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Native Golden Alexander -Zizia aurea blooming in my garden. A great plant for early pollinators and host plant for Black Swallowtail butterflies. 🌱 #NativeGardening

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First Nebraska herp of the year. American Bullfrog - Bellevue, Nebraska 🐸 #Frogs

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Always nice when Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs appear in the same frame. 🐦 #Birds #Birding #Nebraska

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Native Serviceberry and Eastern Redbud blooming in my garden right now. 🌸 #NativeGardening

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Was watering some bushes in the yard and nearly missed this beautiful Grapevine Epimenis Moth. 🦋 #Insects #Moth

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My first #BackyardBlacklighting of the season last night. There were a ton of small midges but only one moth. I'm pretty sure this is in Orthosia, probably O. hibisci 🦋 #Insects #Moths

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Was cleaning up my native pollinator garden and realized for the first time that Cup Plant stems are almost perfectly square 🌱 #NativeGardening

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The African Violet leaf propagation I started almost four months ago is finally starting to put out new growth. I’m going to put it back in its greenhouse until it’s a bit bigger. 🌱 #Houseplant #Propagation

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Nonnative Vinca minor flowering in my garden right now. I tried ripping it out a few years ago but it keeps coming back. 🌸 #Gardening

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Native Prairie Willow in flower in my backyard. Unlike the non-native Pussy Willow, this is attracting pollinators 🌸 #NativeGarden

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Yesterday’s blizzard knocked out my electricity, possibly until Monday, so I packed up a third of my #Houseplants and took them to the office to stay warm. The rest will have to tough it out. 🌱 #BlizzardBlackout 🤞

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Saw a number of these Comma butterflies on the trail today. Hard to believe these trails could be under 6" of snow tomorrow. 🦋 🤷‍♂️ 🌨️ #Insects

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I was going to save buying my 50th #Houseplant for something cool but I found a Lowe’s with actual bargains in their clearance section. Maybe that Air Plant is dead but at least I get the doggy planter for $1. 🌱

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

The first bloom in my garden is this nonnative Pussy Willow. These look like male flowers. Hopefully they will still attract pollinators.🌸 #Gardening

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Aqua Phil’s vase was getting a bit crowded with roots so I repurposed an old vase to give them a bit more room. 🌱 #Houseplants

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I saw this amazing cactus at Home Depot and I had to have it. I don’t know, there’s just something about it. 🌵 🌱 #cactus #Houseplants

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

The myth is true! Whale Fins at Lowe’s! 🌱 #Houseplants

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

Got a chance to do my first blacklighting of the year during my vacation in Arizona. It was still a bit cool at night so there wasn't a ton of activity but I got a few moths, a huge crab spider, a wasp and a cockroach. 🕷️🦋 #Insect #BackyardBlacklighting

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Just got back from vacation and the good news is, all my #Houseplants survived. The better news is, I came home with 5 new plants. 😁 🌱 🌵

submitted 57 days ago • 5 comments