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Oat milk for coffee, soy for overnight oats, coconut for stew.

Hickory milk is a treat for a forager. Make it the indigenous way; smash and boil the hulled nuts.

#foraging #nativeplants #eco #🌱
What lighter touch could one have on the land than to grow a native nut tree, and milk it yourself? 🌳🐿️🥛
Traditional Hickory Nut Milk (Kanuchi)
Traditional shagbark hickory nut milk made by grinding cracked hickory nuts, shell and all, before simmering in water. Add a touch of maple syrup and a pinch of cinnamon for a delicious, traditional f...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
juliwils.bsky.social
36 days until spring 🌱

Flashback to my floral rainbow

#nativeplants
#flowersonFriday
A series of six different flowers, most of which are species native to my area Clockwise from top left: bright red cardinal flowers (native); dusty pink Joe pye weed (native); a peachy coloured agastache hybrid; the bold yellow petals of a false sunflower are unfurling (native); lavender coloured flowers of a thyme plant grows in my low-mow lawn; and the purplish blue blooms of a great blue lobelia pop out against its bright green foliage (native)
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus) butterfly nectaring on Common Manzanita blooms last week, for #InsectThursday. 💚

#Butterflies #Pollinators #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷 🌱
Small brown elfin butterfly standing and nectaring on tiny white manzanita flowers.
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
curemn.org
🚨 Buckthorn doesn’t belong in MN but is present. It provides food for animals—like this rodent enjoying a berry! 🐿️ Winter is perfect for removal; plant native species like Juneberry in spring! 🍒🌱 #InvasiveSpecies #Buckthorn #Minnesota #Nature #Conservation #NativePlants
February 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
citymousegarden.bsky.social
If you love Asclepias too, I highly recommend this beautifully photographed #Booksky tribute to #MilkweedsForMonarchs. Must buy for US fans of #NativePlants, #butterflies & other #Pollinators. #gardening 🌱
A collage showing the cover of “Milkweeds of the United States” with a beautiful orange Asclepias tuberosa in bloom, written by Gene Thomas; a sample spread of species breakdowns including photos of flowers, foliage, range, etc.; amazing captures of honey bees finding danger in the unique flower structure.
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
citymousegarden.bsky.social
Kicking off Valentine’s Day early with a little tribute I made to my truest plant love, Asclepias!

#MilkweedsForMonarchs #NativePlants #butterflies #Pollinators #gardening #NoSpray #nature #wildife #invertebrates 🌱
A photo I took in the warmth of late summer of a swarm of Large Milkweed Bugs going to town on a pale brown split open Asclepias tuberosa seedpod spilling out its silky fluff surrounded by green foliage. White text overlay says “I LOVE YOU LIKE MILKWEED BUGS LOVE ASCLEPIAS”.
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
juliwils.bsky.social
37 days until spring 🌱

The Good, the Bad and the "Ugly": Gardener's Cut

#yellowThurs
#nativeplants
#insectThursday
A false sunflower is covered with several insects: lacewings and a crab spider along with their prey, aphids. Several of the flower's petals show signs of pest damage. Photo taken last summer.
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 PM
andersene.bsky.social
Amazing news! One of Michigan’s last rare prairies may be saved. Conservation groups are raising funds to protect Sibley Prairie and its threatened pollinators. Hope in action. 🌱
#RebuildingNature #SaveOurPrairies #NativePlants #Pollinators #GoodNews
February 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
beautyandwonder.bsky.social
Guess what?? I got it!
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #pollinators #WildOnes #certifiednativehabitat
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
beautyandwonder.bsky.social
July vibes🩷
#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #echinaceapurpurea #penstemondigitalis #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #elsasallnativeyard
February 11, 2026 at 2:33 AM
cottagegardener.bsky.social
Spring is just around the corner and I can’t wait …

🌱 Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
🌱 Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
🌱 Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

#NativePlants #gardening #bloomscrolling
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
cmpettitt.bsky.social
The California Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana) planted in October is producing tiny offspring already. This gives me hope for a shady area which, except for invasives, has been lifeless. 🌱 #californianativeplants #nativeplants
A modest small plant with ferny leaves basks in late afternoon sun. It is surrounded by at least nine new versions of itself. Invasives oxalis and blackberry lurk. The soil is dappled with leaves from a Valley Oak.
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
direbecca.bsky.social
Orange Bush Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus) blooming in Mayacamas Mtns last week (at about 2000ft/609m elevation). Love their little "faces".💚

Calscape plant info. here...
calscape.org/Diplacus-aur...

#MacroMonday #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Macro of bright orange-yellow, tube-shaped, five-lobed flowers with blurred green leaves beyond. Large bush of same orange-yellow flowers with green leaves growing from rocky substrate, from afar.
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
juliejam.bsky.social
My first flower of 2026 is in a very Monday morning mood. Astranthium ciliatum, Western Daisy. #nativeplants #gardening 🌱
A disheveled daisy that looks like it would rather just go back to bed. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
herbygardens.bsky.social
Looks like the milk jugs doing ok under all that snow 😅🌱

I only dug around one because I didn't want to accidentally step on any. The rest are completely covered.

#nativeplants
The very top of a milk jug poking out of snow.
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
beautyandwonder.bsky.social
One of the more common bumblers in my yard is the brown-belted bumbler #bombusgriseocollis 🐝 I think they have buggier eyes than the others🤭
Bumbler on Joe back in 2022
#nativeplants #eutrochiummaculatum #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
juliwils.bsky.social
42 days until spring 🌱

"Green is the fresh emblem of well-founded hopes. In blue the spirit can wander, but in green it can rest"
-- Mary Webb

#greenSat
#nativeplants
Some of last year's native plants grown from seed: Joe pye weed, butterfly weed, swamp weed, purple coneflower, and purple prairie clover. Photo taken last summer. (The exception is the square container at the top of the image. That plant was an established columbine that had to be dug out of a garden bed and babied due to extensive pest damage)
February 7, 2026 at 12:23 PM
beautyandwonder.bsky.social
Thought I would keep the 'more rare to my yard' bee posts going.
Half-black bumblers #bombusvagans are ones I can't ID by myself yet! iNaturalist is such a huge help!
On foxglove beardstongue #penstemondigitalis and anise hyssop #agastachefoeniculum.
#nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #bombus 🌱
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
sevenhillfarm.bsky.social
New for 2026: Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
A perennial U.S. native wildflower that thrives in partial shade and dappled sunlight. It blooms in early spring, providing a boost to hungry pollinators 🐝
#gardening #nativeplants #wildflowers #pollinators
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Umbels of tiny golden yellow flowers against a backdrop of a green foliage
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
juliwils.bsky.social
43 days until spring 🌱

Spotted during a hike late last summer

#nativeplants
#feedthepollinators
White turtleheads and purplish pink Joe pye weed grow at the edge of creek. Photo taken last September
February 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
A few lovely California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) #butterflies nectaring on Common Manzanita blooms this week, for #InsectThursday. 💚

Common Manzanita info. here...
calscape.org/Arctostaphyl...

#Pollinators #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Brown, orange and black butterfly nectaring on small lantern-shaped white manzanita flowers. Brown, orange and black butterfly nectaring on small lantern-shaped white manzanita flowers. Brown, orange and black butterfly nectaring on small lantern-shaped white manzanita flowers.
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
wikidgarden.bsky.social
Many of us believe we have black thumbs. “Seasonal” big box store plants simply fade, die, and end up in the trash.
#NativePlants can transform #Gardens, landscapes, into habitats full of life.
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ginnystibolt.bsky.social Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 10d
These "pretty-on-the-shelf" flowers in garden shops are widely promoted, because if you buy a new plants 3 or 4 times a year, they make $$. But planting more natives is better for the pollinators, birds, local ecosystems, & your wallet.
Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2016/09/just...
Photo of a garden center in a big box store with shelves and racks filled with plants, including marigolds, begonias, impatiens, in full bloom. Text says, "Consumers are trained to want this..."
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
fishsqueezer.bsky.social
This is twisted stalk, a lovely understory plant of rich mesic woods. It's very pretty. Apparently it is marginally edible (I've never tried it), but if you eat too much of it you will learn why some people call it scootberry.

#nativeplants 🌿🌱
An arching plant stem with a slightly zigzag growth pattern and lanceolate, veined leaves has pairs of matte, bright red berries dangling elegantly from a hairlike filament below each leaf.
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
katoriknight.bsky.social
The rooreh is starting to flower!

Claytonia perfoliata (previously called “miner’s lettuce”) is a nutrient-dense, delicious California native that loves cold weather 🌱 One of my favorites 🥰

#nativeplants #gardening #foraging #macrophoto #photography #nature
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
direbecca.bsky.social
California Fetid Adderstongues blooming in Forestville this week. Their scent reminds me of raw meat, which draws in their fungus gnat pollinators.💚

Plant info. here...
calscape.org/Scoliopus-bi...

#WildflowerWednesday #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #iNat #Bloomscrolling 📷🌱
Macro of small three-part maroon and white flower with striped drooping sepals and finger-like upright petals. Macro of small three-part maroon and white flower with striped drooping sepals and finger-like upright petals. Macro of small three-part maroon and white flower with striped drooping sepals and finger-like upright petals. Closeup of two California Fetid Adderstongue plants with mottled maroon spots on wide green oval leaves. There are long pedicels emerging from the base of the leaves, and have flowers or seed pods at their ends . This plant is in the lily family.
February 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM