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Herbalist & Gardener 🌱 | Nature Lover 💚 | Zone 5b/6a She/her herbygardens.com - I write about my garden and herbal recipes
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · Feb 9
Hey gardening friends🌱!

Info for anyone who wants to join the regional feeds/main gardening feed. The main feed is closed to newcomers but some of the regional feeds are open, and those posts get fed into the main feed. I'm going to link the regional feeds below!

#garden
#gardening
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4h
The last raspberries of the season 🌱

#vegetablegarden
Closeup of several raspberries growing on a raspberry bush. The biggest raspberry is starting to ripen and turn red.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 1d
You're welcome!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 1d
You're welcome!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 1d
Reposting the falling fruit map in case anyone wants to know where to forage in their area 🌱

fallingfruit.org
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 1d
Foraged a few pounds of wild grapes (Vitis riparia) yesterday and made wild grape jelly. 🌱

#nativeplants
Closeup of a few bunches of dark blue riverbank grapes on the vine.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 2d
We just had our first freeze two nights ago! I waited until the freeze to harvest them.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 2d
Rosehips from the invasive multiflora rose 🌱.

I found these on a hike the other day so I went back to harvest them this morning. I'll use them for teas, syrups, and shrubs.

#herbalism
#herbs
#rose
Several branches of small red rosehips on a multiflora rose bush.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 2d
Harvested the last of the amaranth before the freeze. 🌱

I put the stems in paper bags to let them dry out a bit, and in a week or two I will harvest the seeds.

#bloomscrolling
#vegetablegarden
A large red amaranth plant with several stems of flowers in a garden. In the background are more amaranth plants and corn stalks.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 3d
Some mushrooms from my hike yesterday for #fungifriday

#fungi
#mushrooms
A group of small yellow mushrooms growing on a tree. They have reddish brown centers on the caps.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 3d
I never use the cold handle in my shower. Hot water full blast all year round lol
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 3d
Went on a little hike today and saw these beautiful bald eagles in their nest.

#nature
#birds
Two bald eagles in their nest at the top of a large tree.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
I bet!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
Gorgeous!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
What a great find!!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
They're so pretty
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
I love spooky season 👻🎃

Harvested the last of the pumpkins before the freeze tomorrow 🌱

#halloween
#vegetablegarden
A selfie of me holding a small pumpkin with a Jack O'Lantern face drawn on it.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
Oh I see. I use all fresh ingredients for fire cider with the intention of using it medicinally. It has horseradish, ginger, onion, garlic, caryenne, lemon, among other things. I make a lot of oil infusions too but I use them for topical applications like salves and body oils.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
So you make a fire oil? I'm not sure how well that would work with the ingredients I use for fire cider.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
Still no edit button, so I must live with the typo 🙃
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
I pulled just about everything except the greens and carrots. I'm going to put up a cover over the greens - but my will to garden is waning 😆
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 4d
Made some fire cider vinaigrette with for my little garden harvest salad 🌱🌶️.

#herbalism
#foodsky
#vegetablegarden
A small bowl of salad made with cucumber, arugula, spinach, and amaranth leaves. Fire cider vinaigrette is the dressing. In the background is a larger bowl with the rest of the salad.
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 5d
It does! 😆
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 5d
Yep!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 5d
Ugh I'm doing the same thing today. Good luck!
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Kate @herbygardens.bsky.social · 5d
Looks delicious! I love cinnamon loaf.
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