Gardening first: I had to shift things around in the veg bed because it looked like I drank and gardened two weeks ago (I did not: it was a combination of squirrel disturbance and me frantically sowing as a rain shower developed into a thunderstorm while my phone chimed tornado watches) #gardensky

Well well well Is this the mountain mint that I: • Grew from seed last year • Lost track of • Confused with a calico aster • But has now mysteriously emerged in my pollinator garden in two spots this year? Who knows? Not me (I'm waiting for it to flower first) #nativeplants

Another day of wandering the aisles in the garden center, just to look for pollinators #bugsky #yellowthurs #bloomscrolling

My first French marigolds, grown from seed, are starting to bloom Ooh la la #flowers #redwed

I walked a wooded trail with my family yesterday and we all found different ways to enjoy it: My husband ran the Merlin app for bird IDs My eldest found an old jungle gym My youngest looked for rocks and violets And I took pictures of #nativeplants, #trees and this white squirrel #wildlife

The pollinator garden will soon become a nursery #milkweed #nativeplants

Gardening is a gateway hobby You start by planting flowers, then you start watching for the bees, then you start searching for other backyard insects and arachnids, then you plant more flowers to encourage even more species to your yard #bugsky #flowers #gardensky

New gardening task unlocked #seedlings #gardensky #nativeplants

After a long wait, my winter jug sown with Ohio spiderwort seeds has yielded one (1) seedling #wildflowers #nativeplants

Meet Virginia (mountain mint) #stunday #wildflowers #nativeplants

I'm going to ignore that a squirrel ripped apart my veggie bed and focus on the fact that I spent ten minutes watching a young squirrel parkour off my neighbours' playground set and tussle with a stick Then he or she splooted on our fence for a rest #wildlife #gardensky

A collection of #nativeplants seedlings for #sixonsaturday and #greensat : Wild violet Virginia mountain mint Red bee balm Prairie smoke Grey goldenrod White wild indigo (near native)

I mislaid my physical gardening journal so now I'm trying to recall the plants I had designated for my tea garden I listed 47 varieties of #herbs, annuals, perennials and #nativeplants when synchronicity struck on here, reminding me of several more I'm now up to 52 species (Thanks, #gardensky)

It looks like the wild columbine I bought will be getting a homegrown friend #redwed #nativeplants

One of my new favourite #nativeplants, the delicate yet eye-catching foam flower #bloomscrolling #tinyflowertuesday

How could I possibly forget you? You won't let me; you're everywhere 😒 #bluetue #tinyflowertuesday

Lucky me (and lucky bees), my husband bought me flowers for Mother's Day #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Less grass means more space for food and native plants Less mowing means more spare time Less toxins means more pollinators Less really is more #greensat #canadiangardening

I used to have to hunt for my trillium amid weeds and rising hosta leaves each spring Since the garden overhaul, she's like a beacon in the backyard #whitefri #nativeplants #flowerreport

When you go for a walk to look for #bees and #nativeplants but you accidentally startle the local wildlife instead (Actually, the startling was mutual) #birdsky

Darling buds in May #trees #flowers #bloomscrolling

Smaug has his gold; I have my plants #nativeplants #flowerreport #canadiangardening

Worth the wait 👌 #bluetue #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

They're aLiVe!!! #greensat #nativeplants

Wild columbine is just perfection 10/10 (I would say no notes but I do wish they were easier to grow from seed) #wildflowers #nativeplants #flowersonfriday

A radiance of cardinals (Cardinal flowers, that is) #gyo #nativeplants

When the #redwed flowers are so vivid, it's like you can pluck them right out of your screen #flowers #bloomscrolling

So far, in my pollinator garden, the wild bergamot is boss #nativeplants

Playing peekaboo on #bluetue #nativeplants #canadiangardening

The urban flower beds are looking like mini fields of #pinkmon this morning #flowers #bloomscrolling

Today marked the official bee-ginning of another gardening (and pollinator-watching) season in our backyard #bees #flowers #stunday

My first hover fly of the year was sticking close by in the garden I held out my hand and the fly perched there briefly I felt like Snow White, if she was more average looking, sang slightly off key and was really into #nativeplants (Also I don't live with miners) #pollinators #canadiangardening

May the third time be the charm for growing a white wild indigo🤞 #wildflowers #canadiangardening

Stair stepping #nativeplants

The boys (and girls) are back in town ♥️ This evening I spotted a pair of honey bees in my front yard and a couple of bumblebees out back (While I have nothing flowering yet, a neighbour does) So I put out some rain water in the puddler Exciting #pollinator times are ahead #bees #nativeplants

If getting excited about the telltale dome of dirt in a seed tray makes me lame, I never want to be cool #flowers #gardening

A very short list of small changes that have big, positive impacts on our environment: Switching to low/no-mow lawns Planting native species/choosing non-natives wisely No pesticides Conserve water Share with wildlife We can't do everything but we can all do something #earthday #gardensky

I took my 2yo for a walk today He said he wanted to pick a daisy I was confused until I saw all the yellow in the grass, so I told him they were called dandelions After several minutes of going back and forth, he settled on daisy-lions That's cool with me, kid #flowers #feedthebees

Fancy little flower buds on a fancy little blueberry shrub #bluetue #tinyflowertuesday

Another countdown begins: 4 weeks until the forecasted last frost date in my area Thank goodness because, despite planting very few things too early, my downstairs grow shelves are starting to look jungle-like #herbgardening #canadiangardening

Dramadramadrama #flowers #bloomscrolling

Umm...now what? #nativeplants

Like buttah #sundayyellow #bloomscrolling

My nemesis* stopped by for a snack *Not really, but I wish he or she would stop messing with the "hospital bay" plants on my deck #edge #blueskyartshow

My spouse suggested I get out of the house for some me-time. Obviously I did #garden stuff I picked up an order from a #nativeplant nursery and got some hard to find species: field pussytoes and wild blue phlox Then off to a garden center for a new blueberry shrub and an evening primrose #flowers

Now that I feel more confident with the results of winter sowing, this will be my method of choice for challenging seeds Indoor germination rates: 50% lavender 20% mountain mint 0% strawberry mint Winter sowing rates (approx): 80% lavender 60% mount. mint 20% straw. mint #herbs #gardening

I did a brief garden check after the mild flooding earlier this week My haskap bushes clearly weren't hurt by all the extra moisture #canadiangardening

My springtime equivalent of leaf peeping? Watching forest floors transform into a sea of white and green #flowers #nativeplants

We got so much rain last night that our backyard flooded My kids' turtle sandbox floated 10 feet from its spot and ended up in the #nativeplant bed I made last year, almost right beside my red turtlehead So I will briefly have a turtle pond of sorts

The milkweed is coming back for its second year (Which hopefully means more monarchs in our yard this summer) #redwed #flowerreport