The first creature I met at the garden centre today was this bunny, helping herself to snacks. Her companion bunny was also an enthusiastic nibbler, so I took photos of them both.

I would think that bunnies might be unwelcome in such a place, but no! A staff guy came and gave me a lettuce leaf to feed to the bunny. The cashier told me how well loved the bunnies are. There are three main rabbits. They have names, they get treats, they are loved.

#rabbit #bunny #gardening

The first creature I met at the garden centre today was this bunny, helping herself to snacks. Her companion bunny was also an enthusiastic nibbler, so I took photos of them both.

I would think that bunnies might be unwelcome in such a place, but no! A staff guy came and gave me a lettuce leaf to feed to the bunny. The cashier told me how well loved the bunnies are. There are three main rabbits. They have names, they get treats, they are loved.

#rabbit #bunny #gardening

Hey, middle of October. Time for Cilantro! Again? #gardening

Hey, middle of October. Time for Cilantro! Again? #gardening

I have been paying attention to other neighbor gardeners in the area (Zone 8A)and finding it disturbing that they are taking down the tomatoes already. Here in Zone 9A I've got another month at least. Big adjustments ahead.

OTOH being able to garden in a colder zone means I can plant more lilacs, peonies, sour cherries, and a wider variety of interesting apples. Looking forward to that. #Gardening

This is the area where my main garden will be at the new place in Oregon, next to the house (off to the left). When it's terraced and fenced it will be about 4000 square feet, twice as much space as I have now, plus a shed and a greenhouse.

The new place is a farm so technically I have way more gardening space than this, but I want the close-in garden to be close-in, and accessible for when I get older and have less time or mobility to garden. Also I want it to be pretty. 😊
#Gardening

Good news! Apparently, the pomegranates are ripe. Bad news... they are being harvested by squirrels. #gardening #pomegranates

I thought I should do a bit of an intro. I'm fairly new to Mastodon but I'm not a Bsky refugee. I was never on it because it quickly seemed to generate the same annoying dynamics as Twitter, with people doing things for likes.

I'd been off social media for ages until a column by @pluralistic inspired me to check out the fediverse. I really like it so far - it seems pretty chill and doesn't hurt my brain. I'm not a techie but I'm very interested in the politics of tech so appreciate learning more about those issues here.

I haven't posted a lot myself because of having to resize images before uploading, which I can't seem to do easily! 😂 Advice would be helpful. I'm also figuring out the norms for posting.

I'm masquerading as a Common Loon for now while I figure out how I want to build a new relationship to social media.

Interested in talking about all things #Birds #Gardening and a bit of #Politics and #HigherEd here and there.

#NewHere #Introductions

I thought I should do a bit of an intro. I'm fairly new to Mastodon but I'm not a Bsky refugee. I was never on it because it quickly seemed to generate the same annoying dynamics as Twitter, with people doing things for likes.

I'd been off social media for ages until a column by @pluralistic inspired me to check out the fediverse. I really like it so far - it seems pretty chill and doesn't hurt my brain. I'm not a techie but I'm very interested in the politics of tech so appreciate learning more about those issues here.

I haven't posted a lot myself because of having to resize images before uploading, which I can't seem to do easily! 😂 Advice would be helpful. I'm also figuring out the norms for posting.

I'm masquerading as a Common Loon for now while I figure out how I want to build a new relationship to social media.

Interested in talking about all things #Birds #Gardening and a bit of #Politics and #HigherEd here and there.

#NewHere #Introductions

Friends got a bag of beans from their neighbor. I will be planting a handful that I picked out from this colorful mix.

#gardening

Friends got a bag of beans from their neighbor. I will be planting a handful that I picked out from this colorful mix.

#gardening

Collecting scarlet runner beans for next year. I mostly grow them for the hummingbirds. The colour is pretty cool when they're fresh out of the pod.

#Gardening

Collecting scarlet runner beans for next year. I mostly grow them for the hummingbirds. The colour is pretty cool when they're fresh out of the pod.

#Gardening

I had to learn the hard way that Cannabis is in fact and entry drug. 2 years ago with German legalization I grew my first plant and now I am really into gardening and botany and learning more about plants and ecology. I'm even a lot more attentive to just random plants growing at the side of the road

#Cannabis #Growing #Weed #Gardening

This dinnerplate #dahlia is almost as big as my face.

#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #gardening #plants #botanical #nature #perennials #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #Zone8 #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW