Melissa Casti
@mcasti.bsky.social
Environmentalist, native plant lover, birder, outdoorswoman, taco consumer, west coast swing dancer, and karaoke enthusiast.
Baby plants do do do do do do, baby plants! Got these 96 in the ground today. I’ve planted over 400 in the last few weeks. I think I have 80 left. #plantnative
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Baby plants do do do do do do, baby plants! Got these 96 in the ground today. I’ve planted over 400 in the last few weeks. I think I have 80 left. #plantnative
Dug out this volunteer chinkapin oak and potted it up to be transplanted in my aunt’s yard. I hope it makes it.
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Dug out this volunteer chinkapin oak and potted it up to be transplanted in my aunt’s yard. I hope it makes it.
American Beautyberry 💜
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
American Beautyberry 💜
Fuzzies in the garden. If you plant it, they will come. #Plantnative
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Fuzzies in the garden. If you plant it, they will come. #Plantnative
Native asters and goldenrod. Fall perfection.
September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Native asters and goldenrod. Fall perfection.
September garden beauty. Check out the FIVE caterpillars on the one tiny Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) plant! Also featuring blue mist flower, American Beautyberry, and aromatic aster. #plantnative
September 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
September garden beauty. Check out the FIVE caterpillars on the one tiny Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) plant! Also featuring blue mist flower, American Beautyberry, and aromatic aster. #plantnative
Eastern Prickly Pear with ripe tunas (the red fruits)! This is the first year that my cactus fruited. I will harvest and eat the tunas soon.
September 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Eastern Prickly Pear with ripe tunas (the red fruits)! This is the first year that my cactus fruited. I will harvest and eat the tunas soon.
Late summer garden beauty. Boneset, White Admiral butterfly, Blue Sage, and Texas Green Eyes.
September 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Late summer garden beauty. Boneset, White Admiral butterfly, Blue Sage, and Texas Green Eyes.
Today’s garden beauty. Compass plant, rattlesnake master, purple coneflower, and butterfly milkweed. #plantnative
July 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Today’s garden beauty. Compass plant, rattlesnake master, purple coneflower, and butterfly milkweed. #plantnative
Today’s garden blooms. #whatyouplantmatters #plantnative
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today’s garden blooms. #whatyouplantmatters #plantnative
Prairie Beardtongue getting ready to bloom. #whatyouplantmatters #plantnative
May 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Prairie Beardtongue getting ready to bloom. #whatyouplantmatters #plantnative
Today’s garden beauty. NE Kansas. #whatyouplantmatters #plantnative Monarda bradburiana and spiderwort (Ohio maybe?)
May 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Today’s garden beauty. NE Kansas. #whatyouplantmatters #plantnative Monarda bradburiana and spiderwort (Ohio maybe?)
Today’s garden beauty. Aesculus pavia (red buckeye). #plantnative
May 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Today’s garden beauty. Aesculus pavia (red buckeye). #plantnative
Plants found in Junction City, KS.
April 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Plants found in Junction City, KS.
Today’s garden beauty. Dwarf Crested Iris. #plantnative
April 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Today’s garden beauty. Dwarf Crested Iris. #plantnative
I planted this little dogwood tree in the summer of 2022. Now in spring 2025, it bloomed for the first time. Did you know that the flower isn’t made of petals but of bracts?
April 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I planted this little dogwood tree in the summer of 2022. Now in spring 2025, it bloomed for the first time. Did you know that the flower isn’t made of petals but of bracts?
Today’s garden beauty. My woodland garden. Spring Beauty, Rue anemone, Packera obovata, and wild geranium.
April 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today’s garden beauty. My woodland garden. Spring Beauty, Rue anemone, Packera obovata, and wild geranium.
Reposted by Melissa Casti
Tonight while the USA sleeps, 129 million birds will fly overhead as part of spring migration.
Many will be tiny, colorful visitors arriving from South and Central America, such as warblers.
Migration modeling is fascinating. Yup, that’s BIRDS on the weather radar. 🌿 🪶
Learn more: birdcast.info
Many will be tiny, colorful visitors arriving from South and Central America, such as warblers.
Migration modeling is fascinating. Yup, that’s BIRDS on the weather radar. 🌿 🪶
Learn more: birdcast.info
April 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Tonight while the USA sleeps, 129 million birds will fly overhead as part of spring migration.
Many will be tiny, colorful visitors arriving from South and Central America, such as warblers.
Migration modeling is fascinating. Yup, that’s BIRDS on the weather radar. 🌿 🪶
Learn more: birdcast.info
Many will be tiny, colorful visitors arriving from South and Central America, such as warblers.
Migration modeling is fascinating. Yup, that’s BIRDS on the weather radar. 🌿 🪶
Learn more: birdcast.info
Reposted by Melissa Casti
You can help these millions of birds migrate safely! Here are a few ways:
1. Keep your cats indoors. They’re adorable but kill an estimated 2.4 billion wild birds in the United States each year.
2. Turn off lights at night. They’re disorienting to migrating birds!
3. Grow native plant gardens.
1. Keep your cats indoors. They’re adorable but kill an estimated 2.4 billion wild birds in the United States each year.
2. Turn off lights at night. They’re disorienting to migrating birds!
3. Grow native plant gardens.
Threats to Birds | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
What Are the Threats to Birds?
www.fws.gov
April 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
You can help these millions of birds migrate safely! Here are a few ways:
1. Keep your cats indoors. They’re adorable but kill an estimated 2.4 billion wild birds in the United States each year.
2. Turn off lights at night. They’re disorienting to migrating birds!
3. Grow native plant gardens.
1. Keep your cats indoors. They’re adorable but kill an estimated 2.4 billion wild birds in the United States each year.
2. Turn off lights at night. They’re disorienting to migrating birds!
3. Grow native plant gardens.
Today’s garden beauty. Jacob’s Ladder, Golden Groundsel, Wild Geranium, and Wild Sweet William (all natives to NE Kansas).
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today’s garden beauty. Jacob’s Ladder, Golden Groundsel, Wild Geranium, and Wild Sweet William (all natives to NE Kansas).
Spring garden beauty: pussytoes, cherry blossoms, and Celandine poppies.
April 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Spring garden beauty: pussytoes, cherry blossoms, and Celandine poppies.