#garden
The ponds have never looked this clear with this kind of sustained warm weather. I guess it helps when you clean the filters properly after a long winter 😊. It’s so nice to be able to see them so well. #pandemicPond #garden
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known also as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, or Hawaiian hibiscus is a tropical tropical hibiscus, cultivated as an ornamental plant in the tropics and subtropics, but its native range is Vanuatu.
It isn’t tropic in #Melbs atm, but it kinda is for this time of the year, early #winter.
Just like the last few days, we’re heading for a top of 18 degrees (65F)!!
📸 - #ormond #australia
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Blog Post: My first post on my new blog. Today I'm taking about planting saffron and garlic bulbs 🌱
#garden #gardening #nzgarden #nzgardening #blog #blogging #nzblog #aotearoa #nztwits #vegegarden
https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=18&title=planting-garlic-and-saffron-bulbs
It is so wonderful to see the Monarch butterflies as they are now endangered. This beauty was sipping nectar from the pink Buddleia in the summer garden and the morning light cast a lovely soft glow on the butterfly and bloom.
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The tall beautiful bearded Iris named after the Greek Goddess who rode rainbows, comes in many magical colors. This Iris in burgundy,pink, yellow and purple is stunning in the spring garden!
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#Garden Eggplant growing mistakes: Make your harvest perfect https://www.advice.news/garden/eggplant-growing-mistakes-make-your-harvest-perfect?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
This interview by Margaret Roach with designer Piet Oudolf is filled with inspiring #garden scapes. His designs strike an intriguing balance between naturalism and artistic impact. And he does this with significant amounts of native plants in the palette.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/realestate/garden-plants-piet-oudolf.html?unlocked_article_code=Vy_MVBeiQY0NWP7A2AEBIM_gNenAcLfCPJu4Ug2YOHH1suDVsxNm0vv6m_qVq5ysl7v5M186kclMeD8_A2l4Hx6M90lcLbA6EOgGU9rbOP00yZJN26MF_aChdaq34vwc_qvBoWyAgIwD_0a5QWqJqqJMFL2G_g37DHPU-18lS4eEE0pGB3_Srk6pn-4CQQUp-Ea1z1i7kEScP-58aiqB58Xgh83wi3NjW4SXl7U0I9wFzy3SGW-CPkO_S_0Z8oEcNtoGiE_2OngCGc2c2-JQl8ls2Qn2WRyanH6M1KyJnK305FES_2KHzBeVtNQgFvoX1IAZ0Koz4DtYmgSzuMPLgyWUQwvXbA&smid=url-share
#Photos taken in my #garden earlier #today. I've selected these slightly soft focus images as they bring out the colour better at the expense of the shape or form.
All of these #roses are grown using #organic methods and never had a drop of weed or insect killer, let alone artificial fertilisers. I feed them using a nettle and comfrey mix grown in my #backyard .
#naturephotography #color #abstract #uk #eastanglia #permaculture
蒼井翔太 / 「零」【LIVE 2023 WONDER lab. Garden】 https://www.wacoca.com/videos/1762247/voice-actor/
#AoiShouta #aoishouta #garden #LAB #ShoutaAoi #Vlog #voiceactor #ジョーダン #ワンラボGarden #声優 #男性声優 #蒼井翔太 #零 #零LIVE
#Garden Why your strawberries aren't sweet: Find out the reason https://www.advice.news/garden/why-your-strawberries-arent-sweet-find-out-reason?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
What a difference 10 days make...
Habt ihr mal Vorher/Nachher-Fotovergleiche im Garten gemacht? Also dasselbe Motiv aus derselben Perspektive zu verschiedenen Zeitpunkten geknipst? Kann ich euch nur wärmstens ans Herz legen! 🙂
Guckt mal welchen Unterschied 10 Tage machen. Gerade jetzt, Ende Mai/Anfang Juni, wo alles explodiert, solltet ihr unbedingt mal öfter knipsen!
Today I was sad so I went to a (new to me) #garden center. They had begonias for the front stoop & mint that I'll probably kill by the weekend. Got a couple of basil #plants because something keeps snacking on ours in the garden. I'll put these where I can keep an eye on them. Do I feel less sad? No. But it felt sweet to be close to beautiful things & it felt good to be somewhere besides my living room or bed. #VaguelyAgoraphobic
An attempt to take a photo of this lovely little (red-tailed I think, his bottom was orange coloured) bumblebee. Moving with great urgency between flowers. #photography #bees #nature #garden
It’s a hot late #spring day and I was sitting the conservatory as #birds were flitting around the back #garden. Here’s a verdant scene of the #flowering #potato #plants I took while waiting with a #telephoto lens for any #sparrows to show up.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Spring #Horticulture
Noch eine #Fotografie zum Abend: Eine Honigbiene weiß die unscheinbaren weißen Blütenstände unsrer Winterheckenzwiebeln zu schätzen. Allein das ist schon ein Grund, diese Staude weiter im Beet zu lassen.
#Garten #Natur #Apis #Bienen #photography #nature #garden #FotoMontag
Summer Jewels
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#Iris tall bearded 'Tangerine Treat' (Chuck Chapman 2021)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling
Alt: a single iris flower + bud on white BG. The flags are pure white; the falls are white striped and specked and washed with caramel and gold; the beard is bright tangerine.
In our city garden, Auden's wonderfully lyrical lines come to mind;
Out on the lawn I lie in bed,
Vega conspicuous overhead
In the windless nights of June ...
etc.
But it's afternoon & there's a slight breeze, open-air, natural air-conditioning. I wonder; are we mad to leave this place? Then I think of future days in the mountains with another lawn, other afternoons.
No moment lasts forever. We've had the best of this urban space. It's time to move on & find new challenges, new discoveries & friends yet to be encountered.
#CityGarden
#Garden
#Auden
#Garden Useful Tips: How to Prolong the Freshness of Fresh Flowers https://www.advice.news/garden/useful-tips-how-prolong-freshness-fresh-flowers?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
This is what we do it all for... #polytunnel #volunteer #garden #gardening #Glasgow #Scotland
The deer ate our tomato plants - previously thriving in grow bags behind our cottage.
Our garden peas are resplendent ... but the rest: not so good, bad, and very bad ...
- Bad seed (infected / old / damaged)?
- Bad soil (nutrients, ph, texture)?
- Bad luck: viral / bacterial / pests / weather?
The science-naive, racially biased insists on one cause: inferior plant variants. A belief system that leads to #fascism.
Surprising how quickly the first herb harvest of the year comes around. Air drying herbs is the best way to preserve them. From right to left: Lovage, Greek oregano (x 2), Savoury, Marjoram and Moroccan mint.
#artistsgarden #garden #gardener #gardening #kitchen #artist #wolfkettler #gardenwiltshire #wiltshiregarden #wiltshire #growyourown #NoDig #herbs #herbgrowing #lovage #greek #oregano #GreekOregano #savoury #marjoram #moroccan #mint #MoroccanMint #HerbHarvest #harvest #OwnProduce
This week's Cheering Up Mondays is the current star of my garden. More on my blog: https://thechattygardener.com/cheering-up-mondays/cheering-up-mondays-374/
#CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #flowers #plants #gardens #garden #gardening #photography
It is a #ViburnumTinus, the laurustinus, laurustine or laurestine… sounds akin to a mouthwash huh (Oz audience will understand!)??
They’re in early bloom and there were half a dozen healthy looking specimens growing in this front yard in #Mckinnon #Austrlia, so I expect these to be in full bloom in the next week or so.
Delicate, small and pretty looking flowers. Just gorgeous.
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Well that was an unexpectedly quick end to the night… Benadryl is kicking in 🥱 🥱 🥱. Looks like I have 3 stings but the swelling is not too bad and the ice has helped. No pain. Just time for sleep… 😂 😴 See ya in the morning! Danger of allergic reaction should be passed.
#wasp #sting #sleepy #gardening #garden #rude
This friend ate up all the Clarkia elegans in one part of the garden and then got lost in the white sage, which they didn’t like at all. I moved them to another patch of Clarkia, where they are now chowing down again happily, as you can see here. This friend will grow up to be a White-lined Sphinx Moth, a.k.a. Hummingbird Moth, with a 2 to 3 inch wingspan. I hope it leaves me a few Clarkia plants because I do love their bright pink flowers. #garden #insects #Caterpillar #Photo #moth #plants
Snapped this #treedhalia yesterday arvo in the glorious afternoon we had. Looks like an equally grand day is ahead of us today!
These grow between 8–10 metres tall. It is native to Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and south into Colombia and Ecuador.
I’ve noticed a few more during school drop offs today, so it appears they’re all coming out to play, on cue.
#bee visiting, see pic 1 🐝
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for the past ten years i’ve daydreamed about having my own #garden.
our little home came with a desolate front bed that had been covered over with landscaping fabric for twenty or more years.
we tore it out and planted the beds with all kinds of perennials last autumn. with the unprecedented heat of the past month on the prairies, an unexpected benefit is that our #flowers are blooming and building seed pods early 🤩
The daughter of my good friend/surrogate grandmother, Ms. Georgia, gave me this old gazebo. It needs to be painted. What color would YOU paint it for your #garden? It has a white/cream canvas top.
I got a yard full of de blooms! Brandy Roses blooming hard in the yard. #gardening #garden #bloomscrolling #roses #bloom #blooms
EMERGENCE - A pink peony blossom opens to reveal its yellow inner petals and creating a ripple effect of beauty. Prints are available at https://gene-mckelvey.pixels.com. #BuyIntoArt #ayearforart #artmatters #mastoart #AppArtist #peony #nature #garden #blossoms #beautiful #artwork #photography
Might have stayed out too long in the sun doing some #gardening, but managed to get the last of my ginormous pile of hedge cuttings pared down and into the garden bin. That's the worst of #garden neglect dealt with at long last, so I can move on to all the other garden neglect!
This year I think is just going to be getting it all under control after years of growing wild, so even if I can't #plant anything new till next year it will still be satisfying to have it sorted.
Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)
Native plant, grown from seed.
On a scale of 1 to 10 in regards to horror of transplanting, I give it a 3 at this size. 20 if it should ever get a chance to out grow the pot beside it.
Poesie is a tall bearded Iris, Iradaceae, that has lovely soft, amethyst rose edging on nicely ruffled falls and standards and a bright tangerine beard.
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Die Amsel macht sich die Schwanzfederspitze nass, hüpft dann schnell auf den trockenen Rand. Ich mag diese Amsel.
This Pine Warbler never catches a clue to the abuse & exploitation...
I finally got a shot of the Brown-headed Cowbird fledgling being catered to by the Pine Warbler just this morning, I'm going to publish more of them later but thought I would release a sneak preview
How draining are my weekends? (work): this collage was ready last week, but didn't get it posted then nor yesterday lol
So a really late #FlowersOnFriday photos taken the week of #May 12. These are all long done now, some even in seed already! Except the Glechoma/Ground Ivy- you don't easily achieve invasive/weed status with a short flowering period 😆
Most of the plants grown from seed/divisions from friends all over!
Details in replies. #Alberta #Garden #BloomScrolling @plants #florespondence
Never in a million years did I think my #nativePlant #garden would be on a tour, but here we are!
(Tour organized by the Columbia Basin Native Plant Society, #WallaWalla chapter)
‘Take a step back from the lawnmower. Keep your green-fingered hands where I can see them. And don’t even think about going for the strimmer…’
It’s June.
You’ve done the #NoMowMay thing.
But the little creatures need more from you.
Think before you mow!
#bees #nature #wild #insects
#insectapocalypse #garden
(via @thejournal_ie) https://jrnl.ie/6084217
Oh no I have too many dahlias to plant I don't have any idea how that happened it is a mystery 🤔🤔🤔
I found these cute little slime moulds in my garden. At least, I think that’s what they are. They are super tiny. That whole patch is smaller than a dime. #SlimeMold #SlimeMould #Garden
The Bleeding Hearts Flowers are often called the Flowers Of Romance and are a traditional favorite in the garden. The outstanding characteristic of Bleeding Hearts is the shape of the flowers from which a drop of "blood" dangles at the bottom. Simplicity is the "heart" of this image.
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Spring isn't spring without the wonderful, fragrant and petite white blooms of the Lily Of The Valley. In the language of flowers the Lily of the Valley symbolizes the return of happiness. According to folklore, Lily of the Valley is said to protect gardens from evil spirits.
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Waiting for the beautiful orange and black spotted Painted Lady butterfly to grace my flowers with their beauty. This beautful orange and black spotted #PaintedLady butterfly nectars on the bright pink fall blooming Zinnia in the garden in Guelph Ontario Canada.
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Still raining, but the sun is low enough to sneak in under the clouds, so time for a #garden update…
Recently opened flowers:
The purple-pink blooms (with blue pollen!) of the spiky echium plant I bought as a root last year, which survived nicely in a very exposed corner.
The frilly purple pirouette petunia, one of 2 survivors of the dozen seeds I started. Which is infinitely more survivors than last year. 🙃
Recently transplanted:
Coleus & wax begonias into the shady garden under the lilac.
any #azolla enthusiasts out there? azolla are tiny aquatic ferns that can be used as green mulch, animal feed, & more.
they double in number extremely quickly, so can overtake a pond. we grow them in buckets & kiddie pools. they like shade & can happily share space w/water spinach.
the other day, i started a new azolla pond using just a handful of azolla from the orange bucket in pic 2. i arranged some ferns over it for shade. now it'll just go!
3rd batch of cucumbers already and i got these ones about a day too late - they’re growing so fast #garden
My #pumpkins are doing well but I'm afraid I might have packed them in a little too tight.
Oh well, dirt is heavy, and they all came from the same #pumpkin so they are siblings and will just have to learn to get along.
I put a LOT of plant food on them, and they have no competition in these #garden tubs so I'm hoping it won't matter.
Some new flowers have appeared! Don't remember what this green baby is called, it's got a label but I'm lazy.
#flowers #garden #gardening
Oh FFS... I just saw a determined daddy Pine Warbler feeding my suet to a begging fledged Brown-headed Cowbird...
Don't feed the trolls, dude!!!
There's a small picture of a similar event at Tom Driscoll's Feeder Watch here https://www.newhopeaudubon.org/blog/summer-feeder-watch/
It was too early in the morning for me to get my own pix, haven't even drunk my coffee yet...
Drinking notwithstanding, still making some more progress in the #garden. Planted #Dahlia seedlings in the bed outside after hardening them off. Same with tomatoes. More of my Dahlia tubers are showing sprouts. Planting more #Asclepias seeds in the hope of having something that will be established enough to last through and bloom next year and benefit the butterflies.
The aggravating thing is knowing that I will still feel I've done too little when we get to October.
The garden really did its best today
#photography #garden #salvia #lilac #californiaLilac #summer
Last summer we had an anole #lizard that lived on our #sunflower #plants in the front #garden. It was there night and day, sleeping, catching bugs, hanging out, for many weeks. Maria Eva decided it needed a name - Lorenzo. Now we have a new set of #sunflowers growing and have been waiting for the return of this year’s Lorenzo. Yesterday, there he was, or possibly an offspring, so Maria Eva dubbed this one El Niño.
#gardening #UrbanWildlife #photography #nature #MacroPhotography #suburbia
Cripes, how did it get this late? Here's a Just-Got-It-In-Under-The-Wire edition of THREE GOOD THINGS™️!
🏞️ Halfway through 4 whole days if relaxation in #Berkshire county with the fam. (We refer to it as "the #Shire", because farmers markets, flowers, easygoing friendly people... come visit!)
🌱 Got an incredible workout catching my parents' #garden up on pruning and weeding.
🎣 The Domestic Partner is off to #Cuttyhunk for #striper #fishing and is SOOOOOOO excited!
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings @3goodthings #fish #StripedBass #ElizabethIslands #TheBerkshires #LongWeekend #ILoveNewEngland
The delicate, dainty white native Gaura blooms, move like a cloud of small butterflies in a breeze. They are wispy, airy flowers that are tinged with pink and are on long stems that dance in the wind.
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