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Kate
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Herbalist & Gardener 🌱 | Nature Lover 💚 | Zone 5b/6a

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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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One year on Bluesky 😀

Doing the same thing I was doing 1 year ago 😆🌱
Dried echinacea flower heads on a kitchen counter. Echinacea seeds are scattered around.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Making pumpkin puree for Thanksgiving pies 🌱

These are Sugar Pie but next year I might try growing Winter Luxury variety.

#foodsky
#vegetablegarden
My hand holding one half of a raw sugar pie pumpkin with seeds. Two other pumpkins are on the table below.
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Planting garlic this weekend! 🌱

#vegetablegarden
#gardening
A small pile of garlic cloves on a table.
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Happy Halloween from the Bride of Frankenstein 👻🎃
I'm dressed as the Bride of Frankenstein with a black and white wig and white dress. Next to me is a partial view of Frankenstein's Monster's head.
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I must have dropped a few while harvesting the kidney beans 😬🌱.

#vegetablegarden
A small bean sprouting from a raised bed covered in fallen leaves.
October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Some False Turkey Tail (I think?) for #fungifriday

#fungi
#mushrooms
#nature
3 mushrooms that look similar to Turkey Tail growing on the edge of an old wooden raised bed.
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Made infused oil with my cayenne harvest. I'll use this for muscle ache salves 🌱🌶️.

#herbalism
#herbs
#vegetablegarden
Close up of my hand holding a small glass jar filled with dried cayenne powder and olive oil. The oil is bright red.
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I made a wild grape oxymel and more jelly with foraged grapes (Vitis riparia) 🌱.

The grape oxymel is delicious. I am going to make more with rosemary added in.

#foraging
#herbalism
#foodsky
Several small jars of wild grape jelly and an amber glass bottle filled with wild grape oxymel on a counter. In front of the jelly jars is a small glass filled with grape oxymel and sparkling water.
October 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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We carved pumpkins last night so this morning I made roasted pumpkin seeds 🎃.

#foodsky
Roasted pumpkin seeds on a large baking sheet. The baking sheet is resting on a butcher block counter.
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Calendula flowers are still doing well 🌱🐝

#bloomscrolling
#flowers
#nature
A bee gathering food from a bright orange calendula flower in a flower garden.
October 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Some shelf fungi for #fungifriday

#fungi
#mushrooms
#nature
A group of shelf fungi growing on a tree trunk in the forest.
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Pulling some carrots for vegetable soup 🌱.

Planted these in mid-July. They're a little small still so I'll let the rest keep growing.

#gardening
#vegetablegarden
October 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Celery loving the cold weather 🌱.

These were covered by giant pumpkin vines but they are doing well now that they are free and the weather is cooler.

#vegetablegarden
A few small celery plants growing in a raised bed. Behind the celery is a frost cloth that's been pulled back.
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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I dropped a few arugula seeds in my gravel patio a few weeks ago. They're growing better than the arugula in my raised bed 🙃🌱

#vegetablegarden
Arugula plants in a gravel patio. Unlike the arugula in my raised bed, they are growing well with no signs of pest damage.
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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The pawpaw cheesecake @jasoncauley.bsky.social made is a really special treat!

#pawpaw #zone6b
A slice of pawpaw cheesecake with black walnut sprinkled on top. Pawpaw cheesecake fresh out of the springform pan. Cross-section of pawpaw cheesecake.
October 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The deer ate all my potato plants this year but I found a few spuds that made it 🙃😅 🌱

#vegetablegarden
8 small red potatoes freshly harvested and laying on top of the soil.
October 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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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.
October 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Reposting the falling fruit map in case anyone wants to know where to forage in their area 🌱

fallingfruit.org
October 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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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.
October 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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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.
October 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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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.
October 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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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.
October 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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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.
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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.
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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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.
October 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM