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Another 'double' snowdrop, this is Galanthus 'Ophelia'.

More pics, including a comparison for those interested, with the previous snowdrop, G. Dionysus, in the blogpost: https://www.gwenfarsgarden.info/2021/03/galanthus-ophelia.html

#Plants #Gardening #Spring #Bulbs @plants

#florespondence This is a pretty flowering bonsai tree with pink flowers. I took the picture a couple of years ago at the Japanese gardens in Como park.

🐦 #Mosstodon 🌱

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When you decide to just let the pumpkins growing out of the compost pile go wild over the back fence. #gardening #florespondence @plants

Beautiful, fragrant wild violets are finally in full bloom <3
#photo #photographie #photography #violets #flowers #spring

Changed my header to a flower pic I took in March 2017 that I'm vibing with currently. #florespondence

Which streaming platforms do you use to consume movies and television shows?

Boosts are highly appreciated.

#consumesthis #poll #polls #askfedi #television #tv #movies

Crowdfunding $0/$250

Tina, a single mom, needs help with rent after having to stop working.

Cashapp: $solowife2xx
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This is guttation in action, a process through which plants expel excess water through the tips of their leaves. Basically the cat grass is shaming me for the soil being too wet 😅

It's been found to contaminate commercial manure-based composts, as well as manure from stables that gets delivered to allotment sites and so on. It's not just a matter of treated pastures: lots of people buy in hay or silage to feed their horses, and that feed can be contaminated. So can grass clippings if you use those.

So as a gardener, you *could* avoid it by only growing your own green manure -- but that takes longer and needs more land. And then what happens to the horse manure? landfill?

Not sure what I'm on about? #aminopyralid and related herbicides are used on grass to kill broad-leaved "weeds" (including some plants which can be dangerous to livestock). Problem is it doesn't break down easily, so if it gets used on grass and a horse eats it, it goes through and is still present in the manure.

Guess what else is a broad-leaved plant? Most of the vegetables we eat. #aminopyralid is particularly hard on legumes (peas, beans etc) and nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes).

There is some more on #aminopyralid contamination, including two more recommended contacts if you have received contaminated manure, at https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/news/worrying-damage-plants-herbicide-contamination-compost-organic-organisations-take-action

pruned my jade plant and now i have 9 pups looking for homes (in a month or two) @plants #plants

#Mosstodon 💚

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also, first daffodils #florespondence

recent conversation re making low-carb/starch nachos... what could you use in place of tortilla chips?