Phaedra's 2023 Adventure

[ducks4you]

I LOVE calla lillies!

 

[SPedigrees]

Monarda species are North American Native Plants.

I never realized this before. Sure enough there are 3 species of native Monarda, and it looks like my newest garden additions are wild bergamot rather than some garden escapees. Thank you for this information!

 

[Phaedra]

I never realized this before. Sure enough there are 3 species of native Monarda, and it looks like my newest garden additions are wild bergamot rather than some garden escapees. Thank you for this information!

I also had this common variety in the garden - their color is so bright!

 

[Phaedra]

DH has his home office every Friday, so we can go to buy some just-baked bread from the shops in the morning. We went to Lidl today and got this veggie bag. Those no-longer-that-pretty veggies and fruits would be collected and sold for 3 Euros per bag.

Well, why not?

I brought them to my outdoor working bench and set things up - a bucket to collect water, and a bag to collect scraps for compost. I added some seaweed extract to the bucket, and the water for rinsing/washing went into that bucket. So, after my work is done, I am also ready to feed some hungry plants.

I also did the food preparation for ourselves, hens, and quails from the Lidl veggie bag. It's a huge bowl of salad for hens and quails - and they can enjoy many different things.

Not that perfect ones (right side) became their salad.

It's colorful and nutritious.

They are happy, and I am happy, too - the less food waste, the better.

Ours are also done.

I don't know, a cup of Latte from any coffee shop will charge you more than 3 Euros here - I guess, the money I paid for this veggie bag already returned to me with unexpected joy and satisfaction.

 

[baymule]

Way to go! Good food at a discount for y’all and animals, plus water for the garden.

 

[SPedigrees]

I brought them to my outdoor working bench and set things up - a bucket to collect water, and a bag to collect scraps for compost. I added some seaweed extract to the bucket, and the water for rinsing/washing went into that bucket. So, after my work is done, I am also ready to feed some hungry plants.

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I also did the food preparation for ourselves, hens, and quails from the Lidl veggie bag. It's a huge bowl of salad for hens and quails - and they can enjoy many different things.
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Not that perfect ones (right side) became their salad.
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It's colorful and nutritious.
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They are happy, and I am happy, too - the less food waste, the better.
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Ours are also done.
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EVERYONE eats well at your house, Phaedra, it's plain to see! Those look like some happy chickens. You made a haul at the farmers market!

 

[Phaedra]

Home-saved seeds as a product (and gift) for my shop
I love the final look and feel of the packaging, and how do you feel?

 

[SPedigrees]

I also had this common variety in the garden - their color is so bright!
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Those look like the descendants of my single stow-away stem from the garden store. Mine are humming with fat little bumblebees right now. Hummingbirds, Hummingbird moths, and butterflies are other visitors.

I love the packaging on your seed packets. They look at once both homespun and classy. If I walked into your store and saw these, I would buy them.

 

[AMKuska]

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It's colorful and nutritious.

My husband would like to inquire as to what sort of knife this is.

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I adore crisp brown paper with no wrinkles! Lookin' good!!