welcome to the dirt

tinyzoologist's garden blog thing. watch me struggle to keep green stuff alive. gardencore. cottagecore (not the trad kind). solarpunk. lover of insects. hater of lawns.

[aliasalias]

when i grow up i wanna be a dandelion

[moomeecore]

ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!

[holespoles]

Victoria Ball

"Spring garden"

[michaelnordeman]

In the garden. Värmland, Sweden (January 21, 2017).

[milkandvoid]

[squeakowl]

Art by Daniel Miyares (source)

[gardenvarietygay]

Dear fellow gardeners, unless your last frost date is April 1st or you’re starting something with a very long germination period, it is probably too early to be starting seeds for your veggie garden. If you have the lights, pots, and heat mat set up and are itching to start, might I recommend growing some lettuce indoors?

You’re almost certainly not eating enough veggies in winter (who is!) so why not grow something really easy you can munch in like two to three weeks? Loose leaf lettuce sprouts in about a week and reaches full size in about 45 days, altogether that puts you in late February/early March, a normal time to start other veggie seeds for most people.

You could also try:

Planting a packet of wheatgrass seeds in literally any container with some dirt and making a little treat for your cat.

Growing herbs like cilantro or parsley indoors, they typically bolt in the heat so you might have better luck inside as long as they get enough light and have deep containers.

Starting some microgreens

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[michaelnordeman]

Late autumn observations. Värmland, Sweden (November 17, 2019).

[kitkatpancakestack]

sidewalk art I walked by today. there is love out there.

[diesel-park]

@millenniallust4death @fluff-fibre-fun 🥕

[julesofnature]

“Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.” 

 ~ Carol Bishop Hipps

[decomposedmaw]

Rainy

[ansitru]

Is it autumn yet? 🍁

[moniquill]

[llovinghome]

[penandinkprincess]

can now report that harvesting from the garden by flashlight does feel a lot like a first person pov veggie-based horror video game

[jadafitch]

This summer I've been chipping away at a new poster, featuring 50 species commonly found in northeastern bogs—from carnivorous plants to sphagnum mosses and dragonflies. Here's a peek at the sketches…