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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

I've been away for a while, but finally found time to get out in the garden and pull some garlic 🧄🌱 #gardening

Freshly pulled garlic bulbs, still covered in soil

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

I can't get anything done when it's this windy 🍃 🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 23/03/2024

These strawberries gave structure to the garden but always felt like wasted space so this year all but the very end one's are going. What was several 50cm planters is now 3 by 3 metres of new growing space 👨‍🌾🌱💚🟢 #gardening #growyourown

A garden in midsummer showing 2 rows of strawberry plants in planters

The same area but with the planters removed and the ground dug over to make 2 large beds

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Check out this beautiful moss growth from the inside corner of the greenhouse 💚🟢🌱 #gardening #greenhouse #moss

A #moss covered corner of the #greenhouse, surrounded by stonework

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

What's your first plant of the year? 🌱 I always kick things off with peas 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

A small pea shoot in soil, with a couple of tendrils formed and reaching out

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 09/03/2024

I'm hoping my bell pepper's this year turn out better and bigger than last year 👨‍🌾🟢🌱💚

A small bell pepper on a hand with seedlings growing in the background

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

My strawberries were so pitiful last year that I'm sacrificing some of them so I can have the planters for other plants. 🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 03/03/2024

Nice little spring project! BUMPed to garden feed 🌱🌱🌱 👇👇👇

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 03/03/2024

Just looking back through pictures from last year and remembered that I need to start bug watching a bit earlier this year. Last year I'd lost like half a red currant bush before I even realised they were there, so I'm sure they'll return this year. 🌱👨‍🌾 And I'll be waiting 👀

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

One of the few garden 'pests' that's never caused me any problems ☺️🌱🟢 Aphids on the other hand, can go get f... 😂

A green stink bug perches on the end of a human thumb

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

The weather is still too inconsistent to start planting, but I did manage to get half the greenhouse wiped down and bought some compost. So I'm 50% ready for spring 🧑‍🌾🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 19/02/2024

Not the most interesting photo, but I was excited to see the first signs of growth today on the red currant bush 🧑‍🌾🌱 Hope everyone else's garden has also taken those first steps into spring ☺️🌱

An emerging leaf bud on the end of a red currant stem

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

I was really hoping to see them leave, but I checked the pipe today and after being plugged up all winter, looks like they've spread their wings 🥲🐝🌱 #bees #insects #spring

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

It's almost time to find out if these little fella's made it through the winter. The one at the front spent ages packing it (presumably with babies) and it's still sealed so finger's cross 🤞🐝🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

The growing season is fast approaching! 🧑‍🌾 Are you planning on growing anything new this year? 🌱

A sunflower opening up just before the petal's unfurl

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

I wonder if either of them know the other is there 🤭🌱🐕🦉

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

The frequency of strong winds definitely feels greater than it used to? But I'm no expert on weather, so maybe that's just a false perception 🤔🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

This corner of the garden looked okay last summer but I just feel like I'm wasting a lot of space. I planted tomatoes on the support and they just didn't grow well at all, so I might dig it over and create a small raised bed 🤔🧑‍🌾🌱

A garden scene with plant pots and. Seating area. A blackberry bush covered in fruit overhangs the seating.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

Almost time to start sowing for spring 🌱 It might be a bit early still but I think I'm going to sow some pea's in seed trays in the GH, and just see how it goes 🧑‍🌾

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

With Christmas over and spring fast approaching I'm getting even more creative with using up the odds and ends 🌱🍷 Frozen raspberry bits Pear cider And a children's slushie cup Served up in a wine glass to make me feel posh 🤭

A frozen cider drink in a wine glass with frozen raspberries sprinkled on top

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

We all know someone who would try and water this 🌱👇 😂😂😂

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Are you even a real gardener if you didn't trick your family into doing some kind of plant related activity at Christmas? 😂🎄🧑‍🌾🌱

A homemade Christmas tree covered in glitter.

The homemade trees from the previous image after they've grown crystal branches

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Bryanna/Brioche, Angry Noodle @theangrynoodle.com · 26/12/2023

My sister grows a lot of succulents, so I made her this little cactus. His name is Carl. Carl the Cactus. 🤗🙏🏽

Photo of Carl the Cactus, a crocheted cactus with a blue flower on top.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

When did cheese start becoming a gift item? 🧀🧀 I don't remember ever recieving cheese at Christmas a few years ago 🤔🎅 #christmas #xmas

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

I feel like soon as it's known that you do any kind of gardening then those gifts that would be sock or bath products then into gardening thing's. Did you get any gardening gifts this Christmas?? 🎅🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

A gardening's version of Santa 🎅 who leaves random plants instead of presents, and instead of a workshop at the North pole, has a greenhouse on the equator 😂🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

Nobody likes traditional christmas pudding in my family, so I whipped up a Rocky road in the style of a Christmas pudding, complete with decorative Holly 🎄🧑‍🎄🌱

A Rocky road, in the style of a Christmas pudding with a sprig of Holly on top.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Let the #Christmas prep BEGIN! 🧑‍🍳 Don't forget to lift anything out that needs the to defrost 🧑‍🎄🎄🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

My Brussel sprouts from last year turned out alright, I haven't chopped down this year's yet. I'm never sure if it's best to give them a chance to 'rest' or cut them just before using? 🤔🌱

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

Now that winter is firmly here, What's your dormant raspberry care like? 🌱 Do you just let it do its thing or are you a "prune it to the ground" person? 👨‍🌾 #GrowYourOwn

An image of raspberries in an English garden, taken at the end of summer.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Winter is here ❄️ I've gathered up all the hoses, Removed the water butt, and brought my hand sprayer in for the winter. 👨‍🌾🌱

A near perfect circle of ice being held in a hand

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Random bird strike on the window 🙁, I'm assuming a seagull but no injured bird in sight, so I guess it was fine and flew off 🪶🌱

Outline of a white bird with a orange beak, were it has flown into a window.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

Share your best night time birding pic? (Bats are welcome too I guess 😅) 🪶

An owl perched on top of a greenhouse at night

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Got bored, made a pepper monster 😅 Well how do you spend your Fridays? 🌱🍅👨‍🌾

A bell pepper (capsicum) sliced open to resemble a face.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

@andreseeliger.bsky.social started a 'insects on flowers' thread, so I thought why not have a 'insects on people' thread too 👨‍🌾🌱 #Gardening

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

That's the end of another year of growing. I did try overwintering some things in the greenhouse last year but I don't think it was really worth it in the end. Spring planting soon caught up. 🌱 #gardening #greenhouse

A greenhouse at night, with the interior lit up light blue.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

From bee's 🐝 to spiders 🕷️ These never seem to venture into the house for winter like garden spiders do, so I assume they have a villa in Spain or something 😂🌱

A large orb weaving spider on a web, with an out of focus sunny garden in the background.

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🍂 LilCoty 🌻👨‍🌾 @lilcotyledon.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

- I plant them 👨‍🌾 - Bees pollinate them 🐝 - Birds eat them 🐦 Teamwork makes the dream work / sunflowers grow 🌻 #GardeningFeed

A bee rests on another bees back, which is sitting on a sunflower

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