Alex Solla

What The Heck Is This? and other things gardeners say in May What the heck is this?  Anyone who knows me would agree that organization is NOT my strong suit. Curiosity, absolutely. When May rolls aro...

A lengthy discussion about trying to determine what plant is coming up in May... in the latest blog post: laughingravens.blogspot.com/2025/05/what...

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what the ever loving fuck is going on?!!

Sunshine and dafodills! #garden 🌱

baby lupine seedlings

Lots of baby lupine seedlings... which will get potted up tomorrow, assuming the storms and wind dont keep me out of the garden in the afternoon.

my first bloodroot is blooming for the first time.
Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex'
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Yup. What I want, was almost there on FB... the connections, the stories, the sharing.... the community. But then it became a way to make money... and to screw folks out of money. Not sure how this is supposed to change.

Exactly. It is the same sort of feeling that I found overwhelming on Twitter. Worse, I feel like folks are trying to 'game' the system. Not sure this is going to be meaningful in the long run.

peony seedling

peony seedling

peony seedling

little baby peonies (woody species of all sorts)

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second year, iris versicolor

species iris seedlings

iris seedlings from all sorts of species iris (versicolor, ensata, siberica, sanguinea)

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woodchips and cardboard have been the best etch-a-sketch for the garden. Draw, erase, start over.

I am starting to wonder about Bluesky. Feels like folks provide content here... folks like it, occasionally repost it... but there seem to be very few actual conversations. Disappointing.

Digging in the Cold Earth It would be easy to say that it is too cold to be gardening. It snowed a few days ago. Enough to cover the ground and stick overnight. The...

Writing about early spring gardening between snow storms and drizzling rain...

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Garden Diary - April 6 I've spent a fair bit of time over the last three days, wandering through the garden. With highs barely hitting the mid 40's, rain and wind...

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A post about what's going on in the garden this weekend.
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It’s so tiny but so rich!

new iris reticulata 'Purple Hill'

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Blue I started out tonight, wanting to write about loss and grief... shit that makes me blue. But blue doesn't reflect my sadness. I like blue....

Writing down the blues.
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Real Americans are all-in for our great neighbor Canada.

vat is dat capitalist?

Iris reticulata

Iris reticulata

Iris reticulata

Iris reticulata

Crocus are starting.
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crocus in the sun

It was a very slippery slope of winter sowing. Last year we ended up with over 150 milk jugs full of seeds.

When the Lights Go Out This weekend, we lost power during the wild windstorm that screamed through on Sunday afternoon. All afternoon we had watched as the wind ...

Reflecting on being without power during this latest storm.

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I remember the first time we planted a hunk-o-seedlings of coreopsis. So freaking excited! Didnt occur to me how many plants were in that clump. WOW, they took off. Yours look great!

Snowdrops are just opening

Snowdrops are just opening

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The first iris reticulata opened up today.

The first iris reticulata opened up today.
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Writing about changes happening in the garden for the new year.

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Waking the Garden hydrangea paniculata (not sure which variety) Walking through the garden this year, there are no bulbs up. Everything is still asleep. Las...

Writing about the sleeping garden tonight.
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This isn't a presidency, it's a hostage situation.

The hardest part was leaving out key crucial bits... and knowing that there was enough written.... but resisting writing more.