Sunflowers & Butterflies

This year's sunflowers were a great success and helped bring in the occasional cloud of butterflies.

A Basket of Plenty

From our first tomato and pepper harvest, with a few cucumbers thrown in as well:

And radish pods, the treat left over when you let radishes go to seed:

State Fair Straw Poll for 2018 House and Governor Primaries

KELO reports:

If [straw] could vote, Marty Jackley would be the Republican nominee for governor and Dusty Johnson would be the GOP nominee for the U.S. House.

The state Republican Party held a "staw poll" during the run of the State Fair at their booth.

Marty Jackley won with 58%, Dusty Johnson with 54%. Click here for the full results.

The primary election will be June 5, 2018.

Garden Updates: Vegetables, Butterflies, and Morning Glories

After the grasshopper-ravaged onion harvest, the other quarters are still thriving:

Elsewhere, the sunflower patch has been hosting swarms of monarch butterflies:

 And our "heirloom" morning glories (from seeds originally planted in Virginia in 2009) provide some color around the compost bin: