Zodi’s baby cucumber plant, April 2026 (top view)
Zodi’s baby cucumber plant, April 2026 (side view)
My little cucumber plant is coming along nicely. Here it is with its marigold friend.
Happy Monday! 💚🥒
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If you didn't know any better, you'd easily confuse maypops for blackberry and dewberry. #NativePlants #Mississippi #Edible #Fruit #Zone9A
broccoli-like brassica flower in garden
purple sprouting broccoli plant
small green leaves on tall stems of arugula plants in garden
we're into Spring 🌼🌱🌞💚 here in the temperature coastal rainforest of so-called Vancouver, although the air has been icy lately the birds are busy and so much is growing! overwintered garden veggies now: kale buds n flowers, purple sprouting broccoli and arugula #zone9a #gardening
Spring Wraith is celebrating the beginning of Holy Week with a bouquet and bunny ears
🌱 Spring Wraith celebrates the beginning of Holy Week #zone9A #pdx
WATERIN THE DAMN PLANTS AGAIN, DAILY GRIND BOI. WHY ONE OF YA ORANGE, STOP IT NOW #ZONE9A
Rearranged my native plants and put them out in the sunlight so they hopefully all start growing better. I definitely screwed up the numbering system, entire numbers have been skipped and some are duplicates. That'll be something to fix next year. #Zone9A #Mississippi
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
Gloria and Buttercup out enjoying the first 70 degree day of the year.
🌱 First Official (per NWS) 70 degree F day here in PDX. Having my traditional popsicle and chickens are out enjoying it, too. #zone9A #pdx
Honey locust seed with a massive root popping out of it.
Honey locust seed with a massive root popping out of it.
Honey locust seed with a massive root popping out of it.
Honey locust seed with a massive root popping out of it.
Honey locust seed is ALREADY growing. Holy shit. And in garbage topsoil with wood chunks. #NativePlants #NativeSpecies #Edible #Mississippi #Zone9A
Sand blackberry (Rubus cuneifolius) or any other aggressive blackberry or dewberry as a control of cogon grass? It appears to be severely choking out cogon in areas while still allowing natives to grow fine. #HabitatRestoration #InvasiveSpecies #NativeSpecies #WarOnCogon #Zone9A #Mississippi
68 pots
68 pots
Hell yes, most of my native seeds are sprouting! And most are confirmed to be what I planted. Most were collected locally. 68 pots and species in total. #NativePlants #Zone9A #Mississippi
Tree recommendations for making syrup in South Mississippi, #Zone9A?
It’s the season for playing in the dirt. 👩🏾🌾
I’m planning out what I will do with this area. Definitely planting some lavender.
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51 potted plants
Same pots from a different angle with the neighbor's cat walking into frame
I'm up to 51 native plant species seeds planted in small pots! 51!!! And I still have quite a few species left. #Mississippi #Zone9A
Rattlebush from a distance
So many beans
Close up on beans
Collected beans
Sebania drummondii, aka rattlebush, a plant for champions. One of our native legumes, these plants grow massive and produce yellow flowers and eventually lots of very toxic beans. Excellent for wildlife and nitrogen fixing. #Mississippi #Zone9A #NativePlants
Vaccinium arboreum vs Vaccinium elliotti. Size and season is the dead giveaway. Arboreum = huge tree with fall fruit, Elliotti = small shrub with winter/spring fruit. #Blueberry #Edible #NativePlant #Zone9A #Mississippi #NativeSpecies #Colorful
Nine small pots with hot pepper seedlings growing in my indoor greenhouse shelves
Winter Wraith expresses some moderate opinions
🌱 Got three varieties of hot peppers started in my indoor greenhouse shelves. And, the Winter Wraith is now expressing some moderate opinions. #zone9A #pdx
Nasturtiums last Sunday, January 18th. Still green and lushly from last season.
Nasturtiums gone today after some light frosts and then a proper freeze this morning
🌱 A couple of light frosts this week and the a proper -4 C freeze this morning finally took out last season's Nasturtiums. #zone9A #pdx
Frost paints the leaves of last season's Nasturtiums finally on January 20th
🌱 Finally, First Frost of the season on January 20th. Don't expect to see much of these Nasturtiums when I get home from work tonight. #zone9A #pdx
January 18th and still the Nasturtiums flourish.
🌱 January 18th and still no frost. May happen in next few days. #zone9A #pdx
The Nasturtiuns are still lushly green and it's January 17th!
🌱 January 17th and these Nasturtiums still looking lushly green. What a weird winter in Portland this year. #zone9a #pdx
Seedlings sprouting in a seed starting tray in our indoor greenhouse shelf system
🌱 Planted seeds last Sunday in the trays. Already have seedlings! #zone9A #pdx
Two 24-slot seed starting trays under my mini glow lights in my greenhouse shelf system
Map of seed starter tray 2 showing what is in each of the 24 spots
Map of seed starting tray 1 showing what is in each of the 24 spots. Spots 1-3 are reserved for some Purple Cayenne Pepper seeds due in the mail this week.
🌱 Seed Starting Trays filled for the first time this Season. Lots of flowers and a couple of hot peppers to get things going early. #zone9A #pdx
Lush green Nasturtiums still going strong the morning of December 29th.
🌱 Maybe the last morning or two of our lush looking Nasturtiums. Finally, maybe going to get a real frost tomorrow night or the next. #zone9A #pdx
🌱 Happy Xmas morning to all the Gardeners out there. Supposedly deep in winter here in Zone 9A Portland, Oregon, USA, even though I had an iris blossom yesterday. May dreams of next year's bounty fill your head. #zone9A #pdx
An iris that blossomed on the morning of Xmas Eve here in Portland, Oregon
Assortment of small pots
A ton of compost dirt
A ton of pots with sowed seeds
Planted a shit ton of native plant seeds with my compost today. Ran out of small pots and sunlight to be able to finish. All my seeds and stuff I've planted is publicly accessible. #Zone9A #NativePlants #Mississippi docs.google.com/document/d/1...
