[Image description: a two panel meme. The first panel says "if you don't love me at my" over an image of leaves yellowing. The second panel says "you don't deserve me at my" over an image of bright yellow flowers, one of which is being visited by a bumblebee]
๐ฅฐ it's just the two of us today so we're playing in the dirt pulling strawberry runners for markets this weekend
[Image description: a father and daughter have their backs to the camera while cutting elderberry stems for propagation. They are both on grass despite a seat being in the picture]
Juniper is still a little young to work the snips but she was instrumental in helping me pick which stem should be processed next
I'd love it if something like this existed around me, but I'd settle for never being asked "oh did mom get a day off" ever again (for context, I'm a stay-at-home dad and primary caregiver). I get why the stereotype exists but it's less than helpful to shame the dads who are out doing things with their kids.
There are several groups around that are specifically for moms, dads excluded, and I just wish there were more avenues for me to help my daughter socialize in age appropriate groups
But that's how I remember to Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate injuries
[Image description: a picture of a stroller on the edge of a street with a child in the seat. In the tray of the stroller is a pair of secateurs, while several young beaked hazelnut bushes spill out from the bin on the bottom of the stroller]
Yesterday I took my daughter out to harvest some beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta) bushes from a naturally occurring stand on the side of our street. We took ten rooted cuttings from a patch of several dozen established bushes, all from within the range of the town's flail mower. They've since been planted into a hedge on one of the boundaries of our property, never to be mowed down again.
[Image description: five muscovy adolescents hang out together under some shade]
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Will give you this picture of me holding a goat
Who knew halos were that sharp!?
Fun fact: in the northeast US and eastern Canada, you can support their entire life cycle by planting tomatoes and Monarda spp together!
Almost any time we're mentioned as a state
Wicked cute, thank you for sharing!
Tbh I sometimes wake up with a crick in my neck and do this to work it out
I'm unable to view it using Sync, so it might not be the app.
Look at those pollen pants!
[Image description: two ducklings nibble my toes while their siblings look on to see if I'm scary or not]
The toe nibbling is a nightly affair with their mother, Shadรฉ, but tonight marked the first time the kids have joined in. I find that this life stage is the easiest to get them comfortable with hands, and even managed to give some chest scritches and back pets while some were nibbling on my fingers.
[Image description: a toad, sitting upright, in a small nursery pot, is shaded from the midday sun by the leaves of a young echinacea]
I kept finding a dug-out section in this one particular pot, with all of the potting mulch pushed to one side. At least they're vigilant
[image description: in the background, two groups of ducklings lay normally while sunning themselves on a black driveway. In the foreground is one duckling laying on its back with legs outstretched, while gently lifting its head to watch me take its picture]
I swear, there's always one odd duck in a clutch. The laying on the back is a new twist though.
[Image description: a picture of a bumblebee drinking nectar from a purple bee balm flower. The venation of the wings is clearly visible.
[Image description: a dozen muscovy ducklings form an interlocking mass of bodies and bills during a nap pile on a bit of driveway. In the foreground, their mother keeps a watchful eye on the sky]
A few of them took an opportunity to investigate me but were still a little hand-shy. In another week or two they will be trying to bully me.
My Ceanothus americanus is flowering and absolutely crawling with insects. Below are pictures of the star-shaped flower buds before bloom and then some more of the blooms themselves
We've also harvested a ton of cherries this week, along with snap peas and a second round of lettuce. Our trap tomatoes are growing a little slowly but our production ones are beginning to set fruits.
What's growing on with you all?
[Image description: the white and pink flowers of a black lace elderberry peek out from underneath the dark purple leaves]
I'm very hopeful that I will get some seeds from it this year, it would be awesome to grow it out to see how the genetics play out.
That's actually the handle for holding it while you eat. Far fewer stringy bits get in the way if you pinch the bottom of it and split the peel from that end