Torry Nergart

"Mega-Ass" (*authentic botanical term ™) Quercus alba listed in the land grant metes n bounds, Mills River NC #bigtrees

A triumph for us, our 1st garden Gladiolus, what would be a cull in the cut flower industry. I love it. ✌

This year's Candy roaster yield, w the #wncmtnstatefair entry on top (not a PR). From 300 ft² under nursery fabric + homegrown #compost and homemade activated #biochar #seedkeeping #hierloomseeds #seedkeeper

I don't always find noxious weeds just commuting around, but when I do I report them! #eddmaps #noxiousweeds #purpleloosestrife

I wish you luck! Establishment Ds are yanked so far right of center they're basically '90s Rs. I've heard the 2 parties described as the offensive line and the defensive line, they both play for the same team and want the same goal. Too bad, playing games with people's lives makes us all losers!

I've pruned, fertilized, netted, harvested 5 times (~3 kilos each time). Now tired of the bird battle, we remove the nets to let everything have a bite. There are still so many that the birds can't eat them all, come glean if you want.
#blueberries #summer

I wouldn't mind not seeing another green bean for a while..... about 5 months from now would be alright.
#gardening #growyourown

Taggin along electrofishing for presence of wild Brook Trout in Tuxedo NC. Found nutthin but stocker bobos! #brooktrout

Out guiding the curator and staff of The National Native Azalea Collection onto some Rhododendron vaseyi specimens, tagging for Winter seed collection. www.ncarboretum.org/plan-a-visit...

o Haaay good green mornin to ya
Aneides aeneus

We're not Code Red as in awesome like a novelty Mtn Dew
We are Code Purple as in what you get if you hold your breath too long

If cots in an old gym aren't your cup of tea, we have a spot. It's even really close to the evac center, where other resources will likely be available. Please share

Pinus echinata
shortleafpine.org/

"it's not a problem plant"
is a matter of perspective I reckon
Aerial view of escaped #bradfordpear trees, this time of year they can be detected easily from above

39 Ways to (Nonviolently) Overthrow a Dictator, with George Lakey Thee Quaker Podcast · Episode

If you are being mindful of what you stick in your earholes, consider listening to those who practice quietness

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Hey #geologists does this look like #serpentine I'm on a Low elevation Basic Glade (NC Cedar Cliffs Polk Co.) inspecting wildfire effects. Rock is greener irl than this Winter light phonecamera pic. Occurred as a vein included in these large exposures with what looked like mica or biotite.

Slow yer roll all you Homo

Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.

This is Pisgah, have you met us?
'Cuz we see you

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Catch a fire
#defendpisgah
& y'r gonna get burned
IGD at the forest gate, stand up and be counted

Catch a fire
#defendpisgah
& y'r gonna get burned

Action alert to protect The Pisgah

Transylvania County Extension Small Fruit Plant Sale Fundraiser NC State Cooperative Extension, Transylvania County Center is offering small fruits and asparagus for sale to raise funds to support our programs in the community. Read more here about the varieties o...

Not exactly a local secret, but a dern good deal. Choosing locally adapted varieties from a trusted local source means much better chances for success in growing the yumyums.

Finley Cove Road Henderson County NC 2.18.2025 (still) a Helene landslide originating from a road+utilities corridor+kudzu patch. Collective amnesia of Storm Helene has set in deep

Finley Cove Road Henderson County NC 2.18.2025

I gu- I gotta touch grass, mang
No no that <-grass,>-that grass
WNC sod farms have some remnant Canebrakes, which send rhizomes straight into the heavily fertilized ag product. On the edges where the farm equipment turns, rhizomes get exposed, making propagation easy.

Winter plant activities down by the ol railroad tracks
The Future Nuts of the World ain't gonna jus fall out the sky, 2 flowers gotta rub up together 1st
'American Hazelnut' Corylus americana blooming 2.10.25 Ecusta Trail NC

Office Manager - Hendersonville, NC 28792 - Indeed.com Conserving Carolina

Conserving Carolina, my employer, is hiring an Office Administrator! Somebody's gotta keep the roof pinned on around here!
FT, Bennies, and I am personally very good about not tracking in my field boots and try to pick off all my bugs before entering the building
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Oh noes I do not like being harbinged

Look in the bottom left quadrant.

observed this deceased 9-Banded Armadillo in Cove Creek, Transylvania County, right at the group camp. I see them occasionally on the roadside but not deeper into the forest like this. #armadillo #ncwildlife

#wnc #winter & no Pring in sight. I collect river glass which may be Beach Glass's upland hick cousin- not quite smoothed all the way out but at least won't cut ya after a tumble in headwaters. Each represents time spent with family in Nature, jus skippin rocks n swimmin holes n fun.