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#gardens

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Neil Hopkins (He/Him)

Hey #hedgehog fans - I need advice!

We have a hog cafe that's an upturned plastic box. This has been ok as a stop gap, but is now getting brittle. It is also not easy to spy through...

In addition, naughty cats often try to get in if we don't put a big stone over the (increasingly brittle) doorway.

What do you have as a hog cafe set up? I am thinking a rabbit hutch or similar with a hog friendly, slightly covered, entrance.

Any ideas or DIY plans would be great! (Reshare rewarded with loving vibes in your direction)

This image shows a garden setup captured by a nature camera labeled “NATURESPY,” with the timestamp 20/04/2025 15:48:23. In the foreground, there is a black plastic plant pot containing a small, upright plant. The pot is placed on grass, which appears slightly overgrown. Behind the pot is a clear plastic container with an opening cut into its side, serving as a shelter or enclosure— it contains bowls of food and water for hedgehogs.. The area is bordered by a wooden fence on the right and a reed or bamboo screen at the back. Several other small pots and gardening items are visible, suggesting this is part of a backyard or small outdoor garden project designed for observation and possibly wildlife interaction.
#gardens#gardenjoy#wildlife
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Joseph Elfelt

Got ants? More specifically, got flying ants? Yes, they are a real thing. No, they are not termites.

Each ant makes its own 1/4 inch size hole somewhere in the garden paths. After the sun is up and the air warms, they fly around. On one hand, they are harmless to humans. On the other hand, we have more than our fair share. Want some?

We generally keep the garden paths covered with about an inch of sand. This helps to keep weeds from starting in the pathways and ones that do start are easy to remove. The paths that currently have a good layer of sand do not have any ant holes. But path in the pic had little-to-no sand. That area is now covered with an inch of sand. Remains to be seen if that discourages these critters.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW

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DoomsdaysCW

A British feast from garden weeds

Jessica Vincent, 8 May 2020

Excerpts: "It was an unusually hot April morning in Colchester, England, and the fields, now in full bloom, were bursting in brilliant yellows, whites and purples. Armed with a wicker basket and David Squire’s book Foraging for Wild Foods, I scanned the Essex countryside for the ingredients to my first-ever foraging taster menu: stinging #nettle soup; gnocchi with #dandelion leaf pesto; #WildGarlic and stinging nettle ravioli; and, for dessert, dandelion flower cookies.

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"The earliest memory I have of #foraging is picking wild #blackberries with my grandmother. Our quest for England’s sweetest wild fruit led us to our local park in Banstead, Surrey, a small patch of green which, between August and October, would burst with swollen blackberries. Under strict instructions, I’d carefully manoeuvre my way around the thick, sharp brambles, my eyes scanning for the darkest and shiniest berries of them all. My grandmother had learned from her mother – who, as a young evacuee during World War Two, would forage wild fruits and plants as a supplement to the meagre food rations – that the plumper, darker berries were the sweetest. Those juicy crimson-purple morsels would often be turned into blackberry crumble, the perfect sweet finish to a Sunday roast dinner."

bbc.com/travel/article/2020050

BBC · A British feast from garden weedsBy Jessica Vincent
#Gardens#SolarPunkSunday
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MissConstrue

Ok. The world is blowing up, we have a full blown constitutional crisis, the empire is falling and Babylon is burning. I have much to say about all of it. But the same thoughts are running through your head too, I have no doubt. While we consider what machinists have the right skills to make large blades, I remind you that Mother Nature is just outside. Pet a flower, feed a squirrel, gather your spoons. We have a long fight ahead of us.
#Resist #DoNotObey #bloomscrolling #Gardens

A bed of Jurassic sized irises in front of a tangle of climbing rose bush. The blooms are about three feet tall. There are white ones fully open and purple ones beginning to unfurl.
Close up of a very tall purple iris.
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Joseph Elfelt

Got frost?

Since it might freeze tonight I put the lids on the plastic jars that are protecting these lettuce transplants. The jars help protect the small plants from being battered by the wind and I like to think they might help keep slugs off. The jars originally had mixed nuts and I cut the bottoms off.

Also in the pic are Walla Walla onions that were started from seed last fall and overwintered in the greenhouse before being transplanted into this raised bed.
#Gardens #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #PNW

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