The Whole Damn Fire

Colorado River Toad in my aged open compost.

Our little Skyflower

@freedom404.bsky.social TYSM ❤️❤️❤️

We have started online classes. You can watch at your leisure—there are 4 videos (30-40 min long) with text and a place to ask questions. Follow link for more info.

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

When a recipe says, "It won't look done but learn to trust the process," what it means is you're about to wreck a ton of expensive ingredients. TYSM AI.

There are many reasons to plant grapes (Vitis spp): 1). They’re delicious (yes even wine varieties) 2). They’re great vines 3). You can also pickle the leaves 4). Birds also love the fruits 5). They support native moth species 6). They support insectivorous birds 7). Tortoises love the leaves.

Oh Maggie

Not OC

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Last week was the longest month ever.

Fixed It.

Most of what people know about grubs comes from an industry which sells pesticides. They’re conspicuous and often get blamed for problems which have less obvious culprits. Grubs are the larval form of beetles.They mostly east organic material in the soil or on dead wood. Don’t poison them.

"If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ." - Rev. Benjamin Cremer #Christianity #celticchristianity #prayer #faith #tiktok

The Find Out stage isn't where we learn. We learn in the assessment of the Find Out stage. We don't have to get to the whole entire bottom of the Find Out stage before we start learning and making changes.

The Matterhorn is in Switzerland.

I made a seasoning blend that is off the charts in flavor, and loaded with nutrition.

My first birdhouse gourd is green cleaned and drying.

I love creating line drawings like Zentangles.

Apparently growing olives is frowned upon here. Oopsie.

"Love a soft person. Be a cushion in a world full of rocks and hard places. Be a gentle soul where everyone else is jaded. Be that person." 🖊Author|Nikita Gill (An excerpt) 🎨Artist: Lisa Aisato

Some Deep Thoughts from Deep Space.

Rhus aromatica

Calendula - a collagen building healing balm to the skin, especially for burns.

Well, it’s been real, America.

I get through the day so I can sleep through the night.

In the absence of hope, goals are hope-adjacent.

Weird that we say, "Combat climate change" rather than "Support healthy ecosystems".

I love growing for the ecosystem. Swallowtail on tithonia.

Mystic Sonoran desert

Rain on a luffa tendril.

I love the soft beauty of wild cotton.

Sometimes it's the best I can do.