SurlyJo
@surlyjo.bsky.social
Surly gardening, surly animal lover, surly human rights
I’m not aging like fine wine, I’m bletting like a ripe medlar.
I’m not aging like fine wine, I’m bletting like a ripe medlar.
My Bernard just snores like a chainsaw
!ZZZZZZZZZZ!
!ZZZZZZZZZZ!
July 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My Bernard just snores like a chainsaw
!ZZZZZZZZZZ!
!ZZZZZZZZZZ!
Look on the bright side! 🌱
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Look on the bright side! 🌱
Christmas miracles do happen! My husband calls this “when the lion lays down with the ham”
December 25, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Christmas miracles do happen! My husband calls this “when the lion lays down with the ham”
When you’re dead inside and your best friend is a Fiddle Leaf fig 🌱
December 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
When you’re dead inside and your best friend is a Fiddle Leaf fig 🌱
Rain, rain
Soft and gray
I’ll save you for another day
Stay cozy everyone 🌱
Soft and gray
I’ll save you for another day
Stay cozy everyone 🌱
December 14, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Rain, rain
Soft and gray
I’ll save you for another day
Stay cozy everyone 🌱
Soft and gray
I’ll save you for another day
Stay cozy everyone 🌱
🌱 Don’t tell my echinacea I posted this …
December 14, 2024 at 5:38 PM
🌱 Don’t tell my echinacea I posted this …
I grew Angelique recently too. It’s interesting how different weather conditions affect the petals. I must agree, she is a diva in any weather!
December 11, 2024 at 3:39 AM
I grew Angelique recently too. It’s interesting how different weather conditions affect the petals. I must agree, she is a diva in any weather!
Attention everyone! There is a raven boop on Instagram. I repeat: A raven boop on Instagram!
December 11, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Attention everyone! There is a raven boop on Instagram. I repeat: A raven boop on Instagram!
🌱 #GardenSunday Here is a true garden heirloom. These bearded irises in my mother’s garden (she calls them “flags”) came from divisions in my grandmother’s garden. Mom gave me some divisions, and now they are growing in my garden. Cheers!
December 8, 2024 at 7:28 PM
🌱 #GardenSunday Here is a true garden heirloom. These bearded irises in my mother’s garden (she calls them “flags”) came from divisions in my grandmother’s garden. Mom gave me some divisions, and now they are growing in my garden. Cheers!
Me trying to keep the Buddleia alive that I got off the end-of-season bargain table. 🌱
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Me trying to keep the Buddleia alive that I got off the end-of-season bargain table. 🌱
My olive tree has never fruited. I bought it from eBay a looong time ago and I think it may need another tree to cross pollinate.
I rescued the yucca from the trash at my job ~20 years ago. It’s nigh indestructible!
I rescued the yucca from the trash at my job ~20 years ago. It’s nigh indestructible!
December 1, 2024 at 5:48 PM
My olive tree has never fruited. I bought it from eBay a looong time ago and I think it may need another tree to cross pollinate.
I rescued the yucca from the trash at my job ~20 years ago. It’s nigh indestructible!
I rescued the yucca from the trash at my job ~20 years ago. It’s nigh indestructible!
My contributions to the snow photos collection for #GardenSunday 🌱
December 1, 2024 at 5:39 PM
My contributions to the snow photos collection for #GardenSunday 🌱
Gearing up for dinner with the in-laws
November 28, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Gearing up for dinner with the in-laws
I made a peanut butter and pumpkin pie with a cranberry chutney to be served on the side. This is for tomorrow. I don’t have any room for them in the fridge, so they are chilling on my back sunporch. #SecularPieThursday
November 28, 2024 at 3:58 PM
I made a peanut butter and pumpkin pie with a cranberry chutney to be served on the side. This is for tomorrow. I don’t have any room for them in the fridge, so they are chilling on my back sunporch. #SecularPieThursday
A pic of a black swallowtail caterpillar and butterfly for reference. They also like dill, fennel, and chives.
Fun fact: the caterpillar larvae evolved to resemble bird droppings to avoid being eaten!
Fun fact: the caterpillar larvae evolved to resemble bird droppings to avoid being eaten!
November 24, 2024 at 7:24 PM
A pic of a black swallowtail caterpillar and butterfly for reference. They also like dill, fennel, and chives.
Fun fact: the caterpillar larvae evolved to resemble bird droppings to avoid being eaten!
Fun fact: the caterpillar larvae evolved to resemble bird droppings to avoid being eaten!
There’s plenty left of the parsley. It will persist well into the winter, and return again in the spring. Parsley is biennial, so I’ll have parsley flowers for drying next year too. 🌱
I always plant extra because it’s a favorite host plant for the black swallowtail butterflies.
I always plant extra because it’s a favorite host plant for the black swallowtail butterflies.
November 24, 2024 at 5:42 PM
There’s plenty left of the parsley. It will persist well into the winter, and return again in the spring. Parsley is biennial, so I’ll have parsley flowers for drying next year too. 🌱
I always plant extra because it’s a favorite host plant for the black swallowtail butterflies.
I always plant extra because it’s a favorite host plant for the black swallowtail butterflies.
If you gave this bouquet to your sweetheart, how would they react?🌱
Mine was quite pleased. This is Italian flat leaf parsley and what’s left of the Genovese basil. All going into the dehydrator.
Mine was quite pleased. This is Italian flat leaf parsley and what’s left of the Genovese basil. All going into the dehydrator.
November 24, 2024 at 5:39 PM
If you gave this bouquet to your sweetheart, how would they react?🌱
Mine was quite pleased. This is Italian flat leaf parsley and what’s left of the Genovese basil. All going into the dehydrator.
Mine was quite pleased. This is Italian flat leaf parsley and what’s left of the Genovese basil. All going into the dehydrator.
It’s almost time to trim the tree. Do you have your cornament?
Found at my local garden shop🌱 www.flowersandweeds.com
Found at my local garden shop🌱 www.flowersandweeds.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 PM
It’s almost time to trim the tree. Do you have your cornament?
Found at my local garden shop🌱 www.flowersandweeds.com
Found at my local garden shop🌱 www.flowersandweeds.com