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Pollinators

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I am retired and #gardening in #Zone4b in #Minnesota. However it was Dakota territory. I am interested in #Vegetarian cooking and #Fermentation. My interests include pollinators and native plantings, #Pollinators, #Nature, #Wildlife, #EcologicalCollapse, #ClimateChange, #Biodiversity, #Sustainability, #Rewilding, #Hummus, #Fungi, and #Mushrooms. He/him.

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msquebanh, to Bloomscrolling
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& in full bloom 🥰

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. Hello PNW. We haven’t eaten the hostas yet. I will look at them differently now. We have volunteer lettuce ready to harvest. This will be the next meal. The hostas will wait. #growyourown.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. You live a life of adventure. It is grand.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. You have an origin story for your super hero alter ego graphic novel. I can review the story for continuity issues first free.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. It’s unanimous.

carpingdiem, to Birds
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The bluebirds in the nest box in our yard have fledged! Here, Papa Bluebird feeds a baby that's bigger than him. The baby pushes him around quite a bit, trying to get more food.

Adult male bluebird on the right has his beak (with the food) deep in the baby bluebird's mouth.
Baby bluebird (on the left) pushes the adult bluebird, trying to get every last crumb of food in the transfer. You can see that the only blue is on the fledgling is on the tips of the wing feathers and the rest of the body is covered with mottled white and dark brown feathers.
Baby finally lets the adult go and it flew away almost immediately.

Pollinators,
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@carpingdiem. It is good to have successful fledglings. They are starving.

Pollinators,
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@carpingdiem. Do the bluebirds take meal worms from feeders?

shonin, to random
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Composting

https://raindrop.io/peteashton/composting-39764593

Pollinators,
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@shonin. Thank you for the great compilation of compost material. Compost has a rich history. , .

nightdream, to random
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I'm returning to sfba.social after some time away. You might know me from another server. I'll be gradually bringing man of my follows over to this account where I plan to be most active. Intro toot coming soon. 🌺

Pollinators,
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@nightdream. Are you interested in losing the label of “world’s worst composter?”

Pollinators,
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@nightdream is available on Mastodon. The free advice is free and the response times vary.

colhill, to random
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, any experience or hints using coffee grounds in compost?

Pollinators,
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@colhill. Coffee grounds are treasure. Our red wriggler worm farm gets the coffee grounds. Get more from friends and neighbors. , .

CWilbur, to random
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New Blue today

Pictures of a Blue close-up with outer wing pattern.
Pictures of a Blue nectaring on white flowers.
Pictures of a Blue wings open on low foliage.

Pollinators,
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@CWilbur. It’s a wonderful butterfly.

ScotHomestead, to gardening
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The poly tunnel … and so it begins- empty beds and tiny plants will transform over the next couple of months all being well. #gardening #GrowYourOwn #vegtables @gardening

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@ScotHomestead @gardening. The garden vegetable starts are looking to get in the garden soil here too. We’ve had a stretch of wet weather and that is great for the planet. It’s been too wet for proper planting. The soil has been a sticky mess when compacted around the starts. , , .

NorcalGma2, to animals
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Adventure time!
It's a bird,
It's a plane.
It's a frog.
It's Summer dog.
Good morning, Mastodon.

Golden Labrador retriever standing next to the shore waiting for me to throw a stick.
Golden Labrador retriever splash sown into the water from a high dive.

Pollinators,
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@NorcalGma2. Leaping into the water is her superpower.

foodkoreografi, to random Danish
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I dag har jeg solgt hjemmelavet surkål til vores første ude i . Vi vil skabe ny energi herude, og vi glæder os til at komme igen!

A bage containing kimchi

Pollinators,
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@foodkoreografi Kimchi is beautiful in all the farmers markets in all the countries. Have a good market day. ,

Pollinators,
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@contrefeu @foodkoreografi A jar of homemade kimchi is very simple. The Korean pepper powder is the difficult ingredient for some. Dream of it a moment. , .

msquebanh, to pnw
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Some of the #NatureTrails that I explored around the #forested property yesterday. It smelled so good in the forest. I heard so many different wildlife calls. Forests are my happy places ❤️🌲🌲❤️
Nature is my spiritual temple.

#EastSooke #vancouverisland #vanisle #ForestWalk #PacificNorthwest #PNW #nature #HappiestOutdoors #HealingPowersOfNature #Tsouke #WalkInTheWoods #PeacefulPlaces

Nature trail through mossy forest, with lots of trees & ferns.
Selfie in the forest.
Nature trail through mossy forest, with lots of trees & ferns.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. The moss energy can go both directions. It was another good hike in the PNW. #minnesota, #getoutside.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. It’s good times. No mosquitoes or biting gnats yet!

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. We have bird houses for tree swallows and purple Martin swallows. We understand insects have a role. We’ve seen scout birds a few times the last few days. However no one has picked a spot yet. #biodiversity.

compost, to random
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Today our 20ish-year-old cat passed away and we had to put an end to his suffering.

I would like to express that despite having to witness his suffering for Earth Day I tried to not make this about me as much as I could because, to be honest, The climate crisis is an issue that has severe consequences.

I could not give less of a shit about those who choose inaction and to be careless. I am sorry but if you can't have compassion for this issue there is something wrong with you.

I love the earth deeply and this gives me the courage to care and despite adversity to do what is good.

Needless to say, climate change deniers are going to be uncared for by this community.

Pollinators,
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@compost. Sorry to hear the sad news. We have been there too. Every day is earth day here.

futurebird, to random
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Husband: There's a spider on my shirt can you get it?
I catch the tiny grain sized spider
Me: I'm feeding this to the girls!
Husband: Nooooo! That's horrible.
Me: But they love spiders the most...
Husband: You have to give it a chance put it outside.
Me: It's too cold it will die. Let me just feed-
Husband: 🥺
Me: OK fine. I'll put it on the bookshelf.

I leave the spider in an open tiny glass vial on its side on the shelf.

The spider is lazy. When I get home it's built a web in the jar.

Pollinators,
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@futurebird. Are you sure that’s a practical idea?

msquebanh, to random
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Waiting for callback from dentist. I need more meds. Lower left of face is still swollen.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh Five plus years without an airborne illness during the covid years is excellent work. The reward for this is to keep doing it.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh Non essential exposure environments covers a lot. It’s good to live in the tall trees and get outside.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. Eating in a group is exposure without a giant table and a stiff breeze.

Pollinators,
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@msquebanh. Your area of BC gets good reviews from you for important things like big trees and a variety of neighborhood food without restaurants.

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@msquebanh. You have to walk away right away.

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