the-compulsive-gardener

Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly chrysalis hanging on a twig of an elderberry bush. Be careful while doing dormant pruning!

Gotta be careful while doing dormant pruning! I keep finding these pipevine swallowtail butterfly chrysalis in various trees and shrubs! It’s amazing how far they travel from their food source. #butterflyhabitat #californiagardening #wildlifehabitat #gardening #butterflygarden

12.01.2025 19:12 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

The fall color of the persimmons is so pretty after the rains here in #sonomacounty CA. From the #organicgarden, we’ve been getting mizuna, parsley, kale, tree collards, pumpkins, feijoas. #gophers eating the beets. The garden is my refuge, especially these days! #gardening #nature #photography

26.11.2024 17:50 — 👍 17    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Compulsive Gardener | Sowing A Wildflower Meadow Sow your wildflower patch in winter to enjoy the blooms in spring. Read about when I broadcast California poppy and arroyo lupine seeds and how I tend to them in my native wildflower meadow. Watch the...

With our rainy season’s first atmospheric river headed our way tonight here in NorCal, I went out and scattered the first of the CA poppies and arroyo lupine seeds #wildflowers My write up of what I do here: the-compulsive-gardener.com/2022/11/17/s...

20.11.2024 02:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We just pulled in our pumpkin harvest and I’ve got a couple of Red Kuri in the oven. Probably going to make curried pumpkin soup with greens. #organicgardening

20.11.2024 02:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#houseplant love!

20.11.2024 01:54 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yellow-faced bumblebee on an heirloom zinnia in the butterfly habitat garden

I’m excited to try out BlueSky! From the butterfly habitat garden:

20.11.2024 01:44 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Count me in! I just joined bluesky. I’m an avid organic food and wildlife gardener, transitioning to peat free. 20+years. I started a little garden blog a few years ago just so I can share. I’m excited to meet and share with other similar gardeners here!

20.11.2024 01:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0