We moved into a new house, and the south facing backyard only gets about 4 hours of direct sun before it gets filtered through the trees behind my fence. A little bummed we won't be able to grow full sun stuff. We usually grow a lot of marigolds and cosmos. Any advice? Might get a community garden plot. #gardening #zone7b

Is it time to sow the sunflowers yet?

How about...now?

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A beautiful Juniper hairstreak, Callophrys gryneus. #insect #insectfriend #entomology #nature #bugscrolling #zone7b
I do not want to work in the garden in my bigg ass winter coat but the beds need to get ready for seed.
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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.

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Every year, I wish I had taken pictures at the start of the growing season. I might even pin this so I can have all my gardening stuff together. Who have I become😂 This is year 3 after starting from a blank slate with new fence with different dimensions, grading of the property to accommodate new hardscaping and "wall-to-wall" sod.
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I divided and repotted a very crowded and rootbound Sarracenia pitcher plant today.

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Why, hello, my hollyhock friend! You are looking bright and green!
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It looks like most of the carnivorous plants survived over-wintering on the balcony in Germany, Zone 7b. I am now prepping soil for divisions and repotting. There are three generations of Venus Flytraps with a small fourth generation seeding to start soon (I have a lot of seeds from last year's harvest and need to test a few).

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