Walla Walla Onions (28 September 2020) Today we started harvesting our Walla Walla onions. These are the legendary sweet onion that make an excellent sweet onion to grow in northern climates. These can be stored for two to three months, but the generally go pretty quick around here. Elsewhere around the farm we are full… Continue reading Harvesting the Walla Walla Onions
Black swallowtail caterpillar (27 August 2020) We think caterpillars are just as beautiful as the butterflies. Since carrot family plants are the host plants for these black swallowtail caterpillars, we always grow extra for them! Two black swallowtail larvae (different stages) sharing a dill plant (5 September 2020) We love our monarchs as well! The… Continue reading The Caterpillars of Three Bird Farm
Volunteer nasturtium (14 July 2020) It's hard not to love these volunteer nasturtium that are growing gangbusters in the vegetable garden this year. A few others flowers growing around Three Bird Farm have also caught our eye in the last few days, especially some of the ones that grow in front of the house (and… Continue reading Volunteer Nasturtium and Other Flowers that Make Us Smile
Today we almost doubled the size of the Pollinator Garden (27 July 2019) Today we almost doubled the size of the Pollinator Garden. This garden is what people see when they look out the second story window of Karen's Gallery, and she uses it for many of her scientific illustration workshops. Of course, it also… Continue reading Enlarging the Pollinator Garden
A load of mulch for the Pollinator Garden We are decidedly late mulching this year, but better late than never, right? Today the pollinator garden (on the right in the above image) got mulched today, along with the Meadow Garden and most of the new trees. Mulching is back breaking work, even with the tractor's… Continue reading Mulching the Pollinator Garden
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