Swallowtail caterpillars on dill 🐛

#gardening #pollinators #plants #raisedbedgarden #swallowtail

Bruce The Dog 🥹
He’s not a cuddler or a lapdog but he does insist on being in the same room and within view at all times, preferably laying at arm’s length on the couch.
Bruce has been our best pal for about 2 years now and this old man could not be any more spoiled or loved.

#dogs #seniordogrescue #ewok #dog #dogsofmastondon

It’s #WorldBeeDay so I thought I’d share this fun video I took yesterday of a bee thoroughly enjoying himself in this newly opened Hungarian Breadseed Poppy. His saddlebags are so loaded up he can barely lift himself 😂 I love it!
🎶: Shannon & The Clams, ‘Cat Party’

#gardening #pollinators #bees @plants

Anise Swallowtail caterpillars on dill 🐛
I noticed an absence of wasps in the garden that had eaten most of the caterpillars in the past at this time of year. I wonder if it has do with the shift and fluctuations in weather this year? 🤷🏻‍♀️

#gardening #plants #pollinators #swallowtail #caterpillar

Poppy 'Lauren's Grape'
Papaver somniferum, is an opium variety. 🧞‍♂️
This is another Poppy that self sows for me every year and they are EVERYWHERE! This is my first bloom of the year but over the next week they are going to explode and the bees are going to lose their minds 🙃 They love this one!

#gardening #flowers #plants #pollinatorgarden #bloomscrolling #poppies @plants

King Midas, Carrots
I have had terrible luck with carrots this season with the weather but a few are finally starting to come up! Better late than never 🍾

#gardening #vegetable #vegetablegardening #raisedbeds #organicgardening #carrot #harvest

Icelandic Poppy, a garden silver lining.
The continued cold is killing some of my more tender veg seedlings that will no doubt go into shock when the weather jumps 20 degrees, 3 days from now 😒
BUT there are a few things thriving, like the cool weather crops that are still killing it well into May and many of the spring flowers.

#gardening #plants #flowers #bloomscrolling #pollinatorgarden #poppy @plants

Today’s walk was giving some serious Little Red Riding Hood vibes. 🐺

#naturewalks #ominous #moody #mentalhealth

Rainy day garden 🌧️
*Scarlet Flax
*Sunflower
*Thimble Flower
*Belle Etoile, Mock Orange
*Pansy, Johnny Jump Up
*Calendula, Zeolights

#gardening #plants #flowers #pollinatorgarden #sixonsaturday

I’m always amazed how fast Wheat Grass grows.
I made a little counter top planter with vintage Fiestaware mugs for my partner to use in his smoothies.
We thought it might be fun to do a time lapse to see how fast it grows in a day. It was not. 😂
Turns out it was like… watching grass grow 🌾
I trimmed it up to see the growth in 9 hours anyway.
🎶: The Damned, ‘I’m So Bored’

#plants #timelapse #boring #punk @plants