@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-07-16 12:44:15
All that was left after the kids took a run at the currant bush. We actually had a pretty good crop this year...
#gardening
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-07-16 12:44:15
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2025-08-16 13:23:26
OK, this is more what I was expecting from my Sweet Peas; I think there's a couple of different varieties in this really high grade LIdl pack of sweet peas. Next year I should get some from better #gardening supplier.
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2025-09-13 15:24:20
TIL our garden soil is pH neutral (to my surprise). Beautiful royal blue!
#SoilSamples #Chemistry #Gardening
@Stomata@social.linux.pizza2025-08-15 06:35:13
Okra flower
#flowers #Bloomscrolling #gardening
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-07-16 22:21:08
between the hydrangeas and the alt-grass, the number and variety of pollinators in our driveway right now is a little crazy! Bees, wasps, butterfly, other flying things! It's amazing!!! 🐝 🐝 🌼 🐝 🐝
#gardening #altgrass #bees #pollinator #home #diy
@faradundamarti@social.linux.pizza2025-09-08 08:55:12
Bahçe işiyle uğraşmanın en önemli özelliklerinden biri paylaşmaktır. İsteyen olursa mektup zarfıyla yollarım.
#garden #gardening #garten
@Stomata@social.linux.pizza2025-08-12 15:19:07
It finally bloomed🥳 This is the most beautiful flower I have ever seen.
#Bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
@servelan@newsie.social2025-06-30 21:29:51
🌹 The 2,000-Year-Old 'Perfume Garden' in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory #gardening #history #archeology
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-2000-year-old-perfume-garden-in-the-ancient-city-of-pompeii-has-been-restored-to-its-former-glory-180986830/
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2025-08-10 12:53:27
My first attempt at growing sweet peas has yielded some flowers - a few, tiny, microscopic flowers; but still.
My spice bushes are getting there - one much faster than the other - the slower one was initially planted somewhere without enough light, and then I think got hastled by a dog a few times; they were both just sticks when they arrived (in April??)
#gardening
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2025-08-01 13:23:10
I have 800 g of frozen #chokeberry, and I won't hesitate to use it through the next months.
#gardening
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-09-07 14:44:29
A crown on the garden.
#BloomScrolling #gardening
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-07-01 17:15:55
We took a break from unpacking and organizing and did tour of local greenhouses and garden centres. We came across this humble establishment in Bradford that takes up 10 acres of growing and retail space. My wife said she has found her new favourite place. The Bad News - it's too close, only 15 minutes by car. The Good News - we have a tiny yard, so we might not go broke.
#Gardening #Zone5a
@simon_lucy@mastodon.social2025-06-27 09:52:59
Dahlias, Eryngium, Verbena bonariensis, Agapanthus and Crocosmia, all in June rather than July onwards.
#ClimateChange #Gardening.
@Dwemthy@social.linux.pizza2025-09-05 03:42:14
@ose_rouge@don.linxx.net2025-08-13 08:26:23
Die Ringelblumen und Kornraden vom nächsten Jahr. 🌸 #Gardening #Flowers
@faradundamarti@social.linux.pizza2025-08-04 07:53:36
İlk domates kızardı. Ben bunu kakao domates sanıyordum. Sanırım komşum yanlış fide verdi.
#garden #gardening #garten
@AdamCoffman@mathstodon.xyz2025-06-23 15:51:04
The oregano is doing well this year! 🍝 So is the poison ivy... ☠️
#gardening #food #plants
@Nathan@social.lostinok.com2025-07-19 15:02:45
The one great consolation of yard work in this already stifling humidity is the chance to take a short break to pick some fresh and wonderfully ripe blackberries to enjoy with a cool breakfast. 🌱
#gardening #okwx
@smashtie@mas.to2025-07-19 17:51:19
It's the season of summer fetes, and that means the old rivalries are kindled. Family vs family, down the ages. The poor judging decisions of yesteryear shall be visited upon the unsuspecting innocents of tomorrow. It is the way.
#summer #gardening
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-08-31 15:17:36
My daughter's cats are really into shrubbery. Big Monty Python fans...
#CatsOfMastodon #Gardening
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-07-01 14:36:06
Time to cut the garlic scape
#gardening #BloomScrolling
@Stomata@social.linux.pizza2025-08-12 12:13:10
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-08-01 14:42:30
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-07-13 16:52:40
It’s already 25°C and I am dripping with sweat… but a slight modification had to be completed! Made a shelf in the main #poolpond area to hold a milk crate, which will hold one of the pumps.
I decided it was critical to have circulation from the bottom of the pool including taking water from the bottom to send to the filter. But since the main pump area is in the intake bay/skimmer I would have had to bring a pipe up and over the wall and down into pool. (The pumps must be submerged in at least 6” of water at all times)
This would be inefficient and potentially have air lock problems… so I pulled back the three layers of liner and cloth and excavated a little nook in the already semi hidden back corner.
This will have to do. :) the sun was already coming over the house. The rubber liner gets very hot 🥵. Glad it didn’t take too long.
There will be a rock or some sort of wall below and in front of the crate to further support and hide it.
Oh, and now that the liner and stuff is all back, the 🐜 ants can go back to their regularly scheduled ant-ing.
#diy #backyardpond #hot #ants #gardening #homeimprovement #portalberni
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-06-30 18:01:09
I started the morning with the objective of putting the plants we brought from our old house into our new yard. But I quickly realized all the tools I needed were sprinkled throughout my disorganized garage. So I spent 3 hours ripping out old cabinets left by the previous owners to make some space and then hunting through our piles of stuff to find the garden tools. Got most of it organized, so at least I can actually put my hands on stuff. A small step forward.
#Gardening #FengShui
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-07-31 23:55:09
Not only do we grow things we've planted, but we also let some of the "weeds" go, harvesting them when ready. Tonight, we put lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album) in the pasta. Not bad, if not a particularly strong flavour.
#gardening #foraging
@brian_gettler@mas.to2025-07-31 14:21:05
The garden has started producing more than herbs this week. Here is the last couple of days' harvest (along with some cherry tomatoes the kids got to first). Not bad for maybe 4m².
#gardening #harvest
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2025-07-27 13:37:15
My project that I completed yesterday. An old patio umbrella base, a fence post from a big box store, two old wall brackets for flower baskets, a couple of bird feeders that were on sale at CanTire, and a repurposed squirrel baffle. About $100 in total cost, not including the black oil seed. It's positioned right outside our sunroom for bifd watching, by us and our cat Casper.
#DIY #Birdwatching #Gardening
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-08-09 20:09:19
And a quick update on the big project.
The main pond is drying out! I'll let it dry today and then put the liner over tomorrow morning and start working on the plumbing asap so I can get the pebble in there to weigh it all down!
Note little dig marks in the filter pebble where I stole some for the pandemic pond.
#pandemicpond #poolpond #backyardproject #diy #ponds #gardening #watergarden #bloomscrolling #goldfish
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-08-09 20:04:59
A #pandemicpond post.
The bog-barrels that I added last summer have done an absolutely incredible job at keeping the water crystal clear and almost completely algae free this summer.
Only the much warmer stream between the ponds has more algae than I really like.
I also added the bigger pump at the same time which likely helped a little but the added flow also raised the level of the top pond just above the liner in some spots. So yesterday when I topped it up, I took away the flat border stones to inspect where it was leaking. It turns out, almost everywhere!
So I added some handfuls of pebble taken from the #poolpond filter since I know there is extra there..: and stuck it under the liner to raise it an inch or two all the way around.
Here is a before and after. The first pic with the purple lilly
pads is last year with the algae that was common in the summer before the big filters. The second pic is a few weeks ago when the pond was full, clear, but overflowing, notice the water overtop the flat stones. The last two pics are today after raising the liner a little under the stones.
And a pic of the happy dual-barrel bogs (which are just small versions of the giant filter I just finished in the backyard). The marsh marigolds have not bloomed in the bog barrels. Not sure if they will this year. It is quite shady for them.
Oh and a lilly is about to bloom!The fish are also very active and happy.
#backyardproject #diy #ponds #gardening #watergarden #bloomscrolling #goldfish
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-08-03 19:33:45
I think I moved about a yard of drain rock into the filter this morning, but I have stopped now due to the smoke rolling in. :(
Probably need 4-5 more cart loads before I switch to the top layer of pebble.
#pondlife #backyardpond #poolpond #bcwildfire #airquality #gardening #portalberni
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-07-31 21:55:42
It has been a super busy and tiring week… I took a moment to go outside and admire my driveway. Which is a weird thing to say!! 😂
I can’t believe how many different kinds of bees are buzzing in the flowers! And there are 30 Apples on EACH tree.
The clover is so nice to walk barefoot in, but I do keep an eye out for those bees!
I have reduced the watering now that it all seems established. Only 15min every 4 days. We are also on alternating-day water restrictions.
I am hoping that next summer it will be ok to either not water it at all, or only weekly at most as long as the pollinators are happy!
Reminder that life is good.
#gardening #portalberni #lawnalternative #bees #apples #bloomscrolling
