Spooky Scabiosas Still blooming through this awful weather

My two cats are *ndoor cats (though, we like to say homeschooled)

I’m officially a certified horticulturalist 😎

2025 GARDEN REVIEW: A garden path is the single most important part of a garden! It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not. This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge… #gardeningreport 🌱

2025 GARDEN REVIEW: To start off, let me introduce the judge - he’s more than just a colleague, he’s my dog and my son. He has high standards and good values. He rarely barks, never digs, always walks on the designated path… #gardeningreport

Who wants to CYBERBULLY this FREAK of a tomato a SUCKER on the LEAF STEM?! 🍅 🌱

It’s a terrible thing to have your name hijacked by a corporation

THE 2025 GARDEN REVIEW IS IN!!! 🌱 📈 Although the season is still going strong, our esteemed reviewer has provided us with an in-depth and nuanced report. This report helps us uphold the quality and functionality of the garden. Stay tuned as we release these assessments this week! #gardeningreport

Comparing 2025 (left) and 2024 (right) sunflowers Photos taken beginning of June I went overboard with the crimson clover in 2025 because 2024 I felt like my soil was too dry. Did it help? Maybe. More rain and regrading the garden this year could contribute as well

2025 sunflowers so far Not the perfect comparison to 2024 sunflowers (different angle and layout, different types, different bloom times), but same 2 months documented #gardening #bloomscrolling

The native ladybugs were everywhere this year. Lots of bug diversity this year, lots of predators. 3 years ago this urban yard had none. #gardening #nativeplants

I love creatures and critters and that includes plants

Can’t wait for the new South Park episode

The outrage in the replies are funny to me. In reality, every net zero, sustainability framework, whatever it is- is PR! The marketing worked. I’m not saying Net Zero is bad - I’m saying it’s a rigged system and we are pretending to sustain something unsustainable.

‘Sparky Vino’ Scabiosa In the direct sunshine it’s a nice red wine color - at any other moment it is a dark black flower that makes all other flowers POP. Perfect for the gothic gardeners. Here you can see how to flower opens up. #bloomscrolling #gardening

Scabiosa, or pincushion flowers, are new for me this year - and will become a regular. Highly productive with strong stems and a long vase life. #bloomscrolling #gardening

Today and yesterdays harvest This year I’m plucking my tomatoes off earlier due to an influx of #squirrelcrimes 🌱 🌼 🍅 🫑 🥒

‘whirligig’ zinnia ‘sparky vino’ scabiosa

‘whirligig’ zinnia 🌱

My daughter appreciates flowers 🐈‍⬛

caterpillars be SHITTING

ZINNIAS 🌱 🐝

ZINNIAS 🌱 🐝

ZINNIAS 🌱 🐝

Quick flower harvest before the rain! 🌱

Bee Naps (2025)

Your 49 seconds of Zen for today: Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bee slumber party on goldenrod up in the Grandby Valley north of Grand Forks, BC. 🐝

I have a MILLION tomatoes right now - BUT THEYRE ALL STILL GREEN WTH

People like robots when they’re authentic #letrobotsberobots

THE BIGGEST BUMBLE BEE I EVER DID SEE! The Nevada Bumble Bee I believe… was visiting my sweet peas the other morning 🐝 #bees #pdxgardens #gardening

My tomato plants are scaring me

Can you spy the handiwork of the leaf cutter bee? A true artisan. 🐝 Mountain Garland Clarkia / Clarkia unguiculata #bloomscrolling

A year ago my calendar with remind me in the evenings: “LFBS” Look For Baby Skunks

I am fighting for my life to get my zinnias to grow!!! Every time I turn my back on a seedling, someone eats it! 😭 I think it’s a pill bug population boom. Soon it’ll be too late for me to have any flowers. Does anyone have any suggestions??? #gardening

#nativeplants #gardening Year 2 with the native yarrow in my yard and this year it’s covered in the native western polished lady beetle. Surrounding the plant is other natives and ornamentals, including calendula planted there as a “trap crop” - covered in aphids for these guys to feed on.

REALLY hoping the eggs I’ve been watching hatch are the native ladybugs - I did find a few invasive ones. But I’ve found dozens more of the native kind… we will watch as they grow up! TW: blurry bug pictures

The west coast native plant, Globe Gilia, is a beautiful cut flower. Lasting at least a week in the vase, but stays beautiful as it fades. The blue color dwindles from the petals, and the blue pollen collects at the tips. Overall it’s very neat and drops almost no pollen or petals #nativeplants

#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #gardening An underrated cut flower, it looks beautiful before blooming and even more beautiful as it dies in a vase! Most importantly, it’s cat friendly.

#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #gardening It’s established that Globe Gilia is great for the bees - but it’s also great for me: It’s a wonderful filler in the garden, spreads easily by self seeding, very pretty leafs. It handles dog piss no problem!!!

#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #gardening Globe Gilia - one of the first flowers blooming in my Portland garden this year and one of my favorites for many reasons!

No sense in nonsense

Big News: We have an established native ladybug population in the urban garden! The western polished lady beetles are all over our native yarrow. 🌱 #gardening #nativeplants

I love cats!

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Climate change means more irregular and more extreme weather events. Sustainability is dead, what the hell do we think we’re sustaining? Climate adaptation and climate resiliency are the ONLY ways to go.

In normal conditions, running a fan in a room can make it feel 10 degrees* cooler than it actually is This is called thermal comfort, not the actual temp of the air. But your body is able to dispel heat *10 deg is an estimate, depends on various things, but it’s a meaningful amount

The “wet bulb effect” is when the air is holding as much moisture as physically possible. It’s a LETHAL combination of heat and humidity. The human body CANNOT cool itself down. Your sweat is USELESS! It cannot evaporate. The thermometer may read only 95 degrees, but you will experience 160F

I remember the heat dome a few years ago in the Northwest. It was surreal, the air was still, it was completely silent. Birds dropped out of the sky. I tripped over a couple of raccoons that were literally crying in the shade when I took the dog out to piss