First salad ready for picking in the mini poly tunnel. (Last Sunday, I'm too slack about posting, OK?)

@FotoVorschlag #FotoVorschlag "Aus alt mach neu"

Diese Schubkarre ist das blühende Leben

Das ist - schon wieder - einer meiner Lieblingsfrühjahrsblüher
Die Frühlings-Platterbse (Lathyrus vernus) hier in der etwas weniger üblichen Farbe.

Sie ist so anspruchslos, dass sie auch unter Nadelbäumen zurecht kommt. Außerdem vermehrt sie sich gut ohne aufdringlich zu werden.
Die etwas ungewöhnliche Blütenform macht sie so besonders.

Looks like this vanilla vine might be flowering soon. This is exciting because it's almost in reach and I will try to hand pollinate. Every other time I've seen vanilla flower, the flowers have been 30 feet up in a tree

Time to watch some videos on hand pollinating vanilla.

There is a wooden teepee at the play centre but it is often too hot to play in.
Today I planted a hakea laurina, a rhodencarpus and three westringias around it. They are in green tents to make it obvious to tiny children that they can't walk there.

In a couple of years we hope it will be more shady here.
#volunteer
#gardening

My hydroponics don't yet yield much in the way of food (I'm still learning) but they give me a lot of joy.

I can buy food but I can't buy joy, so I call this a success.

#Hydroponics #IndoorGardening #Aerogarden #ClickAndGrow #Kratky #Gardening @gardening

AI slop is often hard to spot, but sometimes it’s so terrible it actually makes you laugh out loud https://www.allforgardening.com/1252324/ai-slop-is-often-hard-to-spot-but-sometimes-its-so-terrible-it-actually-makes-you-laugh-out-loud/ #fun #gardening #GardeningFun

Now for another #gardening question: does anyone know what kind of #mushroom this is..?

Springtime
#bloomscrolling #gardening #photography

The spinach I planted last fall in the garden is nearing the end of its cycle, so I harvested most. Tomorrow I'll blanch and freeze the harvest. The corn salad was starting to shoot, so I deced to take most home. The rest of both will stay to grow blossoms and hopefully go to seed. Chive was taking over the garden paths, and while I left most for the insects, I took some home, as well.

Vintage Botanical Prints – 67 in a series – Cerasus = Cerisier. A. Gros gobet. B. cer. à courte queue. C. Guindoux de Poitou. D. Cer. d’Espagne.

https://welchwrite.com/agn/2021/11/01/vintage-botanical-prints-67-in-a-series-cerasus-cerisier-a-gros-gobet-b-cer-a-courte-queue-c-guindoux-de-poitou-d-cer-despagne/

#cherry #fruit #Cerasus #plants #flowers #leaves #botany #botanical #print #art #artwork #garden #gardening #science #painting #illustration  
@altbot

Haven't done a #gardening report in a while. We're in waiting mode for the soil to dry, sometimes with great patience, and apparently, that's a necessity for the next week. Plants outside whenever it's not raining, back under the lights the rest of the time. #gyo #GrowFoodFromSeed

Here is the globe artichoke. Promising #gardening

Simple triumphs..our first asparagus #AllotmentLife #Permaculture #Gardening

I put my 3d printed hydroponics tower into operation with some pre-grown salad. I hope that the nights won’t be too cold anymore. In six weeks or so there will be the first harvest, hopefully! #hydroponics #gardening #3dprinting

My wee fig tree is potted, and my broad bean seedlings are giving the outdoors a try for the first time. It's still too cold at night to transplant them, but I hope it warms up enough soon; they're getting leggy! #gardening

Tiny DIY greenhouses! Perfect for starting pumpkins and planting leftover herbs.

I will not accept the concept of "single-use plastic" without a creative fight.

High hopes! #gardening