Harvesting potatoes

We got such a bounty of golden potatoes and made our first video which is too large to upload here.  What do you think the name of our You Tube channel should be?

Blooming fairy duster

 We wanted to share the beauty of this fairy duster addition to our Hummingbird Haven, a garden we tend for our pollinators, as we work on our video editing skills.

Enjoy the wonder of these incredibly intricate blooms.

Rose bush

 Our rose bush looking particularly beautiful after we watered the other day.

Naturally dyed eggs with organic whole foods

 Last year and this year, we ditched any toxic or artificial dyes for our eggs.  

We made our own organic dyes from whole foods and used eggs from our chickens, choosing mostly white eggs which worked best.  We drew on our eggs with white crayon and used clear tape to make designs but they didn't come out well.  

We used 1/4 cup wild blueberries, 1/4 cup boiled and peeled beets, 1/4 cup boiled purple sweet potato peels, 1 tsp paprika powder, 1 tsp spiraling powder and 1 tsp turmeric powder. 

We put our chosen dying agents in repurposed yogurt cups with about 1/2 - 1 cup distilled white vinegar for about 60 minutes.  We found the dyes worked best when the eggs soaked for longer.

We laid them on a towel to air dry and put them in a carton to store.  

So easy and we didn't pollute the earth with toxic chemical dyes and coloring agents, nor did we purchase (thereby indirectly polluting the earth) any kits made with virgin tree pulp which was bleached and then dyed with unnatural colors and filled with plastics made from petroleum which break down into tiny particles and choke our marine life.  

Not to mention the stickers.  Pretty little pieces of pollution intentionally geared to make one forget the insane amount of processing they take to produce.  Ugh.

The dyed eggs air-dried and ready to munch.