A gold and purple iris in my friend's garden. I never really paid attention to iris beards before and didn't realize they has such amazing color patterns.
(05/15/24)
Fave stetch of spring in garden
Cool damp weather has all the greens popping.
Image Description: at center is Lady's Mantle, just blooming yellow flower above flat leaves, with dark red astilbe to left, also just about to bloom, with drooping Solomons Seal, back center and the loveliest white Siberia iris about to bloom in back left
A neighbor very kindly offered me the contents of his compost pile which I gladly accepted and used to finish off mulching around the tomato plants. I gave him a head of lettuce in return for two carts of compost. What a deal! 😀 #gardening #allotment #zone6b #NewEngland @gardening #compost
Well, as I said a few days ago, as an experiment I stopped cutting off the flower stalks of the very mature rhubarb I have and this is the result. It's teeming with hover flies and other small flying insects that I could not identify. #BloomScrolling of a sort! #gardening #allotment #zone6b #NewEngland @gardening
43 #tomatoes in. Bring the rain. Didn’t have the energy to tackle the #peppers. Maybe Wednesday between rainy days. The #fennel is the best looking I’ve ever grown. #BokChoy is bolting. 2/3 of the #broccoli starts have croaked. But, speaking of croaking, I encountered two adorable wee #toads that made me glad I was there. ❤️ Bless their warty little souls! Sorry no pix because gloves and chicken poo fertilizer and just hot and tired. #gardening#OrganicGardening#GrowYourOwn#SeedToTable
Yesterday was our garden club's plant sale. We have held this event every year for 25 years (other than during COVID). It's a totally crazy thing as nearly all the plants come from our members' gardens. We pot up plants they donate (usually as they are splitting them for maintenance) throughout April and a few members grow from seed (mostly tomatoes and peppers). These photos are from just before opening including the line up of customers. 🙂 #gardening@gardening
The California poppies are finally blooming on the hillside. We planted mostly natives this time around, and with no big dogs to rip up the landscaping we scattered poppy seeds in the early spring.
Most of the green carpet here is poppy plants, with a few sages and yellow daisies visible.
Within a week or two we’ll have our own little SuperBloom. Hopefully they reseed well for next year too. #Bloomscrolling#gardening
I built this "Little Free Art Gallery" for my wife a few years ago. She's turned into a prolific artist over the years and creates way more art than our house can handle, and she's run out of friends to gift them to. So now she can give her art away to the neighborhood.
Sorted out the #gardening. Drip tape leaks fixed. A few weeds pulled. Ground cloths adjusted to cover a few bare patches. About 10 tomato plants from a neighbor put in. Mine need a few more days to grow inside under the lights.
Opened a corner of the tarp and turned that and put in 10 potato plants.
Some tomatillo and eggplant still germinating or sprouted under the lights.
Ate a few asparagus a while ago. Year 2 for them so I will leave them to get stronger.
This sunflower is NOT messing around. Only 7 weeks ago, this was a seed in the ground. Today it's 5 feet 4 inches tall! (~164cm for my European friends)
Newly turned pile. First turning. I didn't have any manure when I built it a few weeks ago but judging by the insides it still built up a bit of heat. Added chicken manure in layers when I turned it. Should work out OK, I will turn it again in a few weeks and a few weeks after that it should be ready to go. #permaculture#compost#gardening
Hello little friend! This ladybug investigated my giant swiss chard quite thoroughly before settling in a leaf curl. #gardening#insects#ladybug@gardening
if you have an idea what this is, please let me know!
found under a woodchip pile in north-central minnesota. my dad says "didn't have a plant attached. it doesn't smell like anything offensive, just dirt. isn't notably firm or soft" #gardening#foraging#fungus#wildcraft