Cassie 🌿 64c Piedmont Uplands
@passiflora.bsky.social
Founder of Maryland Area Gardening for the Environmentally Conscious (MAGEC) & general advocate for supportive native plant gardening communities
Recently-disabled communications workaholic who loathes the term "brain fog"
Too many books
She/they
Recently-disabled communications workaholic who loathes the term "brain fog"
Too many books
She/they
I still exist - but have been flaring for ages. Cooler temperatures mean more ow but also more awake time and less fog, which bodes well, I hope.
Meanwhile, enjoy kid's-first-ren-faire photo.
Meanwhile, enjoy kid's-first-ren-faire photo.
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I still exist - but have been flaring for ages. Cooler temperatures mean more ow but also more awake time and less fog, which bodes well, I hope.
Meanwhile, enjoy kid's-first-ren-faire photo.
Meanwhile, enjoy kid's-first-ren-faire photo.
So far, this is the easiest and most effective way I've found to root Hoyas. It's a big glass vase I fill with a mix of leca and pon and put a bunch of different cuttings. Didn't think to take the pic until I'd moved half to pots. I fill to about 1/3 with water and don't let it go completely dry.
April 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So far, this is the easiest and most effective way I've found to root Hoyas. It's a big glass vase I fill with a mix of leca and pon and put a bunch of different cuttings. Didn't think to take the pic until I'd moved half to pots. I fill to about 1/3 with water and don't let it go completely dry.
I have been putting together propagation boxes, which are basically clear plastic tote greenhouses. Mine have a lot of sustainably-sampled foraged native moss, and some tropical things I've bought. I'm hoping I can trade bits to increase box and future terrarium variety.
April 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I have been putting together propagation boxes, which are basically clear plastic tote greenhouses. Mine have a lot of sustainably-sampled foraged native moss, and some tropical things I've bought. I'm hoping I can trade bits to increase box and future terrarium variety.
Please enjoy your caturday. #catsofbluesky
April 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Please enjoy your caturday. #catsofbluesky
The child was dismayed about this rhipsalis because it's another thing I will pay attention to that's not him.
But then I tickled him with it.
And had to continue until my arm just about fell off.
But then I tickled him with it.
And had to continue until my arm just about fell off.
April 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The child was dismayed about this rhipsalis because it's another thing I will pay attention to that's not him.
But then I tickled him with it.
And had to continue until my arm just about fell off.
But then I tickled him with it.
And had to continue until my arm just about fell off.
Would anyone like to do a weird seed pod etc exchange for #terrariums?
Would need to figure out how to sterilize them without destroying them before shipping to avoid spreading invasive species, but I've got these and sweet gum balls and more just rolling toward storm drains.
Cat hair: gratis.
Would need to figure out how to sterilize them without destroying them before shipping to avoid spreading invasive species, but I've got these and sweet gum balls and more just rolling toward storm drains.
Cat hair: gratis.
April 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Would anyone like to do a weird seed pod etc exchange for #terrariums?
Would need to figure out how to sterilize them without destroying them before shipping to avoid spreading invasive species, but I've got these and sweet gum balls and more just rolling toward storm drains.
Cat hair: gratis.
Would need to figure out how to sterilize them without destroying them before shipping to avoid spreading invasive species, but I've got these and sweet gum balls and more just rolling toward storm drains.
Cat hair: gratis.
April 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
April 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Breaking: 7 lb Vakka is now is now just about big spooning 18 lb Diddy. With tail blanketing.
I half hope to die happy before encountering the news again.
I half hope to die happy before encountering the news again.
April 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Breaking: 7 lb Vakka is now is now just about big spooning 18 lb Diddy. With tail blanketing.
I half hope to die happy before encountering the news again.
I half hope to die happy before encountering the news again.
... So this development is a balm to my much abraded heart in these times.
I'm honored to have been chosen as human to be present in case intervention was needed, too.
I'm honored to have been chosen as human to be present in case intervention was needed, too.
April 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
... So this development is a balm to my much abraded heart in these times.
I'm honored to have been chosen as human to be present in case intervention was needed, too.
I'm honored to have been chosen as human to be present in case intervention was needed, too.
Didymus at a healthy weight is more than his younger sisters weight together, though, and is, well, orange. And Zhem is as jumpy as he used to be. And Vakka takes no sass from anyone. So Didymus has just been pinning the last three years. But Zhem seems to half consent to playing sometimes lately, &
April 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Didymus at a healthy weight is more than his younger sisters weight together, though, and is, well, orange. And Zhem is as jumpy as he used to be. And Vakka takes no sass from anyone. So Didymus has just been pinning the last three years. But Zhem seems to half consent to playing sometimes lately, &
So when some months after we lost Hob we adopted a these bonded sisters, who'd spent half their nearly 3 years of life at the pound, we hoped they'd help Diddy heal. That's Vakarinye, dust sprite, on the left, and Zhemyna, tabby, on the right. After 3 years, they sometimes brave laps for pets.
April 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
So when some months after we lost Hob we adopted a these bonded sisters, who'd spent half their nearly 3 years of life at the pound, we hoped they'd help Diddy heal. That's Vakarinye, dust sprite, on the left, and Zhemyna, tabby, on the right. After 3 years, they sometimes brave laps for pets.
But Didymus took it especially hard and has basically tried, desperate, to make my spouse Gob's proxy. He was less frantic in his snuggles with Gob but still sometimes seems to try to inveigle himself under M's skin (or into his armpit) to hide.
April 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
But Didymus took it especially hard and has basically tried, desperate, to make my spouse Gob's proxy. He was less frantic in his snuggles with Gob but still sometimes seems to try to inveigle himself under M's skin (or into his armpit) to hide.
Hob died around 4-5 years ago and that is still what my kid thinks about whenever there is grief. He was the sort of cat we will all miss forever. He took care of us all in a way that made everyone who met him feel seen and loved.
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hob died around 4-5 years ago and that is still what my kid thinks about whenever there is grief. He was the sort of cat we will all miss forever. He took care of us all in a way that made everyone who met him feel seen and loved.
Except with his friend, Hobgoblin, who I found emaciated and alone at a rural rest stop several years before and who was absolutely made of love.
April 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Except with his friend, Hobgoblin, who I found emaciated and alone at a rural rest stop several years before and who was absolutely made of love.
Didymus, orange, has been with us almost nine years. We adopted him as a nearly full grown kitten who'd been abandoned with his mother and sister into the care of a friend who was only briefly supposed to be pet sitting them. He was terrified of everything, especially kids. Eyes always like this.
April 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Didymus, orange, has been with us almost nine years. We adopted him as a nearly full grown kitten who'd been abandoned with his mother and sister into the care of a friend who was only briefly supposed to be pet sitting them. He was terrified of everything, especially kids. Eyes always like this.
This is happening right now, and it's a long-hoped-for moment between a couple of adopted cats with separate, sad histories of abandonment. #adoptdon'tshop #catsofbluesky #snuggling
April 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is happening right now, and it's a long-hoped-for moment between a couple of adopted cats with separate, sad histories of abandonment. #adoptdon'tshop #catsofbluesky #snuggling
The plant cabinet is welcoming some epiphytic cacti. #epiphyllum #disocactus #rhipsalis #pseudorhipsalis #lepismium #kimnachia #selenicereus #schlumbergera #hatiora #pfeiffera
April 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The plant cabinet is welcoming some epiphytic cacti. #epiphyllum #disocactus #rhipsalis #pseudorhipsalis #lepismium #kimnachia #selenicereus #schlumbergera #hatiora #pfeiffera
Pictured: where @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social and I grew up and a lot of why we are who we are.
If you know a native plant person or other environmentalist in upstate NY, who might want to rent a place...
If you know a native plant person or other environmentalist in upstate NY, who might want to rent a place...
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Pictured: where @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social and I grew up and a lot of why we are who we are.
If you know a native plant person or other environmentalist in upstate NY, who might want to rent a place...
If you know a native plant person or other environmentalist in upstate NY, who might want to rent a place...
Weird discovery: plastic shoe boxes (got used) seem to be the most effective #wintersowing containers I've yet tried. It's not apples to apples, because different species, but they're doing way better than my milk jugs. #nativeplants
April 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Weird discovery: plastic shoe boxes (got used) seem to be the most effective #wintersowing containers I've yet tried. It's not apples to apples, because different species, but they're doing way better than my milk jugs. #nativeplants
Sister tailgate selfie because BIL got a Lightning and we are cosplaying as truck people. With @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social on the left.
March 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Sister tailgate selfie because BIL got a Lightning and we are cosplaying as truck people. With @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social on the left.
Pretty sure Hackensack is a directive if Jersey hurt you. #marauding
March 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Pretty sure Hackensack is a directive if Jersey hurt you. #marauding
@wearegonnafindout.bsky.social and I are feeling grateful for the NE Corridor. #nyc #trains #graysky on #bluesky
March 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@wearegonnafindout.bsky.social and I are feeling grateful for the NE Corridor. #nyc #trains #graysky on #bluesky
The plant cabinet is alive and undergoing tweaks. Now featuring Rube Goldberg humidifiers. #plantcabinet #hoyas #begonias #rhipsalis #epiphyllum #gesneriads
March 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The plant cabinet is alive and undergoing tweaks. Now featuring Rube Goldberg humidifiers. #plantcabinet #hoyas #begonias #rhipsalis #epiphyllum #gesneriads
I've been off working on making a plant cabinet (below), enjoying the first false spring of Maryland, and finding cheap flagstone. Also being extremely ill, which is life sometimes, for me. But I'm looking forward to seeing some winter sown things sprout. It will be in the 60s (°F) here this week.
March 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I've been off working on making a plant cabinet (below), enjoying the first false spring of Maryland, and finding cheap flagstone. Also being extremely ill, which is life sometimes, for me. But I'm looking forward to seeing some winter sown things sprout. It will be in the 60s (°F) here this week.