One Hawk Homestead

Our heirloom sugar snap peas are starting to bloom 🌸 We've been growing this variety from our own saved seeds for close to 10 years. It's called Magnolia Blossom Tendril.
Thank you to my husband for helping me keep the gardens watered this year. It's been exceptionally dry the past month or so, and I don't have the physical capacity to do the hauling and whatnot like I used to. I'm hoping I'll be able to do more next year - this year, I'm taking a light approach while I'm still working through my recovery. One day at a time ☺️
And the earth provides. For that, I am very thankful.
As always, grown with zero pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Ever 💚

Planting her cucumber seeds 🌱 .. I'm a couple weeks behind, but it's probably ok. She was often behind by other people's standards, too. It happens. She told me she preferred that her food came in toward the autumn, so being behind worked out well in the end, anyway. There are plenty of berries to keep us active and nourished in the meantime.
These cucumbers will likely be fruiting around early July. I have a spot picked out for them where there is afternoon shade. That should help a lot with the heat.
As always, grown with zero pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Ever 💚

Our apple trees are blooming 🌸 We don't have much in the way of apples - we have 4 dwarf trees of different varieties. But it's something.
And there is a difference between a fresh picked apple and an apple sitting on a store shelf. You know what I mean if you have ever picked from an apple tree.. the aroma of an apple just off the tree is incredible. 🍎
As with everything here, I don't use any sprays or -cides. Not even the 'organic' treatments. I just try to make the trees happy through soil health and nutrition. They do the rest.

An experiment 🍑 .. I planted a dwarf peach tree in one of the hottest, driest parts of our main garden a couple years ago.
Didn't really expect much, between our humid climate and the rabbit pressure on the young tree at the time.
I guess sometime before Nov 2025, I must have put chicken wire around the trunk to protect it from the rabbits. I don't remember doing that, but here we are!
Anyway, the tree is blooming now for the first time 🌸
Maybe, we'll get a couple peaches this year 🍑
(No, I don't spray - not even with 'organic' treatments. Never have. I just try to make the fruit trees happy with mulch, compost, rock dusts, and the occasional duck poo water. Our setup is not a commercial operation, but it's a place where we can grab fresh food most of the year and usually have some to share.)