Brandon Teal
brandonteal.bsky.social
Brandon Teal
@brandonteal.bsky.social
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Hi there! I’m Brandon. I co-founded Teal Fish Studio with my wife Rose. Nature inspired art and design | tealfishstudio.com Photographer | Artist | Designer | Nature and Bird Enthusiast | Music Production | Gaming
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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
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!
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.
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
It looks like it! Here a better angle of the shape.
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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.
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
Maybe don’t lol. Also maybe focus on saving things that are still alive today. But hey what do I know.
Ooooh our Cardinal Flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) are so close to blooming!! Hoping they attract some hummingbirds!

#nativeplants #nyplants #gardening
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
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
Discovered another patch of blue eyed grass! Also cool to see the flower close in in the evening. #nativeplants #nyplants
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
My wife and I just finished It Takes Two. What a blast! Looking forward to another great coop adventure!