angie the mossopod
@mossopod.bsky.social
potter, native plant enthusiast, friend to all opossums, raccoons, frogs and fungi. benign bog witch
aw that does sound amazing. this whole chat makes me want to travel, camp, hike, explore-- so ready for spring...
sleep well, fren!
sleep well, fren!
February 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
aw that does sound amazing. this whole chat makes me want to travel, camp, hike, explore-- so ready for spring...
sleep well, fren!
sleep well, fren!
oh my. it is well past my bedtime. I have enjoyed this chat vet much, Nimblenewt! Talk again soon!
February 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
oh my. it is well past my bedtime. I have enjoyed this chat vet much, Nimblenewt! Talk again soon!
big truck go vrooom. ha i dont think I've ever seen a newt in the wild. Those are neat critters. Where is the lichen that you see it when you rake? It has fallen from the trees? Oh it's growing on rocks?! We don't have any rocks here. all flat. just sand. our rocks are all very very tiny and old.
February 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
big truck go vrooom. ha i dont think I've ever seen a newt in the wild. Those are neat critters. Where is the lichen that you see it when you rake? It has fallen from the trees? Oh it's growing on rocks?! We don't have any rocks here. all flat. just sand. our rocks are all very very tiny and old.
probably loblolly in that area, they're a pioneer species and don't require fire to germinate--we dont burn often enough for that to be a thing here. Beeches are mature/climax trees. Pines grow superfast so that's what the paper mills plant in GA after logging, usually planted in straight rows
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 AM
probably loblolly in that area, they're a pioneer species and don't require fire to germinate--we dont burn often enough for that to be a thing here. Beeches are mature/climax trees. Pines grow superfast so that's what the paper mills plant in GA after logging, usually planted in straight rows
so practical. I used to rake the leaves into my beds but then I saw a luna moth hanging out on the one maple in my front yard. So now I only rake and mow when the city threatens to fine me. My street doesn't have drains, so that's not the issue here. sandy, flat, sea level. Rain soaks in fast.
February 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
so practical. I used to rake the leaves into my beds but then I saw a luna moth hanging out on the one maple in my front yard. So now I only rake and mow when the city threatens to fine me. My street doesn't have drains, so that's not the issue here. sandy, flat, sea level. Rain soaks in fast.
well now you made me google it
February 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
well now you made me google it
no beeches here micro-locally that I have noticed, will keep an eye now tho. What do you like about them? We are mostly in oak country. interesting thing I just learned about beeches-- "Highly vulnerable to fire and only found on areas that have not burned in a long time". hunh.
February 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
no beeches here micro-locally that I have noticed, will keep an eye now tho. What do you like about them? We are mostly in oak country. interesting thing I just learned about beeches-- "Highly vulnerable to fire and only found on areas that have not burned in a long time". hunh.
like, baby eat some Max-C and let the bees live please
February 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
like, baby eat some Max-C and let the bees live please
OMG ARE YOU MY BEST FRIEND
i have a small bog garden and last simmer I started plugging all my Sarracenias with dollar weed to save the bees! I rescued 6 bees from one trap, they were all stacked up on each other-- i stuck in a blade of grass so they could crawl out and it was so distressing to me
i have a small bog garden and last simmer I started plugging all my Sarracenias with dollar weed to save the bees! I rescued 6 bees from one trap, they were all stacked up on each other-- i stuck in a blade of grass so they could crawl out and it was so distressing to me
February 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
OMG ARE YOU MY BEST FRIEND
i have a small bog garden and last simmer I started plugging all my Sarracenias with dollar weed to save the bees! I rescued 6 bees from one trap, they were all stacked up on each other-- i stuck in a blade of grass so they could crawl out and it was so distressing to me
i have a small bog garden and last simmer I started plugging all my Sarracenias with dollar weed to save the bees! I rescued 6 bees from one trap, they were all stacked up on each other-- i stuck in a blade of grass so they could crawl out and it was so distressing to me
also idk if it'd be juicy. i think they'd be more crunchy. low body fat, so busy all the time. but juicier than a mantis, I guess.
juiciness is relative. it's a state of mind.
juiciness is relative. it's a state of mind.
February 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
also idk if it'd be juicy. i think they'd be more crunchy. low body fat, so busy all the time. but juicier than a mantis, I guess.
juiciness is relative. it's a state of mind.
juiciness is relative. it's a state of mind.
I wrote a strongly worded letter to Code Enforcement today bc they keep insisting that I rake my leaves. But there's BUGS in them there leaves! That's free organic tree food! seriously explained how trees work to another grown ass human being. It's wild.
February 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I wrote a strongly worded letter to Code Enforcement today bc they keep insisting that I rake my leaves. But there's BUGS in them there leaves! That's free organic tree food! seriously explained how trees work to another grown ass human being. It's wild.
I believe I have heard tales of just such a thing. I ... don;t know who's team I'm on there. Can we just... eat some aphids and get along?
February 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I believe I have heard tales of just such a thing. I ... don;t know who's team I'm on there. Can we just... eat some aphids and get along?
Your side of the world is very different from mine. I just took a little jaunt around your island via Google Maps. Such a lovely place! This coast has been colonized and degraded for so long. Just little pockets of nature left, in between the Walmarts. I have to fight my city over fallen leaves.
February 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Your side of the world is very different from mine. I just took a little jaunt around your island via Google Maps. Such a lovely place! This coast has been colonized and degraded for so long. Just little pockets of nature left, in between the Walmarts. I have to fight my city over fallen leaves.
"a tuxedo decorated by a peacock" HA! i love that. also imagining "tons"-- I get excited if I see 3 at once.
February 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"a tuxedo decorated by a peacock" HA! i love that. also imagining "tons"-- I get excited if I see 3 at once.
I imagine extension offices are more active/valued somewhere more rural/agrarian. But alas, this is a tourist town. We'd get 1-2 calls/emails per 4-hour shift if we were "busy." Also, the pandemic was a thing during that time, so maybe that affected our traffic. We did try tho, we did try
February 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I imagine extension offices are more active/valued somewhere more rural/agrarian. But alas, this is a tourist town. We'd get 1-2 calls/emails per 4-hour shift if we were "busy." Also, the pandemic was a thing during that time, so maybe that affected our traffic. We did try tho, we did try
Rufous is a pretty one, nice! Mine are Ruby-throated. I googled and 10 different hummingbirds came up for North America, I had no idea there were so many-- most of them are over on your side, of course!
February 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Rufous is a pretty one, nice! Mine are Ruby-throated. I googled and 10 different hummingbirds came up for North America, I had no idea there were so many-- most of them are over on your side, of course!
oh! i love that! A hummingbird claims my yard every summer, chases off all intruders--turf wars over the salvia! the drama! I did not realize they eat aphids. how did i not know that. I have never seen a hummer nest... That's a goal.
February 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
oh! i love that! A hummingbird claims my yard every summer, chases off all intruders--turf wars over the salvia! the drama! I did not realize they eat aphids. how did i not know that. I have never seen a hummer nest... That's a goal.
Well, there are also a couple of expert extension employees with horticulture degrees, who we'd go ask if we were stumped, but yeah--at least here in my state, it's mostly well-to-do retiree ladies doing their best to embrace the "new" sustainable gardening methods, bless
February 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Well, there are also a couple of expert extension employees with horticulture degrees, who we'd go ask if we were stumped, but yeah--at least here in my state, it's mostly well-to-do retiree ladies doing their best to embrace the "new" sustainable gardening methods, bless
ha! I had never heard of 'em either until I used a zoom lens and an app to ID them. But they definitely school like fish, you can herd them with a stick. Still lots of lichen in the nearby maple, but probably not PNW-level lichen--you live in fern-moss-lichen heaven
February 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
ha! I had never heard of 'em either until I used a zoom lens and an app to ID them. But they definitely school like fish, you can herd them with a stick. Still lots of lichen in the nearby maple, but probably not PNW-level lichen--you live in fern-moss-lichen heaven
oh! I get huge hornworms on my tomatoes-- parasitic wasps did their thing last year and it was sooo wicked! I'm learning to step back and just see who shows up to feast on the pests y'know? I think my garden is robust enough now to attract a healthy balance--island greenhouses maybe different tho ha
February 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
oh! I get huge hornworms on my tomatoes-- parasitic wasps did their thing last year and it was sooo wicked! I'm learning to step back and just see who shows up to feast on the pests y'know? I think my garden is robust enough now to attract a healthy balance--island greenhouses maybe different tho ha
The same mulberry once had a herd of tree cattle roaming about the trunk,so that's how I learned about them... the mealies arent an issue with it right now, but the edges of my garden always seem to get attacked in late summer. I assume somebug is out there keeping them in check naturally, eh
February 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The same mulberry once had a herd of tree cattle roaming about the trunk,so that's how I learned about them... the mealies arent an issue with it right now, but the edges of my garden always seem to get attacked in late summer. I assume somebug is out there keeping them in check naturally, eh
I really started this whole convo bc I want more mantids in my garden, i just love them so much. There's been at least one walking stickbug hanging out by my back door for several years now, we always have a great time looking at each other and I want more of that.
February 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I really started this whole convo bc I want more mantids in my garden, i just love them so much. There's been at least one walking stickbug hanging out by my back door for several years now, we always have a great time looking at each other and I want more of that.
oh yeah- I volunteered in the local extension office when I did the Master Gardener program during COVID. Calls & emails are handled by vols here, so I know they'll just look it up on the university website and send me a link, ha. but yes, great place to learn abt the smaller guys in my eco-system
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
oh yeah- I volunteered in the local extension office when I did the Master Gardener program during COVID. Calls & emails are handled by vols here, so I know they'll just look it up on the university website and send me a link, ha. but yes, great place to learn abt the smaller guys in my eco-system
That's a good lead-- There's a native plant shop here that would be good to ask. I ordered lady bugs from Amazon once, and I definitely don't want to do that again! But yeah, like you said, maybe what I saw on the mulberry wasn't mealies at all, but beetle larvae.
February 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
That's a good lead-- There's a native plant shop here that would be good to ask. I ordered lady bugs from Amazon once, and I definitely don't want to do that again! But yeah, like you said, maybe what I saw on the mulberry wasn't mealies at all, but beetle larvae.