When I grew peas in my previous garden, I dug trenches then put compostable items such as vegetable peelings in the bottom, before planting the peas. Always got a good crop. #gardenchat

On my morning walk I spotted Bunya Pines dropping their massive cones 🌲
A fascinating reminder of just how ancient and powerful these Australian trees are.

Gardeners will enjoy this quick video 👇
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#BunyaPine #GardeningAustralia #TreeFacts #GardenChat #AussieTrees

Nasturtiums are easy to grow and totally edible—flowers, leaves, and seeds! 🌼🌿 Plant in full sun, poor soil, and water sparingly. Pick blooms when fully open for the best flavor—peppery like rocket. Toss into salads, stuff with cream cheese, or use as a vibrant garnish. #edibleflowers #gardenchat

This is going to sound crazy... but I think I won the battle against the gopher in my garden using chemical warfare*!!!!!

*I put some dirt that the neighbor's dog peed on down the gopher holes

yes, I live a glamorous life 💅

#gardening #gardenchat #gopher

Courgette flowers are edible and delicious! 🌼 Grow them in rich soil with plenty of sun. Pick male flowers (no fruit behind) early in the morning when open. Stuff with ricotta, batter & fry, or toss raw into salads for a delicate treat. A short-lived beauty—harvest before they wilt! #gardenchat

And the hostas keep on hostaing

#gardenchat

A large cauliflower plant. It’s huge, thick leaves are green with the white cauliflower in the center of the photo.

First cauliflower of the season.

#garden #gardenfeed #gardenchat #gardensky #gardening #veggies #cauliflower #spring #harvest #backyardgarden

Good point, I had a hover without a box and I spent more time raking and sweeping up. So I bought a one with wheels and a grass box. I compost the cuttings too. #gardenchat

Spring is the perfect time to forage wild garlic! Its tender leaves are bursting with flavour—ideal for making garlic butter (freeze it for later) or a punchy pesto. A seasonal treat that brings the wild into your kitchen! #foraging #wildgarlic #springrecipes #gardenchat

Sunshade companions: Sow turnips beside tall crops like peas, runner beans, sweetcorn, or tomatoes. Their shade keeps turnips cool and tender—no woody roots! Another tip: keep soil moist with mulch to help retain water and suppress weeds. Healthy roots = tastier harvests! #gardenchat #growyourown

Come tour my veggie garden with me! #gardenfeed #gardenchat #gardening

A canvas painted differing shades of blue for the backdrop. Top centered there Is a yellow, orange, and red sun outlined and shaded in with colored pencils. Below the sun, centered, is a yellow rudbeckia flower with a green stem. On either side of the flower are unidentified green frond leaves.

Medium: Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Glitter (hard to see but it’s blue glitter in the sky backgound).

Sun x Sky x Rudbeckia x Fronds

Thanks for looking!

#artsky #blueskyarts #artist #art #garden #gardening #gardenfeed #gardenchat #acrylic #coloredpencil #rudbeckia #flowers

ALT TEXT: a mostly watercolor painting. In the top middle is an orange sun. In the bottom center is a large half heart, red and pink in color with white lace outlines. In the center of the half heart is a lily-flowered tulip. The tulip is purple (colored pencil) with a green stem.

Medium: watercolour, colored pencil

Lily-Flowered Tulip x Sun x Heart

This piece has a bit of a Valentine’s feel to it, which I kind of like.

As always, thanks for looking! ♥️

#art #artsky #artist #painting #artbluesky #watercolor #coloredpencil #lilytulip #tulip #gardenfeed #gardenchat #flower

a painting of a desert scene. In the foreground is a prickly Easter cactus with a pink flower on top. In the background is a large Saguaro cactus. There is a bright yellow sun in the blue sky.

Acrylic and colored pencil

Easter Lily Cactus x Saguaro x Desert Sun

Thanks for looking!

#art #artist #cactus #succulents #saguaro #eastercacti #cacti #paint #painting #painter #gardening #gardenfeed #gardenchat #artistsofbluesky #blueskyart #artsky

A painting with a watercolour blue background. To the left side of the painting is a large crescent moon, towering over a yellow Lily of the Valley, which displays six flowers on one plant. The flowers are yellow with greeen stems and leaves. The crescent moon is painted with blue watercolour.

“Lily of the Valley”

Flowers x Crescent Moon

Medium: watercolour, colored pencil.

Thanks for looking!

#gardening #garden #flower #flowers #lilyofthevalley #paint #painting #painter #art #artist #artwork #blueskyarts #artsky #artistsofbluesky #februart #gardenfeed #gardenchat

a painting with acrylic red background. In the center upper hand is a giant yellow moon (or sun, it’s hard to tell). In the center of the moon is a gorgeous orange tiger lily. Below the Tiger lily, on either side, is a green ginkgo plant with red specks on them, which appear to be berries.

Full Moon x Tiger Lily x Ginkgo

Mixed media artwork - acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil.

Thanks for looking!

#artsky #gardenchat #art #artist #artistsofbluesky #painting #painter #tigerlily #ginkgo #plantsky #plants #flowers #flower #moon #sun

A massive head of broccoli growing in the sunshine.

From the garden today 🌱
#gardenchat

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A close up of my pea plants with several fat pes pods front & centre. They're shining in the sun.

Praise peasus.
#gardenchat 🌱

I planted these 4 spreading yews in 2015. They are thriving but have required supplemental watering in the ongoing drought. #gardens #gardening #gardenchat #weather #landscaping

Cooper Blaine orange dahlia flower

Today’s daily dahlia is a Cooper Blaine sporting cold weather coloring. 🌱

#dailydahlia #gardensky #gardenchat

Dome greenhouse by Bren haas

This is my garden dome in Ohio that we built with a few friends in 2015. I share a lot of the cool science that goes on in there. So far this autumn season we’ve not gone below 45°f with all the mass in there… wanna hear more? #gardenchat

08-06-2024: Faded, wilted #Clematis in my #WildGarden, also beautiful. #GardenChat #gardening #flowers #nature #photos.

20-05-2024: Pink sorrell / Oxalis articulata in my #WildGarden. #GardenChat #nature #gardening #flowers #photos.

Purple swollen bean pods hanging from the vine. The variety is 'Cherokee Trail of Tears' & is a heritage Native American bean. Easy to grow most places that runner beans grow. I struggled to get a good crop in Dunedin but they produce heaps in Nelson.

The bean pods picked & drying. Once the pods start drying on the plant & the bean plant itself starts dropping leaves, that's the time to harvest the pods.

A container of small shiny blackish beans, slightly smaller than a kidney bean. I shelled them about 2 weeks after picking them.

Home made chilli with my beans, tomatoes, zucchini & home grown cayenne.

How to grow your own chilli beans in 4 steps.
It is absolutely possible to do home grown protein as a vegetarian.
#gardenchat

Ahhh, you've got hostas, I think that's the favourite dish for slugs. I've read a suggestion of buying decoy plants to save the ones you like the most, but they get through things so fast I'd need to buy one every other day. #gardenchat

Oddly, the slugs which demolish the hostas and strawberries haven’t touched the dahlias. I’d better check my fuchsias for gall mites. #gardenchat

Catering for Garden Birds: a how-to guide. A new sponsored post looking at small things each of us can do to care for our feathered friends. #birds #gardenchat 🐦

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