I used to mow down dandelions at first sight but not anymore!

Before you fire up the lawnmower, remember that dandelions are one of the very first abundant sources of #nectar and #pollen for hungry bees waking up from winter.

I am highly allergic to bees so I try to avoid them. This little guy seemed completely uninterested in me so I snapped a quick pic with my cell. Imagine my surprise to see "pollen pants"! Bright orange pollen packed onto its legs. That is crucial food being carried back to support the hive.

Let them bloom! 💛 #SaveTheBees #Bees #NaturePhotography #Weeds #Dandelion #Appalachia #AndroidPhoto

#PollinatorGarden #Garden #BeeFriendly #AppalachianNature #GardenEcosystem #NatureLovers

Herbicide-resistant weeds costing Manitoba farmers $77 million
A 2022 report from the Canadian Journal of Plant Science says herbicide-resistant weeds are cost Manitoba farmers nearly $77 million.
#News
https://globalnews.ca/news/11799370/herbicide-resistant-weeds-costing-manitoba-farmers-77-million/

Herbicide-resistant weeds costing Manitoba farmers $77 million
A 2022 report from the Canadian Journal of Plant Science says herbicide-resistant weeds are cost Manitoba farmers nearly $77 million.
#News
https://globalnews.ca/news/11799370/herbicide-resistant-weeds-costing-manitoba-farmers-77-million/

Six months ago I expanded my Incultures project.

I asked several AIs to generate images of urban weeds based on their names and botanical descriptions.

The plants are painted in acrylic using a technique reminiscent of watercolor.
Their scale matches that of real street plants growing in the space between the sidewalk and the wall.
As a result, the painting process takes place sitting directly on the ground, kneeling, or sometimes even lying down… a rather athletic painting experience!
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#plants #weeds #wildplants #wallpainting #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #artcontemporain #peinturecontemporaine #peinture #fediart #mastoart

Dug a new weed pit at my allotment this morning. The victims spend a week or so drying out, then get buried. I've been doing this for years and the soil is slowly getting better. #allotment #gardening #weeds #weeding #composting #soil

Incultures is a mural project depicting invasive plants generated by artificial intelligence. The plants appear weird because AI struggles to accurately generate them, revealing the limitations of the technology. This failure mirrors our own selective and incomplete perception of the living world. Painted at the base of the walls—like the weeds that thrive in urban spaces—these plants challenge both our ways of seeing and the growing influence of AI in visual culture.

Here are three new plants I painted recently.
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#plants #weeds #wildplants #wallpainting #painting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #artcontemporain #peinturecontemporaine #peinture #fediart #mastoart #art