@hikingdude@mastodon.socialThe garden festival / Landesgartenschau was not just about #gardening. There were also events etc. (Which we didn't attend)
One place was about #floristry with really beautifully decorated arrangements. I'm always a bit jealous of such things. They look really beautiful, and requir…
@brian_gettler@mas.toA crown on the garden.
#BloomScrolling #gardening
@faradundamarti@social.linux.pizzaİlk domates kızardı. Ben bunu kakao domates sanıyordum. Sanırım komşum yanlış fide verdi.
#garden #gardening #garten
@Dwemthy@social.linux.pizza @brian_gettler@mas.toA small part of this year's bean harvest.
#gardening
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsI have 800 g of frozen #chokeberry, and I won't hesitate to use it through the next months.
#gardening
@paulbusch@mstdn.caMy daughter's cats are really into shrubbery. Big Monty Python fans...
#CatsOfMastodon #Gardening
@brian_gettler@mas.toPesto-making day. The basil and garlic are ours, the sunflower and pumpkin seeds and the olive oil (duh) are from the store.
#cooking #gardening
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@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngTIL our garden soil is pH neutral (to my surprise). Beautiful royal blue!
#SoilSamples #Chemistry #Gardening
@smashtie@mas.toIt'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
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caI 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
@Nathan@social.lostinok.comThe 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
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukOK, 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.
@paulbusch@mstdn.caMy 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
@brian_gettler@mas.toNot 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
@Stomata@social.linux.pizzaOkra flower
#flowers #Bloomscrolling #gardening
@brian_gettler@mas.toThe 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
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.cagot home in the dark last night and left in the dark this morning but there has been #poolpond progress in my absence!
The fence builders started!
They augered post holes. They managed to not cut any pipes or wires in the frontyard pond... the holes are BIG.
Glad the fence is happening though. The rains have come with a vengeance and the ponds are filling fast! I wil feel much better knowing no one can get into the yard and be in danger of falling in.
#building #portalberni #diy #gardening
@faradundamarti@social.linux.pizzaBahçe işiyle uğraşmanın en önemli özelliklerinden biri paylaşmaktır. İsteyen olursa mektup zarfıyla yollarım.
#garden #gardening #garten
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukMy 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
@Stomata@social.linux.pizzaIt finally bloomed🥳 This is the most beautiful flower I have ever seen.
#Bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening
@brian_gettler@mas.toLet me convince you to grow anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum). The flowers, which looked nicer last week (and on the plants I just harvested), are bright purple and are favorite of bees. But, IMHO, the leaves are the best part of the plant. Used fresh or dried they add a sweet anise flavor to black tea and they make really great ice cream too (akin to mint).
#gardening
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caIt 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
@ose_rouge@don.linxx.netDie Ringelblumen und Kornraden vom nächsten Jahr. 🌸 #Gardening #Flowers
@brian_gettler@mas.toAll that was left after the kids took a run at the currant bush. We actually had a pretty good crop this year...
#gardening
@Stomata@social.linux.pizza @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.cabetween 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
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caGot my water/utility bill for the spring/summer yesterday. (we get billed 3 times a year as part of our general city utilities bill including water, sewer and garbage/recycling fees).
Figured it would be a big water year this year so I've been wanting to see this. And of course, I have data going back to 2019ish.
Today's bill only goes to August 1st, so it doesn't include when we started to fill the #pondpool!
This was already a dry year in the spring and we were doing lots of watering in the front yard for the new ground cover in the modified driveway and the 3 new fruit trees.
Verdict:
2024: Apr 12 - Aug 7: 122, 200L
2025 Apr 14 - Aug 1 (7 less days!): 136,600L
It will be interesting to see if the August pond filling will add a big chunk onto our summer/fall consumption or if that is offset by both the brief August water restrictions, and the departure of both kids this fall to consume other people's water. ;=)
If you want an indication of how much water people use vs. yards: look at our August 2022 bill, which captures when we were on our cross-Canada roadtrip for 30 days in July/August of the 100 day period.
#water #consumption #gardening #utility #PortAlberni
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caIt’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
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caAnd 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.caA #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
