Twisted J

Thanks for the response! Would you mind messaging me? I don't seem to be able to send you a message.

@backtothenewbasics.bsky.social Hi Joe! Longtime fan here, and have recently made a career switch into horticulture. Yay! I'm managing a small local garden center and am struggling to find wholesalers for the seeds and plants I want to encourage my neighbors to plant. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Got a job managing a garden center! And we had a truly adorable plant tag theft occur yesterday. 😂🥰🌱

A stick used to spread the limbs of a fruit tree so they grow at an angle to produce more fruit

One end of the limb spreader stick is just cut in half

The other end of the stick is a natural v

I made a limb spreader today, and my wife said I should make a pansey dropper next 🌱 #fruittrees #appletree #homestead #orchard #joke

I'm here for the angst and schtick. I say go for it.

Note: these are not original photos! Wasn't planning to share this when I made it and didn't track where I pulled each photo from. My most profound apologies to each photographer. 😳😳😳

3x4 grid with labeled seedlings. From top left: cosmos, coneflower, zinnia, showy milkweed, nasturtium, marigold, lacy phacelia, cosmos again, hollyhock, viola, opium poppy, California poppy.

Made a seed start guide for myself, with the seedlings I'll be seeing soon. Love having it up while I'm weeding! Wasn't planning to share, so didn't fix it when I saw cosmos were there twice. It seemed like something others might like and I have zero impulse control, though, so here we are. 😁🌱

I created this stupid little seedling images guide just for myself, with the things I know I'm going to see popping up soon. Wasn't planning to share it so didn't fix it after I realized I included cosmos twice. It's handy to have it saved on my phone though!

Agree that this is fabulous!

This is amazing thank you!

Peony stalks emerging from soil. My statement about censoring myself is because they look rather phallic. 😳

Peonies are emerging. Tempted to make comments about how excited they look but I'll censor myself. 🌱

Just spent two hours outside doing a light chop n drop on the diakon radish I planted in late summer. Yay almost spring!

A small cluster of yellow crocus flowers poke up within a circle of melting snow

Good morning. 🌱 #firstblooms #crocusflowers #crocusinsnow

LoL me too! 🤪

Yay!!!!

Looks great!

I borrowed the ebook from the local library. 😁 #hoorayforlibraries

Awesome! Did you buy the new lavender plant or grow it yourself? I have a few lavender plants but I want more. 😊

Collage. On top, a close up of a two week old black and white shih tzu poodle mix puppy cradled in someone's hands. On bottom, the same dog at two years old sits on a couch wearing a cone hat with the number 2 on it. He is adorably miserable and clearly hoping the photographer (me) takes the hat off of him right away. (I did.)

Then and now

Miserable looking white and tan shih tzu and poodle mix suits on a couch wearing a sparkly blue cone hat that has the number 2 on it in gold lettering

Happy 2nd birthday, Izzy! I promised him I would take the hat off of him the second after I snapped the photo and I did. Sorry, buddy. Thank you for putting up with me. 🙊

Ooohhhhh.... www.fungimovie.com

Gonna go look this up! Love a book rec! Thank you!

First crocus to open. #firstblooms2025 #bloomscrolling

I guess as an inadvertent litmus test maybe? In this instance it wasn't. 🤪

Apropos of nothing, I caught myself saying to someone, "I'm really into mycorrhizal fungi right now," and I feel like that's the extent of my social skills these days. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #mastergardeners #gardening 🌱

Mark Beaumont describes beautifully everything I'm thinking and feeling about Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl halftime show performance.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

My main takeaway from Super Bowl ads is how old some of these celebrities have gotten.

please no Super Bowl spoilers I haven't been able to watch the last 52 so I am not caught up yet thanks

And yeah, I'm used to being able to afford better wine. And I still have vermouth and lots of liqueurs around. Might as well make use of them and have some fun. 😊

New thing for me: Wine spritzes. Fun to play with when all you can afford is shit wine.

3 oz wine
1 oz any vermouth
2+ oz any seltzer

Sweet vermouth adds warmth, richness, and mild sweetness with herbal depth. Dry vermouth adds a crisp botanical dryness. I'm using red wine, but you do you.