I'm enjoying a Moscow Mule with mint from my garden. Hyvää Vappua!

I ordered a cold hearty fig tree and a lingonberry plant. The poetry of life is often written in chaos.

Ah, tornado sirens, time to return the citrus plants to the bathtub.

It's been sunny and warm for four days in a row and suddenly my online shopping cart is $400 deep in manure, worm castings, and peat moss.

Hot water with some vinegar. It cleans and makes fluffy.

Watching foreign historical fiction custume dramas. The different time period and pretty clothing and scenery or because I have to specifically pay attention and follow the English subtitles, I feel like I actually watch it and am then transported. Very satisfying.

They're pink oyster mushrooms.

Breaking mushroom news! After about 4 weeks since I harvested the first flush and diligent spritzing, I see signs of a second flush!

Rewatching the Bridgerton series. Very concerned. Are they setting their barely sipped on drink back on the supply table? I don't see a drink attendant. Or, an entire large tray of barely sipped on drinks. Why they no drink?!

I've officially turned into my mother. We had people over to play D&D, we talked about gardening and food and my peeps end up leaving with some raspberry freezer jam, frozen raspberries, and pasties. We feed everyone. ❤️

I went to the botanical gardens today. It was so great to breathe in the warm, plant-oxygenated, humid air. I can still smell some of that air in my clothing and hair an hour + lunch later.

My limequat tree has given me a fruit!

We ordered some Florida Honeybells! The king of fresh squeezed OJ. Then I made some candied peel and some simply syrup for drinkies. #safefromscurvy

The end of Yule. Time to put the goats away.

2024 was a great year for my garden. Got 7 lbs of strawberries, 31 lbs of raspberries, rhubarb, okra, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, tomatillos, green onions, 31 lbs of butternut squash, 13 lbs of potatoes (3 types), peppers (4 types), and many herbs. This season, I'll be planting an orchard!