Mastodawn

This is my style of native gardening. I call it "Chaos gardening" although I think it's more proper to call it no-dig gardening.

When we first moved in, 6 years ago in August, I started this garden with a fresh patch of clay soil. It was used as a tomato garden that they lined with plastic to kill the weeds. After years of getting cut down by deer and groundhogs and uninformed lawn care people, I've finally found a rhythm. I've been allowing the garden to fill in and I weed sparingly around the plants. I weed enough to let in sunlight but not enough to draw unwanted attention.

Below are some examples of plants that had been eaten to hell last year (and some this year) but continue to grow in spite of it.

Does anyone else garden like this?
#gardening #nativegarden #nativeplants #chaosgardening #noDigGarden #zone7b #notillgardening #rambling

Sam Harrison May 26

Miss "Banana Melt" over here growing like a weed 😜 #homegrow #cannabis #growyourown #containergardening #gardening #zone7b #humboldtseedcompany

Sam Harrison May 4

Lil' garden update! I still have tons to do, but I love seeing the little things change. #zone7b #gardening #babyplants #nativeplants #cosmos #seedlings

@CharleneTeglia May 4

We have more simultaneous blooms now than ever before; the irises and tulips and wisteria plus American wisteria and roses are all in bloom together. #gardening #zone7b

Karen Mardahl Apr 26

First day in the garden, well, greenhouse, this year. I am utterly knackered. Past Me did not clean anything at the end of last year and then there was cold and snow and illness. But Present Me did a damn fine job cleaning capillary boxes and washing the floor. I finally planted all the alliums, even the moldy ones to see what happens. I listened to no music or podcasts or anything. I feel I got a thorough soul cleansing, though! It felt so good to putz around the greenhouse, and those rubberised garden gloves are superior to soggy garden gloves! I feel happy. 😊 what a privilege and joy that I can garden! 💚
Yesterday I picked up strawberry plants from a local strawberry farm so that is a project for the coming week. So happy my local gardening shop gardener said I am not a month behind like I thought because it has not really been a persistent warm temp for plants to stay alive.
I hope this knackered state means I sleep well tonight! Zzzzzz. #Zone7b #gardening

Sam Harrison Apr 2

It's been a weird spring. #bloomscrolling #zone7b #spring2026 #garden #dogwood

kamikat Mar 26

Is it time to sow the sunflowers yet?

How about...now?

#sunflowers #gardening #zone7b

Sam Harrison Mar 24

A beautiful Juniper hairstreak, Callophrys gryneus. #insect #insectfriend #entomology #nature #bugscrolling #zone7b

kamikat Mar 17

I do not want to work in the garden in my bigg ass winter coat but the beds need to get ready for seed.
#gardening #zone7b

DeeAnn Little Mar 15

More spring preparation, cleaned up Bog Thing from winter dormancy. I generally try to let it do as it wants with some additions along the way, but trimmed out the dead sundew and pinguicula leaves (leaving the sundew roots) and relocated a venus flytrap seedling (there are a few growing in it). Next year I'll move out the pinguiculas before winter. I only rehydrated it today, not a full flush yet until it resettles.

#CarnivorousPlants #Mosstodon #gardening #plants #zone7b #florespondence