July Update in Pictures

More Homestead Photos, Less Words, No Historical Tangents

Trying a new type of post…

I take oodles of photos most days. You’ve probably seen the meme: “One minute you’re young, hip, & carefree, & the next minute you’re photographing vegetables in your garden.” I strongly resemble this meme, and I’m unlikely to change any time soon. I post a fair number of the photos I take on our Instagram (mostly in Stories) but very few end up here on Substack. So I thought I might try out a photo dump post & see what you all think about it.

If I were the bird who likes to perch on our garden gate, this would be the general view I’d have.

Our very little cornfield

Bean plants growing with the corn. 2 of the 3 sisters, since our squash is failing. Weird year, usually squash is supreme in our garden.

The kale in flower. Turns out most the family aren’t fans of eating kale.

View from inside the secret grapevine-walled garden.

So. Many. Grapes.

Daily raspberry harvest is massive. And delicious.

Hive check this past week. The queen is going strong.

Pears in the mini orchard

Elderberry bush in flower

Phillip’s prized lilies, gift from his brother. Haven’t seen pollinators on them, but their fragrance fills the yard & wafts through the windows.

And here’s our dog being adorable…

Red kale, which I planted by pink celery & white carrots for no other reason than their color scheme.

Milestone Announcement

Today, this little blog reached 201 subscribers! You’ll now see the byline “Hundreds of subscribers” when The Suburb Farm comes up on the Substack site. I have to admit, it’s pretty thrilling! I have a big old lump of gratitude welling up behind my sternum for all you readers. Thank you, thank you, thank you for subscribing, reading, liking, commenting, sharing, and just being marvelous! And a special thank you to the people IRL who’ve been the cheerleaders, sometime critics, & stalwart believers that there were people out there who were interested in reading about our little suburban farm.

How is your July garden so far? What are you harvesting? Are you having a weird year with successes & failures of certain plants? Do you photograph your vegetables? And what are your thoughts on more photo posts, monthly or bi-weekly, in addition to the regular posts?

—Erin, in Michigan