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growinglife.bsky.social
Fantasy author, native-plant geek, dog devoted.
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Wet soil makes it easy to pull honeysuckle seedlings. Honeysuckle out! More Columbine and Packera Obovata in! #NativeGardens #NativePlants #Pollinators

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Ryan Hall is live streaming the massive storm headed toward STL. This storm is a beast, keep an eye on it! @rhyall.bsky.social #StLouis #Missouri #Illinois www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_zC...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Pi Day! #PiDay

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

My spicebush blooming for the first time! #nativeplants

submitted 78 days ago • 2 comments

The European Union will impose counter tariffs on $28 billion worth of US goods from next month, the European Commission said, ramping up a global trade war in response to blanket US tariffs on steel and aluminum reut.rs/3DCiljA

submitted 80 days ago • 37 comments

Good morning from Missouri!

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

“'We could consider limiting the use of some types of pesticides, particularly neonicotinoids that have a large effect on insects.' Several states have enacted laws to curtail neonicotinoid use, but not Michigan. Neonicotinoids are largely banned in Europe, but the US has not followed suit." 👇

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Working on a series of projects this spring to inundate my region of Philly with action-item-based messaging focused on biodiversity. One of those is a sticker! This is an attempt to break down any emotional barrier to gardening by city dwellers. You don't need a green thumb, ya know? Just try it!

submitted 88 days ago • 15 comments

Love birds? Grow native plants. Baby birds need caterpillars. LOTS of them. Look at the difference is caterpillar numbers between our hard-working native plants and the non-native ones. #NativePlants #NativeGardening #Birds This slide from a Grow Native! Webinar: youtu.be/QridWH9iquM?...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Just hand pulled 100+ honeysuckle seedlings and dug 24 medium sized plants. Very helpful that they start to leaf out so early, makes them easy to spot. Now, a nap. #NativeGardening

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Having never been a religious person, I am starting a new-for-me Sunday habit: sabbath. Political sabbath. A day of rest, friends, nature, time with my dog, and anything else non-damaging that renews me. What are you doing to feed your inner resources? #PoliticalSabbath

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

A seizure-alert dog doing amazing and critical work for this women. #DogsAreAmazing #Dogs www.youtube.com/shorts/18bF-...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments