Close up of pink ranunculus bud with greenery. The bud is still tightly closed but you can see bits of pink coming through.

Ranunculus bed in the foreground with a lot of foliage and one very tightly closed bud. More garden beds in the background, including one in the far back with yellow daffodils.

So close to #spring #ranunculus! These were all planted in October/November and included both new corms and corms from prior years.

#backyardgardener #seattle #springflowers #blooms #pnwgardener 🌱 #zone9a

The haircut thyme makes great chop and drop! I’m not sure if it’s true, but I’ve heard some moths dislike the odor.

I planted a walkway area with ground cover thyme two years ago and it was a pain to keep it weed free while it established but it’s fantastic now! I have to give it an occasional haircut!

Here’s a link from Johnny’s www.johnnyseeds.com/flowers/hyac...

That looks like a hyacinth bean to me - definitely not a sweet pea.

My favorite is when people are like, “oh, is that still happening?”

I invited her out for coffee at a coffee shop… turns out she doesn’t drink coffee or tea. She bought an iced tea and didn’t drink it at all. Our 5 year wedding anniversary is next week!

“If passed, the SAVE Act will disenfranchise 20 million voters.”

Trump has pushed the Republicans to hold a vote in the House this week.

Call your Rep and your Senators.
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Anemone coronaria! Usually grown as cut flowers

This is an anemone, which is part of the Ranunculaceae plant family.

White bloom with a black center. Green leaves can be seen in the background in a metal planting tub. Wood fencing in the far background.

Anemone in January in Seattle?!? I picked 3 today!

#climatechangeisreal #pnwgardening #winterflowers 🌱

I tried red clover this year and am already regretting it - it’s thriving in the not to cold winter. I’ve done fava beans with success, and would be interested in trying daikon or mustard greens in the future.

I love seeing these at Coulon!

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Pink hellebore in bloom with dark green leaves.

There is no time for fun gardening content when ICE is attacking communities without care for rights. Sending love and solidarity to everyone in my home state of Minnesota. #pnwgardening 🌱

A red starfish and mollusks cling to a support beam with the ocean in the background

Happy New Years! Taking a break from flowers and enjoying a day at Venice Beach in LA.

That’s an amazing mantra… I’m going to use it, too (from another chronic disease survivor!)

Speaking as someone who came of age during 9/11 and the market crash, fantasy, sci-fi and romance were my balms from the very real-world issues I was also keeping track of at the same time. Sometimes you just want to curl up and enjoy the good side winning - or the girl getting the girl.

Black plastic trays of sweet pea shoots in a greenhouse

Sweet peas are coming along! Still more to sow… #bloomscrolling #flowers #seedling 🌱 #pnwgardening #urbanfarm

This is gorgeous and so detailed

Large pink chrysanthemum flower with petals curve upward and inward

Heritage Mum - Jefferson Park. Grown as a disbud from a 1 inch cutting this spring! I love the curve of the petals!

#heirloommum #heritagemum #chrysanthemum #urbanfarm #bloomscrolling #pnwgardening 🌱

Thank you! They are all heritage chrysanthemums from my garden.

My fuchsias are still blooming too! One overwintered last year - I hope your tree does :)

White arm holds a bouquet of fall mums, including red, orange and pink mums. Green grass and wood fence are out of focus in the background.

Diversity is beautiful. What an incredibly boring world it would be if we all looked, thought, ate, spoke, and acted the same. Embracing immigrants makes our communities stronger and more interesting. 🌱 #bloomscrolling #PNWgardening #fallflowers

Large pink chrysanthemum bloom held by stem

Add PNW GARDENER please! And thank you :)

Orange mum with spike petals

A flower bed of mums with orange round mums in the front, yellow round mums in the back and some pink mums in the right corner

Hand holding a large red mum bloom

Large pink mum bloom

So many #mums so little time. Saffina, Bronze Fleece, Ft Vancouver, and Jefferson Park mums shown!

#chrysanthemums #fallflowers #bloomscrolling #pnwgrown #urbanfarm 🌱

Hand holding a tray of pumpkins with mums in them in front of a school buildings from a parking lot

Tray of pumpkins with orange mums in them on a kitchen counter

Stems of orange mums laid on a kitchen table and in a flower vase sitting on the table. Kitchen with wood cabinets behind the table.

Trunk of car with many large boxes of food from Costco in it

I harvested the last of my spray mums last week and ran a small fundraiser for the small community Food Bank at my wife’s high school. We went to Costco and loaded up on requested items - SPAM, beans, soup, canned veggies and fruits, and easy to heat meals.

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That’s a huge Sungold! 😍

Ladybug on the leaf of a hydrangea bloom with a wood fence in the background. The hydrangea bloom is white with tips of purple blue at the edges and is just starting to open up.

Lady bugs are my favorites - beautiful little predators of our common enemy, aphids. #hydrangea #ladybug #ladybird #bloomscrolling 🌱 #PNW #Seattle