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Peonies and lillies are up, primroses blooming, hydrangeas leafing out, hastas up, rosebushes leafing out fast. Purple clusters on the wisteria which means magic time is nearly here. #garden #zone7b

The most handsome frog has taken up residence in our little pond :] #zone7b #swva #virginia #froggie #frogsOfMastodon #wildlife

A handsome frog sits on a rock surrounded by green leaves from a vine

A handsome frog with light brown coloring spotted with dark brown in an almost cheetah like pattern.

It's officially spring here, even though the calendar doesn't agree yet 😆 #bloomscrolling #springflowers #swva #zone7b

A close up view of a cherry blossom. Five white petals surround a green interior with many pistils in the center with brown and red heads

A slightly blurry view of multiple cherry blossoms on a branch

Fava beans are in! I think I have about 40 plants, so likely enough for sharing. In my experience very few people in my area have eaten these. But everyone is quick to remind me that they have a cameo in The Silence of the Lambs. Cue the cannibal joke, etc. #FavaBeans #beans #legumes #gardening #garden #allotment #zone7b #VegetableGardening

Toilet paper rolls on their sides, each with a leafy shoot coming out the top, branching roots coming out of the bottom.

Three seedlings planted in wet soil, with one still in its hole waiting to get covered up.

Plans are:
Greenhouse: tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers
Pots in front yard: potatoes, lovage
By driveway: rhubarb
New field: corn, hokkaido, butternut squash, courgettes, maybe decoration pumpkins for Fall
Raised beds: savoy cabbage, lettuces, strawberries, radishes, spinach, leeks + carrots, onions + garlic
Now that we’ve settled on this, we’ll flesh out more plans like basil with tomatoes and marigolds somewhere to do some of the partnering to ward off baddies.

I tried the 3 sisters last year inspired by Robin Wall Kimmerer in “Braiding Sweetgrass”, that is, corn + squash + runner beans. However no one is hyper about runner beans so it’ll be 2 sisters only this year.
#gardening #zone7b #greenhouse #GardeningNewbie

Successful house meeting about the 2025 garden. March will involve lots of digging to prep a new plot. Last year was a practice year and an utter newbie year. Now I’m upping my game. #gardening #zone7b #greenhouse #GardeningNewbie

Photo of A2 paper poster with small notes attached in groups using different colours for each grouping: pink, orange, green, dark blue. Labels are in Danish and indicate where the named vegetables or plants will be.

#bloomscrolling #hellbore #winterrose #zone7b #gardening #almostspring

A beautiful hellbore flower with 5 petals of varying hues of pink with yellow in the center and on the midrib of the petal. Green and brown leaves surround the flower.

A hellbore flower in the process of blooming. More flower buds surround the flower opening and in the background.

@lizzard. The library is always a good idea. We are Zone 4b. Zone 7b will have considerably more plant choices. Then your shady and sandy situation will narrow the native plant choices back down. #nativeplants, #zone7b.

I made a spreadsheet of early spring flowers native to #PA that I'd like to grow:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/173IKBdcNO7tvEGLYU6LtVfY1HIbISD1PrKp1mgheX-I/edit?usp=sharing

I'm sick of only seeing introduced spring plants, crocuses, snowdrops, lesser celandine, etc. Biking last spring I saw acres of the same plant crowding out all others, one note where there once was a symphony.

I'm not sure I've seen any of these native plants in person, although I may not have looked very hard.

#nativePlants #Pennsylvania #Philly #zone7b #PiedmontUplands #ecoregion64c

#gardening #butterflies #zone7b

"I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
"I Wander Lonely As A Cloud" William Wordsworth
#NorthCarolina #zone7b #nature #naturelover #naturephotography #poems #poetry

I’ve had spinach growing under cover all winter, more or less neglected, and it’s perfect. #garden #gardening #zone7b

We had a burst of spring weather yesterday here in #MiddleTennessee and I noticed a few bulbs peeking out in my front #garden bed. So excited.
#gardening #Zone7b

The green tips of two small bulb flowers showing in the midst of black mulch. You see the brick of the front porch at the top edge of the photo.

Photo of seedlings from two years ago….
Waiting for new seeds! 🥰 and then I’ll get started this year

#gardening #Zone7b

A small seedling tray with sprouts of new tomato plants. The photo has a dark purple and pink hue from the grow lights’ glow.

Getting ready to place an order for my 2024 seeds. Since my spring vacation got canceled, I will have the time to set up and manage seedlings this year. #gardening #Zone7b

My #gardening zone has changed, has yours? https://www.npr.org/2023/11/17/1213600629/-it-feels-like-im-not-crazy-gardeners-arent-surprised-as-usda-updates-key-map #Zone7a to #Zone7b #ClimateChange #USDA

Garden clean-up day. Yanked up the squash plant because I can't even. So now there's a final squash harvest to deal with. Along with last cucumbers. And last watermelons. Tomatoes are still thick on the vines so those will keep going for a while. #gardening #Zone7b

Left out a few things. Chocolate mimosa still has pink pompoms, rose of sharon in full flower, 9 bark had a rebloom, the geraniums and begonias never stopped, bougainvillea is flowering away. Basically you wouldn't know it's October. #gardening #Zone7b

Our accidental cross might be my favorite, but don't tell her sisters 😜 #homeiswherethegardenis #homegrown #cannabis #420friendly #gardening #zone7b #virginia #sungrown #containergardening

#Zone7b

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