Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
There needs to be more research done into this, and as of now we can’t say why the sounds happen but. WHAT.
I knew they could hear noises but apparently they MAKE noises too
Cats knocking over houseplants just got a lot more vindictive
SHUT UPPPP
“Crowley, dear?” Aziraphale turned around the newspaper to display a headline. “Have you heard that the humans believe plants can communicate?”
Across the table, the demon waved a mug of what Crowley said was coffee but what Aziraphale suspected was mostly alcohol in his direction. “That’s old news, Angel.”
“No,” Aziraphale said, “According to this, it’s cutting edge science.” He frowned. “They’ve apparently done research.”
“Research,” Crowley repeated.
“Yes. Of the scientific variety,” Aziraphale elaborated. “I’m surprised you haven’t read up on this. You’re always going on about New Technology. And plants.”
“Back in the 70s, they said talking to plants makes them grow,” Crowley argued. “Figures that plants have to hear what you say. Otherwise, what’s the point in talking to them to get them to grow?”
“But did you know plants could talk back to you?” Aziraphale asked, pointing again to the headline.
“Mine don’t.” Crowley’s voice took on a Tone as he threw a dark look at a lush but oddly nervous looking fern over the top of his sunglasses. “They know better.”
The second one doesn’t look impressive but trust me, it’s a miracle that ANYTHING has sprouted. Most of the tomatoes and peppers are still alive! I’m so pleased
The hairy vetch bloomed! It is very pretty 😍 but it had to go bc once it blooms it’ll be a nightmare (allegedly).
In the second bed everything is growing like this: in little clumps around the transplants 😂
Meanwhile the first bed is just a little oasis 🥰
And I got some radishes out of the first bed!!
😍😍
I discovered today that to the inexperienced gardener (me!) radish greens, Georgia collard greens, and potato greens look almost similar. I finally figured out the difference - without cutting any potato greens! Feeling very proud of myself lol (potato greens are toxic to humans so. This is an important distinction lmao)
In parting, here’s a picture of someone’s bed filled with just bachelor’s button. I wish the overwhelming blue come through in the pictures 🥲
This amazing fern, Culcita macrocarpa (tree fern, cushion fern, mattress fern), was growing in the entrance porch of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, Scotland, welcome building. This large perennial grows primarily in the shade of the subtropical forests in Macaronesia, northern Portugal to north-western and southern Spain.
The rhizomatous perennial Tulbaghia violacea (society garlic) has grey-green leaves that when crushed smell of garlic. In early autumn the pale lavender flowers are produced in a sunny, sheltered location.
i learn a staggering amount of things just being in nature and paying attention to what’s going on. Things that are obvious are seldom written down so they can be found where people look. I get stressed out that people don’t know things. It’s dire that they have to be taught at all.
I’m watching everything prepare for winter. Well, not watching. I’m gathering seeds, preparing beds, labeling seed packets. The leaves are falling, the flowers are dying back.
I was surprised to see how long seeds will just hang out on withered plants, instead of being eaten or falling or blowing away. Acorns and nuts cover the forest floor. Hackberries cling to trees throughout winter. Seeds are produced in wild abundance.
It’s difficult not to assign purpose to these things—the plants produce seeds and nuts so the birds and animals don’t go hungry. It’s discouraged to view nature as having some kind of purposeful agency.
The leaves cover the ground now in deep drifts. I learned that moths and butterflies sleep through winter in fallen leaves.
How did I not know that? How was this not important enough to be taught?
Homeowners seem to think of leaves as a nuisance. It’s common practice to rake them into piles and burn them or bag them up to be sent to landfills. This is horrifyingly wasteful, on top of destroying the insects that hibernate in them. Fallen leaves are pure gold, a vital source of nourishment and insulation for the soil. Rotting leaves mulch and fertilize the forest floor.
Fallen leaves don’t just nourish, they protect. I found the smaller of my tree seedlings covered by a thick layer of fallen leaves, shielded from an early frost. Farmer Family Friend advises mulching the baby trees for the winter to keep them safe from the extremes of the cold.
They are a near-perfect insulating and mulching material, but I rarely see people using them as such. “Use fallen leaves as mulch” is a Gardening Hack found on Pinterest, a novel trick.
It is discouraged to assign motive and purpose to natural processes, but it is devastating to accept the alternative—that something an organism does isn’t “for” a purpose except the organism’s own survival. Leaves fall because they can’t withstand the winter cold, and it is more economical to enter a period of dormancy. We know this.
And yet. The horrors it has caused, for people to decide that the leaves are not for anything, that they only make a mess and can be burned or sent to a landfill (!!). We have to spread memes online telling everyone to leave alone their fallen leaves, because it’s not common knowledge that the butterflies need them.
The harsh, competitive thinking about nature stops people from thinking of nature as the intricate system it is.
I was afraid that the frost last night killed my tiny tulip poplar. I found it safe and unharmed, covered by leaves blown all the way from the neighbor’s yard—leaves from a mature tulip poplar tree, shielding the small one. I keep telling myself not to be fanciful, but my heart aches with something indescribable.
i love the rain, the moody forest, and cooler temperatures. since we’ve been in a heatwave, with a few days hitting over 36°, the day of rain we have approaching in our forecast has me very excited.
why does my caladium act like she is starving for light. hang on
every day i ahve to reposition the damn lamp cuz she’s dead set on sticking her first leaf Right The Fuck In There and i don’t want her to burn. but every day i come home from work and she has closed the distance anyway. bestie PLEASE cooperate with me
i finally caved and moved her to the windowsill but this has clearly not satisfied her because she still presses that leaf RIGHT up against the glass
apparently instead of actually growing new leaves in order to increase her light intake she’s decided that these are PERFECT conditions to flower in
Here’s some more Biodiverse Memes! Y'all are strongly encouraged to repost to Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and other websites. No need to credit.
Some of these are new, some are from earlier. Wanted to make some (somewhat) positive ones since the point isn’t to be “anti-lawn,” it’s to get people to appreciate how beautiful and important biodiversity is and how easy it is to have biodiversity in your surroundings :3
Go wild, give them to the other websites so the people there can see
