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• Post #4167814

  Like others, my sunflowers are finally starting to bloom. I tried to get all pollen-full varieties this year. This one called "Red Sun", with the smaller flower in the background from a "Soluna" mix #BloomScrolling #flowers

• Post #4115832

  #SilentSunday

• Post #4068101

  Always take the high ground #FensterFreitag #CatsOfMastodon

• Post #3935981

  I took a bunch of extra Mochi photos last week when my partner was out of town and wanted to see what she was up to. In the shade by the garden, watching the world go by. #CatsOfMastodon #cats

• Post #3918800

  For folks in the central Willamette Valley of #oregon and surrounding areas, I saw on a birding group that an initial plan for a data center in south Salem has been announced. The company, Verrus, is making a lot of claims that their data center won't have any of the issues all the others do... Here's how the city summarizes things (who have known about this since March 2025 but signed a confidentiality agreement so they didn't have to tell the public): https://www.cityofsalem.net...

• Post #3769970

  The landscaped area close in to the house always seems to peak around mid-July. This was primarily a laurel hedge when we moved here, but after a lot of work I think this is much nicer. The pollinators seems to agree. #gardening #flowers #summer #oregon

• Post #3638787

  This little bumblebee was really packing away the bright golden pollen from a St. John's wort shrub into her pollen baskets #BloomScrolling #bees #bumblebee

• Post #3584527

  The garlic spent around a week drying out in the greenhouse. After a little more cleaning it braided up nicely enough and is now in the pantry. Even the variety that was left in the ground too long went up OK. #GrowYourOwn #gardening

• Post #2244813

  I successfully moved a few sections of what was originally Papaver orientale "Patty's Plum" from a spot that has become much too shady. This one is happily blooming and clearly some sort of cross with another variety. Pretty color #gardening #BloomScrolling

• Post #2217687

  First of the corn poppies are blooming. Seeds sowed last summer/fall #BloomScrolling #flowers

• Post #1999924

  #SilentSunday

• Post #1571628

  One of the areas I'm cultivating with wildflower-type seed mixes is in its second spring. I'm enjoying the early pop of color from these scarlet flax mixed with the bright orange-yellow and nicely fragrant Siberian wallflowers. I tried to pull all the Chinese forget-me-nots before seeding last year but I now see I have more work to do 😅 #BloomScrolling #gardening #pnw

• Post #1540500

  We're in the crabapple bloom now! #BloomScrolling #flowers

• Post #1540499

  #SilentSunday

• Post #938935

  Tulips coming on fast. Darwin tulip hybrid "Cash" #BloomScrolling #flowers #spring

• Post #831198

  I planted some new tulip varieties last fall that are just starting to bloom. Now if only I could remember which varieties I selected... 😅 #BloomScrolling #gardening

• Post #780476

  These double daffodils are plainer than others, in all yellow instead of multiple colors, but I like the shaggy look of the many petals #BloomScrolling #flowers

• Post #725610

  We've done several iterations of chicken coops and runs over the years. The current coop and small run are permanently placed (not mobile) but we have 3 larger runs that we rotate the flock through. Their favorite day is the first one after changing runs, like today. This particular run is the favorite of the 3 as it is closer to the direction the humans come from to give treats. #chickens #gardening #homestead

• Post #716109

  #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling

• Post #704111

  There was a patch of soil near the palm tree when we moved there that had clearly been placed there for something. We ended up putting in bulbs and corms and such over time and then can limit summer irrigation. The daffodils come in first, very pretty #BloomScrolling

• Post #318412

  #SilentSunday #birds #birding