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Native/pollinator Gardener. Electrical engineer. Tinkerer. DIY homeowner. Minnesota resident. Trekkie. Gamer.
Bumblebees love the showy goldenrod! 🌱
September 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Bumblebees love the showy goldenrod! 🌱
The boneset continues to be wildly popular! 🌱
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The boneset continues to be wildly popular! 🌱
Time for Asters! 🌱
September 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Time for Asters! 🌱
The boneset is a hit, and very easy to grow. I planted it this year and it's very healthy with just a bit of supplemental watering at the start. It's been ignored by rabbits and deer as well.
It's attracting a lot more flies and wasps than bees or butterflies, not that that's a bad thing!
It's attracting a lot more flies and wasps than bees or butterflies, not that that's a bad thing!
September 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The boneset is a hit, and very easy to grow. I planted it this year and it's very healthy with just a bit of supplemental watering at the start. It's been ignored by rabbits and deer as well.
It's attracting a lot more flies and wasps than bees or butterflies, not that that's a bad thing!
It's attracting a lot more flies and wasps than bees or butterflies, not that that's a bad thing!
Fuzzy guy (bee fly) 🌱
July 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Fuzzy guy (bee fly) 🌱
If you plant it, they will come! I counted six monarch caterpillars on my swamp milkweed today, and one looked like it was in the process of making a cocoon.
Also, did you know that swamp milkweed has flowers that smell like vanilla? 🌱 #NativeGardening #Gardening
Also, did you know that swamp milkweed has flowers that smell like vanilla? 🌱 #NativeGardening #Gardening
July 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you plant it, they will come! I counted six monarch caterpillars on my swamp milkweed today, and one looked like it was in the process of making a cocoon.
Also, did you know that swamp milkweed has flowers that smell like vanilla? 🌱 #NativeGardening #Gardening
Also, did you know that swamp milkweed has flowers that smell like vanilla? 🌱 #NativeGardening #Gardening
I've given it very little watering but there's been plenty of rain this season. It flopped over after a particularly hard rain one day.
This is a slightly better angle from a couple weeks ago. It's bushy and floppy but is healthy with great blooms.
This is a slightly better angle from a couple weeks ago. It's bushy and floppy but is healthy with great blooms.
July 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I've given it very little watering but there's been plenty of rain this season. It flopped over after a particularly hard rain one day.
This is a slightly better angle from a couple weeks ago. It's bushy and floppy but is healthy with great blooms.
This is a slightly better angle from a couple weeks ago. It's bushy and floppy but is healthy with great blooms.
I am obsessed with this yarrow 🌱
July 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I am obsessed with this yarrow 🌱
First harvest of the season. I'm a pretty lazy gardener so I love perennial crops. Blueberries and raspberries on the way too, and hoping to plant a couple apple trees this summer 🌱 #gardening
June 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
First harvest of the season. I'm a pretty lazy gardener so I love perennial crops. Blueberries and raspberries on the way too, and hoping to plant a couple apple trees this summer 🌱 #gardening
Blooming Wild Ginger! The flower of this native plant is easy to miss as it's on the ground, hidden by its leaves. It's pollinated ants and other crawling insects, and is hardy and easy to grow 🌱
#gardening #nativeplants
#gardening #nativeplants
May 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Blooming Wild Ginger! The flower of this native plant is easy to miss as it's on the ground, hidden by its leaves. It's pollinated ants and other crawling insects, and is hardy and easy to grow 🌱
#gardening #nativeplants
#gardening #nativeplants
Virginia Bluebells found in a corner of my yard! This will be year 3 of living here so I'm still finding new stuff all the time 🌱
May 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Virginia Bluebells found in a corner of my yard! This will be year 3 of living here so I'm still finding new stuff all the time 🌱
Little golden rod poking up 🌱
April 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Little golden rod poking up 🌱
Moved most of my #homeassistant automations to node-red, and really liking the result. I have never liked the YAML syntax and the GUI way to edit it is annoying too.
Laying it out like this is soooo nice.
Laying it out like this is soooo nice.
March 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Moved most of my #homeassistant automations to node-red, and really liking the result. I have never liked the YAML syntax and the GUI way to edit it is annoying too.
Laying it out like this is soooo nice.
Laying it out like this is soooo nice.
Looks like you're showing up
February 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Looks like you're showing up
Something being illegal doesn't matter if no one does anything about it.
February 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Something being illegal doesn't matter if no one does anything about it.
Winter sowing! I also scattered seeds in a few places 🌱
January 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Winter sowing! I also scattered seeds in a few places 🌱
Last year was the first year I was really able to garden, after renting apartments for years. But it was a busy year, so I didn't plan, just threw stuff into the ground and observed
Among the things I learned is that you need ~four rows of pollination for proper corn. I planted four.. stalks 🌱
Among the things I learned is that you need ~four rows of pollination for proper corn. I planted four.. stalks 🌱
December 9, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Last year was the first year I was really able to garden, after renting apartments for years. But it was a busy year, so I didn't plan, just threw stuff into the ground and observed
Among the things I learned is that you need ~four rows of pollination for proper corn. I planted four.. stalks 🌱
Among the things I learned is that you need ~four rows of pollination for proper corn. I planted four.. stalks 🌱
Look! More asters. These are smooth blue aster.
The rabbits and/or deer in my area seem to LOVE aster - hence the chicken wire.
I am testing some feed making stuff. 🌱
The rabbits and/or deer in my area seem to LOVE aster - hence the chicken wire.
I am testing some feed making stuff. 🌱
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Look! More asters. These are smooth blue aster.
The rabbits and/or deer in my area seem to LOVE aster - hence the chicken wire.
I am testing some feed making stuff. 🌱
The rabbits and/or deer in my area seem to LOVE aster - hence the chicken wire.
I am testing some feed making stuff. 🌱
Compass Plant - Whitewater State Park, MN. They have a lovely butterfly garden near the visitor center. #NativePlants #DailyFlower
November 17, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Compass Plant - Whitewater State Park, MN. They have a lovely butterfly garden near the visitor center. #NativePlants #DailyFlower