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A photo of a sheep. The sheep is in my garden and is facing the camera. She has a completely black head and lower legs, and is wearing a red fleece jumper. Her ears are sticking out almost horizontally and there's grass protruding from her mouth. She's wearing the heck out of that jumper.
#animals #gardening #Defaidodon #SheepOfMastodon #JoinIn #sheep

The decline of insects and pollinators is catastrophically huge. Did you know that you can do something for insects even with only a balcon or very small garden? If all try it ... Some small, easy to start steps that could change your behaviour: theguardian.com/environment/20…

#insects #decline #biodiversity #pollinators #biodiversityLoss #insectDecline #extinction #activism #environment #ecology #gardening


Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them

From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild
Tess McClure (The Guardian)
#ecology #environment #activism #gardening #pollinators #insects #extinction #biodiversity #BiodiversityLoss #decline #insectdecline

Our local edible garden trail is on. I met a woman who’s turned a plain grassy slope into terraced and mulched raised beds with many types of citrus, pomegranates, almonds, every vegetable, and salvias to bring in pollinators. It took her five years from grass slope to the capacity to feed her neighbours in community dinners, her next move. I came home with a salvia cutting I don’t have and I’ll send back to her some of mine. She gave me so much hope.

#bloomscrolling #gardening

River stones in a curved trench enable water to drain on a sloped block in heavy rain. Raised vegetable beds to the right, lawn to the left.
Water droplets in an open sunflower, gold and dark amber petals.
Terraced vegetable beds up a slope with curved pipe in rows like whale ribs to hold netting.
Pomegranate at at early stage, tiny pear shaped buds coloured like rubies.
#gardening #bloomscrolling

#Fungi #Gardening
A pair of "Shaggy Mane" on a customers lawn today.
Two "Shaggy Mane" fungi on a lawn. They have long white stems then a shaggy white top and a black underneath. Behind are soft focused trees and hedge.
#gardening #fungi

#Gardening #GrowYourOwn #tomatoes
First big batch of Costoluto Fiorentino tomatoes for roasting with herbs also from the garden (sage, thyme, new fennel seeds, garlic).
About a dozen deeply pleated bright red tomatoes on a white paper towel atop a cutting board. A batch of different fresh herbs is in the corner.
#gardening #tomatoes #growyourown

I just picked my own body weight in pears #fruit #pears #GardeningMastodon #gardening
A red wagon full of pears in my back yard
#gardening #fruit #pears #GardeningMastodon

Ooh. It’s blooming!

Or hatching crustaceans and mollusks.

#Gardening #Florespondence

Flowers at the top of a long parade of buds. The five open bell shaped flowers are small pinkish purple. They have two or three fingery or fluffy bits sticking out of the center with shorter dark bits inside the bells.
#Florespondence #gardening

The liatris has these long flower spikes going. Some of the buds are showing a little pink at last. Maybe the bumblebees will start working on opening them.
🐝 🌺

#Gardening #Florespondence

Plants with many long thin leaves up three stalks.
Close picture of the part of a stalk covered in green buds with a bit of pink showing in the uppermost buds. (This picture is more recent than the other picture where not much color is shown.)
#Florespondence #gardening

Taller!

#Gardening

Liatris Plant with at least two stalks covered in many thin leaves the whole way up.
The top of one stalk has something white or pale yellow in the center.
#gardening

One of the mystery plants (Liatris?) is living its best life in the garden. The other one keeled over immediately. :blobcatlaugh:

Waiting patiently to see what the flowers look like!

#Gardening #Mystery

A floofy green plant with thin leaves curving out in a bunch from the ground. There is a somewhat taller structure on the left side that looks the same but taller. Some small river rocks are positioned around it as a squirrel deterrent.
#gardening #mystery

I’m considering moving these plants to a spot on the ground. They don’t feel like hanging pot plants, since there’s no hint of a flower yet and they’re probably closer together than they’d prefer. At least they’re not dead?

#Gardening #Mystery

A hanging planter with two types of plants coming up, four to six of each. One of a more fan shaped arrangement, and the other with a spray of thinner leaves. The pot sits next to a hellebore and an azalea, both of whom might prefer it wasn’t there.
#gardening #mystery

Uh. Yeah, still a mystery.

#Gardening #Mystery

A hanging planter with about 8 to 10 sprouts a few inches tall and still not recognizable. They are all green. Some have many thin leaves coming up. Some have only a few wider leaves coming up.
#gardening #mystery

Updated photo: what do you think?

I’m thinking maybe freesia and iris?

(The wood shavings are from the ladybug deposition. The ladybugs all left.)

#Gardening #Mystery

Top view of a hanging pot. There are about twelve small green sprouts. The four or five on the right have fewer longer leaves, two or three each. The seven on the left have more leaves of various lengths but compact. There might be two kinds of plants on the left, or two varieties growing at different rates. All were planted at the same time.
#gardening #mystery

Whelp. I thought I’d planted some extra crocosmia bulbs in here but I’m thinking those leaves toward the front do not look like crocosmia leaves.

Chaos gardening strikes again!

#Gardening #Mystery

Hanging planter with several groups of green leaves poking up. The ones in the front are more grouped and compact with smooth texture. The ones in the back are longer and thinner with a lined texture like crocosmia leaves.
#gardening #mystery

The floofening of the liatris continues. It looks a little like Pepe the King Prawn, but purple.

#Gardening #Florespondence #BloomScrolling

The top of a stalk full of tiny flowers opening gradually from the top. In this picture the top inch looks kind of like a vibrant light purple bottle brush or a muppet. Fuzzy with little hairlike bits.
#Florespondence #gardening #bloomscrolling

Seeds and Soil Farm is focused on regenerative agriculture, ecological gardening and bio intensive farming practices. Building healthy soil, creating nutritious local food and saving viable seed is where we place our energy.

agroecologymap.org/locations/s…

#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #notill #ecological #gardening #biointensive #organic #foodsecurity #organicfood #soil #healthysoil #regenerative #seed #alaska

a handful of leeks
carrots planted in the ground
a consortium of plants in a vegetable garden
two plants in a garden
#gardening #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #agroecology #soil #organic #alaska #permacultura #seed #ecological #regenerative #agroecologia #agroecologie #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #notill #biointensive #organicfood #healthysoil

#Potato harvest so far this year #gardening
White and red potatoes on my kitchen table
#gardening #Potato

Update on the local Seed Library (see previous posts in this thread for background)!

We've got official approval to start building it out!

We'll start the official planning, building, and then community awareness initiatives and concurrent programming and training!

Yay free seeds for the town!

Yay free classes on gardening and hydroponics!

Gardening is one thing. Community is another thing entirely.

Build community. Feed each other.

#solarPunk #hydroponics #indoorGardening #gardening #urbanGardening

Email states: Regarding Setting up a Seed Library. Hello! I am happy to confirm that our Library Administration approved starting a seed library at the Fredericksburg Branch. Out Adult Services Programmer has expressed interest in starting a seed library previously and she is excited to work with you on this project. I am including our Assistant Branch Manager / Adult Services Department Head in this response so that you may begin planning together. We do feel that we can set this up by next spring in our third floor card catalog. The team is also excellent contacts for any Adult Services Programs that you would hope to plan with the branch. They are currently finalizing Spring 2024 classes and events. Thank you again for reaching out about this excited opportunity. We are looking forward to collaborating with you!
#solarpunk #gardening #urbangardening #indoorgardening #hydroponics

THEY DID IT!!!!

My local library built the seed library!

The local Master Gardeners provided a lot of the intitial seeds (oh my gosh we are stocked!!!). They used an old card catalogue to store them. Today's the kickoff!

The idea is you "check out seeds" from the library, plant/grow/harvest, let some go to seed, then "return the seeds" back to the library!

Free seeds for everyone!

Editing to add my library's Seed Library web site: librarypoint.org/seed-library/

#solarPunk #postScarcity #gardening #mutualAid #seedLibrary #earthDay

An old card catalog is used to hold seed packets.
A closeup of one of the card catalog drawers entitled "beans" with a seed packet with information.
Books on seed libraries, harvesting seeds, and various fliers announcing the seed library.
Various fliers announcing the seed library and other programs.

Seed Library

Share with Your Community Donating seeds is a wonderful way to support our community and promote biodiversity. Bring in your heirloom,…
www.librarypoint.org
#solarpunk #EarthDay #gardening #mutualaid #postscarcity #seedlibrary

Latest comic on microplastics and PFAS getting into food. Yum!

#food #cartoon #environment #pollution #pfas #farming #gardening

1. The Dirty Food Dilemma 2. Woman seated at desk in front of laptop speaking to another woman: A lot of the food we eat contains microplastics or PFAS. 3. Woman 2: That does it! We're starting a small farm and growing our own food! 4. Woman 1: OK. But it can't be near fracking or polluted water. 5. Woman 1: Or anywhere near a coal-fired power plant. 6. Woman 1: Or someplace with climate change problems like extreme temperatures, drought, or flooding. 7. Woman 1: Or a spot surrounded by far-right militia types who wouldn't welcome us. 8. Woman 2: So I need a personal space station with a greenhouse full of kale. Woman 1: I'll see what I can do. 9. A "Tinygrow" hydroponic gardening system containing one head of kale has appeared. Woman 2: Sigh.
#cartoon #environment #farming #gardening #food #pollution #pfas

1504 cultivars of tomatoes, out of more than 10,000 varieties.
Celebrate and embrace diversity.

1504 varieties of Romanian #tomatoes at the Brussels festival!
Photo: Marian Popescu
#gardening #food

1504 varieties of Romanian tomatoes at the Brussels festival displayed on a very long table! Photo: Marian Popescu
#gardening #food #tomatoes

Could use some more opinions on this from folks familiar with Southern US #gardening, climate, and #wildlife: reddit.com/r/plantclinic/comme…

Current off-reddit hypothesis is that caterpillars went to town on it and that it'll probably recover now that their busy season is over. The city balcony it's on is on the 3rd floor, but near some trees.

#plants #plantclinic

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com
#gardening #plants #wildlife #plantclinic

Cosmos flowers are now blooming in my garden. I love their delicate petals.

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#Gardening #flower #spring #art #photo #MastoArt #ayearforart #buyintoart #nature #naturelover

B&W close up photo of a beautiful Cosmos flower in my garden

White Cosmos Flower by Renata Natale

White Cosmos Flower Photograph by Renata Natale
Pixels
#art #mastoart #flower #photo #Spring #nature #gardening #ayearforart #naturelover #buyintoart

Was rearranging my container garden when I came across this lovely fellow living between them, with cats sleeping nearby no less! #gardening #mice
A small brown mouse with a short tail trying to hide in some clover. I gave the poor thing a fright.
#gardening #mice

New blogpost - Enter the dream: my new greenhouse gwenfarsgarden.info/2023/06/en…

A quick peek at the new greenhouse that I love so much I want to grow old with it.

#Gardening #Plants @plants

A view of the whole greenhouse looking from the front left to the back left side. You can see some plants are already inside the greenhouse. There are some plants and a wooden seat alongside the outside of the greenhouse wall.The greenhouse is made of strengthened aluminum and sits on a small (c. 80cms high) brick wall. The frame is a soft pale sage colour.

Enter the dream: my new greenhouse – Gwenfar's Garden and other musings

www.gwenfarsgarden.info
#gardening #plants @u/plants

Great photo! Thanks for the explanation for us amateurs! #SanFrancisco #sfba #BayArea #flowers #gardening #MastodonGardening
#gardening #SanFrancisco #bayarea #flowers #sfba #mastodongardening

My new #podcast episode is out: When #Gardeners Run Wild! SEVEN hours of work only in the studio. Many more for researching and scripting. #Podcasting is HARD work.

I have to hurry for an appointment, and hopefully get to a supermarket this evening: the fridge is almost empty. Sleep!!! (Tomorrow I submit the time markers.)

You can listen to #NatureMatchCuts for free but also support my work/my fridge.😋 Find every info, platform and support button on naturematchcuts.net #gardening #farming

wild robot gardener with a big red flower. AI-image in Comic style.

Nature Match Cuts – The Podcast Reconnecting You With Nature – Petra van Cronenburg

naturematchcuts.net
#farming #gardening #podcast #podcasting #NatureMatchCuts #gardeners

this is something I had no idea about. Very inspiring and her work is beautiful.
#women #art #plantstodon #gardening
#art #gardening #women #plantstodon

An #introduction: I'm Melissa (they/them)! Some of my projects are in my bio, but in general I am and do:

#gamedev & #podcasting

#gardening #succulents #cacti

#asexual / #grayace / #queer

#polyamory #relationshipanarchy

I write. I #webdev. I play way too much Fallen London. I collect tattoos. I will not call posts "toots".

I like learning to be more imaginative in devising solutions to difficult problems. 🎊

#gamedev #introduction #queer #gardening #webdev #cacti #asexual #podcasting #succulents #grayace #polyamory #relationshipanarchy

Time for some Wandering #introductions!

Hi, I’m Lyn (aldersprig).
I like
#knitting, #mapmaking
#baking, #homesteading

#gardening, #renovation
#art ( #mastoart )

#writing
#writing
#writing

#reading #fantasy #scifi #nonfiction #howto

#sewing (in theory), other #crafting, hopefully #Papermaking & #lino this year

and any #apple #recipes you might have (see also above).

I live in cow country in the Finger Lakes, NY State, US with 3 cats & a husband.

#art #mastoart #introductions #gardening #fantasy #Apple #Writing #scifi #sewing #reading #baking #knitting #howto #renovation #Recipes #homesteading #mapmaking #lino #papermaking #crafting #nonfiction

if you're getting ready to grow some veggies this year, maybe my scheduling tool will be useful to you. I'm test running it this year but it's already helped me have a better understanding of the growing season than if I was trying to make a paper schedule like I've done in the past. #gardening

files.dthompson.us/intensive-g…

#gardening

January is "watch a bunch of gardening videos on youtube" month for us northern-nothern hemisphere people. Here are my favorite channels:

Edible Acres youtube.com/c/edibleacres
One Yard Revolution youtube.com/c/OneYardRevolutio…
Parkrose Permaculture youtube.com/c/ParkrosePermacul…
Charles Dowding youtube.com/c/CharlesDowding1n…

What are some other good ones? #gardening #permaculture


EdibleAcres

Edible Acres ( http://www.edibleacres.org ) is a project in the Finger Lakes area of NY state focused on permaculture principles, forest gardening, and low cost and no cost approaches to simpler living.
YouTube
#gardening #Permaculture

Glad I've plant so many seeds because most of the plants died. The few that survived seem to going strong. This is the first chile (de arbol, I think) flower of the season. @plants #gardening #hotpeppers #chilis
#gardening #hotpeppers #chilis @u/plants

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