@andifitz
This is mostly a gardening page. Pictures taken from around my garden and gardens in the DFW TX area, zone 8a Denton County Master Gardener class of 2025 I’m gonna take some pictures of plants and show them to you 📸
Broccoli is coming along! I got these sprouts through the winter. First time ever trying to grow broccoli.
#gardening #gardensky #bloomscroll #broccoli #zone8a #photography #macro #green
Fun/stupid fact :
Texas Senate Bill 1868 was introduced a year ago in March 2025 to regulate hallucinogenic substances. Initial versions included the TX mountain laurel. It was removed after public backlash.
Little purple blooms with green foliage
Texas Mountain Laurel starting to bloom.
#nativeplants #texas #flowers #bloomscroll #macro #photography #plants #gardening #gardensky #naturephotography
Green potato sprouts
An update on my potatoes :
#gardening #zone8 #gardensky #photography #macro #wintergardening #plants #potatoes #texas #flowers
I’ve walked by these since January on my way to class waiting for them to bloom.
#Azalea #TWU #texas #plants #flowers #photography #macro #pink #gardensky #bloomscroll #bloomscrolling
Pink flowers on a redbud tree
#gardensky #bloomscroll #trees #spring #macro #photography #pink #nativeplants #Texasredbud
A little gray kitty yawning in his bed
It’s a lazy #caturday for Disco Kitty.
a painting titled Hollyhocks by Julia McEntee Dillon, dated approximately 1882.
Pink little buds on a tree
I’ve been in graduate school and not posting as much but the signs of Spring are upon us in North TX. Feels a bit early for the redbud trees…
#gardensky #bloomscroll #trees #spring #macro #photography #pink #nativeplants
96/ 🌱 The Benefits of Worm Composting
Worms are nature’s composters! 🪱
Set up a worm bin to break down kitchen scraps
Worm castings are nutrient-rich and perfect for your garden
They help improve soil structure and drainage
Your garden will love the worm power!
#WormComposting #SustainableGardening
September 30th 2024
Cosmos
A white bowl filled with worm castings
Life is like a bowl of worm poop
#wormcomposting #gardening #gardensky #compost #macro #photography
Little green broccoli sprout
Little broccoli sprouts survived last week’s ice storm in North TX. I kept them covered using PVC pipe hoops and greenhouse tarp.
#broccoli #gardening #gardensky #bloomscroll #macro #garden #photography
Blue and white columbine flowers in a rocky scree slope base at 12,170'
Aquilegia coerulea, our Colorado Blue Columbine, blooming above the source of the North Fork South Platte #nativeplants. Typical rocky alpine habitat for these. 😎
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to July 30 🌿
I have this problem as well. It’s the ADHD for me 🙃
Overhead view of two beautiful heirloom tomatoes on a wood-grained cutting board. The tomatoes, still with their dark green stems on, have scalloped edges and are a beautiful jewel-tone red with an inky pattern of smoky red/black tones throughout.
If you are doomscrolling please enjoy a brief respite courtesy of my emotional support heirloom tomatoes.
MAGA assaulted law enforcement officers Jan 6. Plenty proof of that.
Can’t change my ID in Texas, can’t get a passport with correct ID, but we’ve got reps obtaining passports for their hookups…
I use those mosquito bits that I let sit in water for a bit then do a soil drench. Also I wipe neem oil on the leaves. Makes them shiny too.
African violet , small pink / white flowers , dark green leaves
African violet
#flowers #bloomscroll #macro #photography #plants #gardening #gardensky #naturephotography #violets
Little brown pots of green basil seedlings
Spring is coming. Back to business!
#basil #gardening #gardensky #bloomscroll #macro #photography
Someone gave me a blueberry cookie from there and it changed my life.
I’m in north Texas and I’ve got all kinds of stuff blooming that shouldn’t be until March at the absolute earliest. It’s crazy!
Truly what I needed to hear. “You beat them by setting limits and taking care of yourself.”
Sunflowers popping up in… January
#gardening #zone8 #gardensky #photography #macro #wintergardening #plants #sunflowers #texas #flowers #nativeplants
“While the name suggests total disorder, it is actually a technique rooted in permaculture and companion planting. It mimics how plants grow in the wild.”
A tiny little green sprout poking up through the soil
Tiny broccoli sprout. I’m back in business!
Got some potatoes I’m chitting as well.
#gardening #zone8 #gardensky #photography #macro #wintergardening #plants
Update:
They caused the worst gas of my life.
A hand holding on to a bowl of Sunchokes
Sunchokes. Also known as fartichokes…
Any recommendations for prepping so they don’t cause gas? I plan to roast with chicken. My first year growing them.
#gardening #gardeningsky #food #photography
Wild blueberries tho?… shoot.