PhoenixSerenityParallel #BeardedIris #flowers - both tipped over by high winds, yesterday.
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#mushrooms sprouted from deadwood in soil. I leave them for squirrels & rats - they eat a few different #WildMushrooms.
Rats dug up 5 of my snow pea plants. Peanut butter baited traps are going back out in specific spots - tonight.
I tied some remaining snow pea plants up. More snow peas will be transplanted in 2 weeks.
My other plant seedlings are slowly growing in one small DIY greenhouse.
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Pink purple #DamesRockets are blooming, all around our gardens. Often mistaken with phlox. Phlox has 5 flower petals. Dames rockets have 4. It's an established invasive on Vancouver Island. I leave it as it's not choking out other plants & pollinators love them. I remove many other invasives.
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Lacy #phacelia aka #purple #tansy is native to NW Mexico & SW USA - it's in the borage family. I've been using them as part of #pollinators #garden & as a natural aphids #PestControl for food plants. This pretty flowering #plant attracts hoverflies & those insects love eating aphids. When it's done flowering - you can cut it down & use cuttings as #GreenManure.
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Lots of #basil #seedlings with 3 #cucumber babies. Small pink #flowers on #chives.
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Some of my #nightshade #starterPlants - #eggplants & #tomatoes.
I was behind on seed sowing starts again this past Winter!
I don't transplant any nightshade plants out into beds/pots until at least 2-3 flowers appear on starters. That helps the transplants to do much better - they're stronger if you wait a bit longer to transplant out.
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My #cantaloupe #seedlings.
Hopefully I'll get more than 2 cantaloupes this year. Last year was my first time trying to grow cantaloupes. Most of them failed due to neglect. I was too stressed/overwhelmed after my Dad died from long covid cardiac arrest early last June - many of my plants didn't make it.
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My sugar baby watermelon starters will be ready to transplant outdoors by next week👩🌾
Strawberry plants are feeding us daily. Sold some extra purple tomatillos & have a bunch more extras for sale in #Saanich ✌
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Today's #fresh #homegrown #strawberries #fruits #harvest 👩🌾
My baby nephew ate 6 of them before pic 🍓
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