Emotionally Fragile:

"I have weathered wind and rain; on those dull days I was radiant. Drought and despair come and I retreat inward, surrounding myself with my desiccated hopes. Surely the wind will strip me of them, too."

Not quite fit for bloom-scrolling! 😂 Another in-studio shot, this one is currently on display at the ArtPod gallery. The theme for the exhibition is 'Fleeting: Exalting the ephemeral'

#photography #mastoart #fediart #fineartphotography #fineart #macro #macrophotography #nature #seeds #weeds

Dilophosaurus frees the cherubs.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Cherubs #Statues #Fountains #Weeds #Gardening #Dinosaurs

🎺LAWN CARE FIELD DAY COMING UP🎺

This is a fun, useful event for anyone wanting a kempt yard.

I get inevitable pushback from people who think we should be growing corn and beans instead of lawns.

But many of us are simply growing weeds, plants we don't like.

And it doesn't discourage anyone from sowing prairie plants as so many in Minneapolis have done, with beautiful results.

But that takes work! Neglect looks like hell.

Topics for this year's field day include:

• When is a lawn salvageable?
• Selecting species and cultivars that require fewer inputs
• How to manage the most difficult weeds
• Using dormant seeding to establish or improve a lawn
• Efficient lawn watering
• How to manage lawns with shade

https://turf.umn.edu/register-now-umn-turfgrass-lawn-care-field-day-81425

#Minnesota #weeds #LeavesOfGrass

🌭 In California, an invasive mustard is destabilizing desert plant communities

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/in-california-an-invasive-mustard-is-destabilizing-desert-plant-communities/

#plants #weeds #california #invasives #desert #ecology #environment

Today I was teaching a lecture about environmental weeds, for our Applied Ecology and Conservation course at #LincolnUniversityNZ. I showed the class the "Environmental weeds in New Zealand" project on #iNaturalist. That was made by staff at the #DepartmentofConservation to gather observations of DOC's 386 weed species.

These are the plants that DOC has assessed as being fully naturalised wild exotics, already present in natural ecosystems, and likely to be having more than minor impacts on NZ ecosystems. iNat currently has 199,588 observations of 379 of these species.

On a whim, in class I decided to see how many of these environmental weeds were present on the university campus.

Was it 10? Maybe 20?

No, 109 species.

Like a lot of urban and rural areas in NZ, our campus is a reservoir of weeds.

https://inaturalist.nz/projects/environmental-weeds-in-new-zealand

https://inaturalist.nz/observations?place_id=67596&project_id=environmental-weeds-in-new-zealand&subview=map&verifiable=any

#nz #weeds #InvasiveSpecies #biosecurity

The vegie garden is pretty under used this cold season, because I couldn't plant or weed well earlier this year (or again now) due to carpal tunnel and other nerve issues.

But I'm still getting a bit out of it.

Today's harvest is mostly edible weeds.

Mallow root and nettle, which I'm going to turn into a pasta sauce.

A handful of peas and snow peas, some spring onions, and a chilli. And a couple of jonquils because I love the scent.

Later this week I'll be getting some rainbow chard and cabbage too, but I don't need them rotting in the fridge until I'm ready to use them.

There are still tens of chillies on the bushes. I've dried about a hundred, but I'm "storing" the rest on the bush to keep them fresh.

#Gardening #Weeds #GardeningAu #GardeningAustralia