Tansies, the yellow flowers above, are very tall and hardy plants. Here is some interesting information about them. The story of our Tansies again includes Helen. She found a very small tansy plant on the farm, dug it up and rooted it to then create more plants. Her ability with cultivating plants out of just tiny bits of nothing is incredible. She transplanted these newly rooted plants into a row in the perennial bed and now we have an abundance of Tansy.
I don’t have much else to share this week as I was busy with the flowers. Here is a bouquet that I particularly liked.
But I did manage to take a few shots of some new vegetables that made their way to market this week.
Beautiful basil bunches.
Here is Amelia, Elizabeth’s helpful niece, packaging up the cherry tomatoes.
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I love the summer season. The trips to the farmers market for their fresh healthy crops to the fresh bake homemade goods has never disappointed me. Great photos and the tomatoes looks fantastic.
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BTW those tansy leaves you’re stripping from the stalks will make a lovely dye!
Thanks for visiting! I was planning on collecting the last of the Tansies today (along with the last of the Marigolds, some other flowers you didn’t mention, and anything else we have that you did) in order to start experimenting with mordants. I was going to use both the leaves and the flowers. I will be writing a post about your book and what I plan to do very soon. : )