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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · 27d

Last year there was a random Aster that showed up in the garden. This year there’s a bunch scattered though the yard. No idea what kind it is but the bees love them! 🐝
#gardening #flowers

Asters blooming! Small white flowers growing in the yard.

Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Sep 3

Some recent photos from the first year of the #nativeflower garden!

Overall everything grew in pretty well except for the swamp aster.

There were monarch eggs / tiny caterpillars at one point but they didn’t make it. Maybe due to extreme heatwave when they showed up. Still hoping for more!

Swamp milkweed blooming with pink flowers. Has a little lean to it but seems to be doing great!

The Cardinal flower is maybe a bit past its peak now. The bright red flowers are still blooming at the top.

The great blue lobelia is starting to bloom still feel like it’s not quite peak yet. Lovely blue/purple flowers!

From left to right.

The tiny guy with two leaves is an unknown.

The middle plant that’s been chewed on is the swamp aster. I think the rabbits have been chomping on it all season so it hasn’t taken off like the others. There was also a caterpillar of some sort that I spotted once eating it. Hopeful for next year it grows a bit more.

The last one I believe is a common milkweed that hitched a ride in the pot with the aster. Not sure if I should try to move it now or later.

Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Aug 7

No worries. Any help is greatly appreciated! I’ve been out there the past few days to try to get a better photo but haven’t seen it around. I think I have to try earlier in the AM.

Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Aug 3

Spotted our first caterpillar in the pollinator garden! I tried searching the ID but not sure what kind it is. Anyone know what kind of caterpillar is nomming away at our swamp aster?

#nativeplants #garden #caterpillar

A small black caterpillar eating swamp aster leaves

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Aug 1

It looks like it! Here a better angle of the shape.

Close up of potentially two white monarch eggs on the underside of swamp milkweed

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Rosemary Teal @rosemaryteal.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yesterday afternoon we had a bunch of #dragonflies flying around our front yard! We hope they stick around and maybe I can take a #photo like this in our own yard! This was one I took at one of our favorite local parks.

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jul 31

Tonight we were checking on our native flower garden and spotted these two small eggs on our swamp milkweed! Are these what we think they are? Monarch butterfly eggs?

#nativeplants #eggs #pollinator #garden #monarch

Two small white eggs on the underside of swamp milkweed leaves

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jul 28

@rosemaryteal.bsky.social We still have to do this!🐦‍⬛🦉🦆🦢🦅

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov · Jul 28

To learn more about the Challenge and birding in New York State, you can visit: dec.ny.gov/things-to-do...

I BIRD NY

Through I BIRD NY, DEC is making it easier for New Yorkers to get started in birding by compiling tips, resources, and events.

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jul 8

Maybe don’t lol. Also maybe focus on saving things that are still alive today. But hey what do I know.

Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jul 3

Ooooh our Cardinal Flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) are so close to blooming!! Hoping they attract some hummingbirds!

#nativeplants #nyplants #gardening

Cardinal Flower about to bloom! Small leafy green plant on a bed of black mulch. The plant has clusters of red flowers at the top almost ready to bloom.

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jul 1

Found what I think is Sweet Clover. Can anyone confirm or deny the plants ID?

If it is, then it’s not native here in NY and it’s gotta go to make room for more native plants!

#nativeplants #gardening #plantid

Small plant with clusters of narrow serrated leaves growing in mulch. Sweet clover??

Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jun 24

Earlier this year I created our first native flower garden. Roughly 8 ft in diameter. It took about 6 hrs from beginning to end.

🌱 Native Plant List: (located in NY):
Cardinal Flower
Swamp Milkweed
Great Blue Lobelia
Swamp Aster
Common Blue Violet - around the outer edge, transported from the yard

A shovel tied to a post ready to dig a circle native garden bed. The four pots of natives spaced out to get an idea of the size needed.

Progress of digging out the garden bed. About half way done.

The final mulched bed with the native plants.

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jun 20

Discovered another patch of blue eyed grass! Also cool to see the flower close in in the evening. #nativeplants #nyplants

A small blue flower sits among a sea of green grass and other greenery.

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Jun 7

I just found this blue eyed grass in the yard! Funny that I was just thinking about this the other day. Does anyone one know which one it is? Located in NY.

#blueeyedgrass #nativeplants #whatisthisplant #plantid

Better view of the stem and leaves around it

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Brandon Teal @brandonteal.bsky.social · Mar 6

My wife and I just finished It Takes Two. What a blast! Looking forward to another great coop adventure!