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Every time I look at this picture I just giggle.

I did some searching, and apparently he's a Five-spotted Hawkmoth, aka my garden nemesis, the tomato hornworm! Never knew those hornworms grew into these adorable giant moths....

Just watering all my vegetables when some pretty nosy guys rolled up, mouths watering. I hope my zucchini don't grow beyond the fence...

I've heard they're better for pollinators, are more drought resistant, and are easier to maintain....

A leaf hopper on the lip of my saracennia. Taken with a Pixel 5.

Located in inland southern California, zone 9b....

15kg if berries I had in the freezer from last year. Set up 1.5 weeks ago. Now sitting 8% alcohol! I'll press it this weekend. Am so excited!

We’ve managed to keep this one alive over the winter, and have been rewarded with a lovely little white flower!

(Description: Image of Osmia bicornis (I think) chilling on a leaf and cleaning itself.)

My partner and I made this wee tunnel house out of dumped hothouse plastic, old vineyard netting, polypipe we found in the forest, and old fence posts. We had to buy some timber for the framing and zip ties to hold the materials together but we got to make use of so many dumped materials....

Today marks the beginning of the second full week of Spring in the northern hemisphere, even if some of us are stuck in second winter. Share your garden goals, projects, challenges, and successes for this growing season; share your tips, tricks, and garden hacks, or anything else you’d like. Let’s all help each other grow...

I didn’t realize how many challenges and on the fly design changes I would have building on a slope, but I think they are still coming out really nice.

Some choice quotes from the article:...

No clue what variety of cactus it is, but it’s one of my favourites.