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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 large green melon the size of a small melon on a scale, and a smaller pale green and lobed smooth-skinned melon.

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Clearing out all the past-their-prime zinnias from the front garden bed yesterday and this giant swallowtail showed up and hung around the lantana long enough for me to go grab my camera.

#SilentSunday #butterflies #butterfly #photography #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #ButterflyGardening #gardening

Color photo of a yellow giant and black giant swallowtail butterfly with spots of blue and red and white on the underside of the wings perched on a cluster of small red and yellow lantana flowers.

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A pretty little patch of Xanthoria Parietine #lichen. I think I'm growing a little Shrek in my garden.

#mushrooms #Mosstodon #gardening

A patch of yellow and green lichen with little fabric-like parts and cup-shaped protrusions. On Grey bricks.

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Let the wildflowers grow!

Daisies in the meadow hand painted watercolor painting -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/daisies-in-the-meadow-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #flowers #gardening #garden #floral #nature #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #spring #wildflowers #daisy #summer #BuyIntoArt

Daisies in the meadow is a watercolor painting in vertical format by artist Karen Kaspar. It shows many white daisy flowers blooming in an abstracted green meadow.

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Enjoy some spring vibes with my hand painted watercolor painting - Spring meadow with dasies!

See more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/spring-meadow-with-daisies-watercolor-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 #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #spring #SpringFlowers #wildflowers

Spring meadow with daisies is a hand-painted watercolour painting in landscape format by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A group of white daisies with yellow centres shines out of a meadow with lush green grasses. The background transitions into a dreamy blue sky and gives the impression of a sunny, peaceful meadow.

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I am a master of my craft. If you're looking for a plant list. Here's what I've taken with me after a lifetime of study and work
Cool: Lentils, Fava beans, Swiss chard, Kale, Spinach.
Warm: Amaranth, Sunflower, Seminole pumpkin, Scarlet runner beans.
Other: Blackberry, Mulberry, Fig, Hazelnut, Alpine strawberry.
Rotate to taste.
This is for whatever the climate zone is in Alabama for the year 2024. Assume it will not be the same for long and adapt accordingly.

Don't waste your time with July and August 🔥🚒

Don't waste your time with December and January ❄️
#Permaculture #Gardening #Green #Solarpunk

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Summer garden is a colorful abstract acrylic painting , spreading happiness and positive energy.

Find it here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/summer-garden-abstract-acrylic-painting-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #natur #blumen #summer #joy #goodvibes #colorful #abstract #positiveVibes

Summer garden is an abstract acrylic painting in landscape format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. A colorful summer garden with lots of flowers blossoming in vibrant shades of red, pink, purple, yellow, orange and green - spreading joy and happiness to everyone.

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I love painting these beautiful wildflowers - enjoy my hand-painted Poppy dream watercolor painting!

Have a great day!

--> https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/poppy-dream-watercolor-painting-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #wildflowers

Poppy Dream is a hand-painted watercolor painting in portrait format by the artist Karen Kaspar.
Two bright red poppies bloom against a background of fresh yellow and green tones. The flowers are depicted in a loose and airy manner and contrast with the background, the delicate green stems and a single unopened bud. The softly blurred depiction of the petals lends the picture a calm, dreamy and ethereal quality.

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Today's cold weather has me dreaming of spring...

Colorful spring garden with tulips - handmade watercolor painting -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/colorful-spring-garden-with-tulips-karen-kaspar.html

#spring #tulips #SpringFlowers #MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #gardening #garden #floral #nature #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen

In this abstracted watercolor painting in horizontal format by artist Karen Kaspar many colorful tulips in vibrant shades of yellow, orange, pink and red are blossoming in a sunny spring garden.

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*** First video up!
https://ecoevo.social/@xris/114167406196864478
** I'm approved! @xris. No videos yet.
* Thanks to all for the *unaninimous* recommendations for lone.earth. Pending approval, I will be at https://lone.earth/c/xris.

#FediVerse Hive Mind: I have been using @Vimeo to host my videos. I want to try using a @PeerTube instance instead.

Example Video:
https://vimeo.com/705157758

#Video #PeerTube #Vimeo #Nature #Ecology #Animals #Mammals #Groundhog #Gardening

cc: @darwin

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A sunny flower from me to you to brighten your day ...

Sunny flower handmade watercolor painting - find more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/sunny-flower-karen-kaspar.html

#sunflower #MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #HumanArtist #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen

Sunny Flower is a watercolour painting in portrait format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. A single sunflower with a bright yellow and orange blossom and green leaves stands against an abstracted background in shades of blue, purple and pink, perhaps the evening sky at sunset or the first light of early morning.

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Pink Rose is a handmade watercolor painting I painted several years ago...
Enjoy!

See more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/pink-rose-watercolor-painting-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #BuyIntoArt #flowers #gardening #garden #floral #nature #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #rose #valentinesday #pink

Pink Rose is a watercolour painting in a contemporary square format hand-painted by the artist Karen Kaspar.
A close-up of a rose blossom in shades of pink, rose and red shows how the delicate petals unfurl outwards from the centre. The gentle colour gradients and highlights create a sense of depth and emphasise the natural beauty of the flower.

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Garden to table :)
Harvested my Brazilian spinach

#Gardening #VegetableGardening #BalconyGardening

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Found these #daffodil beauties growing in the dark.

I’ll not disturb them.

#night #gardening #pnw

A couple daffodils growing under a small dogwood tree with some mossy rocks and weeds.

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My best gardening discovery of the last few years: Salanova lettuce. It is a head lettuce that grows in small bunches, but if you cut out the core it falls apart into "baby" lettuce pieces.

It is super easy to germinate, and holds in the heat really well without bolting or turning too bitter. I planted this head in March!

The seeds (johnnyseeds.com) are expensive but they are open-pollinated and one plant left to bolt will produce hundreds of seeds for next year. A++
#Gardening

A bowl full of small green lettuce pieces, which is the same head of lettuce from the other photo, deconstructed. All the leaves are roughly the same size.

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A hand holding a bright-green head of salanova lettuce, which looks like a flower about eight inches acrosss.

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Today I learned that there’s a free Black farmers index. Want to support hyperlocal and Black-owned businesses (instead of keeping billionaires in yacht money)? Take a look. Buy some stuff:

https://blackfarmersindex.com/

#BlackMastodon #gardening #antiCapitalism #dei

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Three beautiful tulips in vibrant shades of pink show the beauty of springtime in this handmade watercolor painting.

More here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/pink-tulips-watercolor-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #contemporaryArt #watercolor #watercolour #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #aquarell #aquarelle #natur #blumen #spring

Pink tulips is a handmade watercolor painting in portrait format by artist Karen Kaspar. It shows three pink tulips with green leaves on a white background, painted in a loose fresh style.

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Bumblebees are on the blackberries and the sambucus nigra is showing off. #Gardening #Allotment #Bees #Pollinators #GrowYourOwn

A white tailed bumblebee with a yellow band on its abdomen and thorax is finding a lot to love about the wild blackberry flowers. The white flowers are on show with lots more flower buds getting ready to open.

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A blue shed in the background is partially hidden by a plum tree. A burgundy coloured sambucus nigra elder stands out against the green foliage of trees behind it. Its lighter coloured wide flower heads are clearly showing. Comfrey plants dominate the foreground underneath.

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Here is a bright yellow tulip for you to brighten up your day!

This is part 3 (right) of my Three yellow tulips triptych acrylic painting. See more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/yellow-tulips-triptych-right-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt #tulips #creativeToots #flowers #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #spring #SpringFlowers #yellow #SpringVibes #BuyIntoArt

Yellow tulips triptych right is an acrylic painting in vertical format painted by artist Karen Kaspar. A beautiful tulip flower in vibrant shades of yellow and orange is painted on an abstracted spring garden background in shades of green.

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The pond on the allotment. #Gardening #Allotment

A small container pond on an allotment with some slates and stones around the edge. An iris is protruding upwards from the pond. The water level is low and needs topping up but rainwater is a sought after commodity here at the moment. The water surface is covered in small green leaves from the pond plants. The outside of the pond has been planted up with some white flowering alyssum, purple lobelia and red and yellow french marigolds. Yet to flower is some borage, common oregano and cosmos. The pond is partly surrounded with a wood chip mulch.

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My instincts to start making ollas this winter were spot on. We’re experiencing intense drought that began late fall 2024 and this, along with our sandy soils, has made #gardening challenging. Last month, I made this large custom olla to deliver rainwater to my plantain pups. Since then, they’ve steadily put on new leaves. I companion planted sweet potatoes & marigolds beneath the plantains and everything is hydrated & happy, using about 70% less water than surface watering. #OllasByOsa

A photo of me standing in our yard on a bright, sunny day, holding a large, spherical hand-crafted terracotta pottery jar with a decorative knob, wearing gloves and a gray t-shirt. Only my chin down to my knees are visible behind the large pot. Green tree leaves and a bit of blue sky are blurred in the background.

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Salsify flower.

#bloomscrolling #foraging #gardening

Bright yellow flower resembling a dandelion, with ray petals only on the outer edge and a center full of pollen tipped anthers.

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we’re getting some consistent open garden hours going!
someone will be around on Fridays and Saturdays this month, tending to the garden, working on projects, and happy to answer questions or visit with neighbors. foundseed open garden hours are welcome to anyone, to come by, help out, donate, or sit on our rug with us.
We plan to do a biochar lesson this Saturday, after dusk, so come by if you want to learn! 🌱

#CommunityGarden #GuerrillaGardening #PNWgardening #biochar #gardening #pdx

blue sky with yellow flowers, white letters:
garden hours
may
Saturdays 5-8pm
4/26, 5/3, 5/17, 5/31
Fridays 1-4pm
5/9, 5/23

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The enemy. So pretty. So hungry. Eating my tomatoes and looking gorgeous. #insects #hornworm #lepidoptera #gardening

Artistic photo of a poised green hornworm, sitting upside down in the curl of a tomato leaf.

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New batch of ollas coming down the pipelines. The repetition of creating these simple forms is grounding, calming. If you haven’t seen my previous posts on these #SustainableGardening tools, check #OllasByOsa.

#pottery #ceramics #gardening #irrigation #AncientTechnology #WaterConservation

A wooden shelf displaying several clay pots with lids in various sizes. The pots are unfired and exhibit a natural brown color. The background includes a light blue-green wall and an electrical outlet.

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