Happy Iowa wildflower Wednesdy!
Pretty sure James Enright set a new record for most photos in this essay covering his many visits to prairie remnants along the Glacial Trail Scenic Byway in northwest Iowa.
#nature #prairie #wildflowers #nativeplants #Iowa
Meet my Leave the Leaves™️ Poster Child. I have no idea who this is going to be. Have a restful winter, lil buddy.
Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens) is a legume found in prairies in the Midwest and Great Plains states. This July, I found them in Jefferson County, WI, with their flowers covered with bumblebees. I didn’t see many bumblebees at this time elsewhere; perhaps the Lead Plant was attracting them from far and wide. #leadplant #nativeplants #wisconsin
The “in defense of plants” podcast pretty consistently has good solid episodes.
Nieuwe tuinplanten gearriveerd, altijd leuk 😁 Inheemse wilde planten, goed voor de biodiversiteit (duizendblad, egelantier, tijm en struikhei) 🦋🐝
New garden plants have arrived, always nice! Native wild plants, good for biodiversity
Old Man's Beard held high by Hawthorn
Delphinium nuttallianum (Nuttall's Larkspur) blooming at Roxborough Park #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 17 🌿
Buckbrush berries (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on November 1, 2025
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Nov16_birds_and_cats/2025nov01_buckbrush_IMG_4759c2.html
#nativeplants #crosstimbers #naturephotography #buckbrush #Oklahoma #photography
@redcrew One of the nice things about the increasing #NativePlants market is having a selection of spring plants available at the end of the season. I added some marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris) and nodding onions (Allium cernuum).
For the leaves, I also use them to mulch. A lot of it gets stored in various ways to feed the #compost through the next year. #gardening #NorthernIllinois
How Indigenous food sovereignty can improve food security
Excerpt: "How can revitalizing Indigenous food systems improve food security?
Revitalizing Indigenous food systems can help diversify and localize food systems in ways that could buffer against food insecurity in a changing climate.
Dr. Grenz’s research team is working alongside Indigenous communities impacted by the 2021 heat dome and wildfires to understand the effects on culturally important plants.
'If you think of land as just vegetation and an aesthetic notion of what belongs, you’re going to have very different approaches and different outcomes to recovery than if you see that land as a food system, not just for humans, but for our animal, bird, fish and insect relations,' says Dr. Grenz. 'We’re working alongside communities to develop those Indigenized processes around wildfire recovery that honour Indigenous food systems, sustainability and resiliency.'
How can #settlers support the revitalization of Indigenous food systems?
Learn about the histories of the lands you live on and what the traditional food systems were, what they are now and what they could be, says Dr. Grenz.
Incorporating reciprocity into your relationship with the land is also important. 'Learn about the plants of those lands and find a way to invite them into your life. How can you take care of them, nurture them and steward them?' asks Dr. Grenz.
'One way might be to #Indigenize your own #backyard or #CommunityGarden. Or learn about Indigenous food system protocols and the concept of '#HonourableHarvest.' "
Read more:
https://beyond.ubc.ca/how-indigenous-food-sovereignty-can-improve-food-security/
#SolarPunkSunday
#IndigenousFoodSovereignty
#TraditionalFoods #FoodSovereignty #FoodSecurity #IndigenousAgriculture #IndigenousFoodSecurity #IndigenousFoodSystems #LandBack
#Reclaiming #Decolonize #FirstNations #CulturalSurvival #NativePlants #GrowYourOwnFood #ClimateChange #Agroecology
Activity from an almost-70F mid-November Saturday: emptied and spread the rest of the finish compost, finally put the tulips and final garlics in, finished planting the clearance #NativePlants...
Talked to north neighbor about using leaves from that side (already getting leaves from south neighbor), harvested the fallen leaves from the front yard. I don't clear the back so I really need all the leaves I can get. #gardening #NorthernIllinois
Now it is a mid-40F Sunday. Time to head outside and put the tools away.
One native shrub in the eastern U.S. (mostly the Mid-Atlantic and southeast states) that I don't see getting much appreciation is false indigo, or Amorphophallus fruticosa. Tolerates a wide range of soils from clay to sand, can take heat and drought well, and produces long spikes of dark purple flowers that pollinators enjoy. Also rumored to be useful as a natural insect repellant. #Plants #Flowers #NativePlants https://vnps.org/false-indigo-bush-amorpha-fruticosa/
While Arne Victor Garvi's work originally focused on species from all dry regions of the world, the conclusion eventually came that exotic species, whilst degrading the ecosystems, are not any better adapted to the Saharo-Sahelian climate than indigenous ones. He therefore switched to working exclusively with native plants.
#native #indigenous #exoticspecies #sahara #sahel #nativeplants #drylands #ecosystem
Mom and daughter transformed a boring backyard into a beautiful native plant paradise
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/mom-daughter-backyard-transformation-ex1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve
A failed search for Monarchs led to something better.https://islandinthenet.com/eastern-tiger-swallowtails-bowmans-hill/
“Scientists are now finding that vibrant remnant grasslands can sequester about 40 percent more carbon overall than closed-canopy forests that are protected from fire… And because that carbon is stored in roots rather than in the wood of trees, it isn’t rereleased into the atmosphere as happens when trees topple from wildfire, storms or disease.”
Got done the biggest part of the planning for next year's garden and feel so relieved to have this part over with. I have been wanting to add more native plants ever since I started letting weeds sprout and realized they were all invasives. Narrowed down my massive list to 67 different species and placed my seed order. List here: https://gardenathoverflymeadow.blogspot.com/2025/11/finalized-my-native-seed-order.html #nativeplants #gardening Now I can start the fun of second-guessing all of it. lol
Why it’s difficult for me to keep #grass specimens around the house. #nativePlants
Our Barrel Cacti have stopped blooming for the season & are now topped by yellow fruits (and yes, we’ve seen a 😍Bobcat recently, but just walking through our yard not lounging as I drew in 2023 for this Perpetual Journal page).
#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #cactus #flower #wildflower #BloomScrolling #Bobcat #Cottontail
It was an unseasonably warm day today so I thought I would get ahead on my winter sowing.
I have saved 16 X 4L milk jugs. Today I started by adding drainage holes in the bottom of each jug. Previous years I drilled a set of 1/2” holes in the bottom, this year I used I used my old soldering iron. I think I prefer the soldering iron, just a little bit easier.
#wildflowers #rewilding #nativeplants #bees #pollinators #butterflies #WinterSowing #zone6 #biodiversity #Okanagan
