Last year, my kid got sunflower seeds from Grandma, and we put them in a container on the porch garden because there was no more room. It grew six feet tall, and I could stand on the bench to get pretty macro photos (shown). This year, I was able to plant them in the ground, and they officially reached just a little taller than the trailer before the bloom started to open. So, this year's flower photos have to be done with the telescopic function instead.
gardening
Our first strawberry of the season is ready, woo! 🍓
This is the 2nd summer for my purple coneflowers. Last year it was about a 1/3 the size and this year is has already put on more blooms than all of last year.
Purple coneflower is a favorite of mine and a friend was kind enough to let me pull some out of his garden two years ago. That's my favorite way to garden: cheap/free and an early reward 👍.
(06/18/24)
#garden #gardening #BloomScrolling #flowers #FlowerPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText
Replacing some or all of your #lawn with native plants and food is one way to support each other and the environment – but it truly does so much more than that.
Here are some significant research-backed and expert-approved benefits you’ll experience when you make the switch.
#nolawn #nolawns #rewilding #gardening #biodiversity #cities #urbannature #insects #ecology #landscaping #ediblelandscaping #mentalhealth #bees
https://www.rewildingmag.com/6-reasons-to-downsize-your-lawn/
Photos of the 2024 SF Succulent Expo
Do you like photos of succulents? What about photos of really weird succulents? Then you might enjoy my recap of the San Francisco Succulent Expo.
Wrote about a free garden I had back when I couldn't afford soil or tools, when I left that garden was fertile enough that the next person just pulled my dandelions and plopped a plant in the middle of my clover.
https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2024/06/18/when-i-foraged-a-free-garden/
The first ripe tomato harvest and some getting close.
Picked some orange cherry, and I spotted a Principe Borghese turning color, and the Flamme that will be orange will probably get picked this week.
#gardening #GrowYourOwn #tomatoes #garden #harvest #MastodonOnly
In this handmade abstract watercolor painting, two oak leaves in warm orange and yellow fall colors dance in an autumn breeze that drifts and swirls them through the sky.
Oak leaves in autumn Art Print: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/oak-leaves-in-autumn-karen-kaspar.html
#leaves #autumn #foliage #MastoArt #art #painting #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #aquarelle #BuyIntoArt #gardening #garden #nature #tree #forest #NatureLover #natur
I checked the garden. Looks like the beagle crop is nearly ripe.
August 11, 2024. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#dog #dogs #beagle #beagles #dogsofmastodon #garden #gardening #bloomscrolling, of a sort.
And here is part three of my handmade watercolor painting Red red Rose triptych - enjoy!
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/red-red-rose-triptych-part-three-karen-kaspar.html
#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #ArtMatters #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #rose #red
These days they are filling my garden with sunshine again - the beautiful yellow coneflowers...
Black eyed susans hand painted watercolor painting -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/black-eyed-susans-karen-kaspar.html
#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolour #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #sunny
The center of the rose curls like a spiral ...
Pink Rose close up - hand-painted watercolor painting
Find it here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/pink-rose-close-up-karen-kaspar.html
#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #rose #pink #closeup
Done in a fresh, loose style, this watercolor sketch features a beautiful purple iris bloom in a summer garden.
Art prints here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/purple-iris-watercolor-sketch-karen-kaspar.html
#iris #MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen
sharing a small spiral #gardening
I love how the colors blend together on this special paper...
Poppies in the evening sun - hand painted watercolor painting -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/poppies-in-the-evening-sun-karen-kaspar.html
#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #HumanArtist #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #red #wildflowers #poppies #sunset
This year’s balcony harvest. I’m quite proud with how they came out!
Can anyone ID this flying insect? It looks really neat. It was hard getting a photo of it and it didn't stay very long before it flew away.
Edit to add- thanks for the help everyone! :) It looks like it is a Sphecid/Sceliphron/Mud Dauber wasp. It came back and is enjoying more of the Sarracenia nectar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceliphron
#insect #carnivorousplants #savagegarden #gardening #plants #florespondence
Thank you to an art lover from Everett for your purchase of a greeting card of my handmade acrylic painting
Orange pansies - https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/orange-pansies-karen-kaspar.html
#thankyou #MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #natur #blumen #greetingcards
Plant more native species, they said. You’ll get more butterflies and bees, they said.
… Oh! It worked! #pollinators #butterflies #bees #gardening
Weather extremes in the garden made this a tough garden year but it is affecting all of us everywhere. I prune my tomatoes while talking about weather extremes, the cost of the rich, and fascism taking over. After my modern-day hippie rant, I harvest some beans and show you what I've gotten done. This episode is quite a bit more political than I usual get in these but it had to be said.
https://video.katehildenbrand.com/w/nAPtgpdmKTVvkwSw7zFXKa
Written: https://rootsandcalluses.com/123-weather-extremes-in-the-garden/
YT available
My garden's center of gravity is fully ripe today. This "personal size" watermelon is 4.2 kg. Personal size for a person with a big appetite. #gardening
A pretty little patch of Xanthoria Parietine #lichen. I think I'm growing a little Shrek in my garden.