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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast

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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The older I get, the more people there are to remember. 🌿 Every year I plant rosemary—the herb for remembrance. Somewhere along the way, I realized I was remembering more people per plant. That thought became today's episode of The Daily Gardener: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Rustic rosemary bundle with linen bow

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

On this day in 2001, the Detroit Free Press shared the story of Harris Olson, known in Michigan as Mr. Daylily. For 45 years, he was head gardener at his church. He hybridized daylilies & peonies. He drove an old gray truck w/ a license plate that read: MR DAYLILY. 1/2

Harris Olson by Free Press Photo by Manny Crisostomo (colorized and enhanced with daylilies added in front of a smiling Harris.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

January is named for Janus, the Roman god of thresholds. He looks backward & forward at once. It’s fitting that January’s birth flower is the snowdrop. It blooms while winter still holds firm. Not with abundance, but courage. The gardening year doesn’t begin with fullness. It begins with faith.

White snowdrop flowers emerging through winter soil, one of the first blooms of the year.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

💡 Talk about a lightbulb moment! 💡 This clever broad-tailed hummingbird built a cozy nest right on top of a cafe light—front porch innovation at its finest. Proof that even tiny birds have big ideas! #LightbulbMoment #Hummingbirds #NestGenius #PorchLife #Birdwatching #Cafelights

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Chickweed Geometer, but make it fashion! 💄 This moth struts garden runways with hot pink “lipstick” stripes, and its caterpillars love actual chickweed. Iconic snacker, iconic style. Who wore it best—moth or garden? 🌸🦋 #MothChic #ChickweedGeometer #MothsMatter #GardenGlam

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Harebells vs. Hairballs. Talk amongst yourselves...🤣🌸🐈 Note: if you garden and have a cat - you just may enjoy both!

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

How is this not a traveling exhibit throughout the schools and churches of Ireland? Or, how about a pub crawl? So many pubs.... Surely each destination could host ol' Woolie for a week or two. Lean in on the woollen map! 🍻Raise a pint if you agree!🍻 #knitters #crocheters #sewers

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🌼 Are there times when you avoid your garden due to allergies? 🤧 Feast your eyes on this 1837 illustration of pollen grains. Those wild spikes aren’t just for show—they’re why pollen clings everywhere all season long. Tell me your wildest pollen story below! #Allergies #NatureArt #Pollen

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Oh my gosh, Vancouver

Crocuses growing against the cityscape

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Aoibhe Ni - Tunisian Crochet @aoibheni.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is what cup holders are for, right?

A close-up photo of a small ball of hand wound blue yarn sitting in a car's driver side cup holder.

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Anna Herrington🌱🌿🌺🍀 @annaherrington.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Last week's word: snow. This week's word: mud. But hellebores are peeking up at the world, maybe they'll bloom soon, usually they already are... pic from last year at this time. #GardensHour #gardenlife 🌱

Maroon hellebore flowers - multi-petaled, downward facing, tiny bits of yellow stamens in centers showing - with old grey fence behind.

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David Allen ❄️ @davidallenkr.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My favourite Caravaggio at this moment in time

Caravaggio's only still life painting. A woven basket filled with various fruits, including apples, grapes, and a pear, rests on a wooden surface against a plain golden background.

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Dandelion Appreciation Society @dandelionappre1.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Soon, these wintery silhouettes will be softened with unfurling leaves and blossoms. Have a lovely #thicktrunktuesday one and all. #Trees #TreeClub #NaturePhotography

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

"We are all woven into one: land, sky, rock, sand, animals—man is only a part of the whole.” Born on this day science fiction writer Andre Norton born Alice Mary Norton 1912 Norton wrote more than 130 novels in her 70 years as a writer, as well as nearly 100 short stories. #BookSky

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Happy Cabbage Day🥬

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Calling all nature-lovers. Here’s a lovely account to follow.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Catnip? Yes… Um no…. I’m afraid we’ve sold out. 🤗🐈🐈‍⬛

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Mother Nature is rolling out the red carpet in Rosemary’s garden this morning🤗

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

What a memory held in such a charming little hoop.🤗🙌☕💯🌲

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

What’s the leaf of the matter with this shirt requirement? 🍁 Do you have a kale-ful dress code? Because I’m ready to branch out and sprout some stylish collard options. 🥦 Lettuce have some fun! 🥬🤗🔥🙌💯🥦🥬🌳😂🪴😘

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Somehow this perfectly named #rose enters the spotlight at just the right time. #youremyeverything

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It doesn’t matter if we're talking #wallpaper, #paint color, or #landscapes - #backgrounds matter and elevate not just the mundane but the spectacular to even greater heights.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

One of the best examples of how dogs can easily determine an alpha and the power of short, simple, commands. 🐕‍🦺

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I cannot get the hope of this eventuality out of my mind… 🐴🚂⚓

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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The entire scene is #enchanting - the #foxes enjoying fresh #snow at majestic #Magdalen College. 🦊🦊

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Poplar propagation…

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Top off your fall w/ the Kinks & this autumn classic/earworm: “From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar When the dawn begins to crack Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow So I sweep them in my sack Oh, my poor rheumatic back Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac…” 🍂☕🥮🍁🎵🔥🌞

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hello November? Um, yeah... I need to rewind a few weeks back because I didn't know I could have made LEAF ROSES!!!!!!

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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Wha tha omg. More coolness. In a single leaf, right?

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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Is it a coincidence that I finished PT for BOTH KNEES the day that @armanafzadeh.bsky.social shared this post? I think not. 🤗🦃🦴🦴🦕🍗🍗

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Just wow. This is a fantastic share by @robinssci.bsky.social This one's for the whole family. Show your mom. Send to Grandpa. Play it in the car for your kids after school tomorrow. Nature is wonderful - and endlessly fascinating.🤗🌸👞🔨

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm sure so many of you already know of this account - but it was a new discovery to me thanks to it popping up in my Bluesky feed. This person lives in a real life fairyland that goes way beyond the image shown below. Click on her bio and check out her work/life. It's unreal.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Well here’s my pick for post of the day! 🤗 (Don’t tell Max! 🐕‍🦺)

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

If the cover is as raised as it appears, that artist deserves a coffee. Beautiful book on Lichens. I will need to get a copy!

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Oh I am so going to use the word flindrikin this week. Looking forward to it.❄️

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Totally off brand but can we get a starter pack of people who watched Hot Frosty ☃️ to be a thing?

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I heard her the whole time listening to this. Teared up. RIP Charles Dumont. 68 years on earth with this wonderful song - what a legacy.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

🧵 Here's a #November #botanical #poem for today by one of my syrupy, sweet #Victorian favorites - #HelenHuntJackson. (btw I just colorized the photo of Helen, & I love that the background is #chartreuse because it goes so nicely w/ the #ferns. Also, doesn't she look so no-nonsense!?!) #Sassy 1/

So I'm now convinced HHJ was reincarnated as my old piano teacher, Mrs. Bisbee. So similar.
HHJ was a proper victorian woman with little curls of blonde hair about her face. She has heavy-lidded smart eyes, a wide mouth and looks like she would be a friend to many.
Church potluck? There she is with a pan of bars.
School play? She made the costumes for the barn animals.
Bookclub? Yes, of course, she read it. 🤗

Ferns at birth - slipping their brown furry coverings and getting ready to unfurl.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

After sitting at my feet while I researched James Logan all morning, #Max wanted you to know he was left home during errands today for no good reason. He was so stressed that he had to get Puff, his giant dragon fluffy, and then start yawning on the couch when I got home. #BigFeelings #BlackLab

A big black labrador sits on a couch that has a black blanket on it to disguise his shedding. He is sitting beside his super large dragon, floof named Puff.
Puff comes out when Max feels very put upon or when a larger injustice has occurred.

Max is looking with his old soul eyes. How old is he? I don’t know for sure but I suspect he is 6 to 7. He now sports a distinguished salt and pepper goatee.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Alice Cary's #poem #November is a a love letter to #Autumn #gardeners, whispering the most essential #truth of cultivation: life persists, even when it seems dormant. When your #garden looks bare and lifeless, its heart is simply gathering strength, dreaming of spring's vibrant return! 🌱✨

NOVEMBER
The leaves are fading and falling,
The winds are rough and wild,
The birds have censed their calling,
But let me tell you, my child,

Though day by day, as it closes,
Doth darker and colder grow,
The roots of the bright red roses
Will keep alive in the snow.
And when the winter is over
The boughs will get new leaves,
The quail come back to the clover,
And the swallow back to the enves.

The robin will wear on his bosom
A vest that is bright and new,
And the loveliest wayside blossom
Will shine with the sun and dew.

So, when some dear joy loses
Its beauteous summer glow,
Think how the roots of the roses
Are kept alive in the snow.

Alice Cary looks a little like Princess Leia, and she is in modest dress for her time.

Quail in the clover

Red, red, roses - in blossom and bud in the summer.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

#November 17, 1861 #OTD The #Canadian #poet & #naturalist Archibald Lampman was born. Archibald loved #camping and the #countryside. #Nature inspired his verse Archibald's #poem "Knowledge" compares the #quest for #wisdom to a #garden. 🧵 1/

Archibald Lampman in a grey suit. He has fine features, blue eyes, curly light hair, and a beard. Fair skin. He seems pensive.

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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The Region #November It is hard to hear the #north #wind again, And to watch the #treetops, as they #sway. They sway, deeply and loudly, in an effort, So much less than feeling, so much less than speech, Saying and saying, the way things say On the level of that which is not yet #knowledge: 🧵 1/

The picturesque view of a copse of bare tall trees with lots of colorful autumn smaller trees below - in oranges, reds, and yellows. It has a vintage feel with lots of warmth. The view is from across a small pond.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Between now & Tuesday, garden temps will stay in the 50s. It's going to sprinkle or rain; November is living up to the Season of Mists mantle. Then, 40s and snow in MN. My must-do list includes organizing the pots, draining hoses, spigot prep, burying a succulent wreath, restacking firewood.

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Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This is the time of night when Max curls up on the couch in the library, looks over to see if I'll be awhile, and then takes a before-bedtime nap. In the time it took to write this, he's already found his way to dreamland. 🧵 1/

Max looks at me in his November collar and bow to see if I will be working on the computer for a while. He's got a comfy spot on the old leather couch and has managed to sit his bottom on a stack of pillows. Now, he will take a pre-bedtime nap. Over the next 30 minutes, he will slowly stretch out and gradually knock all the pillows off the sofa. In the morning, Dad will put them all back on. And then it will all repeat again tomorrow evening.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The Consent by Howard #Nemerov Note: The first verse is about #ginkgo trees shedding their #leaves simultaneously and in their own #divine timing. The ginkgo, an ancient species often called a "living #fossil," connects us to deep time. 🧵 1/

The incredible gold of ginkgo trees flanking a garden walk. Two urns stand at the front.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Here's Charles Mackay's "My #Garden Gate" Stand back, bewildering #politics! I've placed my fences round; Pass on, w/ all your party tricks, Nor tread my #holy ground. Stand back—I'm weary of your #talk, Your squabbles & your hate: You cannot enter in this #walk— I've closed my garden gate. 🧵 1/7

Gray blue garden gate with a grapevine wreath and arbor. Very sweet.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

#November 14, 1687 #OTD #Garden #History #NellGwynn died. A long-time mistress of #KingCharlesII, she once surprised the king & won a bet. She had ridden out early at dawn and dropped handkerchiefs along her route. The area was titled to her son, now known as #BestwoodCountryPark. 🧵1/5

Unknown woman thought to be Nell Gwynn by Peter Lely
She is wearing a yellow gown sitting on a chaise - wildflowers in her left hand which is draped over the arm of the chaise. Ivy wraps a column in the background. It is a romantic image. Her dark curls gently rest on her creamy shoulders.

Jennifer Ebeling🎙The Daily Gardener Podcast @gardenerpodcast.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Daily Gardener Garden History Podcast Episode for November 13 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

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November 13, 2024 Gardens, Meteors, and Chrysanthemums, Joseph Paxton, Cherry Trees of 1909, The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Paul Rees and...

Podcast Episode · The Daily Gardener · 11/13/2024 · 24m

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