#plants
I just finished reading a #gardening / #garden design book that was enjoyable and informative overall, but it also contained this gem - I present, the author's opinion on arachnophobia:
> "To people who hate spiders, I have this to say: get over yourself. Nothing is more irritating than hearing adults lose their mind over one teeny tiny spider."
... 🤯 wow!?! What an utterly disrespectful "opinion" that is also completely devoid of any understanding of the matter. Didn't know that curing arachnophobia was as easy as getting over oneself :ms_rolling_eyes:
"You cannot be a gardener if you don't like spiders" is just not something I agree with.
I prefer my gardening with a tiny bit of empathy towards new/beginning gardeners, and/or gardeners with different backgrounds and experiences, thanks.
Rain kissed pure orange #Iris is a stunner in the #spring #garden!
Check it out here
https://www.redbubble.com/people/debop/works/12257938-rain-kissed-pure-orange-iris?asc=u
#orange #flowers #SpringFlowers #FlowerArt #FlowerLover #floral #photography #ArtMatters #SupportTheArts #PhotographyIsArt #PhotographersOnMastodon #MastoArt #FlowerPhotography #gardener #plants #spring #ArtBooster #FlowersOfMastodon #MastoFlowers #artwork #homedecor #apparel #wallart #artforsale

#gardening these popped up where I planted onion seeds, so I'm not sure what they are. They look very similar to the cabbage seedling I started, but I was wondering if anyone here has any ideas?

Newest leaf on my Anthurium Veitchii | “King” Anthurium. Scale for scale.


Happy #Equinox #Garden #Photography #DeskPicture
First day of Spring, first mowing done, first plants in the ground. The peas had 98% germination, 106 plants set out.
#Spring #PhotoMonday #plants #PNW #Oregon #gardening

New article: a guide on growing tropical tradescantias from seeds! Lots of people have been asking for info about this since I've been posting seedling pictures, so finally everyone can start growing their own 😁

Google says this is Wild Teasel. Any thoughts?

one of the compensations of this Wicked Little Town is the number of big old magnolia trees in my neighborhood. spring is on its way...in spite of the dreary skies (darkest in 70 years, i'm told)

#symmetry. Really into elderberry blossoms this year! #nature #plants #photography #pnw

Our work on Creating Environmental Awareness in Education through IoT and Gamification is now published @ https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_69
In this work, we present our efforts and plans for creating environmental awareness towards #plants and #greenery by enhancing the #learning experience with advanced sensor and Internet of Things ( #IoT ) technologies, stimulating interactive learning via #gamification. This work is part of the EU TEASPIL project [https://www.teaspils.eu/]

My plants are gathering by the window looking for signs of Spring.

Coastal corn field horizon. Corn field on the coast of the Azores Islands with a beautiful ocean horizon (skyline).
Here https://marco-sales.pixels.com/featured/coastal-corn-field-horizon-in-azores-islands-marco-sales.html 🕊️ @marco5ales
#nature #landscape #dream #ocean #inspiration #corn #plants #green #island #naturelover #horizon #skyline #coastal #sea #spring #summer #photography #photographer #foto #prints #artprints #photoart #art #artist #artMatters #wallart #GiftIdeas #GiftThemArt #mastoart #mastodonart #ArtDistrict #artbooster #buyintoart #aYearForArt

Happy Spring! Our succulent collection, in pots under the front eaves, has weathered its first winter. They were covered a total of about a half dozen nights, with just a little frost damage on two plants to be trimmed off. One plant wasn’t happy being covered through two full days and has healthy but quite pale patches in protest!
#plants #succulents


First fully grown TinyTim #tomato plant growing in mini #Kratky Hydroponic
I now know Tiny Tim thrives in the mix of vermiculite and Perlite and my fertilizer seems to be doing great to help it grow healthy leaves and lots of flowers.
I am afraid 1L container is not enough for it and may have to find a way to feed it from a bigger reservoir.
PS. Note to self, put date on the seedlings to be able to document it for future!
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants

Dentelle de décomposition
#jardin #flore #botanique #botanik #plantes #plants #photography #photo #nature #biodiversité #environnement #mywork #myphoto #photographie #végétal

I really need to but UV safe permanent markers.
All my labels are white. Nothing visible at all. Feel really dumb, I bought new markers but they are not UV safe.
Have to guess what these #seedlings are.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Hydroponics #GrowyourOwn #Plants #SeedStarr

The little pepper seedling growing healthy roots.
Soon it is ready to be placed in the Kratky Hydroponic bottle.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #France #Hydroponics #GrowOwnFood #Plants #GrowYourOwn


Even the gardeners ( the nicest, most relaxed people I know) are angry on Twitter. #Gardening #Plants #Garten #Pflanzen @plants
You're not rich enough to look at this plant! - GardenRant https://gardenrant.com/2023/03/youre-not-rich-enough-to-look-at-this-plant.html
Random photo of the day.
#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #sunrise #stormhour #tropics #ocean #Caribbean #Mexico #beach #clouds #plants #MayanRiviera

We have new #soil #biodiversity article translations for #kids!
Both in #Spanish about #plants and #nutrientcycles, and #plants 🌱 and soil organisms.
https://www.idiv.de/en/young-minds/languages.html
#FYM #soilbiodiversity


Simple beauty for this week's Cheering Up Mondays flower. More here: https://thechattygardener.com/cheering-up-mondays/cheering-up-mondays-363/
#CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #flowers #plants #gardening #primroses #gardens #photography #cotswolds #gloucestershire #blogpost

"Lord Howe Island remains optimistic that it can eradicate the plant pathogen Myrtle Rust which has the potential to devastate the Island’s ecosystems.
Last week the Lord Howe Island Board announced the temporary closure of about 70% of the island to all non-essential visitors, due to the discovery of myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii)."
https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/fungus-myrtle-rust-lord-howe-island/

Greater Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
Gojal, #Pakistan
by Zahran CR
By #KanerAnimals
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer

National Museum in Wrocław, #Poland by Anna Kowalów
By #KanerAnimals
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer

Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari)
Dracaena cinnabari, the Socotra dragon tree or dragon blood tree, is a dragon tree native to the Socotra archipelago, part of Yemen, located in the Arabian Sea. It is named after the blood-like color of the red sap that the trees produce.
By #KanerAnimals
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer

A close-up of Common Whitlowgrass for #WildflowerHour. Seen in the car park of #Hampshire #WildlifeTrust #BlashfordLakes yesterday. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

Three spring flowers and one all-year one, all at #Hampshire #WildlifeTrust #BlashfordLakes yesterday. Gorse, Snowdrop, Wild Daffodil and Primrose. The Primprose looks to have had an argument with some local slugs. #WildflowerHour #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography




It's Sunday and it's #WildflowerHour. The challenge was #WiteBrassicas and this is one,m albeit a very small one - Hairy Bittercress. #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

Double pink tulips are having their say this week. These are a few of the survivors from the devastating Christmas Freeze last year that killed so many plants here in Georgia.
#gardening #GardeningMastodon #tulips #TulipFrenzy #MarchGarden #flowers #ContainerGardens #plants #ContainerGardenDesign




The outdoor carnivorous plants are just starting to wake up (though we still have some freezing nights).
They spent the winter on an unheated stairwell with a north-facing window and will end up later on the balcony in the open facing south, so I made them a transitional spot in my home office to acclimate them to more light and warmer temperatures for the next few weeks or so.
Space is a bit tight in this room, but everything still ended up fitting well.
@plants #plants #florespondence




I found this out by the dog run this morning. We've had lots of wind, so it probably blew there. This is a devil's claw. It has little sharp barbs at the end of the long arms. The fruit from this plant can be eaten. It is kind of like okra. Indigeneous peoples use its fiber for basket making. It is a long process to prepare, but makes a fortress of a basket. (Tohono O'odham basket - the black is the devils claw) More on devil's claw at: https://nativeseeds.org/pages/tohono-oodham-domesticated-devils-claw
#Wildflowers #NativePlants #Plants #WildPlants #DevilsClaw #SouthWestUSPlants #BasketMaking #Basket #Basketry #BasketWeaving


The classic White #Peony is a single white #Paeony with large crepe paper like crinkled petals surrounding a sunburst of golden stamens in the center. They are slightly fragrant and add a dash of dazzling color in the late spring and early summer garden.
Sunburst Peony available here
https://www.redbubble.com/people/debop1/works/118882684-sunburst-peony?asc=u
#flowers #FlowerArt #FlowerLover #floral #garden #gardening #plants #FlowersOfMastodon #MastoFlowers #wallart #InteriorDesign #homedecor #FlowerPhotography #macro #PhotographyIsArt #art





Riot of Orange & Yellow Tulips
Art - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/riot-of-orange-and-yellow-tulips-deborah-league.html
#mastodon #mastoart #art #mastodonart #artist #AYearForArt #tulips #wallart #homedecor #ArtMatters #artwork #fediart #springflowers #spring #impressionistic #photography #digitalart #colorful #orange #yellow #plants #gardening #flowers #floral #landscape #buyintoart

.. and furthermore ( #Thread )
The four seasons of Fig Trees
I still have this one, if it recovers. I brought them inside late in the Fall, it might have been affected, too early to tell, but I don't expect Fig Newtons anytime soon.
#GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Plants #Gardens #Seed #Fig #Trees #IndoorGardening




Oh and I bought one of those Prickly Pears (Cactus Pear) and they were gross!! Like the green on a watermelon, all water, no flavor. BUT, they had seeds!
So, naturally, I planted them. And they grew into a monster cactus, not the *window* ledge variety, it got 4 foot tall.
I had to find *real* homes for them, with a spare room with a Western movie motif
I kept a tiny baby to reproduce more.
#GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Plants #Gardens #Seed #Cactus #Pear #Trees #IndoorGardening



Also, I'm collecting *sticks* already this year, so if there's a Magnolia Tree in your yard.. I'd like a tiny piece or two?
It's easier to root a tree from green portions, but I've got to try everything once.. Roses and Lilac and tropical trees.. even Pomegranate I've re-cloned after growing from seed.
I'm no expert, by a long shot, but there's a lot I've learned in a short while.
#GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Plants #Gardens #Cuttings #Trees #IndoorGardening

Ever grow from seed?
Maybe you didn't read my BIO?
I retired young, without a hobby. I decided to grow every seed I found into a tree.
Apples (and other fruit) grown from seed, will not grow up to be a similar taste. They grow wild, but produce good tasting apples (perhaps) but nothing like the parent.
So, I tried to grow an Apple Tree from seed.
I grew a few hundred.
Then I did Pears.. Plum, Peach, Nectarine..
#GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Plants #Gardens #Seeds #Trees #IndoorGardening

Dandelion seeds, like tiny barbed spacecraft docked to their mother ship.

Sprouting’ Progress!
Yes this is the sprout that somehow decided to become a new plant on my kitchen windowsill. It has changed SO much!! There are two definite growth places and the roots seem to be developing. I’m quite tempted to add a bit of soil to the water, but I am also very unsure- the don’t want to harm it! Or to rush it!
For now, enjoy the pictures and if you have any advice- please do share! I wrote more in the image captions #garden #growing #sprouts #plants


Some shapes and colours of things I've spotted out and about:
* The flower structure of (I think) a type of leucodendron
* The velvety flower of a NZ bullrush
* The developing seeds of a Dock plant, red and veiny
* The flower of a Himalayan Dogwood
#Plants #MacroPhotography #Bullrush #Leucodendron #Dock #Dogwood #Cornus #FlowersOfMastodon @plants




One of my favorite cactuses, the inimitable, aptly-named horse-crippler. It sports outrageously strong 7-pronged claw-like spikes and grows so close to the ground it is often concealed by grass until you trip over it and get stabbed as you sprain your ankle on the way down. It blooms in May, the most beautiful hot pink flowers you ever saw. This one is weird, about twice as tall (6”) as the usual specimen.


Happy #stpatricksday
Green flowers symbolize nature, life and rejuvenation as well as youth and good fortune in some parts of the world.
#SharePamsArt👇
https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/10891-green-chrysanthemum-pamela-williams.html
#TheArtDistrict #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #Art #Smile #Mastadonart #FediArt #MastoArt #Smile #ArtBooster #buyintoart
#green #nature #plant #plants #flower #Chrysanthemum #flowers #spring #springtime #luck #lucky #saintpatricksday #stpaddys #irish #green #colorfulart #fun #cute #happy #SpringThings #ModernArt

In a change from the usual Friday afternoon work of programming, startup stuff, #FediForum organization and so forth, today I sorted through my seed collection instead and started to germinate a bunch of bean and veggie #plants for https://project-springtime.org in my backyard.
It's springtime indeed, and I am so done with the terrible veggies in the grocery store. #hydroponics
More #pretty #purple #crocuses emerged after I weeded more of my overgrown #garden beds. My reward was seeing more of their #beautiful #flower #blooms today 🥰
#zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #MyGarden #YYJGardeners #ILoveGardening #SaveSoil #EarlySpring #floral #blooming #SignsOfSpring #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest

Male Jawfish with a Mouthfull of Babies
Females lay an egg mass and after fertilizing them, the male takes the eggs into his mouth and incubates them for several days or up to several weeks for some species. During this time, he does not eat, and his activities are restricted to juggling the eggs in his mouth to aerate them.
By #AmazingNature
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer

Smile of the pomegranate 😁
By #AmazingNature
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer

#DugUp hundreds of #HensNChicks from 2 #gardening beds. Potting up into various containers. Giving some away & selling some. I filled up 5 containers full of these. These are just 2 of them.
#Crassulaceae #succulents #stonecrop #herbaceous #zone8 #plants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #orpine #YYJGardeners #GardenWork #SelfPropagating


Last Spring, did 2 #plants #propagation #gardening #experiments with my #lupine #MotherPlant & they were #successful 😊 Took 8 cuttings in early Spring & also dug up 5 of the smallest new plants to #transplant . I heard they're hard to transplant. All 8 cuttings developed into new baby lupines! All but 1 of my transplants adapted well to new bed!
These are some #transplanted lupines now - put 3 in & they've multiplied by themselves.
#zone8 #NativePlants #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #vanisle #PNW

Echinopsis pachanoi “San Pedro”
This is my son, and I am so proud of him.
#plants #houseplants #cacti #cactus

as luck would have it
sometimes we just get lucky
Some get no such luck...
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lucky-four-leaf-clover-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoes #micropoetry #poet #poem #nature #writer #plant #plants #spring #springtime #fourleafclover #shamrock #luck #lucky #stpatricksday #saintpatricksday #stpaddys #irish #green #coorfulart #fun #cute #happy #poets #poems #writers #ArtMatters #SpringThings #ModernArt

Undergrads: interested in #plants or #insects and #conservation? Apply to be an #REU with the SRS Corridor Project this summer!
Conduct your own mentored research project with an amazing group, in a unique landscape experiment. Details in the ad; apply by 3/31/23
https://brudviglab.plantbiology.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/REU_Ad_SRS_2023.pdf

Upon learning that your #soil is alive & needs to be for #food to grow nutritiously how can you go back to destroying that life by tilling, fertilizing, & fumigating?
For my part, every potted #plant I grow this year will be inoculated with microbes from my #compost pile, so hopefully they'll thrive once transplanted to their permanent homes.
Reminder: do not break up the soil when transplanting unless your roots are exceptionally root bound.
A bracken fern frond opening up in May.
#plants #ferns #fronds #fernFrond #unfurling #spring #springTime #macroPhotography #nature #naturePhotography


L'éloge de la lenteur ...
Photo: John Wilhelm
The praise of slowness...
Photo: John Wilhelm
By Lumière de l'Atelier
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer

Leaves on a Clematis montana 'Freda' change colour a lot - starting off red-purple when freshly opened and deepening to dark green. In late summer / autumn they start to get really lovely, showing tints of gold and red and green all together.

🍃 Artist: #RUIN #r_u_i_n and #sskirl in City: #Vienna Siebensterngasse, Austria 🇦🇹 - Title: untitled (#Plantlove ) - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Mural #Plants


Some #goodnews from our #garden : here’s #turmeric from one plant & it smells wonderful 👨🌾
#gardening #farming #farm #health #healthcare #nature #today #wednesday #plants #medicine #healing #life

Grape hyacinths, some open, some not.

Fern frond floating in water
Art - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/fern-frond-floating-in-water-deborah-league.html
#Mastodon #AYearForArt #alcoholink #ferns #floating #plants #plant #wallart #homedecor #ArtMatters #art #artist #mastoart #artwork #springintoart #mastodonart #colorful #illuminated #prehistoric #ancient #paleontology #leaf #fernfronds #buyintoart #water #green

Three pink roses with semi-abstract background, watercolor
Art -https://www.etsy.com/listing/731371040/romantic-watercolor-roses-art-print
#mastodon #mastoart #AYearForArt #art #artwork #artist #floral #flowers #roses #mastodonart #modernart #watercolor #painting #SpringIntoArt #buyintoart #homedecor #wallart #fediart #vibrant #plants #pink #MastoFlowers #watercolorpainting #flowerart


New article! On the reasons why you shouldn't use language model AIs for plant advice (or any factual information at all): they will give you completely made-up facts, tips that will kill your plants, and tips that will kill you.
https://tradescantia.uk/article/dont-ask-an-ai-for-plant-advice/
Tawny frogmouth (not an owl) using its nictitating membrane to look extra grumpy
instagram.com/cgraypics
#Victoria #Australia
February 2023
| 500mm | 1/2000 | f/8 | ISO5000 |
By #AmazingNature
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer
The flower bud of a Marlborough Rock Daisy looking like a portrait from an English National Trust house...
#Plants #Macro #MacroPhotography #Photography #Aotearoa #Nature #NaturePhotography #Gardening

i made this curled up leaf available as a wallpaper for download if you need some green in your life :)
Kummakivi is a 500 tons rock in #Finland that has been balancing on top of another rock for 11,000 years.
Photo: Reddit|daqgsftwgrsshyrs
By #KanerAnimals
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer
The delicate, misty, cloud like effect of the #SeaLavender in the summer #garden is quite beautiful. The #plants produce a number of stems with tiny #flowers giving it an airy, billowing appearance.
Lavender Mist available here
https://debbie-oppermann.pixels.com/featured/lavender-mist-debbie-oppermann.html
#abstract #AbstractArtWork #FlowerAbstract #lavender #gardening #SummerGarden #Statice #MarshRosemary #BuyIntoArt #SpringIntoArt #artforsale #FlowerLover #FlowersOfMastodon #MastoFlowers #MastoArt #artwork #macro #FlowerPhotography #photography
Colorful Oak Leaves watercolor.
Art - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/colorful-oak-leaves-deborah-league.html
#mastodon #mastoart #painting #AYearForArt #artmatters #art #artist #fediart #wallart #landscape #watercolor #fall #autumn #colorful #watercolorpainting #mastodonart #springintoart #buyintoart #homedecor #Fall #autumn #arte #leaves #plants #OakLeaves #fallleaves #nature
Growing your own tomatoes really is the best way to devote 3 months of your life to saving $2.17 #Garden #Gardening #Plants
Objects of Affection
By Anna Valdez
#introduction I go by dianna, you can find me online using that name in a few places, depending on where you look
things that interest me
- #queer #lgbtq #trans spaces
- more please & thanks
- #software #cs
- I write c++, c, rust, and python
- #endocrinology
- fucking hormones, don’t get me started
- #philosophy
- ???
things that bring me joy
- #coffee
- #books
- #plants
- very cute #gay things
- unexpectedly intense convos when you find someone with a shared interest
find me in sf?
the soft grasses blow
trees covered in yellow sheets
Allergy season!
#DailyHaikuPrompt soft
PHOTO IS HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/grass-photography-soft-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html
#photos #photo #photography #Fotomontag #art #artist #haiku #poetry #writing #smallpoems #micropoetry #mastoart #poet #writer #poem #writers #poets #AYearForArt #photographer #spring #springtime #garden #gardening #gardener #plant #plants #nature #naturelover #naturephotography #writingcommunity #poems #pink #soft #photographer #landscape #landscapephotography