Dr. Jared Barnes
@meristemgrows.bsky.social
Teacher, horticulturist, and plant enthusiast sharing insights on naturalistic planting and ecological gardening in the southeast US. Join me as I explore the intersection of creativity, science, and the beauty of the natural world.
I literally looked at your feed about 30 minutes ago to see if the white haze westward was a dust storm.
March 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I literally looked at your feed about 30 minutes ago to see if the white haze westward was a dust storm.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The sun has set on 2024 and risen on 2025.
I'm looking forward to all the great things that 2025 has in store.
Happy New Year!
The sun has set on 2024 and risen on 2025.
I'm looking forward to all the great things that 2025 has in store.
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The sun has set on 2024 and risen on 2025.
I'm looking forward to all the great things that 2025 has in store.
Happy New Year!
The sun has set on 2024 and risen on 2025.
I'm looking forward to all the great things that 2025 has in store.
Happy New Year!
At the end of the year, I see which content readers engaged with the most.
This weekend’s newsletter featured the top ten links from my website and the top ten external links.
Sneak peek here (and subscribe link at the bottom of page)
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#garden #gardeningfeed 🌱
This weekend’s newsletter featured the top ten links from my website and the top ten external links.
Sneak peek here (and subscribe link at the bottom of page)
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#garden #gardeningfeed 🌱
December 30, 2024 at 1:30 PM
At the end of the year, I see which content readers engaged with the most.
This weekend’s newsletter featured the top ten links from my website and the top ten external links.
Sneak peek here (and subscribe link at the bottom of page)
: ckarchive.com/b/gkunh5hl7g...
#garden #gardeningfeed 🌱
This weekend’s newsletter featured the top ten links from my website and the top ten external links.
Sneak peek here (and subscribe link at the bottom of page)
: ckarchive.com/b/gkunh5hl7g...
#garden #gardeningfeed 🌱
Another rainy day here at Ephemera Farm.
Two more inches brings us to 7.6 for the week.
When it rains I love to walk the property to see the story that water and gravity write.
#garden #smallholding #rainyday 🌱 #gardenfeed
Two more inches brings us to 7.6 for the week.
When it rains I love to walk the property to see the story that water and gravity write.
#garden #smallholding #rainyday 🌱 #gardenfeed
December 29, 2024 at 5:54 AM
Another rainy day here at Ephemera Farm.
Two more inches brings us to 7.6 for the week.
When it rains I love to walk the property to see the story that water and gravity write.
#garden #smallholding #rainyday 🌱 #gardenfeed
Two more inches brings us to 7.6 for the week.
When it rains I love to walk the property to see the story that water and gravity write.
#garden #smallholding #rainyday 🌱 #gardenfeed
SPRING BEAUTY
I saw our first Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) in flower today in the #garden, even though it was missing a petal. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
They are about three weeks late for when I typically see flowers in December.
For most of the rest of the country they are quite early though.
I saw our first Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) in flower today in the #garden, even though it was missing a petal. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
They are about three weeks late for when I typically see flowers in December.
For most of the rest of the country they are quite early though.
December 28, 2024 at 4:51 AM
SPRING BEAUTY
I saw our first Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) in flower today in the #garden, even though it was missing a petal. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
They are about three weeks late for when I typically see flowers in December.
For most of the rest of the country they are quite early though.
I saw our first Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) in flower today in the #garden, even though it was missing a petal. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
They are about three weeks late for when I typically see flowers in December.
For most of the rest of the country they are quite early though.
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA
With the arrival of winter, I keep my eye out for anything that might be in bloom in the #garden.
I can always rely on Hamamelis virginiana (American witch hazel) to sport some flowers. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
With the arrival of winter, I keep my eye out for anything that might be in bloom in the #garden.
I can always rely on Hamamelis virginiana (American witch hazel) to sport some flowers. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
December 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA
With the arrival of winter, I keep my eye out for anything that might be in bloom in the #garden.
I can always rely on Hamamelis virginiana (American witch hazel) to sport some flowers. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
With the arrival of winter, I keep my eye out for anything that might be in bloom in the #garden.
I can always rely on Hamamelis virginiana (American witch hazel) to sport some flowers. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
All is calm, all is bright.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
All is calm, all is bright.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
NATURAL DECOR
I love to explore the wilds around our house to find natural decor for Christmas in the #garden and indoors. #gardeningfeed 🌱
I love to explore the wilds around our house to find natural decor for Christmas in the #garden and indoors. #gardeningfeed 🌱
December 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM
NATURAL DECOR
I love to explore the wilds around our house to find natural decor for Christmas in the #garden and indoors. #gardeningfeed 🌱
I love to explore the wilds around our house to find natural decor for Christmas in the #garden and indoors. #gardeningfeed 🌱
Each decoration followed a key rule: materials were limited to what 18th-century colonists would have had on hand.
It was a testament to how much beauty can come from using what’s around us in the garden.
It was a testament to how much beauty can come from using what’s around us in the garden.
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Each decoration followed a key rule: materials were limited to what 18th-century colonists would have had on hand.
It was a testament to how much beauty can come from using what’s around us in the garden.
It was a testament to how much beauty can come from using what’s around us in the garden.
These displays offered timeless inspiration for adding warmth and beauty to the darker months.
Fruits like pomegranates, apples, and citrus featured prominently, paired with dried artichokes, osage oranges, and pinecones.
Fruits like pomegranates, apples, and citrus featured prominently, paired with dried artichokes, osage oranges, and pinecones.
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
These displays offered timeless inspiration for adding warmth and beauty to the darker months.
Fruits like pomegranates, apples, and citrus featured prominently, paired with dried artichokes, osage oranges, and pinecones.
Fruits like pomegranates, apples, and citrus featured prominently, paired with dried artichokes, osage oranges, and pinecones.
Walking the old-timey streets of this historic town, I was amazed at the ingenuity behind the winter arrangements.
Using simple, foraged plant materials, the decorations were a stunning mix of elegance and resourcefulness.
Using simple, foraged plant materials, the decorations were a stunning mix of elegance and resourcefulness.
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Walking the old-timey streets of this historic town, I was amazed at the ingenuity behind the winter arrangements.
Using simple, foraged plant materials, the decorations were a stunning mix of elegance and resourcefulness.
Using simple, foraged plant materials, the decorations were a stunning mix of elegance and resourcefulness.
CHRISTMAS DECOR
Each holiday season, I love to reflect on our trip years ago to Colonial Williamsburg—a place where history and creativity shine during the winter season for #garden craft. #gardeningfeed 🌱
Each holiday season, I love to reflect on our trip years ago to Colonial Williamsburg—a place where history and creativity shine during the winter season for #garden craft. #gardeningfeed 🌱
December 23, 2024 at 3:53 PM
CHRISTMAS DECOR
Each holiday season, I love to reflect on our trip years ago to Colonial Williamsburg—a place where history and creativity shine during the winter season for #garden craft. #gardeningfeed 🌱
Each holiday season, I love to reflect on our trip years ago to Colonial Williamsburg—a place where history and creativity shine during the winter season for #garden craft. #gardeningfeed 🌱
And, the foliage of this native plant feeds the larvae of the Great Purple Hairstreak butterfly (pic 3).
This butterfly exclusively relies on mistletoe as a host plant, making this plant an essential piece of our ecosystem.
This butterfly exclusively relies on mistletoe as a host plant, making this plant an essential piece of our ecosystem.
December 22, 2024 at 1:56 PM
And, the foliage of this native plant feeds the larvae of the Great Purple Hairstreak butterfly (pic 3).
This butterfly exclusively relies on mistletoe as a host plant, making this plant an essential piece of our ecosystem.
This butterfly exclusively relies on mistletoe as a host plant, making this plant an essential piece of our ecosystem.
FINDING MISTLETOE
In the holiday season, I delight in finding in the #garden windfall sprigs of Phoradendron leucarpum—our native American mistletoe. #gardeningfeed 🌱
In the holiday season, I delight in finding in the #garden windfall sprigs of Phoradendron leucarpum—our native American mistletoe. #gardeningfeed 🌱
December 22, 2024 at 1:56 PM
FINDING MISTLETOE
In the holiday season, I delight in finding in the #garden windfall sprigs of Phoradendron leucarpum—our native American mistletoe. #gardeningfeed 🌱
In the holiday season, I delight in finding in the #garden windfall sprigs of Phoradendron leucarpum—our native American mistletoe. #gardeningfeed 🌱
THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER
Happy first day of winter! For me in the #garden this day symbolizes the new year more than January 1. From here the days will only get longer.
Here is what I’m keeping in mind. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
Happy first day of winter! For me in the #garden this day symbolizes the new year more than January 1. From here the days will only get longer.
Here is what I’m keeping in mind. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
December 21, 2024 at 2:26 PM
THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER
Happy first day of winter! For me in the #garden this day symbolizes the new year more than January 1. From here the days will only get longer.
Here is what I’m keeping in mind. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
Happy first day of winter! For me in the #garden this day symbolizes the new year more than January 1. From here the days will only get longer.
Here is what I’m keeping in mind. 🌱 #gardeningfeed
It is blurry as all get out, but last night I loved seeing the Cold Moon through the slightest bit of fog in the #garden.
It made the Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ seed heads glow. 🌱
It made the Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ seed heads glow. 🌱
December 16, 2024 at 2:10 PM
It is blurry as all get out, but last night I loved seeing the Cold Moon through the slightest bit of fog in the #garden.
It made the Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ seed heads glow. 🌱
It made the Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ seed heads glow. 🌱
I love this point in the year when the Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) and the Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) that is increasing in the orchard #garden beds are both a play on the color orange.
#gardenfeed #nativeplants 🌱
#gardenfeed #nativeplants 🌱
December 15, 2024 at 4:12 AM
I love this point in the year when the Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) and the Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) that is increasing in the orchard #garden beds are both a play on the color orange.
#gardenfeed #nativeplants 🌱
#gardenfeed #nativeplants 🌱
Trying Carex albicans as a host.
Oenothera rhombipetala (pictured). After 27F a few weeks ago, most turned purple but they are greening up now.
Today I sowed Lobelia puberula, Veronicastrum virginicum, and Rudbeckia grandiflora.
A little bit each day.
Oenothera rhombipetala (pictured). After 27F a few weeks ago, most turned purple but they are greening up now.
Today I sowed Lobelia puberula, Veronicastrum virginicum, and Rudbeckia grandiflora.
A little bit each day.
December 15, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Trying Carex albicans as a host.
Oenothera rhombipetala (pictured). After 27F a few weeks ago, most turned purple but they are greening up now.
Today I sowed Lobelia puberula, Veronicastrum virginicum, and Rudbeckia grandiflora.
A little bit each day.
Oenothera rhombipetala (pictured). After 27F a few weeks ago, most turned purple but they are greening up now.
Today I sowed Lobelia puberula, Veronicastrum virginicum, and Rudbeckia grandiflora.
A little bit each day.
Echinacea, Scuttellaria, Oenothera, trying Pedicularis
December 14, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Echinacea, Scuttellaria, Oenothera, trying Pedicularis
BEN O'BRIEN ON WILD BY DESIGN 🌱
In this month's episode of The Plantastic Podcast, I talk with Ben O’Brien to explore his journey into naturalistic planting design
meristemhorticulture.com/the-plantast...
#garden #gardeningfeed #naturalisticplanting
In this month's episode of The Plantastic Podcast, I talk with Ben O’Brien to explore his journey into naturalistic planting design
meristemhorticulture.com/the-plantast...
#garden #gardeningfeed #naturalisticplanting
December 14, 2024 at 4:57 PM
BEN O'BRIEN ON WILD BY DESIGN 🌱
In this month's episode of The Plantastic Podcast, I talk with Ben O’Brien to explore his journey into naturalistic planting design
meristemhorticulture.com/the-plantast...
#garden #gardeningfeed #naturalisticplanting
In this month's episode of The Plantastic Podcast, I talk with Ben O’Brien to explore his journey into naturalistic planting design
meristemhorticulture.com/the-plantast...
#garden #gardeningfeed #naturalisticplanting
SOUTHERN SUGAR MAPLE 🌱
The woods across from our #garden is lit with the glow of Acer floridanum (southern sugar maple).
It is one of my favorite native trees for its stately appearance and wonderful fall color.
The woods across from our #garden is lit with the glow of Acer floridanum (southern sugar maple).
It is one of my favorite native trees for its stately appearance and wonderful fall color.
December 13, 2024 at 2:12 PM
SOUTHERN SUGAR MAPLE 🌱
The woods across from our #garden is lit with the glow of Acer floridanum (southern sugar maple).
It is one of my favorite native trees for its stately appearance and wonderful fall color.
The woods across from our #garden is lit with the glow of Acer floridanum (southern sugar maple).
It is one of my favorite native trees for its stately appearance and wonderful fall color.
Narcissus papyraceus ‘Galilee’ already blooming here in east Texas outside.
Some years they flower in November.
Some years they flower in November.
December 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Narcissus papyraceus ‘Galilee’ already blooming here in east Texas outside.
Some years they flower in November.
Some years they flower in November.
DARK LEAF SWEETGUM 🌱
I love Liquidambar styraciflua in the fall for their brilliant #garden colors that range from golden yellow to the darkest purple.
Take this dark leaf selection I found growing off a multi-stem crown on our road a few years ago.
I love Liquidambar styraciflua in the fall for their brilliant #garden colors that range from golden yellow to the darkest purple.
Take this dark leaf selection I found growing off a multi-stem crown on our road a few years ago.
December 10, 2024 at 3:01 PM
DARK LEAF SWEETGUM 🌱
I love Liquidambar styraciflua in the fall for their brilliant #garden colors that range from golden yellow to the darkest purple.
Take this dark leaf selection I found growing off a multi-stem crown on our road a few years ago.
I love Liquidambar styraciflua in the fall for their brilliant #garden colors that range from golden yellow to the darkest purple.
Take this dark leaf selection I found growing off a multi-stem crown on our road a few years ago.
Morning! Foggy start here, but the woods shine with Acer floridanum.
December 9, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Morning! Foggy start here, but the woods shine with Acer floridanum.
A BLOOM CALENDAR BONUS 🌱
Today is the last day to get The Naturalistic Planting Primer for designing a better naturalistic #garden at the introductory rate of $39.
meristem.kit.com/products/the...
As a bonus, you'll get my Ephemera Farm Phenology Calendar for free!
Today is the last day to get The Naturalistic Planting Primer for designing a better naturalistic #garden at the introductory rate of $39.
meristem.kit.com/products/the...
As a bonus, you'll get my Ephemera Farm Phenology Calendar for free!
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM
A BLOOM CALENDAR BONUS 🌱
Today is the last day to get The Naturalistic Planting Primer for designing a better naturalistic #garden at the introductory rate of $39.
meristem.kit.com/products/the...
As a bonus, you'll get my Ephemera Farm Phenology Calendar for free!
Today is the last day to get The Naturalistic Planting Primer for designing a better naturalistic #garden at the introductory rate of $39.
meristem.kit.com/products/the...
As a bonus, you'll get my Ephemera Farm Phenology Calendar for free!