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Yummmm #beer Prairie Artisan Ales #Lifesource Co-Op in Salem, OR has the BEST brew selection.
June 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yummmm #beer Prairie Artisan Ales #Lifesource Co-Op in Salem, OR has the BEST brew selection.
Yr 3. I think it’s going to bloom for the first time!The deer better stay away. 🙏🏼 I’m pretty sure this is slender leaf milkweed. I sowed a LOT of seeds in fall ‘23. The majority did not mature successfully. Or, honestly…I may have weeded them. Watching these plants grow this year has been exciting.
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Yr 3. I think it’s going to bloom for the first time!The deer better stay away. 🙏🏼 I’m pretty sure this is slender leaf milkweed. I sowed a LOT of seeds in fall ‘23. The majority did not mature successfully. Or, honestly…I may have weeded them. Watching these plants grow this year has been exciting.
1 month ago. 4-23-25. A glorious collection of mostly native plants. Like, 98% native.
#plantnatives #gardening
#plantnatives #gardening
May 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
1 month ago. 4-23-25. A glorious collection of mostly native plants. Like, 98% native.
#plantnatives #gardening
#plantnatives #gardening
Got rid of the front lawn last fall—with 3 #chipdrop deliveries and a lot of sweat. Just got 2 espalier apple trees in the ground with our new garden beds. This is a dream fulfilled at age 45, kids. 🥹🥰#getridofyourlawn #gardening
May 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Got rid of the front lawn last fall—with 3 #chipdrop deliveries and a lot of sweat. Just got 2 espalier apple trees in the ground with our new garden beds. This is a dream fulfilled at age 45, kids. 🥹🥰#getridofyourlawn #gardening
Maybe it’s just a paywall? But the sections just…. Do you see? I’ve seen abstracts with a paywall, but never partial access before.
May 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Maybe it’s just a paywall? But the sections just…. Do you see? I’ve seen abstracts with a paywall, but never partial access before.
Look at this adorable bee!!! What is it? We saw it last week on penstemon—lost it before we could get a picture. Saw it again today!!! Then saw 3 of them in the cascara.
May 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Look at this adorable bee!!! What is it? We saw it last week on penstemon—lost it before we could get a picture. Saw it again today!!! Then saw 3 of them in the cascara.
The #deer are here. It got my checker mallow on its first year’s bloom, and nibbled on my Pacific Waterleaf and Swamp Rose, too. Just…be patient!!! I #plantnatives for everyone, but just let them get established so we can share, buddy. One just walked by. I said, nooooo. Not yet!
May 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The #deer are here. It got my checker mallow on its first year’s bloom, and nibbled on my Pacific Waterleaf and Swamp Rose, too. Just…be patient!!! I #plantnatives for everyone, but just let them get established so we can share, buddy. One just walked by. I said, nooooo. Not yet!
Added sword ferns, nootka roses, swamp rose, salmonberry, western vibernum, red elderberry, pacific wax myrtle, Oregon grapes, salals, gooseberries, coltsfoot, pacific waterleaf, goatsbeard, pacific ninebarks, hummingbird trumpet, willows, incense cedars, huckleberries, seablush, twinberry, & more.
May 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Added sword ferns, nootka roses, swamp rose, salmonberry, western vibernum, red elderberry, pacific wax myrtle, Oregon grapes, salals, gooseberries, coltsfoot, pacific waterleaf, goatsbeard, pacific ninebarks, hummingbird trumpet, willows, incense cedars, huckleberries, seablush, twinberry, & more.
As it was when we bought the house. #plantnatives #gardening
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As it was when we bought the house. #plantnatives #gardening
Beaver tracks, monkey flower, lupine, red osier dogwood, snowberry, slough sedge, rushes. None of this creekside flora was here 3 years ago. Just bare rock. I over-seeded the existing lawn with a native mix.
May 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Beaver tracks, monkey flower, lupine, red osier dogwood, snowberry, slough sedge, rushes. None of this creekside flora was here 3 years ago. Just bare rock. I over-seeded the existing lawn with a native mix.
This is a tiny shoot of a red elderberry I planted last year after we cut down 2 burning bushes. I thought this was dead, after succumbing to the slugs. I am THRILLED to see it’s hanging on!Everyone says elderberries are easy to grow…I argue easier for slugs to eat. 😢 #plantnatives #gardening
May 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is a tiny shoot of a red elderberry I planted last year after we cut down 2 burning bushes. I thought this was dead, after succumbing to the slugs. I am THRILLED to see it’s hanging on!Everyone says elderberries are easy to grow…I argue easier for slugs to eat. 😢 #plantnatives #gardening
Garden box for apple trees is done. 2nd box almost done. First time trying out Shui Sugi Ban method. #gardening #gardenbox
May 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Garden box for apple trees is done. 2nd box almost done. First time trying out Shui Sugi Ban method. #gardening #gardenbox
First year of mason bee keeping. Mason bees are way better pollinators than honey bees, FYI. Just a couple more weeks before we bring them in to protect the cocoons from predators. I planted so many new plants for them!!!
It’s almost a full house! #bees #pollinators 🐝 #nativeplants
It’s almost a full house! #bees #pollinators 🐝 #nativeplants
May 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
First year of mason bee keeping. Mason bees are way better pollinators than honey bees, FYI. Just a couple more weeks before we bring them in to protect the cocoons from predators. I planted so many new plants for them!!!
It’s almost a full house! #bees #pollinators 🐝 #nativeplants
It’s almost a full house! #bees #pollinators 🐝 #nativeplants
What did you buy that was so expensive? Just curious because I went to a local native plant sale and bought all these…for just under $200. (I will add a crazy good deal, 26 trees for $21; $15/20 trees).
Happy Arbor Day! Happy planting!!!
Happy Arbor Day! Happy planting!!!
April 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What did you buy that was so expensive? Just curious because I went to a local native plant sale and bought all these…for just under $200. (I will add a crazy good deal, 26 trees for $21; $15/20 trees).
Happy Arbor Day! Happy planting!!!
Happy Arbor Day! Happy planting!!!
We made terrariums and my husband chose a very large Erlenmeyer flask. He had to use a narrow funnel for precise rocks placement and tweezers that were like…maybe ~12” long. Slow progress. But it’s so cool.
April 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We made terrariums and my husband chose a very large Erlenmeyer flask. He had to use a narrow funnel for precise rocks placement and tweezers that were like…maybe ~12” long. Slow progress. But it’s so cool.
April 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Bath time! I bought some #nativeplants this weekend from www.willamettegardens.com#Anchor-TREES...
Did some weeding and put out the first batch of mason bees. No activity yet. 😢🤞🏼
Did some weeding and put out the first batch of mason bees. No activity yet. 😢🤞🏼
March 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Bath time! I bought some #nativeplants this weekend from www.willamettegardens.com#Anchor-TREES...
Did some weeding and put out the first batch of mason bees. No activity yet. 😢🤞🏼
Did some weeding and put out the first batch of mason bees. No activity yet. 😢🤞🏼
I was taught change it every 2 days. 🤷🏻♀️ Taught that their tongue literally wraps around the inside of their heads. If the food is funky, they can die within 6 hrs of eating from infection.
I only focus on feeding them in the winter.
I only focus on feeding them in the winter.
March 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I was taught change it every 2 days. 🤷🏻♀️ Taught that their tongue literally wraps around the inside of their heads. If the food is funky, they can die within 6 hrs of eating from infection.
I only focus on feeding them in the winter.
I only focus on feeding them in the winter.
We finally pulled the trigger! We bought mason bee cocoons. Bought a whole set up…then WON another in the raffle!!! #bees #pollinators #nativeplants I already decided that since I will be focusing on creating my forever native garden, I’m gonna just buy starts for my edibles. And blueberry plants.
March 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We finally pulled the trigger! We bought mason bee cocoons. Bought a whole set up…then WON another in the raffle!!! #bees #pollinators #nativeplants I already decided that since I will be focusing on creating my forever native garden, I’m gonna just buy starts for my edibles. And blueberry plants.
There’s 30 #nativeplants in that bundle. Bareroot is the way to go. Cheaper, insanely easy/fast to plant, and a much higher success rate in my experience.
February 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There’s 30 #nativeplants in that bundle. Bareroot is the way to go. Cheaper, insanely easy/fast to plant, and a much higher success rate in my experience.