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#Garden, #plants, #nature, #vegan, and #sustainability enthusiast Planting plants in Zone 10b ☀️ PhD Student in Sustainability Education 🌱 My lil family: Boyfriend 👨🏻, Scout 🦮, and Ziggy 🐕.
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If they can't get comfortable on the communal stem male Blue-banded bees will buzz over to the next free stalk and latch on for the night #BlueBandedBees #MacroAddicts #MacroPhotography #BugSky #MacroSky #Insects #AustralianInsects

All the seedlings are starting to sprout, and I look forward to finishing the garden setup! Today, we set up most of the garden bed how we plan to keep it, but now we have to figure out some last-minute details to make sure we can have the best harvest possible. I'll post today's effort tomorrow

#fungifriends #fungi #mushrooms

Look at my #poppies! I love how they are constantly being explored by bees searching for pollen. Also, the backyard is almost done with the grass/weed removal and dirt leveling. The next step is for us to reset the garden beds and begin filling them with plants to cultivate. I'm so excited! 😝

It's just me and my children. I bought this raised bed for Scout (my husky) two years ago, but it was not until yesterday that he started using it after seeing Ziggy (my Shih Zhu) lying on it, basking in the sun.

Just me, Scout (husky), and Ziggy (Shih Tzu). They are my needy children, who I love very much.

This dandelion seedhead looked neat this past morning, so I am sharing it with you all. I've been cultivating this crop for six months to consume the greens in salads and mix them into my hot meals or smoothies. It's been a quick and easy crop to grow and easy to get greens in me.

Front yard greens update: I can finally harvest the greens I planted about 1-2 months ago! I didn't think I would be so successful, so I am a bit overwhelmed since they are growing fast, but at least I love to eat my greens.

I went to get breakfast with my boyfriend, and I swear I felt like Snow White. Birds were hopping and chirping all around us, and a few even landed on our table and watched us eat. I loved it. I wanted to share this bird because I thought it was cool how strangely it was nested in the tree.

What an exciting yet sad day it was to reach this point. I am removing the garden to level out the ground, redoing the layout of the garden beds for maximum food production, and incorporating stepping stones surrounded by native ground covers for biodiversity. And I got a good harvest today!

Throwback to when I harvested my second batch of #luffa. Since then, I've harvested an additional 50 luffah. I am #grateful to have grown these to use as sponges. However, I have too many, so I sewed goodie bags to gift these luffas with homemade soaps, body lotion bars, and body scrub. #gardening

It's been a long couple of months. I got sick and decided to step back from posting for a bit, but now I am better and ready to tackle the garden. Here's my tomato harvest! #garden #gardener #gardening #nature #harvest #tomatoes #homegrown #vegetables #fruits #flowers #plants #outdoors #pollinators

Here are some nice mushrooms

An unruly Aeonium “sunburst’ muscling its way between an Agave desmetiana ‘Smooth Agave’ and Mangave 'Red Wing' PP31,459. The Aeonium and Mangave are zone 9b, the Agave 10a. In a sunnier exposure this Aeonium has more distinctive coloring, brighter yellows and a thin reddish leaf edge. 🌱 #succulents

The beauty of Lotus 🌿💚 #gardeningfeed #greenheart #gardening

The pilea is getting huge! 🌱

One of the Hybrid Aloes that arrived yesterday. I singled this one out because it’s very compact (makes the tiny stones look big 😆), the color is intense (almost like it’s burning), and the texture is crazy (look at those teeth!!). Definitely a wonderful addition to my collection. 🌱🪴

Layers...

Winter in the #PAWilds. . . #exceptionaleyephotos #nature #pennsylvania #photography #winter

🌱🌲 Abies firma / Momi Fir

Enjoy these Koi fish I came across. #koifish #koi #fish #animals #nature #outdoors #lake #pond #beautiful #elegant #colorful

This year the Parnassia grandifolia did not bloom. I'm still trying to figure out this very difficult to grow native plant's needs. They are threatened across the southeast US especially from a hydrological sense, non-native invasive plants and of course poaching.

Here is a nice mushroom

Succulents taking a south-facing refuge from winter downpours and frosty mornings … and sweet old Dudley taking stock 🌱 #succulents

I saw this lil guy doing its thang on one of the cacti near my milkweed forest. It’s a bit late so I hope it’s alright. #butterfly #monarch #chrysalis #gardener #gardening #garden #milkweed #outdoors #nature #flowers #flower #fruit #green #waterdrop #butterflys #monarchs #monarchbutterfly #earth

English ivy flowers and berries #wildflowerhour 🌱

Happy Sunday!!! :)

A pic of the native plant front yard with Sam the bunny here in Charleston SC earlier this year. Canna flacida, Echinacea purpurea, and Tradescantia ohiensis along with native grasses. Everything is native. Biodiversity equals resilience. #killyourlawn @blueberryeyes.bsky.social

As it's now December, we're allowed to post Christmas Decoration stuff, right? Here's a mass of mistletoe up a birch tree in Ross-on-Wye. So much of it around in the area🌱

🚫 orchid Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis) is planted in so many of my neighbors’ gardens. #orchid #orchids #flower #houseplants #photography 🌱🌴🪴sky

🌱 Another day closer to spring. One day at a time. 😊 Sunday Yellow. Jasmine vine to brighten your day.

I love this 2-tone pink of my potted geranium. They add some great colour.

Pampas grass near the town hall, and a nice winter bluesky 🌱📷

Good morning people of the Blue Skies. This morning I have a lovely hibiscus bloom to share with you. Hope it makes your day a tad bit better with its beauty. Have a good one #Gardeningfeed 🌱

Found some prodigal apples in the long grass under the apple tree. They are mostly a bit nibbled so have hung them in the tree for the birds. Kept back two edible ones for the humans. 🍎🌱

The balcony is still relishing the warm humid weather and soaking storms 🌱 #Anthurium #sydney #garden #BalconyGarden #flower #FlowerReport #urbanplanting

Garden to table...last of the carrots pulled yesterday. 🌱

🌱 Your Daily Moment of Sanity

My painting of sunflowers in a clay pot 🌱🌻🎨 #art #sunflowers #flower #painting #floral @bsky.art

🌱 I love the word "zinnia" and the flower herself! 💚 Happy December, you'se guys!

Another frosty start to the day here in Kent. At least the sun is out! 🌱🌿💚 #Greenheart

🌿📷🌱 Brave little figwort (Scrophularia, Խլածաղիկ, შავწამალა) choosing a microscopic cavity in a very exposed rock face, amonst the lichens.

The new conservatory at @longwoodgardens.bsky.social is a calming Mediterranean landscape. We’ll be sharing more about it in our December issue of Washington Gardener. #gardendc #longwoodgardens #publicgarden #meditteraneangarden #longwoodreimagined #conservatory #gardeningfeed #gardenfeed

🌱Kaki! (Japanese persimmon) above the River Stour in Suffolk. The recent, mostly mild, weather has allowed them to ripen. Last year they dropped green.

🌱 It was tulipmania yesterday…I planted, with help, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of bulbs. I’ll be dreaming of this all winter… #BloomScrolling #GardensOfBluesky #flowers #MyJoyfulPlace