#gardenblr

[tomorrowsgardennc]

okie doke whose in? i'm in. need more gardeners to help with tips. i can design the tips to be a poster to hand out and hang anywhere.

@guerrilla gardeners, solarpunks and plantarchists of all stripes we need to make a good guide to growing food stealthy style

i'm talking growing in rental properties without alerting the landlord, growing on vacant/unused land, stuff like that

[katacala]

12.19.24 • winter whites 🤍🌿

[ahedderick]

Beet that

Processing beets. Why not? I had a basket of beets sitting around in cold storage and not keeping all that well. Not spoiled, just getting a bit wrinkly and soft, as apples sometimes do. K and I did some much-needed cleanup around here this morning, then I gathered my courage in both hands and started peeling beets. Yes, it DOES look like a massacre in the kitchen when you prep more than one beet - magenta smears everywhere.

I used a kitchen mandolin to slice a few and put them in my ancient, handmedown dehydrator. Chopped a few more and put them in a ziploc bag to freeze. My husband's been making himself smoothies for the last couple of months, and actually buying beet powder as one ingredient. He can use little frozen beet cubes, now. I'm not entirely sure what to do with dried beet slices, but I will figure it out as I go along. The instruction pamphlet for the dehydrator actually mentions beets (along with damnear every other fruit and vegetable) so I'm not the first person to do it.

Now I'm just sitting still on the sofa while a tabby naps next to me. There is sun. Good times.

[leebrontide]

It's just very important to me that you know prairie-style gardens exist.

Ok. Thank you. Carry on.

[lovehina019]

[emsalx]

blueberry fields forever

26 feb 2023 

[fixaidea]

Personal favourites from today's bonsai show

[tomorrowsgardennc]

okies, time to put my money where my mouth is...

RECOMMEND ME BOOKS ABOUT GARDENING!! GO GO GO GO!!

i shall buy a few to read 💚💚💚

[punkgardener]

My friend sent me this from Pinterest but I just know one of you freaks made it

[semprvivum]

Graptoveria 'Opalina'

[pawjamas]

my flowers peeking thru my lace curtains ♡

[ahedderick]

This apple tree was sold to me in 1999 as a semi-dwarf Stayman Winesap. It is not semi-dwarf; it is in fact gigantic by apple tree standards. It isn't Stayman Winesap, or even red at all. Because I planted it in the correct spacing for smaller trees, it has almost completely overshadowed its nearest neighbor, a rather nice Golden Delicious. It responds to pruning by aggressively getting Much Larger. The apples are divine. I love her; I'm vexed by her; I hope she lives forever. I'm deeply curious about what I'd get if I planted some of her seeds.

Strawberries, rhubarb, two small blueberry bushes, and Nanking cherry bushes that did, even though their blooming time was cold, set fruit. I will continue to try to acidify the blueberries; maybe add some acid once a week until the soil tests around 5 pH.

[gina025]

Succulent garden

[lovehina019]

[themightyfoo]

A flock of Western Tanagers stopped by my garden this morning to have a bathe

[justalawschoolgirl]

This perfectly heart shaped leaf just showed up :)