msquebanh, to nature
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Our white tree is now over 8 feet tall.
I originally this from a small cutting, taken for free from a construction demolition site, 10 yrs ago.
It smells fabulous 🥰

Clusters of fragrant white lilac flowers.
White lilac tree, surrounded by ornamental crabapple trees, with gray wood fence & old shed with mossy roof is behind it. The white lilac tree is taller than the shed.

MelsGarden, to gardening

My 2023 Garden 🧵

A short thread looking back over the year. This is something I loved doing on the other site, so I'm trying it out here.

Not necessarily my best photos - more like a representative sample of things that stand out in my memory. Happy moments, celebrations, and gardening topics that are important to me personally.

Alt-text has commentary on each - the context & why I chose that particular photo, as well as goals for next year.

It was a busy year & I'm looking forward to 2024! Happy #gardening everyone! 💚

#TexasGarden #Zone9b

A large black kitchen colander holding produce I harvested from my vegetable garden. It includes a handful of green beans, two zucchini, three cucumbers, and a dozen striped cherry tomatoes. This photo is important because it represents the average amount of food I generally harvest from my garden each day. As someone who is struggling financially, I can't emphasize enough how much this is a lifeline for me. Food has gotten so expensive that without my garden, I wouldn't be able to have fresh produce. Vegetable gardening is not just a hobby. It is a very real necessity for me.
Close up of an anole lizard peering at the camera. Its expression just makes me smile - inquisitive, comical, keenly intelligent. I would desperately love to know what it was thinking. The lizard is clinging to a weathered gray fence post a few inches off the ground. There are green leaves with a tiny yellow flower across the bottom of the photo. I chose this photo because my garden is home to so many anole lizards it's almost ridiculous. They're everywhere. Literally everywhere. But it's one of the things I'm most proud of because building a backyard habitat has always been a priority for me. When the wildlife shows up, you know you're doing something right. Plus, they're just flipping adorable lol.
A small yellow sunflower framed against a bright blue sky. Strong sunlight casts shadows across the petals as a tiny bee crawls over the dark center. A volunteer flower that grew itself from scattered birdseed. I let the sunflowers go absolutely wild this year and they rewarded me with giant tree-sized monstrosities covered in hundreds of flowers for most of the year. They created cheerful bright spots all over the garden and were absolute magnets for bees & butterflies. I will never again complain about messy birdfeeders. Have at it my feathered friends. It was worth it lol.

MelsGarden,

My 2023 Garden 3/🧵

A short thread looking back over the year - see 1st post for details! 💚

(commentary in alt-text!)

#gardening #TexasGarden #Zone9b #BackyardHabitat #dragonfly #pond

A Widow Skimmer dragonfly perched on a dried seed head. The dragonfly has dark brown patches extending from the body halfway across the wings. The outer half of the wings are clear with a faint brown fingerprint at the very tips. The abdomen is brown and gold. Background is a blur of green and tan. Not sure what the most beautiful species of dragonfly is in my garden, but Widow Skimmers are hard to beat in my eyes. I chose this photo because dragonflies have become a bit of an obsession for me, and Widow Skimmers were the first species I was able to photograph extensively. And they're just so breathtaking. There's no denying this beautiful creature is just pure magic.
A shiny green zucchini nearly ready to pick. I chose this photo for two reasons. First, because my primary focus in gardening is actually to produce food. It's a necessity for me (see previous photo on first post). So this represents purpose and function - things I value in my garden. Second, I chose this photo because it was an accomplishment. I generally don't have trouble growing warm-weather vegetables. But the last few years I've struggled with zucchini. The vine borers have been just relentless. This year I finally got it under control and had a really nice, steady supply of zucchini. So hell yeah. This was a win, lol.
A shiny black Carpenter bee hanging from red salvia flowers. Why this photo? The salvia. I literally live on Planet Salvia. It went to seed once and blew itself EVERYWHERE. There is just no way I can do a thread of my garden and not include salvia. It reigns supreme lol. It's also the single best pollinator plant in my entire garden. It's always covered in bees. It's also one of the few flowers that actually thrived during the scorching heat dome this summer. I genuinely believe that the wild salvia in was a key factor in helping to sustain the pollinator populations in my garden thru the blistering summer. It might be an aggressive weed at this point, but it's one I've come to truly value.

enobacon, to portland
@enobacon@urbanists.social avatar

training next Saturday, Sept 23rd at Tryon Creek State Park to support urban gardeners and their efforts to create and enhance native habitats.

https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/planning/workshop-series

MelsGarden, to random

Poor little tadpoles.

Spotted the babies this morning (very exciting). Went out just now to try for better pics. Found this little bubble stranded in the middle of the pond.

It is scorching hot today. My weather app says it's 98° right now (feels like temp 115°).

Dunno how long they were stranded, but I'm glad I found them in time. They seemed okay & swam off when I tipped them back into the pond.

MelsGarden, to gardening

Scenes from the pond for my this week.

The dragonflies have gotten really active lately so I've been spending a lot of time at my little garden pond snapping photos. These are a few of my favorite elements.

Gardenermerc, to oregon
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Where’s Waldo of Oregon natives: Wild ginger, oxalis, red columbine, spreading wood fern, duckfoot (inside out flower), Iris Tenax, snowberry, licorice fern, deer fern, Western (Pacific) bleeding heart, Western meadowrue, little-leaf miner’s lettuce. I couldn’t remove the non-native Japanese painted fern. I love it too much.

MelsGarden, to random

Hello lovely folks! Reposting my for my new instance. My interests are all over the place, but these are the things I'm most likely to post about:

& sharing my very amateur from my

& my experiences.

The occasional &

And I'm a huge & nerd. If there's an alien or dragon involved, I'm here for it. and a at heart.

A messy homemade vegetarian pizza with spinach, tomatoes, golden brown cheese and a bubbly crust.
A basket of red, orange, yellow and purple cherry tomatoes harvested from my garden. Varieties include Sun Gold, Gold Nugget, Black Cherry and Gardener's Delight.
A Hibiscus flower from my garden. It is a buttery yellow color with a blush of red at the center. Late afternoon sun casts shadows across the petals.

MistyMelanie, to random

My house is covered in lizards. 😂

Lol. Just a random quirky & delightful thing that makes me happy.

My yard is loaded with them. They're so charmingly curious & inquisitive. And I love the free pest control for my garden.

And that adorable little face. I mean what's not to love?

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