LittleMousling
@littlemousling.bsky.social
She/her. Lesbian fangirl gardener three years into a ten-year plan to be Swole. If you like a flower photo I’ve posted, odds are my wife @ofateaspoon.bsky.social took it!
:Mariah Carey scream voice: IT’S TI-IME!
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
:Mariah Carey scream voice: IT’S TI-IME!
Only about a hundred thousand a year 2010-present …
Much of it cowritten, but cowriter and I have a good half-million words or more unposted so I think it washes out
Much of it cowritten, but cowriter and I have a good half-million words or more unposted so I think it washes out
June 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Only about a hundred thousand a year 2010-present …
Much of it cowritten, but cowriter and I have a good half-million words or more unposted so I think it washes out
Much of it cowritten, but cowriter and I have a good half-million words or more unposted so I think it washes out
Could not be happier with the climbing rose (Westerland) this year. Took some patience but I think from this point forward it’s gonna be a stunner every June 🌱
June 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Could not be happier with the climbing rose (Westerland) this year. Took some patience but I think from this point forward it’s gonna be a stunner every June 🌱
Overcast evening = outrageous vibrancy in the garden 🌱
May 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Overcast evening = outrageous vibrancy in the garden 🌱
Saw this label last year and waited a year to get to take this photo. Still makes me laugh 🌱
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Saw this label last year and waited a year to get to take this photo. Still makes me laugh 🌱
These Delnashaugh daffodils are a joy every year. We have about sixty little clumps, growing and getting better from spring to spring 🌱
May 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
These Delnashaugh daffodils are a joy every year. We have about sixty little clumps, growing and getting better from spring to spring 🌱
These dwarf irises get better every year! 🌱
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
These dwarf irises get better every year! 🌱
No cheating, post the last photo of your pet
March 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
No cheating, post the last photo of your pet
The star of the September garden every year is our Bluebeard. It’s always covered in buzzing bees, and it keeps its show up for weeks when most of the garden is fading
It does leave us a LOT of seedlings, but the early ones bloom the first year, so sometimes we wait and yank them afterward! 🌱🫛
It does leave us a LOT of seedlings, but the early ones bloom the first year, so sometimes we wait and yank them afterward! 🌱🫛
January 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The star of the September garden every year is our Bluebeard. It’s always covered in buzzing bees, and it keeps its show up for weeks when most of the garden is fading
It does leave us a LOT of seedlings, but the early ones bloom the first year, so sometimes we wait and yank them afterward! 🌱🫛
It does leave us a LOT of seedlings, but the early ones bloom the first year, so sometimes we wait and yank them afterward! 🌱🫛
We started growing toad lily purely because my wife saw it at the garden centre and really liked it, but it’s turned out to be a star of the shade garden. Blooms all fall, gorgeous bright foliage on this variety (Autumn Glow), and the delicate little flowers are a joy 🌱🫛
January 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We started growing toad lily purely because my wife saw it at the garden centre and really liked it, but it’s turned out to be a star of the shade garden. Blooms all fall, gorgeous bright foliage on this variety (Autumn Glow), and the delicate little flowers are a joy 🌱🫛
Last winter (frighteningly mild and short) the blue de Caen anemones I left in the ground survived. There’s no way that’s happening this winter (very sustained frigid cold and vanishing snow cover) so I’d better buy new corms if I want these beauties in my garden this spring! 🌱🫛
January 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Last winter (frighteningly mild and short) the blue de Caen anemones I left in the ground survived. There’s no way that’s happening this winter (very sustained frigid cold and vanishing snow cover) so I’d better buy new corms if I want these beauties in my garden this spring! 🌱🫛
It’s a pity we haven’t been able to keep this euphorbia happy, because this spring combo with the Kunyun tulips was an absolute marvel two springs ago. Alas! Not every combination is both beautiful *and* reliable 🌱🫛
January 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It’s a pity we haven’t been able to keep this euphorbia happy, because this spring combo with the Kunyun tulips was an absolute marvel two springs ago. Alas! Not every combination is both beautiful *and* reliable 🌱🫛
We did not get *anything* like this 2023 show in 2024, so this summer will determine whether it was just too little rain or whether we’ve come to the end of this plant’s useful life—hardy hibiscus aren’t tremendously long-lived, I’m told! 🌱
hmm, what variety would I replace it with …
hmm, what variety would I replace it with …
January 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We did not get *anything* like this 2023 show in 2024, so this summer will determine whether it was just too little rain or whether we’ve come to the end of this plant’s useful life—hardy hibiscus aren’t tremendously long-lived, I’m told! 🌱
hmm, what variety would I replace it with …
hmm, what variety would I replace it with …
We planted a serviceberry four years ago and it’s a wonder. Gorgeous blooms, wonderful berries (great for wildlife and tasty for us), bright fall foliage, and honestly? The growing-season leaves are strikingly pretty, a soft and inviting matte green 🌱
January 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We planted a serviceberry four years ago and it’s a wonder. Gorgeous blooms, wonderful berries (great for wildlife and tasty for us), bright fall foliage, and honestly? The growing-season leaves are strikingly pretty, a soft and inviting matte green 🌱
To complement all the orange on the garden feed, one of the rare true-blue flowers—the gorgeous California Bluebell. Easy to direct sow, stunningly neon blooms, pretty if easily tattered foliage, and in my garden it does back completely soon after flowering. Very convenient! 🌱
January 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
To complement all the orange on the garden feed, one of the rare true-blue flowers—the gorgeous California Bluebell. Easy to direct sow, stunningly neon blooms, pretty if easily tattered foliage, and in my garden it does back completely soon after flowering. Very convenient! 🌱
These Miami Sunset tulips have been impressively perennial for us the last few years, but the new small patio is going in right over top of their area. They’re bold and fun but not fully on theme with our other bulb colours, so I’m on the fence about relocating them. Are they too gorg to lose? 🌱
January 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
These Miami Sunset tulips have been impressively perennial for us the last few years, but the new small patio is going in right over top of their area. They’re bold and fun but not fully on theme with our other bulb colours, so I’m on the fence about relocating them. Are they too gorg to lose? 🌱
These sidalcea are coming out next year thanks to a “kill your darlings” redesign, but gosh, when they start blooming they’re a wonder. The mini-hollyhock look is a delight! 🌱
January 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
These sidalcea are coming out next year thanks to a “kill your darlings” redesign, but gosh, when they start blooming they’re a wonder. The mini-hollyhock look is a delight! 🌱
Two years ago I started violas in January, because I wanted to plant them out in April and the packet said to sow in February for “May sales.” So I was *very* surprised by blooms before Valentine’s Day.
Now that I know, though, they’re the perfect plant to start in January to enjoy in the house! 🌱
Now that I know, though, they’re the perfect plant to start in January to enjoy in the house! 🌱
January 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two years ago I started violas in January, because I wanted to plant them out in April and the packet said to sow in February for “May sales.” So I was *very* surprised by blooms before Valentine’s Day.
Now that I know, though, they’re the perfect plant to start in January to enjoy in the house! 🌱
Now that I know, though, they’re the perfect plant to start in January to enjoy in the house! 🌱
Coming up on the fourth anniversary of starting this garden bed, which looked Not Great the first couple of years but has really been gorgeous the last two. And this doesn’t even show the true star, the Bluebeard, which peaks in mid-September and is covered with blue-purple blooms and happy bees! 🌱
January 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Coming up on the fourth anniversary of starting this garden bed, which looked Not Great the first couple of years but has really been gorgeous the last two. And this doesn’t even show the true star, the Bluebeard, which peaks in mid-September and is covered with blue-purple blooms and happy bees! 🌱
Sorting this year’s garden photos and I was pleased to see how well the bright pinks of the tall phlox on one side of the yard match the bright pink coneflowers on the other. It would be difficult to take a photo with both but easy to admire irl—I probably noted this in the summer and forgot 🌱
January 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Sorting this year’s garden photos and I was pleased to see how well the bright pinks of the tall phlox on one side of the yard match the bright pink coneflowers on the other. It would be difficult to take a photo with both but easy to admire irl—I probably noted this in the summer and forgot 🌱
Bluebeard season is the best season 🥰🌱
September 8, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Bluebeard season is the best season 🥰🌱
I have so much enthusiasm for gardening in January (planning) through June, but from July onward I generally run out. But the late summer garden is a marvel and does deserve my care and attention! 🌱
September 2, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I have so much enthusiasm for gardening in January (planning) through June, but from July onward I generally run out. But the late summer garden is a marvel and does deserve my care and attention! 🌱
First I tortured her (clippers), then my wife tortured her (bath), and now we’re imprisoning her (keeping her outside in the pleasant warmth to dry off). Alexa, play Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel”
July 28, 2024 at 3:26 PM
First I tortured her (clippers), then my wife tortured her (bath), and now we’re imprisoning her (keeping her outside in the pleasant warmth to dry off). Alexa, play Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel”
As expected, the Downy Skullcap is flowering its little butt off! 🌱
July 14, 2024 at 8:34 PM
As expected, the Downy Skullcap is flowering its little butt off! 🌱
It’s a cool morning, so here’s the bluer version 🌱
July 8, 2024 at 11:51 AM
It’s a cool morning, so here’s the bluer version 🌱