Rosehip Harvest

It was a Beautiful Sunday here at the Homestead! Between the chores of stacking wood & clearing brush, I snuck off to harvest some Rosehips~ That can be a painful job too...but rewarding in the end :)






Here's what I collected and bunched today. I thought the color of the Rosehips look great against the ornamental Kale on the table~ Here's another Kale that has gotten HUGE!





Love the Color~

Sweet Annie Time!

Aaaah the Sweet Annie is ready to ship~ Lots of customers waiting for this very important "Prim-Staple"


What a Day! I was outside in this crazy windstorm cutting and bunching Orange Mint and Pineapple Mint, trying to get it in the house before the sky opened up :)
All of a sudden I've got all these requests for cut herbs~

Tomorrow I get to cut the Rose Geranium for an order (the jeeps going to smell awesome on my way into the shop) and I also need to start filling orders for Bittersweet & Rosehips. Better wear long sleeves, those Roships are brutal :)

Sweet Annie Harvest

Today's Harvest~



This is the time to harvest the Sage, Sweet Annie, Rose Geranium, Pineapple Mint & Orange Mint. What a wonderful job~ everything smells Sooo Good!!

It's also time to Harvest the Rosehips & Bittersweet Vines.

Rosehip Bunches

Before the frost ruins what's left of the flowers & herbs, I gathered as much Bittersweet, Rosehips, Sage, Chocolate Mint, Globe Amaranth, Statice and Hydrangeas as I could. The Roses, Lavender and Foxgloves are still blooming~ what a treat! I was inspired to take a few pictures. Spooky was inspired to inhale as much Catmint as possible~ she's such a big help :)






The wild Rosehip bunches have sold like crazy! This was the first year I actually sold them. In the past I've added them to Gift Bags, wired them into evergreen Garlands and tucked them into Christmas trees~ pretty much given them away. This year I offered bunches of Rosehips to my customers to purchase and get creative with. Very positive feedback!