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Natasha 🌱 43q: Messic Dissected Plains
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Restoring 1907 home 💜 Front lawn to native garden in progress 🐝🐦‍⬛🦋Growing veggies, flowers and herbs in the back👩🏻‍🌾 Preserving garden’s bounty 🍅🫙| Zone 4b ❄️ | Ecoregion 43q| Flock of 3 🐓 | 🎧 Rock Enthusiast | F1 🏁 | Go Ducks 💚💛💚| ⚛️ | WY 💙| 🏳️‍🌈 Ally
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Hi, Charlie and Savannah from Latte. 👋🏻
Latte the dog and I at our favorite spot along the creek. Location is on the back side of our city park and just a few blocks from home. So peaceful.
February 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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My favorite edible flower is perennial phlox. So tasty. 🌱
Flower arrangement made from flowers like ‘Strawberry Ice’ dahlias, ‘Oklahoma Carmine’ zinnias and ‘Laura’ perennial phlox. my garden. Florets of Phlox ‘Laura’ are edible and have sweet clovish taste. Until our porch rebuild, I had a large plant right by the bottom of porch stairs. The smell is amazing. I’d sit on the steps at night and munch on the little florets. By late summer the deer usually finish the flowers off. This fall I had to transplant everything at base of porch for construction. Divided the plant and now have several relocated to back yard.
February 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Show me a picture from your phone that has your energy and isn’t a selfie. #introductions
Disheartened is my current energy. Image story: That time I found my stocking stuffer, a holographic rock on Bobby Hill sticker that fell out of a book while dusting. Had to act surprised on Christmas morning.
January 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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You growing some lovely varieties Clematis! I’ve been slowly growing my collection over the years. Followed a European gardener on Instagram for a while that had clematis growing through shrubs, scrambling between grasses and up trees even. I’ve been trying to do the same and loving the effect. 🌱
Clematis Purpurea Plena Elegans growing up our elm tree.
January 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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What a sweetie! I love her name, Daisy. This is my garden girl, Latte.
My doodle, Latte on her dog bed at our camp site. We were on our annual “girls only” camping trip in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming. Pretty sure she’s looking at a chipmunk.
January 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Who else has struggled to find the perfect spot for a plant in their garden? 🌱 ‘Darlow’s Enigma’ Rose was a tough one for me, but after moving it three times, it’s finally found its happy place.

Sometimes, it just takes a little trial and error to get things just right in the garden. #RoseWednesday
Close-up of rose Darlow’s Enigma’ white bloom. Hybrid Musk / Rambler has clusters of white blooms on repeat and moderate fragrance. Sweet little rose hips in the fall. I have it bordering our courtyard and enjoy the scent when working in the border. For the first time this past summer, I’ve been finding Japanese beetles on the plant. Chickens wait at the gate each morning to be fed the beetles. 🪲
January 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Stunning! Reminds me of my Morning Glories from late summer. Picture quality isn’t great, sorry!
Purple Morning Glories climbing rose bush toward living room window.
January 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Have you ever tried seed swapping? 🌱 It's National Seed Swap Day and I'm reminiscing about my favorite container garden that sprouted from seeds traded in a swap. In this wine barrel, I grew Thai Chile, ‘Lao Green Stripe’ Eggplant, and 'Vesuvius' Nasturtium. Lao eggplant dip recipe in comments. 🍽️
Wine barrel with Thai Chile, Lao Green Stripe Eggplant, and 'Vesuvius' Nasturtium grown from seed. Plants are supported with wood stakes and twine. This group grew perfectly with each other. Bushy eggplant supported the slender stems of the chile plant and the smaller, mounding nature of this variety of shade. Could have used a touch more sun but still had great production. By some miracle the chickenzillas didn’t try to get in this pot. But as usual snacked on the nasturtium leaves when I wasn’t looking. Made a delicious smoky Lao eggplant dip using the harvest with some of the Thai chile. So good! The first seed swap I participated in was via Instagram. There are several packets of seeds spaced on my floor. Everything from mini-white pumpkins to sunflower seeds to the mentioned Lao eggplant. The nasturtium and Thai Chiles were from a later swap.
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Love, love, love Cinnamon Girl pumpkins. Glad to hear JS Delicata is a winner. I’ve been growing Honey Boat Delicata and the vines go on forever… 🤣
Wheelbarrow full of Cinnamon Girl pumpkins. This was the harvest from a few plants. Seeds from Johnnys Selected Seeds.
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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My doodle dog nicknamed “Big Bridge” on his 10th birthday. We gifted him dehydrated pumpkin strips made with the pumpkins harvested from our garden. Sadly, our big boy Bridger passed a couple years ago. I still feel this loss. 🐾
January 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Summer throwback to deck pots filled with herbs, veggies and flowers. The buzz of bees visiting purple spikes of basil flowers and chicken hijinks. 🌱

#gardentbt #throwbackthursday #gardenfeed #chickensofbluesky #organic-gardening #wyominggarden #zone4
Summertime on our wooden deck with large felt Smart Pots filled with peppers, basil, nasturtiums, tomatoes and more. Containers have tomato/pepper cages in middle. Basil is in bloom and the bees are visiting the purple flower covered spikes. Obsi, the black Australorp chicken is sitting on deck rail watching Buttercup, a Buff Orpington chicken eat nasturtium leaves. Neither chicken should have been on the deck…they were later busted eating the kale plant down to its stems. Poor Ruby the Buckeye hen missed out, she was always lived life more conservatively.
January 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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I was a chilly when I got home so I warmed up with some late night cinnamon roll bread french toast. Perfect end to a winter evening. #winterstargazing #moonshadowselfie
#winterfun #frenchtoastlove
3 pieces of cinnamon roll bread french toast cooking in a frying pan.
January 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Stopped for a moonlit shadow selfie. I was listening to Guitar Wolf so 🤘 was necessary. 🎸

#winterstargazing #moonshadowselfie
#winterfun #frenchtoast
Shadow selfie in the light of the moon an and snow throwing the “Rock on” sign.
January 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Admired a stunning snow topped wood ice cream sculpture, feeling the chill of the late night air 🍦

#winterstargazing #moonshadowselfie
#winterfun #frenchtoastlove
Wooden ice cream cone sculpture in our local park complete with hand with painted finger nails, detailed sugar cone, 1 red scoop of ice cream and one yellow scoop of ice cream with a bit of snow on top. Sculpture created from a fallen tree in the park. Beyond the sculpture is a snowy pathway, trees and split rail fence lining a creek and Jupiter in the night sky
January 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Took a moonlit winter night walk, gazing up at the stars and spotting Mars and the Gemini constellation ✨

#winterstargazing #moonshadowselfie
#winterfun #frenchtoastlove
View of town skyline at night. Gemini constellation and Mars in the winter night sky.
January 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Colder than I expected so I warmed up with some late night cinnamon roll bread french toast. Perfect end to a winter evening. #winterstargazing #moonshadowselfie
#winterfun #frenchtoastlove
3 pieces of cinnamon roll bread french toast cooking in a frying pan.
January 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Can’t wait to see pictures! I was thinking about you when I saw this new to me phlox in the Select Seeds catalog. Variety is called Blueberry Swirl.
Phlox 'Blueberry Swirl’ pictured on Select Seeds catalog.
January 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations (see ALT text 😉), no details, just photos.

Day 7/20

🌱 #plantchallenge #gardenthread #houseplant
Freddie Mercury the Croton throwing some nice shadows tonight. This fellow was the first houseplant I could keep alive. A co-worker of mine sadly passed away from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and I inherited the plant from her office mates. It moved all over the building with me until I moved to a spot with no bright light. I didn’t trust anyone else with the plant so I brought it home. Quite a spectacle as it’s almost 5’ tall and bushy. Enlisted the help of my husband and we loaded it up in our truck and slowly drove it home. So glad I live just a few blocks away. It survived and had no shock from the road trip. 😆 He is living his best life with Leonard Cohen the Monstera who is also an office refuge. Both are waaaay too big for my dining room and I have to constantly tell my family members to “samba” around the plants so they aren’t damaged. Don’t even get me started on the dogs tail…🤦🏻‍♀️ 2025 challenge is to trim and train both to fit the space better. 🤞
January 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Admired a stunning snow topped wood ice cream sculpture, feeling the chill of the late night air 🍦

#winterstargazing #moonshadowselfie
#winterfun #frenchtoastlove
Wooden ice cream cone sculpture in our local park complete with hand with painted finger nails, detailed sugar cone, 1 red scoop of ice cream and one yellow scoop of ice cream with a bit of snow on top. Sculpture created from a fallen tree in the park. Beyond the sculpture is a snowy pathway, trees and split rail fence lining a creek and Jupiter in the night sky.
January 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations (see ALT text 😉), no details, just photos.

Day 5/20

🌱 #plantchallenge #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardenthread
#gardensky #honeybee
Western Honey Bee on a yellow Gaillardia ‘Double Sunset’ bloom with quilled petals. Right behind my plots at the community garden, the property neighbor has a few honeybee hives.
January 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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I have a 4’ hoop bender from Johnny’s Selected Seeds. Easy to use once you get the hang of it. The first couple hoops I bent were a little wonky. Middle hoop is not quite bent right. See below. 😆 My husband and I were bickering so we didn’t re-bend.

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A few raised beds in my community garden plots. First raised bed in image has a metal hoop in middle that isn’t bent quite right. These hoops support insect netting and shade cloth.
January 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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What a cozy cutie! This is my girl, Latte this past weekend. I was watching Senna and she tanked beside me. Such a wonderful feeling.
Latte the brown doodle fast asleep on couch with her head on my lap and pillow.
January 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations (see ALT text 😉), no details, just photos.

Day 5/20 🌱

#plantchallenge #gardensky #bloomscrolling #peony #flowers
Close-up of ‘Coral Charm’ Peony bloom. This past summer the 3 year old plants started blooming. The color is pretty with our dusky lavender exterior house color.
January 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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After a dry winter, it's refreshing to see a blanket of snow covering the landscape.

Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no details, just photos.

Day 4/20

#wintergarden #plantchallenge #gardendesign 🌱
Snow falling and blanketing a section of my boulevard garden. Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' towers above a few other varieties of ornamental grasses, shrub & perennials.
January 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One 🌱 per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations (see ALT text 😉), no details, just photos.

Day 3/20 This one goes out to @gregkwi.bsky.social

#PlantChallenge #gardensky
#gardeningfeed #flowergarden #bloomscrolling
Little vase of purple, orange and red, ‘Sunbow Mix’ zinnias contrasting against wet grey pavement. My first zinnias to bloom, long sturdy stems and if left to open attract butterflies and pollinator’s galore. Seeds from Swallowtail Seeds.
January 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM