lots of Swallowtails! #papiliopolyxenes #blackswallowtail #agastache #anisehyssop #butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #papilionidae #nativeplants #nativefauna #nativeflora #localtea #pollinators

There are just not enough blueberries in the garden. 💙 #blueberry #blueberries #localblueberries #localfruit #localberries

Appropriate colors for making a jam mess. #purpleandblue #nostainshere

Beach Plum jam making mess. #ohhotdamn #beachplum #prunusmaritima #localjam

Still life with Forested fruits and... ick aughh gross bitter Aronia berries. #superfruit #aronia #aroniaberries #asianpear #chickasawplum #herekittykitty

Saturday chillin... #plestiodontbotherme #fivelinedskink #amaranth

#monarchbutterfly #coneflower #partridgepea #anisehyssop

#mommy #wolfspider with #cutebabies

Queen Anne’s Lace has supposed edible flowers, young roots, and small quantities of leaves. Have you ever tried eating it? Worth it? #daucuscarota #queenanneslace #wildcarrot #apiaceae

#insectary #echinaceapurpurea #agastachefoeniculum #chamaecristafasciculata #monardadidyma

When poison ivy gets poison ivy... Do you who’s eating this poison ivy? #toxicodendronradicans #poisonivy #nativeplants #birdfood

One of Lincoln’s favorite fruits is on the way! #passiflora #passifloraincarnata #passionflower #passionfruit

#amaranth #californiapoppy

Celebrating our best year so far grafting wild persimmons to bear improved fruit! 80% of our grafts succeeded this year, about twice the rate of our next best year. Major finding: persimmon scionwood must be kept moist! We got a lot of our wood from Michael McConkey at Edible Landscaping this year and we noticed he individually waxed the cut ends of the scions. Seems to have made a huge difference - thanks Michael! We're doing bark grafting right at bud swell, about mid May for persimmons around here. Swipe right to see some of the amazing fruit growing on our older grafts - it has to be tasted to be believed! #americanpersimmon #diospyrosvirginiana #barkgrafting #fieldgrafting #persimmon

Duck feeding time! #fowlplay #electricfence #goose #andrewshek #ducks #localeggs #ducksofinstagram

Do not mess with this wasp’s grape. #localgrapes #wasp #pollinators

#greytreefrog in the #treefort

This little beetle looking bug is an Ailanthus Webworm Moth part of the Ermine Moth family. This one is enjoying some celosia that we grow for cut flowers and edible leaves. #attevaaurea #erminemoth #ailanthuswebwormmoth #localflowers #celosia #pollinators #edibleplants #insectfriend #pollinatorgarden

Black Swallowtail Butterfly adults love the various flowers in the garden like this Agastache. The larvae are dependent on foliage mostly from the Apiaceae family like carrots, dill, and Queen Anne’s Lace. Having lots of both means lots of Swallowtails! #papiliopolyxenes #blackswallowtail #agastache #anisehyssop #butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #papilionidae #nativeplants #nativefauna #nativeflora #localtea #pollinators

There are just not enough blueberries in the garden. 💙 #blueberry #blueberries #localblueberries #localfruit #localberries

Appropriate colors for making a jam mess. #purpleandblue #nostainshere

Beach Plum jam making mess. #ohhotdamn #beachplum #prunusmaritima #localjam

Still life with Forested fruits and... ick aughh gross bitter Aronia berries. #superfruit #aronia #aroniaberries #asianpear #chickasawplum #herekittykitty

Happy Monday! Turn the sound on for some duck and goose happiness to start your day. #andrewshek #fowlplay #localeggs #goose #gander #harlequinduck #birdbath

Saturday chillin... #plestiodontbotherme #fivelinedskink #amaranth

Question Mark or Eastern Comma? #grammaticallycorrect #questionmark #easterncomma #lepidoptera #butterfly #nativefauna

#monarchbutterfly #coneflower #partridgepea #anisehyssop

#mommy #wolfspider with #cutebabies

Queen Anne’s Lace has supposed edible flowers, young roots, and small quantities of leaves. Have you ever tried eating it? Worth it? #daucuscarota #queenanneslace #wildcarrot #apiaceae

#insectary #echinaceapurpurea #agastachefoeniculum #chamaecristafasciculata #monardadidyma

When poison ivy gets poison ivy... Do you who’s eating this poison ivy? #toxicodendronradicans #poisonivy #nativeplants #birdfood

One of Lincoln’s favorite fruits is on the way! #passiflora #passifloraincarnata #passionflower #passionfruit

#amaranth #californiapoppy

Celebrating our best year so far grafting wild persimmons to bear improved fruit! 80% of our grafts succeeded this year, about twice the rate of our next best year. Major finding: persimmon scionwood must be kept moist! We got a lot of our wood from Michael McConkey at Edible Landscaping this year and we noticed he individually waxed the cut ends of the scions. Seems to have made a huge difference - thanks Michael! We're doing bark grafting right at bud swell, about mid May for persimmons around here. Swipe right to see some of the amazing fruit growing on our older grafts - it has to be tasted to be believed! #americanpersimmon #diospyrosvirginiana #barkgrafting #fieldgrafting #persimmon

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