Jennifer Wheeler 🌿 (@gettingdirtyinthegarden) We chronically overthink it. The atrocities and injustices we hear about, and feel. We can’t contribute to their un-doing. What CAN we do? Pause. Connect. Relate. Forgive. Feel common gratitudes. Love...

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If you aren’t laughing, you aren’t paying attention. “If you aren’t laughing, you aren’t paying attention.”

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🍁My new orb weaving front yard friend is a cat-faced spider (Araneus gemmoides.) These spiders mature in the fall and become active for mating season. They are non-toxic to people and quite beautiful in the long, waning rays of day. 🍁

Sometimes the simplest arrangement stops me in my tracks and reminds me to take a deep breath, remember who I am, that all I really need or most want I already have, and anything beyond that, is just grace showering flower petals all over me.

Jennifer Wheeler 🌿 (@gettingdirtyinthegarden) Good morning! Gotta love summer in the garden! 🌿

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Fresh cherry 🍒 oatmeal. ❤️

This evening’s gold 💛

brings light love 💛 lifting us up

to store until morn’.☀️

Today’s JUNGLE. 🌿

Botanybabe brings my garden to your lips. It’s a labor of love, an integration of my talents and values, and a huge leap of faith. I’m finally my own boss, but the staff meetings are ridiculous! I’ve really got to get myself in line. Curious? Search “Botanybabe”.🌿🧡🌿

Jennifer Wheeler 🌿 (@gettingdirtyinthegarden) Hydrangeas! They’re not just for grandma’s! Oh wait… dang kids.

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Tree frog? Tiny fruit bat? Green and yellow bumble bee? Ever looked CLOSE at a bear's breeches? As usual - I just can't stop Getting Dirty in the Garden

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Another day full of possibility ❤️

Mine is on the way!

Here in the Emerald Triangle, we have LOTS of WEED(s). Check out my current crop of northern California coastal party crashers

Check out my Nor Cal garden weeds. What are you dealing with? Leave pix in the comments.

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"I mean, I could die with you." The moment I knew I would say yes.

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When I die, please just ground me and send me to my womb with a big purple crystal.

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This mornings handful to accompany breakfast. I NEVER EVER tire of the fact that on ANY given day I can walk into my yard and return with at least a handful of fruit that is in season, or at least still edible once stored.

Sometimes, ya just gotta tackle the bouquet and high grade out the catnip. I get it. I feel ya Neptune Sugarbear.

Seeing RED led me to BLUEBERRIES. You should read this.

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My blooming kiwi flower is perfect - meaning it is bisexual. It has male and female parts in the same flower. It can self-fertilize.
Nature is pretty creative. I’m pretty sure I’m gonna get a kiwi, no matter what. 🫶🏻🥝🫶🏻

…to another day we bid adieu. ❤️

Crickets make more noise than Bluesky.

…and then at a celebration of life, I found myself, again, more broadly celebrating LIFE!🌿🩷🖤🧡💛🌿 Proteas are already a favorite and I just met a new one. 🤯 Native to South Africa, the ‘pink mink protea’ (Protea neriifolia) flowers’ bracts mimic feathers 🦜to attract birds for pollination.

The radish relationship. I should LOVE them, but I think they’re ‘okay.’ Their quick crop readiness before most others can be annoying, unless you love eating dozens of spicy radishes straight up. I don’t. I usually just want a few to ½ dozen at a time. Anyhow, I like options. Crop 2 going in.

A garden bouquet picked today because today is a good day to send flowers.

Jennifer Wheeler on Substack Bowl-of-strawberries-a-day season has arrived! 🌿🙌🏻🍓🙌🏻🌿

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David Austin ‘Princess Anne’ tree roses. Worth every penny. Oh wait… every nickel. 🫤

Puppy in a pile of couch stuffing after it tore into the couch cushion. Couch is in an outdoor patio setting.

This sentient, canine, toddler-being forces me to practice patience I thought I’d mastered, forgiveness at return intervals I didn’t think I’d need, & kindness when my primitive reaction is anger. The old living room couch is part of the family… just like this very guilty dog. ❤️

Thanks for playing! 👍🏻