Climate Jenny 2.1

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I wander around looking at native plants. Botanical surveyor, Master Naturalist™️, habitat gardener, etc. b. 318 ppm CO2. Ecoregion 65m Rolling Coastal Plain. She/her.

"I suspect that the real moral thinkers end up, wherever they may start, in botany." -- Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

#ClimateDiary #Botany #NativePlants #Coffee #Covid #VisibleMending #BikeTooter #Degrowth #Bach #solarpunk #sedges #ham

iNaturalist: inaturalist.org/people/jenny
Amateur radio: KR4KBZ
Banner photo: A bike next to a gate to a wooded trail in autumn
Avatar photo: Silhouette of person walking through flames against glowing orange backdrop

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2026-05-19 12:33:10 UTC

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It suggests that the mechanism involved in blocking sensation dates back to the common ancestor of both plants and animals. (Not ruling out the possibility that this mechanism evolved more than once!) What’s also cool is that our photoreceptors and those of plants are chemically the same.
A recent book that tries to figure out how plants see the world is The Light Eaters, but What a Plant Knows is more tightly focused on sensory mechanisms and is a fun, quick read.

2026-05-04 22:28:12 UTC

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I’m probably being unfair to a complicated man who may be becoming vulnerable as he ages, but I would hope that a career studying how life works would leave you a bit wiser than he seems to be.

2026-05-04 16:52:08 UTC

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I’ve found ignoring Richard Dawkins has made my life marginally more pleasant for many years, but now I’m wondering in what sense he calls himself a “biologist.”

2026-04-28 13:40:48 UTC

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Yeah, these guys are cute up close AND rather lovely blanketing a hillside as well. I don’t know why, but we’ve had a major explosion of pussytoes in my neighborhood, and I’m enjoying it quite a lot.

2026-04-27 12:58:21 UTC

More data about “plant blindness,” but also a completely hilarious window into how #grasses are a total mystery to just about everyone, even when they are ridiculously common and abundant. Expected ability to ID is literally zero. 🤪
In defense of the study participants, I can’t tell these apart without an inflorescence either, and they probably only encounter these guys in mowed areas where their little blooming heads have already been chopped off. #PlantBlindness https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116476606452724855

2026-04-26 00:43:40 UTC

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Yeah. This is the "salting the fields" part of the operation.

2026-04-25 14:08:48 UTC

A fun and lovely tribute to the days when radio news was the window to the world.
There’s something so perfect and magical about #radio — a very human-scale technology — that I can’t help but think it will persist, somehow.
(And, random thought: These old radio guys would write the BEST alt-text!) https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/116465330670747527

2026-04-22 20:58:55 UTC

I hate to be that person, but I’m gonna take one for the team here:
Maybe the “golden age of easy travel” should have died years ago? Take a clue from Greta Thunberg. Find another way to entertain yourself that doesn’t involve dumping massive amounts of fossil fuel exhaust into the atmosphere, eh? Make a few sacrifies and vacation closer to home.
I know you are very special and earned it, but stay on the ground, honey. Happy Earth Day. #climate
🌎🛩️🔥. #IStayOnTheGround https://mastodon.social/@folkebernadotte25/116449019762180879

2026-04-22 00:26:55 UTC

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I think it’s good. The remaining uncounted votes are mostly Fairfax.

2026-04-21 23:39:03 UTC

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Where is Fairfax County though?

2026-04-21 23:31:03 UTC

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This is making me anxious.

2026-04-13 17:18:06 UTC

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Clearly not a fan of all those beautiful Art Deco table radios from the 1920s and 30s.

2026-04-06 12:51:40 UTC

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I hope someone can point you to better advice than this, but I had something similar happen to me, and my takeaway from the experience is, be politely non compliant with anyone claiming to want to talk with me who is *already recording.* A sincerely interested would-be journalist should ask for consent first before recording you.
I assumed good faith and engaged, and of course I wasn’t ready for it.

2026-04-01 14:48:29 UTC

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One more tree, or maybe a large shrub, depending on your POV: Our beloved Pawpaw, which makes N. America’s largest native fruit. The flowers are sort of spooky and emo, dressed in deepest maroon and faces looking toward the ground. #NativePlants
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2026-04-01 14:45:04 UTC

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This is Sasafras. #NativePlants
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2026-04-01 14:43:47 UTC

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Next, Dogwood, just opening. Classic understory tree in mid-Atlantic forests. The “petals” are actually bracts. The flower is the nondescript little cluster of green ball in the center. Since they are not open, it is technically not blooming.
Don’t ask me how they decide what is a bract. #NativePlants
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2026-04-01 14:38:06 UTC

I was going out to work in the garden. I did not work. I took a lot of photos. Maybe this thread will cheer you up. “Love is come again like leaves arising green.”
First up, Redbud, in the legume family. Those flowers are edible.
#NativePlants
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2026-03-28 21:53:10 UTC

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I’m actually pretty allergic to chrysanthemums! So I wouldn’t be trying that. If we ever hit the stage of post-industrial civilization where we don’t have DEET or permethrin, we will probably be at the point where we can use traditional land management techniques like prescribed fire and minimizing scrub instead.

2026-03-28 21:43:58 UTC

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Yeah, the main reason not to DIY permethrin is that it only lasts for (if I recall correctly) 6-7 washes. It also makes me nervous having the liquid in the same space as my cats, which is probably kinda irrational, but you know how cats can be.
My skin is very sensitive as well, but permethrin-treated clothes have never bothered me. They say that, once it’s in the cloth, it’s tightly bound with the cloth and doesn’t really escape.

2026-03-28 19:54:36 UTC

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… because there is permethrin for your clothes. When I go out in tall grass, I’m completely covered with treated clothes, except for my face and hands. There are multiple ways to approach this, but I do not recommend DIY because it doesn’t last as long and the chemical is toxic to cats until dry. Getting your clothes treated professionally is cheap, like $10 per item.
If your budget is tiny, get permethrin-treated socks, tuck in your pants, and use DEET on skin and clothes. 2/2

2026-03-28 19:49:28 UTC

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The avoidance advice here is solid. I would argue with the list of effective natural repellants — not because they aren’t somewhat effective, but because they simply aren’t effective enough. So long as DEET and permethrin are available, I’d prefer them as more effective.
Caveats: DEET is sometimes sold in stupidly high concentrations, like 98 percent. That’s way too much for your skin. 20-30 percent is adequate for a day outside. I still try to minimize DEET … 1/2

2026-03-28 19:34:47 UTC

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This is a solid list. Japanese barberry and English ivy are all over the suburban landscape around here. That’s not the only reason there are too many ticks, but they certainly contribute to the problem.

2026-03-28 19:20:10 UTC

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My understanding is that it’s strictly a reaction to *mammal* proteins, so chicken and fish are still okay. Of course, you have to become extremely diligent about prepared foods, because of the potential for cross-contamination.

2026-03-28 14:35:15 UTC

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Greetings from near the epicenter, which aparently is around Charlottesville VA.

2026-03-28 14:32:05 UTC

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Same here. The main reason I think it’s important to be aware of Alpha-Gal is that it keeps people like me from having a false sense of security if they live in an area where the Lone Star tick is dominant. It doesn’t transmit Lyme, but it’s not benign.

2026-03-28 13:43:50 UTC

@npub1san…jgxu , another little something for #SolarPunkSunday ?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/nyregion/alpha-gal-meat-allergy-deaths.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.Ey6k.NdPOVygFw5VF&smid=nytcore-ios-share

2026-03-27 00:54:44 UTC

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Just setting the stage for #SolarPunkSunday !

2026-03-23 01:14:55 UTC

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And also with you!

2026-03-18 23:34:53 UTC

Look what came in the mail! #nativePlants #botany #crimePaysButBotanyDoesnt
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2026-03-18 12:21:29 UTC

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Productive indeed! The summary is much appreciated.
Do you happen to know who’s leading the push to clarify standing in zoning cases? I need to try to stay on top of that issue.

2026-03-08 18:59:41 UTC

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Hahaha. I think what I’m hearing is that I should take them down to the knife-sharpener at the farmer’s market, because this exceeds my skill level.

2026-03-08 18:17:21 UTC

@npub1san…jgxu , the article for #solarpunksunday about pruning has gotten too far down my feed, but it inspires a question: Can anyone who uses pruners regularly recommend a brand that can be easily sharpened? I’ve had terrible luck getting good results with mine, using a sharpening stone, and I’d like to get a tool that would actually last.

2026-03-08 03:10:53 UTC

The cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis, is a water-loving native plant that is even more beautiful in life than in a photo — it has a deep velvety richness that a photo just can’t capture. Always a treat to see it. Butterflies and hummingbirds also love it as a nectar source.
#MarshMadness, day 7.
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2026-03-07 01:03:04 UTC

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That’s weird. Why do they think it has anything to do with training AI? Maybe I’m just ignorant, but I thought alt text was for humans.

2026-03-06 02:51:36 UTC

Snakes are everywhere, but not every marsh has alligators. #Alabama #MarshMadness
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2026-03-06 02:37:18 UTC

Public Service Announcement for the mid-Atlantic: Pollen season has begun. Maple, hazelnut, alder.
#NativePlants
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2026-03-05 04:41:38 UTC

Nothing says #MarshMadness like wild rice in full bloom.
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2026-03-04 04:35:40 UTC

Day 3 of #MarshMadness: a visit to Audubon’s Beidler Forest boardwalk, in #SouthCarolina. Check out the Packera species — some sort of Ragwort? — blooming amid the knobby Bald-cypress roots. Trust me, this is really a marsh!
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2026-03-03 00:34:18 UTC

#MarshMadness, day 2.
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2026-03-02 14:30:12 UTC

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Can confirm they are gross; didn’t know they are literally toxic. If I had a pile of money I would get it ripped out.

2026-03-02 00:24:41 UTC

Let’s get this party started. #MarshMadness
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2026-02-28 14:56:07 UTC

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Yes, the weather is favorable and I’m going to putter around the garden and watch the robins eat holly berries.

2026-02-28 14:48:45 UTC

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I thought I was coping well, but it was all a lie. I’m rattled as hell.

2026-02-26 13:52:43 UTC

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I’m much too shallow on French history to really follow this, but I’m curious.

2026-02-23 01:56:56 UTC

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Mothers? Caregivers?

2026-02-20 03:25:33 UTC

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Sigh. I think this is the way it’s going to be from now on.

2026-02-20 03:24:46 UTC

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I’ll look for that! My skin has had a very hard winter.

2026-02-20 03:17:40 UTC

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I don’t know if you heard, but there was a massive sewage leak upstream on the Potomac, so nobody should be harvesting anything there. We do have a few struggling aquatic grasses, but I don’t know the species and it’s only occasionally that some washes up onto the shore.

2026-02-20 03:15:11 UTC

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Oh well. It’s almost spring.

2026-02-20 03:06:31 UTC

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Well, now I’m curious. Where do you get your seaweed? (I’m worried you’re going to tell me the ocean.)

2026-02-19 01:40:51 UTC

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Oh well, it’s Virginia. It’ll take a couple years.

2026-02-13 15:40:48 UTC

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I’m getting an uncomfortable feeling that the “just plant trees” crusade of the last decade might be the same thing as the “save the bees” crusade of the one prior.
I’m also darkly suspecting that these things are designed to divert the energy of environmental activism into harmless-seeming, feel-good side-channels that leave the larger destructive systems untouched.
And always seem to cause more harm than good.

2026-02-03 01:00:48 UTC

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As they point out in the article, the management decisions are highly site-specific. If it’s a wasteland for miles around, go wild with the invasives.
But, wow. The sedge that’s been missing for more than a century? How did it get back there? One gets the impression that somewhere off in a forgotten corner, some plants have been quietly biding their time.

2026-02-02 23:00:04 UTC

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I’m with you: Let the plants decide. It’s never clear how much human intervention is helpful, but the track record thus far suggests that the prudent thing is for people to do less. Maybe reintroduce some species and see if they take hold, and maybe remove “crap plants” to let plants that take longer to establish have a chance. But then stand back and let evolution do its thing.

2026-01-26 03:10:08 UTC

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Well, my next question would be bird flu. I only ask because I know that scavenging birds like vultures are super-vulnerable to picking it up from diseased waterfowl locally. But that’s along a major migratory route along the east coast.
If that’s not it, have there been rat problems that would cause people to put out rat poison? Another issue for scavengers.

2026-01-26 02:40:07 UTC

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What’s the local rabies situation?

2026-01-26 02:23:30 UTC

This popped onto my radar just today, Central VA friends, and you may already know about it. But apparently it’s *already* on the Hanover County Board’s agenda for Wednesday, according to my friend from the League of Women Voters. (January 28 at 5;30 PM, 7516 County Complex Rd, Hanover, VA.)
The League will be there opposing.
https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-01-23/ice-hanover-county-warehouse-immigrant-processing-ashland-wittman-mcclellan
#Virginia #RVA #ICE

2026-01-25 00:40:46 UTC

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Kaine has said he will vote no “without significant amendment,” whatever that means.

2026-01-21 00:53:29 UTC

Tiny harbingers of spring: blooms of my native hazelnut, Corylus americana.The left photo is the male inflorescence, which you can see is starting to open up in preparation for releasing pollen. The right photo, taken a couple inches further up the same branch, is the itty-bitty female flower.
You really need to be looking closely to notice these.
#NativePlants #spring
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2026-01-17 23:33:45 UTC

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All good suggestions! I would also add, however, that you should limit the amounts you collect to just a few. People tend to underestimate their impact. Also, don’t collect seed too early. If it’s fully mature, it will come off the plant quite easily.
If a species is well suited to your property, it will flower and set seed for you (may take a few years) and you can collect all you want from those plants!

2026-01-08 01:54:21 UTC

RE: https://sfba.social/@kueda/115849827524782875
Reboosting to make sure this doesn't get lost. #inaturalist #biodiversity #nativePlants
#note1n0t…2glu

2025-12-31 16:19:02 UTC

Yes! Testify, moths!
#invertebrates #moths #Lepidoptera #rewilding https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115815046328269058

2025-12-28 04:05:49 UTC

I once had a chance to take a botanical illustration class with the main artist for the Flora of Virginia, Laura Call Gastinger. While I was there I bought one of her prints, which is an array of bits of #virginia #NativePlants that can be found in December.
If you live in the region, here’s a challenge. How many of these plants can you identify?
https://biodiversity.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/795/214/259/986/805/original/2e22a5e3a9e6ceff.jpeg

2025-12-23 03:06:14 UTC

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Scrolled way back just to block this creep. So sorry! I’ll never understand why people like that don’t just shut up and keep their ugliness to themselves.

2025-12-21 14:44:38 UTC

“And for all this, Nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things…”
Smooth Alder tree catkins (flowers) ready to bloom any minute now.
The long lower catkins are the male blossom that will release pollen; the cluster above, that look like miniature pine cones, are the female catkins.
Seen four days ago at the wildlife refuge.
Words from Gerard Manley Hopkins, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44395/gods-grandeur
#WinterSolstice #NativePlants
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2025-12-18 13:51:00 UTC

First of all, does anyone recognize this grass? Clearly not North American.
Second, if you’ve ever used or appreciated the Biodiversity Heritage Library (as I certainly have!) now would be a great time to send them a small donation. As you may recall from earlier this year, they’ve lost their sponsorship by the Smithsonian as of the end of 2025.
#Grasses #Biodiversity #BHL https://mastodon.art/@biodiversitypix/115740783270846851

2025-12-13 23:59:32 UTC

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As an aside, I used to know the couple that run The Timberjay, and they are awesome people who, if I recall correctly, live off-grid in a cabin they built themselves. They are also serious journalists, the type that’s hard to find any more. They would probably feel at home in the Fediverse.

2025-12-02 23:31:13 UTC

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Fungi!

2025-11-30 23:37:42 UTC

What’s the use of all these cookbooks? Well, when you’ve reached your limit with the #enshittification of Internet cooking sites, they are there for you. And this weekend, I hit my limit.
The chowder smells good.
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2025-11-19 17:16:18 UTC

Meet my Leave the Leaves™️ Poster Child. I have no idea who this is going to be. Have a restful winter, lil buddy.
#invertebrates #LeaveTheLeaves #NativePlants
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2025-11-11 16:59:01 UTC

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I have a foreboding feeling that the antivaxers are going to be making this much worse than it needed to be. Poor chickens.

2025-11-07 19:36:42 UTC

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So, if I have room for ONE cultivated apple tree in coastal Virginia, what variety would be happy around here?

2025-11-04 13:56:29 UTC

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This sounds like a lovely day!

2025-10-29 13:20:54 UTC

Did you know it’s a mast year? https://beige.party/@Shivviness/115457259210762124

2025-10-12 12:33:39 UTC

Wake up, babe, new invasive weed just dropped.
#InvasiveSpecies https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/115361132661823077

2025-10-11 23:27:06 UTC

What's in your field bag? I'll go first. In lieu of exceeding the character limit for the alt-text, I'll describe and annotate in a short thread.
The bag was thrifted! Demonstrating that ANYTHING can be ANYWHERE. But Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the motherships of #botany in the US, and any amateur botanist would be proud to carry their bag. Even if it has no internal pockets.
Displayed next to it are the usual contents. 1/X
#fieldwork #naturalist
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2025-10-09 23:34:49 UTC

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Gluten Free

2025-10-09 23:33:49 UTC

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I’d probably go for something like gender-nonconforming feminine?
But my take is that if I do something, it’s feminine because I do it and I’m female. This may not match up with other people’s ideas. So it depends on who is defining what “feminine” means.

2025-10-08 19:39:00 UTC

Putting this out here for future reference. @npub1fn5…2e3g 's thread about Carob -- and discussion of other trees that are also legumes, like Redbud, Cercis canadensis -- sent me down a fun #botany rabbit hole about another tree in that category, Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia. I've always loved to eat its flowers raw off the tree, but could the pods also be edible? Maybe.
But here is a lovely recipe (in French) for Beignets de fleurs d'acacia. Next year I'm trying this.
https://www.cuisine-campagne.com/index.php?post/2007/05/07/250-beignets-de-fleurs-d-acacia

2025-10-07 01:08:59 UTC

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I was wondering if the larger airports with the larger planes could still do that in a pinch. Do they just talk to each other on the tower frequency?

2025-09-23 12:22:42 UTC

For anyone struggling with moving paper-based or spreadsheet-based citizen science survey data into the digital realm, this is just THE BEST! The right help at the right time. I am so excited! Now I know what I’m doing all winter. @topazcufflinks https://biodiversity.social/@gbif/115253477563670414

2025-09-20 12:39:53 UTC

The is the BEST NEWS!
Once habitat is damaged, it can never be returned to its original state. We don’t have, and probably never will have, the tools to replicate intact natural ecosystems. But guess who kinda does? Plants! The seeds abide. #NativePlants
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/20/just-add-water-how-to-bring-back-ancient-plants-in-a-norfolk-ghost-pond?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2025-09-16 01:54:59 UTC

#covid update!
Two of daughter’s co-workers have it & were in the office, masked; she danced with someone yesterday who now has it; her boyfriend is coughing; she’s negative for now.
My sister is ok but weak. My dad (89) tested positive for 3 days but is neg now and never had symptoms.
I got a #covid booster and flu shot today at CVS with zero fuss. There are concerns about what the CDC vax committee might do Friday. Unless your most recent shot was less than 2 mos ago, consider going NOW.

2025-09-07 14:22:22 UTC

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And also with you.

2025-09-07 00:48:51 UTC

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I know you’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and here it finally is: the nut we were promised. #sedges #flatsedges #NativePlants #horta
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2025-09-02 21:36:52 UTC

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Maybe they all ate the radioactive shrimp at a party gathering.

2025-09-01 14:52:38 UTC

I was having a pretty good time until you showed up. #invasives #invertebrates
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2025-08-30 12:50:09 UTC

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Why should you not go out into the woods and gather your own bowl of Pawpaw fruit? Isn’t there plenty for everyone?
The chart illustrates. No, there is NOT enough for everyone. Humans have driven the non-human living word into very narrow margins. This is one of the many reasons humans are driving a planet-wide mass extinction event.
Please, don’t make #foraging a new way for humans to colonize and extract from a suffering planet. Maybe take a sample and no more. Grow more habitat instead.
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2025-08-30 12:39:03 UTC

Pawpaw news! Here you see the first harvest of a Pawpaw tree (North America’s largest native fruit) I planted almost a decade ago.
Sitting in the bowl, they were almost *overpoweringly* aromatic, and the scent was sweet. Processed, they yielded three cups of pulp and a lot of seeds. The pulp went into two loaves of sweetbread.
And that’s it for this year!
Stay tuned for my Ted Talk about why you should grow your own and not forage native plants.
#NativePlants #pawpaws
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2025-08-30 00:19:35 UTC

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Very handy to have an expert in the family!

2025-08-29 22:24:13 UTC

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Looks very similar to Cyperus iria, which is what we get here. Very undemanding plant!

2025-08-18 23:31:48 UTC

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When I was a young child, while driving around with my mom, there was a talk show on the radio about what I heard as “artistic children.” Being a fairly artistic child, I was extremely confused about why anyone would be so troubled and concerned about “artistic children.”
After several minutes of this, I finally demanded an explanation from my mother, who set me straight.

2025-08-12 20:49:33 UTC

I fits, I sits: Corsi-Rosenthal Box edition.
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2025-08-11 17:06:24 UTC

On the other hand, maybe they are just here for the figs.
#figs #turtles #BoxTurtles
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2025-08-07 00:37:31 UTC

I have a sacrificial front yard that’s designed to communicate to the neighborhood that I’m respecting the norms here and keeping a (little bit of a) trimmed lawn. Mullet landscaping: Party in the back.
And then I get volunteers like this Cut-leaf Grape Fern, Sceptridium dissectum. What a little treasure! Lucky me!
But I can’t just *mow* it. I guess I’m going to cross my fingers and try relocating it.
I feel like I need to keep everyone alive.
@npub1nz2…wgl6 @npub1u45…3myz
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2025-08-06 17:22:01 UTC

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I would take your fig storage tips, if you have any.

2025-08-03 19:18:23 UTC

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Well, I don't need much encouragement to share these. :)
Clockwise from upper left:
1. Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis. No photo can do justice to how beautiful the color is -- like radiant velvet.
2. Swamp Rose-mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos. A bee favorite.
3. New York Ironweed, Vernonia noveboracensis. Tolerates wet feet but also grows in sunny meadows.
4. Pickerelweed, Potnedaria cordata. Beloved of bees and butterflies.
#WildflowerHour
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2025-08-03 19:06:03 UTC

#WildFlowerHour Hello! <tap tap tap> This thing on?
Visiting for the first time and I'm not sure whether you'd like to see any US wildflowers. I have four lovely wetlands blooms from last week cued up and ready if you'd like to see them.

2025-08-01 22:31:09 UTC

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Pleasingly cool in the summer heat, too.

2025-08-01 00:56:02 UTC

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These are so nice! They look like they glow in the dark.