December 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
August 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My zinnia is about to start blooming! 🌸 Also I got a shot of the monarch caterpillar's face, and I think this is the second instar. 2 down, 3 to go, then chrysalis, then butterfly!
#monarch
#instar
#pollinators
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August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My zinnia is about to start blooming! 🌸 Also I got a shot of the monarch caterpillar's face, and I think this is the second instar. 2 down, 3 to go, then chrysalis, then butterfly!
#monarch
#instar
#pollinators
#monarch
#instar
#pollinators
Any caterpillar experts here? Which instar is this? The more I read the more confused I am 🐛🤔 Also the tomatillos are starting to form! Just a few days ago I saw these pinhead-sized fruits forming inside the former flower, which is now turning into the husk.
#monarch
#vegetablegardening
#tomatillo
#monarch
#vegetablegardening
#tomatillo
August 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Any caterpillar experts here? Which instar is this? The more I read the more confused I am 🐛🤔 Also the tomatillos are starting to form! Just a few days ago I saw these pinhead-sized fruits forming inside the former flower, which is now turning into the husk.
#monarch
#vegetablegardening
#tomatillo
#monarch
#vegetablegardening
#tomatillo
Monarch caterpillar and its little protective tent, tomatillos getting pollinated, cherry tomato outgrowing its blight!
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#caterpillar
#butterfly
#pollinators
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August 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Monarch caterpillar and its little protective tent, tomatillos getting pollinated, cherry tomato outgrowing its blight!
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#butterfly
#pollinators
#vegetablegardening
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#butterfly
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#vegetablegardening
My milkweed did not only come with aphids but also a monarch caterpillar! I put the plant in a little mesh tent to keep it safe.
#monarch
#pollinators
#gardening
#monarch
#pollinators
#gardening
August 11, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My milkweed did not only come with aphids but also a monarch caterpillar! I put the plant in a little mesh tent to keep it safe.
#monarch
#pollinators
#gardening
#monarch
#pollinators
#gardening
August 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
August 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I ate my first homegrown tomato!! 🍅 Also the first bush bean is forming, California poppies, and a mystery sprout!
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#poppies
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#growyourown
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August 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I ate my first homegrown tomato!! 🍅 Also the first bush bean is forming, California poppies, and a mystery sprout!
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#growyourown
#poppies
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#poppies
August 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today I ate my first homegrown radish! Just one month from sowing the seeds to harvesting feels like instant gratification compared to the tomatoes (let's not even talk about bell peppers).
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#firstharvest
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#growyourown
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August 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today I ate my first homegrown radish! Just one month from sowing the seeds to harvesting feels like instant gratification compared to the tomatoes (let's not even talk about bell peppers).
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#firstharvest
#radish
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#growyourown
#firstharvest
#radish
So excited to watch the tomatoes turn red! I'm also seeing a nodule on the stem leading to each tomato with a line across the widest part. Is this the membrane that forms to lock the tomato off from the rest of the plant once it starts blushing?
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#tomatoes
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#tomatoes
August 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
So excited to watch the tomatoes turn red! I'm also seeing a nodule on the stem leading to each tomato with a line across the widest part. Is this the membrane that forms to lock the tomato off from the rest of the plant once it starts blushing?
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#tomatoes
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#tomatoes
My first tomatoes are blushing! I might get a harvest before blight consumes the entire plant. The copper spray looks like it is helping so there may be more :) I'm also learning about the anatomy of a bush bean flower and this banana looking thing on the inside.
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
August 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My first tomatoes are blushing! I might get a harvest before blight consumes the entire plant. The copper spray looks like it is helping so there may be more :) I'm also learning about the anatomy of a bush bean flower and this banana looking thing on the inside.
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
My only pepper plant (I killed the other one when I tried to "help" it and pry off the seed pod). This is a 5-week old sweet Banana Pepper! 🍌🫑
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
August 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My only pepper plant (I killed the other one when I tried to "help" it and pry off the seed pod). This is a 5-week old sweet Banana Pepper! 🍌🫑
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
#vegetablegardening
#growyourown
Daily bush bean update! A couple more flower buds. I have never grown beans (or anything else) so this is very exciting to me :)
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#growyourown
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#growyourown
July 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Daily bush bean update! A couple more flower buds. I have never grown beans (or anything else) so this is very exciting to me :)
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#growyourown
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#growyourown
Got a verbena yesterday for some color, also the bush beans are forming flowers! How long until tomatoes start to blush? They've looked like this for about 2 weeks... The radishes are 3 weeks old but no shoulder yet. I'll just keep checking several times a day :)
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
July 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Got a verbena yesterday for some color, also the bush beans are forming flowers! How long until tomatoes start to blush? They've looked like this for about 2 weeks... The radishes are 3 weeks old but no shoulder yet. I'll just keep checking several times a day :)
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
I started some borage and zinnia from seed, and out of the 4 that sprouted, 3 mysteriously disappeared over the course of several days. This morning the last one standing was on its side, felled by a spiderweb string that pulled too hard. Nature will never cease to amaze me.
#gardening
#gardening
July 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I started some borage and zinnia from seed, and out of the 4 that sprouted, 3 mysteriously disappeared over the course of several days. This morning the last one standing was on its side, felled by a spiderweb string that pulled too hard. Nature will never cease to amaze me.
#gardening
#gardening
Just caught this gorgeous monarch feasting on the invasive red valerian that comes with my rental. I've been wanting to get milkweed but it looks like the invasive stuff is also tasty.
#monarch
#pollinators
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July 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just caught this gorgeous monarch feasting on the invasive red valerian that comes with my rental. I've been wanting to get milkweed but it looks like the invasive stuff is also tasty.
#monarch
#pollinators
#gardening
#monarch
#pollinators
#gardening
Yesterday I saw another ladybug on my tomato, the second in a long time in this inner-city neighborhood. I was thinking too bad I don't have any aphids to feed it... Ha! Today I saw this lone aphid survivor. I hope the ladybugs come back!
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#aphids
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July 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yesterday I saw another ladybug on my tomato, the second in a long time in this inner-city neighborhood. I was thinking too bad I don't have any aphids to feed it... Ha! Today I saw this lone aphid survivor. I hope the ladybugs come back!
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#aphids
#ladybugs
#vegetablegardening
#urbangardening
#aphids
#ladybugs
A cabbage looper on a radish leaf, my OG tomato plant that started it all, and a close-up of a golden bush bean baby leaf. Gonna make coffee now and then sit next to my plants and keep looking at them.
#urbangardening
#gardeningtherapy
#vegetablegarden
#urbangardening
#gardeningtherapy
#vegetablegarden
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A cabbage looper on a radish leaf, my OG tomato plant that started it all, and a close-up of a golden bush bean baby leaf. Gonna make coffee now and then sit next to my plants and keep looking at them.
#urbangardening
#gardeningtherapy
#vegetablegarden
#urbangardening
#gardeningtherapy
#vegetablegarden
Very pleased with my gardening progress. Everything sprouted! The tomatoes and bush beans are furthest along. The oregano is still very small, and the bell pepper is struggling to get its leaves out of the seedpod. I love checking in on everything! 💚
#greenstalk
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
#greenstalk
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July 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Very pleased with my gardening progress. Everything sprouted! The tomatoes and bush beans are furthest along. The oregano is still very small, and the bell pepper is struggling to get its leaves out of the seedpod. I love checking in on everything! 💚
#greenstalk
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
#greenstalk
#urbangardening
#vegetablegardening
July 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How does one balance a productive vegetable garden against pollinator habitat? I'm seeing tons of Monarchs and other butterflies this year. Already picked a caterpillar off my tomato plant. To apply Bt or not to apply Bt...
#organicgardening
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#habitat
#caterpillars
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#caterpillars
July 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
How does one balance a productive vegetable garden against pollinator habitat? I'm seeing tons of Monarchs and other butterflies this year. Already picked a caterpillar off my tomato plant. To apply Bt or not to apply Bt...
#organicgardening
#vegetablegardening
#habitat
#caterpillars
#organicgardening
#vegetablegardening
#habitat
#caterpillars
Daily morning coffee garden stroll update - my boyfriend's tomato plant is working on its first flower I think? 🌼 Also we should have at least 8 radishes in a few weeks! And a new-to-me pest that laid its eggs on a nasturtium 🐛
#vegetablegardening
#socalgardening
#zone10b
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#zone10b
July 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Daily morning coffee garden stroll update - my boyfriend's tomato plant is working on its first flower I think? 🌼 Also we should have at least 8 radishes in a few weeks! And a new-to-me pest that laid its eggs on a nasturtium 🐛
#vegetablegardening
#socalgardening
#zone10b
#vegetablegardening
#socalgardening
#zone10b
My first caterpillar! Found on my OG tomato plant "Husky". I feel part of the gardening community now.
#hornworm I think?
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#socalgardening
#hornworm I think?
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#socalgardening
July 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
My first caterpillar! Found on my OG tomato plant "Husky". I feel part of the gardening community now.
#hornworm I think?
#vegetablegardening
#socalgardening
#hornworm I think?
#vegetablegardening
#socalgardening