Freedom Gardening and Foraging

Spacing in my Garden

What spacing? Definitely some survival of the fittest competition going on.

Asparagus Season These started popping up a couple of days ago. #harvest26

Stinging Nettle Patch

I had bought some stinging nettles locally last(?) year. Looking like a proper little patch now. Might harvest a few or might let them go this year and start harvesting next year. Seems I did well on site selection and they are naturalizing well.

This is why we don't plant most of our stuff until June. I wish it was actually raining like it is showing. We haven't had a decent rain yet this year, just a couple quick sprinkles. We are going to cover the bushes (like the Haskaps) that are flowering with a tarp the next two nights.

Horseradish Blossoms

I've had horseradish in the garden a couple of years now, this is the first time it has bloomed. Honestly, a little shocked at how nice they smell, but yeah, weirdly it seems like carpet beetles really like them 🤷‍♀️

French Breakfast Radish

First, if I start complaining too much about my garden later in the season, someone virtually smack me. Because really, not even a week into May and I'm pulling up radishes, harvesting collards and Swiss Chard and I've got a whole bunch of other greens that are looking...See more

Plant Haul

This is most of the plants I bought. Most are shade plants. Weirdly, my full shade garden is probably the one I'm most proud of, because, let's be honest, a full shade garden is challenging. The rarest plants I purchased was a double bloodroot and the Japanese jack in the ...See more

The Garden Menace

Not the best picture but there is my garden menace, Bertha. Consumer of pea shoots and seeds, creator of random tree sprout stashes, and grand hole digger extraordinaire.

Collards

The collards I planted last autumn are mostly bolting, so I finally went and picked most of the larger leaves off the one plant for dinner last night. Been harvesting chives from the garden, but it was the first real meal from the garden for 2026.