hi Masto #Gardeners: I need an ID please for this dark purple flower which has come up in my garden. I’m in #Jersey Channel Islands

Thanks!
#Bloomscrolling #gardening

Quick question to Masto #Gardeners

How can you know what tree might graft successfully onto another? I'd like to try a few. And I was wondering about a couple of frankenstein versions. But there have to be limits here. Presumably I can't grow a fig graft on an apple tree for eg?

Thanks!

OK, this is most specifically for my #CentralFlorida #gardeners - have any of you successfully grown Witch Hazel down here?

Like Hamamelis virginiana, not the ornamental loropetalum.

IFAS has it down to zone 8B, but I’ve seen other sources that have it all the way to 9B…

Please and thank you: Only responses with firsthand experience in the 9a-10a zone!
Boosts appreciated!

If you didn't believe that #voles are #gardeners as I told you in my podcast episode "When gardeners run wild" part I, here's the proof with photo: https://mastodon.online/@Minimus@archaeo.social/114173909170033316 by @Minimus

For the episode about gardening animals: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-07-when-gardeners-run-wild-part-1/id1630784381?i=1000606747381

#Gardeners , planting milkweed and butterfly weed is totally helping! This makes me very happy!!

#Gardening

#Monarch

#Butterflies

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/11/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-doubles-year

Having done a little more reading, I think that I need to actually understand some more about my soil chemistry. Sadly, where I live there is no agricultural support facility which can help.

So I need to do it myself. I have a P, K, N testing kit - which I am going to try.

But the symptoms I want to address are: 1) soft fruit doesn't taste great; 2) lack of bulb growth on a range of veg; 3) that's it.

I mulch deeply and regularly. But something is wrong...

Thoughts #gardeners?

Organic #gardeners know about resistance when it comes to pest, disease resistance, etc...

We humans function better when we are resistant too!

We can be more resistant through cultural practices and lifestyle choices.

Some of us choose #homesteading to resist.

Others enjoy resistance as a beautiful side effect of pursuing a #holistic, natural, joyful, meaningful, #nourishing lifestyle!

Follow @homesteadculture for more homesteady content!

#Maine 2025 #SeedSwap & #Scion Exchange

Sunday, March 30, 12 - 4 p.m.
Snow date: Sunday, April 6 *

At #MOFGA's #CommonGround Education Center in #UnityMaine

*Snow date to be called by Friday, March 28

"This will be an indoor and outdoor event, so wear your woolies and come enjoy a warm drink, see old friends, meet new friends and bring home some #scionwood for grafting and s#eeds for planting!

"#Gardeners and #orchardists are invited to bring their seeds, #scionwood and #cuttings to share. If you don’t have any, come anyway!

"Community members and local seed growers regularly bring an incredible variety of vegetable, fruit, flower, and herb seeds. We also regularly have over 150+ types of scionwood to share, including scionwood sourced from MOFGA’s orchards. We will also have limited quantities of #rootstock for sale. Custom grafting is available by donation to the #MaineHeritageOrchard.

"Other items for sharing are welcome such as plants, cuttings, #seedlings, hatching eggs, #kombucha and #YogurtStarters, #salves and other #homemade items.

"The day’s offerings also include gardening workshops, #FruitTree care demonstrations, vendors, educational booths, and more.

"This event is located at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center, 294 Crosby Brook Rd, Unity, Maine."

RSVP and FMI:
https://www.mofga.org/trainings/annual-events/seed-swap-and-scion-exchange/
#SolarPunkSunday #SeedSharing #SeedExchange #OrganicFarmers #BuildingCommunity

#gardeners how do you see #gardening as #resistance? I think we may be looking at some shocks to the food system, and I will be moving from a grudging helper to my wife to a happy helper as garden. I’m looking forward to the work this year. I still don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m going to learn

Red blush rose with morning dew.

https://www.artheroes.com/en/shopartwork/Red-Blush-Rose-Macro-with-Water-Doplets/1403003/132?mediumId=1&size=75x50

Hello Masto #Gardeners - so I'd welcome comments, suggestions, advice.

I'm going to put a metal-frame pergola up length of the garden and plant fruit trees along it. Something like this: https://www.agriframes.co.uk/collections/pergolas/products/round-pergola

Mayb 1.8 wide and I think it's about 10 m long. It's a big investment and project.

I'm now wondering what to plant along it. I'd like it to be fruit. which means something over 20 trees are reasonable.

So: are multi species graft trees any good? Any advice at all here?

Where are the #permaculture #gardeners on Mastodon?

If any aussie #gardeners looking for seeds, just found https://www.theseedcollection.com.au/ and it has a huge variety in veggies and herbs.

Alrighty US desert #gardeners hit me with your favorite native plants!
Need ideas to start this spring, what should I look for? What can I propagate?
Any good books I should look for?

I briefly mentioned that I’ve started a PhD with Greenwich Uni where I’ll be looking at female gardeners and environmentalists in the long 19th century. Who are the best people to follow here into that topic? Any ideas? #history #victorian #19C #gardening #gardeners #environment

Early morning garden harvest - some of my Hungarian lettuce & some grapes.

A few of our #cucumbers are still growing.
Some large Oregon #snowpeas.
Ongoing soil remediation project is making slow & steady progress. Cardboard, topsoil, compost, woody debris, crushed seashells, seaweed, grass cuttings, leaf mulch are all breaking down together nicely.