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- Morning Glories and Memories
- A Few Late Flower Bloomers in Shenandoah
- Aster Blooms in Autumn
- Orange Autumn Blooms in the Shenandoah Valley
- Saving Seed and Handmade Packets
- Black Swallowtail on Purple Aster
- Monarch Butterfly on Purple Aster
- Easy Milkweed Seed Collection
- Pink and Purple Asters in Autumn
- Rudbeckias in Bloom in Shenandoah
- Perennial Sunflowers in Autumn
- Milkweed in Netting Bags
- Blackberry Lily Seeds Ripening
- Coral Honeysuckle Attracts Hummingbirds
- Goldenrod and Ragweed Not All Sneezes
- Monarch Life Cycle in the Shenandoah Valley
- Late Spring and Gardening in the Shenandoah Valley
- Master Gardener Plant Sales
- Tomato Hornworms Glowing in the Dark
- Shenandoah Valley Farmers Markets
- Passamaquoddy Loop Hike in Shenandoah National Park
- Why do I Try to Grow Tomatoes in Virginia
- Roaring Run Hike Near Roanoke
- Forsythia and Life in a Cold Pocket
- Reorganizing Seed Packets in the Snow
- Shenandoah Valley Plants Ready for Spring
- Edible Flower Cookies in Winter
- Crocus Brings First Color of Shenandoah Spring
- Celebrating Small Business Saturday in the Shenandoah Valley
- Shenandoah Valley Thanksgiving Snow of 2014
- A Few of The Things My Daddy Taught Me
- August Flowers in Bloom
- The Borage, the Hornworm, and the Bumble Bee
- Blooming Today in the Shenandoah Valley
- A Wren and Her Babies Claim the Marigolds
- Peonies Blooming
- Pink Magnolia Blooms in the Shenandoah Valley
- Plant ID Field Trip to Blandy Experimental Farm
- Spring Plants and Flowers Leaping to Life
- Winchester Daffodil Show Garden Club of Virginia
- Finally a Daffodil
- Spring Color Starting to Show
- Snowy Allegheny Mountain View
- Lavender Crocus Brings a Little Spring Color
- Happy Spring with a Lemon Flower Cake
- Butterfly Bush – Should it Stay or Should it Go?
- It’s a Small Small World With the Power of Pinterest
- Icy Shenandoah Valley Winter Wonderland
- Snowy Allegheny Range
- Merry Puppy Christmas
- A Homemade Handmade Christmas of Ornaments
- Canning Tools and Stuff Storage
- Getting My Southern On With Biscuits and Gravy
- Falling Back and Moving Forward with a New Australian Shepherd
- A Smokin I Love You Present
- Our Memorial Garden
- Our Border-Aussie – Memories in Black and White
- A Bouquet of Dozen Roses & Garlic Scapes
- Pretty Pink – and White and Magenta – Peonies
- Bumble Bee on Borage
- Baby Fruit Season in Shenandoah
- Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillars on Bronze Fennel
- Harpers Statuary in Harrisonburg Virginia
- Kitchen Herb Garden Put in and Planted
- Lilacs in Full Bloom
- Lilac Bloom Beginning
- Coffee Fresh Roasted in the Shenandoah Valley
- Spring Flowering in Shenandoah
- Late Spring versus Early Spring in Shenandoah
- Finally Daffodils Blooming
- Purple Flowers Blooming – Periwinkle and Grape Hyacinth
- Pink Hyacinth
- Pussywillow Blooming in the Valley
- Daffodils in the Snow
- Shenandoah Valley Spring Break Snow Storm
- New Shelves in our Root and Canning Cellar
- Coming out of Hibernation
- Local Christmas
- Apple Pie Filling Magic
- Small Business Saturday – Shop Local
- Happy Thanksgiving!!
- The Last Colors of Autumn
- What Sandy Left Behind
- Hokie in ‘Hoo Country for Surgery
- Bushel of Apples – Wordless Wednesday
- A Little Autumn Color
- Golden Blends Barbecue – Buying Local
- Shenandoah Valley Autumn Sunset
- Hard Frost in the Valley
- I Lost a Bet
- A Week of Seaglass
- I Made Bagels
- Blue Moon
- Red Spotted Purple Butterfly Leaves Cocoon- Wordless Wednesday
- Surprise! It’s a lily
- Welcome August
- Wasp on the Hummingbird Feeder
- Mimosa Trees Blooming
- Ruby Throated Hummingbirds in Shenandoah
- Happy 12th Anniversary Hubby
- Garlic Harvest
- Tiger Lillies – Tawny Daylily
- What’s Blooming Today on our Shenandoah Farm
- Red Sky In Morning
- Groundhog Day – Wordless Wednesday
- Stacey Learns to Grill Ribs
- Shopping Local in the Shenandoah Valley
- Learning to Grill!
- Canning Black Raspberries and Blackberries
- Happy Fathers Day 2012
- Gettting the Hang of Things and My New Normal
- Sour Cherries Picked Today!
- Black Raspberries – Wordless Wednesday
- Little Wood Satyr Butterfly
- Homemade Pizza
- Misty Morning in the Valley
- Beautiful Misty Shenandoah Valley Sunset
- Touring Shenandoah Caverns…Again
- Wild Black Raspberries To Be – Wordless Wednesday
- Virginia Wine and Craft Festival in Front Royal
- Baking Laurie’s Scones a Little Lighter
- Super Moon in the Shenandoah Valley
- Papa’s Dogwood in Bloom
- Lambs – Wordless Wednesday
- Happy 58th Birthday Dad with Hummingbird Cake
- Countdown to Lilac Bloom
- More Eastern Redbuds
- Virginia’s Beautiful Redbuds Are Blooming
- Shopping Local for Chicken in the Shenandoah Valley
- Angel and the Forsythia – Wordless Wednesday
- The Kindness of Strangers and Pyrex
- Pink Magnolia in Bloom
- Bloomin Fruit Trees in Virginia’s Mountains
- Nature’s First Green is Gold in the Shenandoah Valley
- 80 Degrees in March – Wordless Wednesday
- Spring I Tell Ya!
- Garlic and Onions Growing
- In Search of the Perfect Garden Plant Marker
- Spring has Sprung in the Lower Shenandoah Valley
- Time to Start the Seeds
- Peeled…and Stuck – Replacing Tile
- A Good Way to Break a Hundred
- $1.50 Crochet Dishcloth Therapy
- Beautiful Sunset in the Shenandoah Valley
- 12.23.11 Stage IV Metastatic Colon Cancer
- Mid Winter Shenandoah Valley Snowfall
- Sunrise Over the Barn
- Master And His Hound
- A Little Early February Snow in Shenandoah
- Misty Shenandoah Mountains
- Icy and Frosty Shenandoah Valley Sunrise
- Fire in the Sky Over Shenandoah
- Merry Christmas 2011
- Meyer Lemon Marmalade – Wordless Wednesday
- My Secret Love of Vintage Pyrex
- Frosty Angel in the Memorial Garden
- Frosty Shenandoah Valley Sunrise
- December Snow in the Shenandoah Valley
- The Circle of Life
- Christmas 2011 Shenandoah Valley Events
- Earthquake (or Tremor) Proofing the Root Cellar
- Misty Sunset – Wordless Wednesday
- Making and Canning Turkey Soup
- Canning Homemade Cranberry Sauce
- Evolution…of a Root Cellar
- Garlic Planting Time in the Shenandoah Valley
- Abra Cadabra!! Caramel Apple Jam
- Taste Testing Home Canned Peaches
- Canning Hot Pepper Jelly on a Snowy Day
- October Snow Storm in the Shenandoah Valley
- Meems Bottom Covered Bridge – Wordless Wednesday
- Last Vegetable Harvest of 2011
- Canned Beef Stew and Stock…and Grape Jam!
- Good-bye, Our Sweet Holly Hound
- Today’s Harvest – Tomatoes, Cukes, Peppers
- Shenandoah Sunset – Wordless Wednesday
- Today’s Harvest – Cucumbers, Peppers, and Tomatoes
- 2011 Vegetable Garden Evolution
- Bumble Bee on Borage – Wordless Wednesday
- Chicory Flowers – Wordless Wednesday
- Braconid Wasp Cocoons on Tomato Hornworm – Wordless Wednesday
- Tomato Hornworms Are in the Shenandoah Valley
- Black Raspberries – Today’s Harvest
- Garden Report June 22, 2011
- Bumble Bee on Cosmos – No Pesticide Zone
- The Problem With Gardening…
- Garden Report June 9, 2011
- Borage Blossoms – Wordless Wednesday
- Vegetable Garden Evolution 6.4.11
- Peonies – Wordless Wednesday
- Red Growths on Tree Leaves
- On the Hunt…for Asparagus
- Stoney Creek Flood Update in the Shenandoah Valley
- Happy Easter! It’s Lilac Blooming Time in the Shenandoah Valley
- Lazy Lamby Day in the Valley
- Flooding of Stoney Creek
- 2011 First Harvest – Daffodils in the Shenandoah Valley
- Vegetable Garden Evolution – 4.8.11
- White and Purple Violas – Wordless Wednesday
- Snow in the Allegheny Range…in April
- Pussywillow Branches in the Mist
- 53rd Annual Highland Maple Festival – Making Syrup in Virginia
- Forsythia Blooming
- Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs in the Shenandoah Valley
- 2011 Lilac Watch Has Begun in the Shenandoah Valley
- Perennials Ready for Spring
- Building a 3-Stall Compost Bin for Less than $11
- Trees and Bushes are Budding in Shenandoah
- Making Rain – Water Barrels Deliver Free Water
- Spring Bulbs Blooming in Shenandoah
- Daffodils Approaching Bloom – Wordless Wednesday
- Bald Eagle – Wordless Wednesday
- Yellow Plum – Looking Forward to Summer!
- Bryce Overlook – Wordless Wednesday
- Sunrise and Sunset in the Shenandoah Valley
- Daffodils – Wordless Wednesday
- Moonset Over the Mountains
- Foggy Day versus Sunny Day – Landscape Views
- 2011 Starting Seed Inventory
- Where Were You a Year Ago?
- Signs of Life in a Winter Garden
- Blueberries Ordered for 2011
- Roanoke Museums – Bottom of the Shenandoah Valley
- Mission Accomplished – Seed Orders In
- Jack in the Snow – Wordless Wednesday
- Enjoy The Icy Day, Shenandoah!
- The Unidentified Tree on my Shenandoah Valley Farm – Callery Pear
- 2011 Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogs
- White Christmas in the Shenandoah Valley
- First Real Snow in the Shenandoah Valley
- Victorian Christmas in Edinburg – Touring the Shenandoah Valley
- Shenandoah Christmas Trees – Where to Buy
- Mountain View Christmas Tree Farm in the Shenandoah Valley
- Woodstock Virginia Christmas Parade
- Shenandoah Valley 2010 Christmas Events
- Love My Farm Dog – The Border Mutt
- Planning for Canning
- Blueberry Jam for Breakfast
- Shenandoah Valley Sunrise
- Wordless Wednesday – Beautiful Shenandoah Valley Sunrise
- Wordless Wednesday – Feeling Skunky
- Shenandoah Valley Arts and Crafts
- Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holiday Bazaar Craft Show
- Shenandoah Uncorked
- Frosty Shenandoah Morning
- Veterans Day
- Vegetable Garden Planner from Mother Earth News
- Wordless Wedneday – Autumn Mountain at Sunrise
- Wetlands Trading Company
- Deauville Fallow Deer Farm – Buying Local
- Lilac Bloom in October on our Shenandoah Flower Farm
- Wordless Wednesday – Honeysuckle Berries
- Ten on the 10th – 10-10-10
- Wordless Wednesday – Rose Hips
- Wordless Wednesday – Purple Weed
- Wordless Wednesday – Cloudy Sunset
- Yellow Fall Crocus – Bit of Spring in September
- Edinburg Ole Time Festival
- Wordless Wednesday – Grapes
- Pumpkin Patches
- View of the Mountains
- Wordless Wednesday – Goldenrod
- Having Fun at the Shenandoah County Fair
- Canning Tomato Sauce
- Polyface Farms Lunatic Tour with Joel Salatin
- Butterfly Page Update
- Don’t Pull All the Weeds
- Tree Frogs in Mason Neck State Park
- My Grandmother’s Courting Frog
- Wordless Wednesday – Canned Peaches for 2010
- Yummy Wild Grapes
- My First Route 11 Yard Crawl
- Trumpet Creeper Vines Ending Their Run
- Whitetail Deer – Wordless Wednesday
- Butterfly Page Updated
- Wordless Wednesday – Pokeweed Growing Tall
- Burdock – No Fun With a Fuzzy Dog
- Putting Up Shenandoah Peach Butter
- The Joy of Gravel
- Getting the Flower Farm Up and Running
- Surprise Lilly! Looks Like a Pink Amaryllis in the Gardens
- The Cicadadas Are Singing
- Japanese Honeysuckle – White and Yellow Strangulation
- Attack of the Giant Dandelions – Tragopogon
- Blackberries Are Ripening in Shenandoah
- Tansy – Another New-to-Me Flower in the Garden
- Hibiscus is Blooming in the Valley
- Milkweed and Fritillary Butterflies
- Wild Black Raspberries – Free Dessert
- Musk Thistle – Pretty Pink and Purple
- Serviceberry – June Berry
- Nigella – Love in a Mist
- Common Tawny Daylily or Tigerlily
- Box Turtle
- Red Hot Poker Plant, Torch Lily
- Northern Catalpa – Catalpa speciosa
- Blue Dayflower
- Bladder Campion – Unidentified Bulbous Wildflower
- Poppies
- Sunset in Pink and Blue
- Peonies in the Air
- Mountain Cornflower – Centaurea Montana – Alien Weed
- If it Looks Like a Hyacinth – Wood Hyacinth
- Purple-Blue Bearded Iris
- Baby Peaches
- Fruit Starting to Grow
- Sad Day in Shenandoah – Lilac-Trimming Day
- Arbor Day – Papa’s Dogwood Joins the Farm
- Milkweed – Unidentified Leafy Plant
- White Weed or White Wildflower
- Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly on the Lilacs
- Lilacs – Varieties
- Our First Little Tractor
- Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival – Things to Do
- Probably Peonies
- Garden Bunnies – Cute Little Menace
- Shenandoah Lilacs In Peak Bloom
- Shenandoah Redbuds Starting to Fade
- Shenandoah Caverns – Things to Do
- Those Purple Trees Blooming in Shenandoah
- Birds on our Shenandoah Flower Farm
- Bridal Wreath – Beautiful White Spirea
- Virginia Bluebells in Shenandoah
- Bleeding Heart – Another Mystery Solved
- More Shenandoah Magnolias
- Fruit Trees Blooming in Shenandoah
- The Daffodils in Question
- Flower Festivals and Farm Tours
- Mom’s Easter Daffodils
- Shenandoah’s Easter Daffodils
- Pretty in (Fuschia) Pink
- When do Hummingbirds Arrive in Shenandoah?
- Pussywillows Bloom? Apparently
- Shenandoah Spring Babies – Lambs
- More Bushes and Trees Blooming in Shenandoah
- More Bulbs Blooming
- Supporting Local Farms and Nurseries
- Shenandoah Things to Do – Potatoes and Parks
- Sweet Pea Bed – Before and After
- Bulbs are Blooming and Buds are Swelling
- Shenandoah Valley Blogs
- Renee’s Garden Seeds Arrive!
- Spring Color in the Valley
- First Seed Order for 2010
- First Signs of Spring in Shenandoah
- 2010 Blizzard in the Shenandoah Valley
- More Garden Planning
- Landscape Planning on our Flower Farm
- Fall Color in the Shenandoah Valley
- Our Home in the Shenandoah Valley