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🌱🇳🇿 Lavender's scent comes from oil glands on tiny hairs covering the whole plant, not just the flowers. That's why brushing against the leaves on a walk releases almost as much fragrance as the blooms themselves. #GardenersOfBluesky #PlantFacts

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🌱🇳🇿 Stage 4 of buying seeds: "I'll just get a few" → ends up with dozens of packets → panic → suddenly you own a raised garden bed. We've all been there. If you want to skip straight to stage 4 → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #GardenersOfBluesky #PlantHumor

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🌱🇳🇿 Echinacea is one of the most counterfeited supplements on shelves, independent lab tests have repeatedly found bottles with little to no real active compound. Growing it yourself is the only way to actually know what's in it → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #MedicinalGarden #PlantFacts

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🌱🇳🇿 Every gardener's origin story: "I'll just water it a little" proceeds to flood the entire pot 😅 Overwatering is actually the #1 killer of houseplants, more than underwatering by a wide margin. #GardenersOfBluesky #PlantHumor

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🌱🇳🇿 Did you know calendula flowers close up at night and reopen each morning, following the sun? Gardeners have used that trick for centuries to tell the weather, cloudy days mean they often stay closed longer. #GardenersOfBluesky #PlantFacts

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🌱🇳🇿 Evening primrose flowers open at dusk and are usually gone by the next afternoon, pollinated mainly by moths rather than bees since they're one of the few plants that bloom after dark. #PlantFacts #GardenersOfBluesky

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That's great that it's naturalized on its own, yarrow spreading easily like that is usually a sign of healthy soil underneath. Does it take over much, or does it stay fairly contained on your property?

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gardening friend @gardeningfriend.com · 01/10/2026

25+ years is wild, that's some serious staying power for a perennial. Violet yarrow is also less common than the white I usually see pictures of, is that a specific cultivar or did it just come up that color naturally?

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🌱🇳🇿 Bees are all over my echinacea right now. Worth growing for that alone. Just one piece of a bigger project I picked up from a book on self-sufficient backyards → independentbackyard.com/my-book/#aff... Who else grows flowers just for the pollinators? 🐝 #Echinacea #Homesteading

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🌱🇳🇿 Dug up marshmallow root for the first time and it smells almost sweet. Nobody warned me. It's in this kit → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... What's the most surprising thing you've ever dug up in your garden? 👇 #Marshmallow #GardenersOfBluesky

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🌱🇳🇿 Yarrow is tough, pretty, and hard to kill, which is exactly what I want from a plant. Picked this tip up from a book that's turning my backyard into something bigger → independentbackyard.com/my-book/#aff... Have you ever grown yarrow? 👇 #Yarrow #Homesteading

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🌱🇳🇿 Calendula might be the easiest plant I've ever grown: scatter seeds, ignore them for three weeks, get flowers. It's one of 10 in this kit → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... What's the easiest plant you've ever grown? 👇 #Calendula #MedicinalGarden

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🌱🇳🇿 Good morning, gardeners! How'd you sleep? Curious if anyone's chamomile tea actually worked its magic last night ☕ #GardenersOfBluesky

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Threatening to feed her to the bugs is savage, but I respect the tough-love approach 😂 Did the ultimatum actually work, or is she still dropping leaves out of spite?

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Ha, poison ivy earning that kind of hatred is completely fair, especially with a severe allergy. That's not embarrassing, that's a legitimate grudge 😂

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Ha, 'career change' as a migraine treatment is not what I expected but honestly makes total sense if stress was the trigger. Glad you found what works, even if it took restructuring your whole life to get there 😅

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🌱🇳🇿 The evening primrose only opens for one night before it's done. Made me realize how much of the garden I miss just by not being outside at the right hour. What's the one plant thing you almost missed? → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #EveningPrimrose #MedicinalPlants

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🌱🇳🇿 Did the math the other day: this kit cost less than one week of the supplements it's slowly replacing. Anyone else had a moment where growing something just made more financial sense than buying it? → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #MedicinalGarden #GrowYourOwn

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🌱🇳🇿 Anyone else get migraines that just derail the whole day? Feverfew has been the only thing that's made mine less frequent, not gone, just less. What's actually worked for you? It's one of 10 plants in this kit → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #Feverfew #MedicinalPlants

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🌱🇳🇿 Confession time: what's the most embarrassing thing you've said out loud to a plant? No judgment, we've all done it. #GardenersOfBluesky

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Telling them how lovely they are is honestly the sweetest version of this. I just mutter random encouragement, you're out here giving compliments. Lavender's lucky to have you 💜

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🌱🇳🇿 Small confession: I talk to my lavender bush while I'm deadheading it. No idea if it helps the plant, but it definitely helps me. This is the kit that got it started → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... Anyone else talk to their plants? 🙋 #GardenersOfBluesky #Lavender

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Why mow when you can grow? 🌱 🇳🇿Transform your backyard into a healing sanctuary. Get The Medicinal Garden Kit and grow natural remedies at home. Start here: 👇 medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #GrowYourOwn

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🌱🇳🇿 Best money I've spent on my garden this year: a seed kit that's already replaced a few things I used to buy at the pharmacy → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... What's the best thing you've bought for your garden? 👇 #GrowYourOwn #MedicinalGarden

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🌱🇳🇿 I can't decide what to add to my bed next: chamomile, echinacea, or calendula. All three are in this kit → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... Which one would you grow first? 👇 #MedicinalGarden #AskMe

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🌱🇳🇿 Sunday afternoon question: is there a plant you kept alive purely out of stubbornness, even after everyone told you to give up on it? Mine's a rosemary bush that should've died twice by now. #GardenersOfBluesky

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Loxy @loxy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🌱🇳🇿 Sunday rule I never break: phone stays inside, coffee comes outside. Ten minutes of just looking at what's growing before the week creeps back in. Started with this kit if you want your own reason to sit outside → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #GardenersOfBluesky #SundayReset

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Dinner is fairly local. Not a local steak because $$$$ these days. Gotta shop the sales. 🍜🍽️ But otherwise 🌱 is homegrown. Carrots🌱 with fennel🌱, fish sauce salt, pepper & butter Fingerling potatoes🌱 with chives🌱 rosemary🌱 salt & pepper, and sour cream Crispy kale🌱with oil & chicken salt Steak

Plate of the above mentioned things from top left, clockwise

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That soft pink against the yellow center is such a perfect little pop of color — begonias always look almost too delicate to be real. Great catch for #BloomScrolling 🌸

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Barbara Roseman @broseman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The waiting is the hardest part after all that nursing through summer heat! If cold's coming fast, a frost cloth thrown over it overnight could buy you a few extra days for that bloom. Rooting for it! 🌱

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At the end of the season I find once again that I like growing vegetables so much more than I like harvesting or eating my yield. I go through this each year, but would feel wasteful not growing food. I’m good at it and sharing with neighbors is rewarding. 🌱

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

8 feet is wild, whatever that is clearly had other plans 😂 Definitely worth the wait if you get even one bloom before frost — fingers crossed for you. #latebloomer indeed.

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The apparition that is welcome to haunt fall: Virginia creeper 🌱 #nativeplants ? Feels like a "neonative" to the western U.S. similar to Alaskan mule deer or PNW barred owls. It's native to the continent & we've facilitated its spread, but it's not like...cheatgrass. Sometimes a problem.

Palmately compound Virginia creeper leaves begin to turn red along with the bright red stems and deep purple berries of the fruit clusters.

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gardening friend @gardeningfriend.com · 26/09/2026

🌱🇳🇿 Sunday morning check-in: what's blooming or ready to harvest in your garden right now? Mine's all calendula this week, bright orange everywhere. #GardenersOfBluesky #SundayGarden

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🌱🇳🇿 Closing out the week with the echinacea in full bloom — purple everywhere, bees drunk on it. If this is the plant that finally gets you started, here's the kit → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #Echinacea #MedicinalGarden

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Darran Jaques @darranjaques.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Early morning, gentle autumnal light over the dining terrace borders on this Hertfordshire project. #Garden #Design #Gardening #Plants 🌱

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🌱🇳🇿 Friday reflection: started this whole thing because I wanted to feel less helpless about small emergencies. A year in, the yarrow patch alone has paid for that peace of mind twice over. #Yarrow #MedicinalGarden

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🌱🇳🇿 Roasted my first batch of chicory root today. House smelled like a coffee shop for hours. It's one of 10 plants in the kit, if you want to try growing your own → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #Chicory #MedicinalPlants

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🌱🇳🇿 The most "prepared" people I know aren't the ones with bunkers, they're the ones who never stopped growing their own remedies. Small habit, big peace of mind → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #MedicinalGarden #GrowYourOwn

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🌱🇳🇿 A friend asked why I bother growing "medicine" I could just buy. Honestly? Buying it never taught me anything. Growing it did. If you're on the fence, this is the kit that pushed me off it → medicinalseedkit.com/kit/#aff=kij... #MedicinalGarden #GrowYourOwn

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