Hilton Urban Homestead

Hilton Urban Homestead We're an urban farm and garden in Cary, North Carolina. Follow along as we share all the fun stuff we're doing...right here at home!

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in bloom.
07/20/2022

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in bloom.

Maters.
07/18/2022

Maters.

With the abundance of Zucchini I had to find some new recipes. Zucchini bread for the win! First time making it and it’s...
07/12/2022

With the abundance of Zucchini I had to find some new recipes. Zucchini bread for the win! First time making it and it’s soooo good!

07/12/2022

Boneset (native), with more pollinators on it than any plant we've seen. We counted at least 5 different bee species this morning, plus several flies and butterflies.

07/08/2022

Joe Pye W**d flowering and feeding the bees.

Here come some veggies. Still waiting on cucumbers and tomatoes to really get going. These high temperatures and lack of...
07/08/2022

Here come some veggies. Still waiting on cucumbers and tomatoes to really get going. These high temperatures and lack of rain haven't been kind so far, but there's still plenty of summer left!

You don't get outside for one day...
06/28/2022

You don't get outside for one day...

06/25/2022

Scoliid wasps? Any bee folks that can confirm identification?

Anise Hyssop
06/16/2022

Anise Hyssop

Birds around the house...
06/13/2022

Birds around the house...

Been working on a front bed that was mainly just wood chips at the beginning of the season. A blank slate. So far, here'...
06/09/2022

Been working on a front bed that was mainly just wood chips at the beginning of the season. A blank slate. So far, here's the list of things we've plugged in: Dark Towers Penstemon, a row of Rudbeckia, Thundercloud Sedum, Cup plant, Ice plant, Lavender, Anise Hyssop, Liatris, Gladiolus, and Midnight Marvel Hibiscus. What are we missing? If you were going on a walk by our house, what would you like to see?

Just harvested 1.25 lbs of raspberries and only picked about a 1/3 of what's ripe. It's gonna be a banner year in the pa...
06/07/2022

Just harvested 1.25 lbs of raspberries and only picked about a 1/3 of what's ripe. It's gonna be a banner year in the patch!

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