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Ryan Williamson
@ryanwilliamson.bsky.social
Healthcare finance professional by day; pretend chef, gardener, fly fisherman, cookbook writer, and post-punk enthusiast by night. Proud parent of Boxers and Danes. Always curious.

Can’t sing but I’ve got soul, the goal, is elevation.
A few images from today as Nashville’s first freeze fast approaches. How is it that I still have roses like this in mid-Nov? A true blessing of beauty. The winter garden is coming into shape with root veggies and leafy winter greens. #Garden #Gardening #Roses #FlowerReport #BloomScrolling
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today’s #pepper #harvest is the last of the season. Already planning next year’s crop! Here you have #Reaper Sbagliato, Pimenta #Puma, SolarFlare, and Sugar Rush Stripey. Ending on a spectacular high note.
#gardening #garden #peppers #homegarden #photography #Zone7b #hotsauce #superhot #eastcoastkin
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Small harvest today of my #Reaper Sbagliato and Puma #peppers for some new friends. These guys are so beautiful!

#garden #gardening #hotpeppers #hotsauce
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
These are likely the last of my roses for the season and, wow, they put on a show! I’m a first time #rose grower but I’ll definitely be adding to my collection.

#RoseWednesday #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #flowerfeed #photography #dailyflowers #flowerreport
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My boys Goose and Moopie are best buds. I love to watch them play. #dogs #dogsky #dogsofbluesky
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This season is my first foray into superhots. I thought my efforts were a big flop until a few weeks ago when my Reaper Sbagliato plants took off like a rocket. I’m VERY excited to see these guys developing. #gardening #garden #superhot #peppers #photography #zone7b
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thanks little guy. Taking advantage of the last few #zinnias of the season.

#garden #gardening #flowerreport #pollinationnation #eastcoastkin #bloomscrolling
September 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today’s small joy was this little friend in my zinnia patch. It’s a Variegated Fritillary #butterfly.

#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #pollinationnation
August 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why do I grow #tomatoes? Honestly, this is about half of the motivation. BLTA with mayo on fresh sour dough!

#garden #gardening #zone7b #tomato #BLT #BLTA
August 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This gave me such joy this morning. These “Bright Lights” #cosmos volunteered from the seeds I sowed back in March—already reseeding themselves and blooming again in the same season. I’ve already collected a giant pile of seed for next year.

#gardening #garden #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
August 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Small #harvest today, but definitely some of the prettiest #tomatoes of the season. If you can’t tell, I’m a little obsessed with bicolor and striped varieties. These are Solar Flare, Beauty King, Benevento, and Blush.

#garden #gardening #zone7b #homegrown #kitchengarden #organic-gardening
August 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I had the Land Cruiser FJ80 for five years and put so much blood, sweat, and tears into it. Sexy as hell. Loved it but it was a total money pit. Honestly, it had a lot of power but it drove horribly. I got unsolicited offers frequently. I don’t regret it but I’d think twice before doing it again.
August 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Let the dogs out before bed (yes, at 8pm) and came across this beauty. This #Costco #rose is almost bioluminestic. No edits #NoFilters. Just pure glowing beauty.

#flowerreport #garden #gardening #Zone7B #RoseSky #bloomscrolling
August 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The pepper garden came through big today. It was #hotsauce weekend, and I made two sauces that turned out amazing:

🍑 Sugar Rush Stripey with Peach
🥭 Caribbean Mango-Pineapple with Puma & Scarlett’s chilis

#peppers #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie #habanero #chili #sugarrushpeach
August 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Some days are just better than other and today was a long needed good and highly productive day. Then I came home to this guy on my zinnias. Heart full…🦋🌸

#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #butterfly #pollinationnation #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail
July 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Here are the kids doing a quality check on my pepper fermentation experiments. Don’t worry—no animals were harmed in the making of this hot sauce! Thanks to Mallard and Dot.

#ferment. #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
July 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My biggest harvest so far this season. Over 17 pounds of #tomatoes, a big haul of #hatch chilis, some nice #poblano hybrids, and some massive way over-ripened okra.

I think tomorrow will be a tomato sauce day.

#peppers #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #gardening #foodie
July 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Looks at this beautiful #sbagliato pepper! I think I’d prefer to just look at it rather than harvest it. And at over 1 million Scoville units, that might be the safer choice. This is probably destined for my next #ferment #peppers #hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
July 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Big pepper harvest this morning: Hangjiao #3 (Solar Flare), Cayenne, Scarlett’s Chili, Puma, and Thunder Mountain Longhorn. Today I’ll be fermenting for hot sauce and drying for flakes and powder, plus “sun-drying” tomatoes in the oven.
#hotsauce #spicy #hotpeppers #gardening #garden #foodie
July 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I love #zinnia blooms, but their buds are the classiest of all. Little art deco shells that make me smile every time. #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #zone7b
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This weekend’s entries from the Williamson garden for #pollinationnation. This week will have its challenges… find your anchor in something good. #gardening #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #zone7b
July 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A year in the making — today I finally have enough to do my first small-batch pepper #ferment! Headed for a simple Louisiana-style #hotsauce with Cayenne, Hangjaio 3, and one Puma pepper for that kick. Wish me luck!

Inspo credit: @dgbhotsauce.bsky.social
#peppers #peppersauce #garden
July 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
First haul of the year from the garden. Mallard approves.
#garden #gardening #tomatoes #peppers #homegrown
July 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM