Ryan Williamson
@ryanwilliamson.bsky.social
Healthcare finance professional by day; pretend chef, gardener, fly fisherman, cookbook writer, and post-punk enthusiast by night. Proud parent of Boxers and Danes. Always curious.
Can’t sing but I’ve got soul, the goal, is elevation.
Can’t sing but I’ve got soul, the goal, is elevation.
A few images from today as Nashville’s first freeze fast approaches. How is it that I still have roses like this in mid-Nov? A true blessing of beauty. The winter garden is coming into shape with root veggies and leafy winter greens. #Garden #Gardening #Roses #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A few images from today as Nashville’s first freeze fast approaches. How is it that I still have roses like this in mid-Nov? A true blessing of beauty. The winter garden is coming into shape with root veggies and leafy winter greens. #Garden #Gardening #Roses #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling
Rebellions are built on hope.
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Rebellions are built on hope.
Today’s #pepper #harvest is the last of the season. Already planning next year’s crop! Here you have #Reaper Sbagliato, Pimenta #Puma, SolarFlare, and Sugar Rush Stripey. Ending on a spectacular high note.
#gardening #garden #peppers #homegarden #photography #Zone7b #hotsauce #superhot #eastcoastkin
#gardening #garden #peppers #homegarden #photography #Zone7b #hotsauce #superhot #eastcoastkin
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Today’s #pepper #harvest is the last of the season. Already planning next year’s crop! Here you have #Reaper Sbagliato, Pimenta #Puma, SolarFlare, and Sugar Rush Stripey. Ending on a spectacular high note.
#gardening #garden #peppers #homegarden #photography #Zone7b #hotsauce #superhot #eastcoastkin
#gardening #garden #peppers #homegarden #photography #Zone7b #hotsauce #superhot #eastcoastkin
Small harvest today of my #Reaper Sbagliato and Puma #peppers for some new friends. These guys are so beautiful!
#garden #gardening #hotpeppers #hotsauce
#garden #gardening #hotpeppers #hotsauce
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Small harvest today of my #Reaper Sbagliato and Puma #peppers for some new friends. These guys are so beautiful!
#garden #gardening #hotpeppers #hotsauce
#garden #gardening #hotpeppers #hotsauce
These are likely the last of my roses for the season and, wow, they put on a show! I’m a first time #rose grower but I’ll definitely be adding to my collection.
#RoseWednesday #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #flowerfeed #photography #dailyflowers #flowerreport
#RoseWednesday #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #flowerfeed #photography #dailyflowers #flowerreport
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
These are likely the last of my roses for the season and, wow, they put on a show! I’m a first time #rose grower but I’ll definitely be adding to my collection.
#RoseWednesday #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #flowerfeed #photography #dailyflowers #flowerreport
#RoseWednesday #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #flowerfeed #photography #dailyflowers #flowerreport
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This season is my first foray into superhots. I thought my efforts were a big flop until a few weeks ago when my Reaper Sbagliato plants took off like a rocket. I’m VERY excited to see these guys developing. #gardening #garden #superhot #peppers #photography #zone7b
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This season is my first foray into superhots. I thought my efforts were a big flop until a few weeks ago when my Reaper Sbagliato plants took off like a rocket. I’m VERY excited to see these guys developing. #gardening #garden #superhot #peppers #photography #zone7b
Thanks little guy. Taking advantage of the last few #zinnias of the season.
#garden #gardening #flowerreport #pollinationnation #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling
#garden #gardening #flowerreport #pollinationnation #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling
September 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thanks little guy. Taking advantage of the last few #zinnias of the season.
#garden #gardening #flowerreport #pollinationnation #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling
#garden #gardening #flowerreport #pollinationnation #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling
Today’s small joy was this little friend in my zinnia patch. It’s a Variegated Fritillary #butterfly.
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #pollinationnation
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #pollinationnation
August 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today’s small joy was this little friend in my zinnia patch. It’s a Variegated Fritillary #butterfly.
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #pollinationnation
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #pollinationnation
This gave me such joy this morning. These “Bright Lights” #cosmos volunteered from the seeds I sowed back in March—already reseeding themselves and blooming again in the same season. I’ve already collected a giant pile of seed for next year.
#gardening #garden #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
#gardening #garden #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
August 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This gave me such joy this morning. These “Bright Lights” #cosmos volunteered from the seeds I sowed back in March—already reseeding themselves and blooming again in the same season. I’ve already collected a giant pile of seed for next year.
#gardening #garden #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
#gardening #garden #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
Kid #2 flew back to Los Angeles this morning for his senior year and moved Kid #3 into her dorm for her freshman year. Its our first night as an official empty nest. Endlessly proud of them all and in love with my beautiful wife but the question still remains… *now what*? #emptynest #nextchapter
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Kid #2 flew back to Los Angeles this morning for his senior year and moved Kid #3 into her dorm for her freshman year. Its our first night as an official empty nest. Endlessly proud of them all and in love with my beautiful wife but the question still remains… *now what*? #emptynest #nextchapter
Small #harvest today, but definitely some of the prettiest #tomatoes of the season. If you can’t tell, I’m a little obsessed with bicolor and striped varieties. These are Solar Flare, Beauty King, Benevento, and Blush.
#garden #gardening #zone7b #homegrown #kitchengarden #organic-gardening
#garden #gardening #zone7b #homegrown #kitchengarden #organic-gardening
August 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Small #harvest today, but definitely some of the prettiest #tomatoes of the season. If you can’t tell, I’m a little obsessed with bicolor and striped varieties. These are Solar Flare, Beauty King, Benevento, and Blush.
#garden #gardening #zone7b #homegrown #kitchengarden #organic-gardening
#garden #gardening #zone7b #homegrown #kitchengarden #organic-gardening
Let the dogs out before bed (yes, at 8pm) and came across this beauty. This #Costco #rose is almost bioluminestic. No edits #NoFilters. Just pure glowing beauty.
#flowerreport #garden #gardening #Zone7B #RoseSky #bloomscrolling
#flowerreport #garden #gardening #Zone7B #RoseSky #bloomscrolling
August 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Let the dogs out before bed (yes, at 8pm) and came across this beauty. This #Costco #rose is almost bioluminestic. No edits #NoFilters. Just pure glowing beauty.
#flowerreport #garden #gardening #Zone7B #RoseSky #bloomscrolling
#flowerreport #garden #gardening #Zone7B #RoseSky #bloomscrolling
The pepper garden came through big today. It was #hotsauce weekend, and I made two sauces that turned out amazing:
🍑 Sugar Rush Stripey with Peach
🥭 Caribbean Mango-Pineapple with Puma & Scarlett’s chilis
#peppers #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie #habanero #chili #sugarrushpeach
🍑 Sugar Rush Stripey with Peach
🥭 Caribbean Mango-Pineapple with Puma & Scarlett’s chilis
#peppers #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie #habanero #chili #sugarrushpeach
August 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The pepper garden came through big today. It was #hotsauce weekend, and I made two sauces that turned out amazing:
🍑 Sugar Rush Stripey with Peach
🥭 Caribbean Mango-Pineapple with Puma & Scarlett’s chilis
#peppers #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie #habanero #chili #sugarrushpeach
🍑 Sugar Rush Stripey with Peach
🥭 Caribbean Mango-Pineapple with Puma & Scarlett’s chilis
#peppers #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie #habanero #chili #sugarrushpeach
Some days are just better than other and today was a long needed good and highly productive day. Then I came home to this guy on my zinnias. Heart full…🦋🌸
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #butterfly #pollinationnation #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #butterfly #pollinationnation #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail
July 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Some days are just better than other and today was a long needed good and highly productive day. Then I came home to this guy on my zinnias. Heart full…🦋🌸
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #butterfly #pollinationnation #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail
#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #butterfly #pollinationnation #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail
Here are the kids doing a quality check on my pepper fermentation experiments. Don’t worry—no animals were harmed in the making of this hot sauce! Thanks to Mallard and Dot.
#ferment. #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
#ferment. #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
July 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Here are the kids doing a quality check on my pepper fermentation experiments. Don’t worry—no animals were harmed in the making of this hot sauce! Thanks to Mallard and Dot.
#ferment. #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
#ferment. #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
My biggest harvest so far this season. Over 17 pounds of #tomatoes, a big haul of #hatch chilis, some nice #poblano hybrids, and some massive way over-ripened okra.
I think tomorrow will be a tomato sauce day.
#peppers #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #gardening #foodie
I think tomorrow will be a tomato sauce day.
#peppers #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #gardening #foodie
July 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My biggest harvest so far this season. Over 17 pounds of #tomatoes, a big haul of #hatch chilis, some nice #poblano hybrids, and some massive way over-ripened okra.
I think tomorrow will be a tomato sauce day.
#peppers #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #gardening #foodie
I think tomorrow will be a tomato sauce day.
#peppers #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #gardening #foodie
Looks at this beautiful #sbagliato pepper! I think I’d prefer to just look at it rather than harvest it. And at over 1 million Scoville units, that might be the safer choice. This is probably destined for my next #ferment #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
July 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Looks at this beautiful #sbagliato pepper! I think I’d prefer to just look at it rather than harvest it. And at over 1 million Scoville units, that might be the safer choice. This is probably destined for my next #ferment #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
Big pepper harvest this morning: Hangjiao #3 (Solar Flare), Cayenne, Scarlett’s Chili, Puma, and Thunder Mountain Longhorn. Today I’ll be fermenting for hot sauce and drying for flakes and powder, plus “sun-drying” tomatoes in the oven.
#hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
#hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
July 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Big pepper harvest this morning: Hangjiao #3 (Solar Flare), Cayenne, Scarlett’s Chili, Puma, and Thunder Mountain Longhorn. Today I’ll be fermenting for hot sauce and drying for flakes and powder, plus “sun-drying” tomatoes in the oven.
#hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
#hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
I love #zinnia blooms, but their buds are the classiest of all. Little art deco shells that make me smile every time. #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #zone7b
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I love #zinnia blooms, but their buds are the classiest of all. Little art deco shells that make me smile every time. #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #zone7b
This weekend’s entries from the Williamson garden for #pollinationnation. This week will have its challenges… find your anchor in something good. #gardening #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
July 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This weekend’s entries from the Williamson garden for #pollinationnation. This week will have its challenges… find your anchor in something good. #gardening #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
A year in the making — today I finally have enough to do my first small-batch pepper #ferment! Headed for a simple Louisiana-style #hotsauce with Cayenne, Hangjaio 3, and one Puma pepper for that kick. Wish me luck!
Inspo credit: @dgbhotsauce.bsky.social
#peppers #peppersauce #garden
Inspo credit: @dgbhotsauce.bsky.social
#peppers #peppersauce #garden
July 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A year in the making — today I finally have enough to do my first small-batch pepper #ferment! Headed for a simple Louisiana-style #hotsauce with Cayenne, Hangjaio 3, and one Puma pepper for that kick. Wish me luck!
Inspo credit: @dgbhotsauce.bsky.social
#peppers #peppersauce #garden
Inspo credit: @dgbhotsauce.bsky.social
#peppers #peppersauce #garden
First haul of the year from the garden. Mallard approves.
#garden #gardening #tomatoes #peppers #homegrown
#garden #gardening #tomatoes #peppers #homegrown
July 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
First haul of the year from the garden. Mallard approves.
#garden #gardening #tomatoes #peppers #homegrown
#garden #gardening #tomatoes #peppers #homegrown