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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Next Saturday (Oct 17th, 10-4pm) I’ll be hauling my plants out to the Kitsap Peninsula to join Native Seeds PNW for a pop-up sale hosted by Salish Trees Nursery, just outside of Kingston. Between the three of us we have about three hundred species of WA-native plants, and I’ve collated them into …

Saturday, October 17th, 2026, 10am-4pm
One day, three nurseries, hundreds of species of WA-native plants!
Native Seeds PNW.com
NobodyNursery.square.site
SalishTreesNursery.com
Browse the combined inventories with extensive
landscape and ecological details (plus info on how
to place an optional pre-order) at tinyurl.com/ThreeVendors
6810 NE State Highway 104, Kingston, WA

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New seed offering in the online store: Rubus leucodermis (black-cap raspberry) Rubus leucodermis is the only black raspberry native west of the Cascades, right now wrapping up its fruit-bearing season. As the name suggests (“leucodermis”), it has gorgeous white-blue canes.

Rubus leucodermis fruit, with photo credit to Leonel Richard

Species info sheet for Rubus leucodermis

Rubus leucodermis leaves, with photo credit to Ryan McMinds

Rubus leucodermis flower and buds, with photo credit to David Anderson

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Under-appreciated for its fall color is Apocynum cannabinum (hemp dogbane), whose deciduous leaves turn bright yellow in a way that is very convenient when you’re trying to collect the seed. This slender relative to milkweed has somewhat narrow leaves and dangling vanilla-like seed pods that split…

Pseudacris regilla on the yellow leaves of Apocynum cannabinum

Species info sheet for Apocynum cannabinum

Bright yellow Apocynum cannabinum foliage on one side of an overgrown drive, with photo credit to Jared Lincenberg

Bright yellow leaves of Apocynum cannabinum, with photo credit of "iNat: mefisher"

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take a look at these pretty rhizomes! A rhizome is a root-like stem which has adapted to spread underground, which is how many natives like this Rosa nutkana ssp. macdougalii (bristly Nootka rose) form colonies. It makes them exceptionally well-suited to growing …

Rosa nutkana ssp. macdougalii pulled out of a pot to show the bright pink rhizomes

Species info sheet for Rosa nutkana ssp. macdougalii

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trying out the new soldering iron for wood burning

A piece of wood with "Nobody Nursery" and "poop" burnt into it

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Returning to the Nobody Nursery store is a limited number of Anemone occidentalis (western pasqueflower). This is one of the most iconic species of fall hikes in the Cascade and Olympic mountains when the flowers turn to Suessian mop-heads.

Anemone occidentalis seed heads in a mountain meadow

Species info sheet for Anemone occidentalis

Anemone occidentalis in bloom, with photo credit to Rob Santry

Anemone occidentalis in bloom with snow and a lake in the background, with photo credit to Matt Berger

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We’ve entered the prime planting season here in western Washington. Cool, wet weather is always the best for planting because a new transplant hasn’t yet made meaningful contact between its roots and the soil below. Any plant undergoing photosynthesis (the storage of solar energy as sugars …

Screen shot of a rainy 10-day Weather Underground forecast for Des Moines, WA

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Angelica lucida (sea-watch) and Rumex crassus (coastal dune dock) are now both available from the Nobody Nursery online store. Angelica lucida (sea-watch) is a memorable species you would recognize from a trip to the coast.

Angelica lucida in bloom with the sea in the background, with photo crtedit of "iNat: agbelliveau"

Angelica lucida leaf, with photo credit to Shane Johnson

The leafy sheath around an Angelica lucida stem node, with photo credit to Marc-Aurèle Vallée

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rumex crassus (coastal dune dock) and Angelica lucida (sea-watch) are now both available from the Nobody Nursery online store. I absolutely love a succulent dock, but due to its aggressiveness in the western WA climate I will only sell Rumex venosus (winged dock) to be planted its native range …

Rumex crassus foliage with some Potentilla anserina mixed in, with photo credit of "iNat: anthocyana"

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nobody Nursery has gained a lot of followers in the last month, so allow me to introduce myself. This is a one-person operation, filling ecological gaps by specializing in WA-native plants that would otherwise be commercially unavailable.

Photo of a small plant nursery with signage

Person at table looking at a sedge with an illuminated magnifying glass

A tarp/tent in a clearing with a rocky ridge behind

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are fifty-some species and subspecies of WA-native plants that I needed to add to latest update to The Big List last month (tinyurl.com/GetTheBigList), having not previously encountered them for sale in the past couple years that I've been keeping track. This series of posts shouts out the …

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The Big List

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Big List (tinyurl.com/GetTheBigList) now includes a couple more plant/seed vendors: Tapteal (Richland WA) and Edgelands (Eagle Creek OR). Last I’d heard was that Tapteal was closing, and I’m delighted to learn that the nursery in the Tri-Cities area is carrying on with new owners. Currently …

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The Big List

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Big List (tinyurl.com/GetTheBigList) now includes a couple more plant/seed vendors: Tapteal (Richland WA) and Edgelands (Eagle Creek OR). Thanks to Dii for posting about Edgelands, or I wouldn’t have been aware. They’re the only other nursery I’ve seen offering Cirsium remotifolium (Pacific …

Eryngium petiolatum blossoms, with photo credit to Alex Heyman

Eryngium petiolatum rosette with blossoms, with photo credit to Ben Coons

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s fantastic planting weather! Come on by the nursery here in Des Moines WA (Sat-Mon 10-7, just south of SeaTac), where I have loaner umbrellas. I also love the cooler weather for shipping plants via the online store (NobodyNursery.square.site).

Screen shot of rainy forecast for from Weather Underground

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Not only can you order WA-native plants via the online store, but you can also stop by the nursery here in Des Moines WA (just south of SeaTac) to browse Saturday through Monday, 10-7.

Photo of a rainbow over the open sign in front of Nobody Nursery.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The second deadliest organism in North America is Cicuta douglasii (western water-hemlock), second only to humans. It’s perfectly safe to touch and be around, but the chambered root in particular is life-threatening if eaten so don’t plant it where you think somebody might put it in their mouth.

Cicuta douglasii blossom, with photo credit to WIlliam C. McKnight

Cicuta douglasii flowers among sedge foliage

Ariolimax columbianus on nursery pots containing Cicuta douglasii

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A good friend has been hounding me to grow Rumex occidentalis (western dock) but I was unconvinced that hardly anybody would buy it until I finally encountered it myself; ooooh, now I get it. The balsamroot-like leaves …

Species info sheet for Rumex occidentalis

Rumex occidentalis leaf, with photo credit to Gabriel Campbell-Martinez

Rumex occidentalis in bloom in standing water, with photo credit to Matt Bowser

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There are nearly fifty species and subspecies of WA-native plants that I needed to add to latest update to The Big List last month (tinyurl.com/GetTheBigList), having not previously encountered them for sale in the past couple years that I've been keeping track. This series of posts shouts out the…

Silene douglasii blossoms, with photo credit to Alex Abair

Silene douglasii in bloom, with photo credit to Alex Abair

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Looking for a mint that’s not invasive? Mentha canadensis (wild mint) is a wonderful native with a flavor and scent that’s fairly similar to peppermint, but a bit less spicy. It forms enthusiastic colonies, but as a specialist in the margins of rivers and lakes it's a bit more diminutive …

Mentha canadensis in bloom, with Carex livida and Erythranthe grandis

Species info sheet for Mentha canadensis

Mentha canadensis blossoms, with photo credit of "iNaturalist: rambryum"

Mentha canadensis in bloom, with photo credit to Kallum McDonald

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

tinyurl.com

The Big List

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Whoa! It rained a bit last night! I’ll introduce myself more fully soon for the folks who are new followers, but the timely detail is that the nursery is open to browse Sat-Mon 10-7 here in Des Moines, WA – just south of SeaTac. There’s no appointment needed unless you’d like to visit outside…

Erythranthe grandis in bloom with Sedum divergens foliage

Foliage and blossoms of Juncus ariculatus, J. ensifolius, and J. acuminatus

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today I am making “The Big List” free to the public – an unparalleled resource for the state of Washington, cross-referencing every commercially-available native plant with extensive landscape, ecology, and ethnobotanical information. It also includes all of the vendors who have had the species …

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Dulichium arundinaceum (three-way sedge) is a pleasantly weird sedge, and I'm putting on a sale of 50% off ($3/each) for a week so that more people will get to know it . A lover of wetlands (like myself), it forms loose perennial colonies connected by rhizomes (unlike myself).

Dulichium arundinaceum growing in standing water, with photo credit to Pierre Cartier

Species info sheet for Dulichium arundinaceum

Dulichium arundinaceum growing in standing water, with photo credit to Lynn Harper

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I’m surprised that I haven’t already raved about the book “Life histories of Cascadia butterflies” (James & Nunnallee, OSU Press). These two wonderful nerds raised every known native butterfly of our region, taking the highest-quality photos of every life stage and relaying the best known research…

Front cover: "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies" by James & Nunnallee

Interior pages: "Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies" by James & Nunnallee

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A couple of the most abundant fruit-producers from the nursery right now are Rosa woodsii (pear-hip rose) and Rubus leucodermis (black-cap raspberry). Rubus leucodermis is the only black raspberry native west of the Cascades, right now wrapping up its fruit-bearing season. As the name suggests…

Rubus leucodermis berries, with photo credit to Leonel Richard

Rubus leucodermis cane, with photo credit to Drew Meyer

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My therapist tells me that habitually counting things all the time is fine as long as it doesn’t cause distress, so I’m happy to report that I currently have 118 species of WA-native plants in the online store, plus a couple dozen more that are available in-person only. I spent most of the . . .

Screen shot of a large, colorful spreadsheet

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The nursery is open as usual Sat-Mon 10-7, and as usual one of my favorites here is Carex livida (pale sedge). In addition to its stunning blue-green foliage, it’s a fascinating ice age remnant species. At the last glacial maximum it made its way as far south as northern California, but . . .

Carex livida in nursery pots with signage, with Agrostis idahoensis behind it

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A relatively recent addition to the Nobody Nursery store has been Solidago multiradiata (northern goldenrod / Rocky Mountain goldenrod). This is one of a few diminutive goldenrods native to Washington, including Solidago simplex (sticky goldenrod) and S. spathulata (coast goldenrod).

Solidago multiradiata blooming, with a bee on it

Species info sheet for Solidago multiradiata

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Penstemon serrulatus (Cascade beardtongue) is back in the online store. It’s just as showy as one expects a Penstemon to be, with tiers of blue-purple blossoms that are completely smooth on the exterior of the floral tube. The leaves are relatively broad, somewhat leathery, and generally . . .

Penstemon serrulatus blossoms, with photo credit to Ellyne Geurts

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Oplopanax horridus (devil’s club) is back in stock in the online store, so I’ll take this opportunity to proliferate my unfounded hypothesis that devil’s club biology is all about Ariolimax columbianus (banana slugs). The happiest banana slug is one that has found its way up to skeletonize one . . .

An Oplopanax horridus leaf being skeletonized by Ariolimax columbianus

Species info sheet for Oplopanax horridus

Oplopanax horridus plants in nursery pots

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

An unusual succulent returning to the online store is Sedum rupicola (cliff stonecrop). Formerly classified as a subspecies of Sedum lanceolatum (lance-leaf stonecrop), it has much shorter leaves that have an odd adaptation for cliff living: the leaves break off very easily but presumably . . .

Close of photo of Sedum rupicola leaves, with photo credit to Walter Siegmund

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Generally the tallest purple aster in the Cascades, Eucephalus engelmannii (Engelmann’s aster) occurs as far south as the Rainier area but in the Rockies extends down through Colorado. Forming colonies via spreading rhizomes like the lowland Symphyotrichum subspicatum (Douglas aster) . . .

Eucephalus engelmannii blossoms, with photo credit to Braden J. Judson

Species info sheet for Eucephalus engelmannii

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Canadanthus modestus (great northern aster) is much less well-known than Symphyotrichum subspicatum (Douglas aster), with perhaps even more potential in the garden. Similarly forming colonies via underground rhizomes, is it exceptionally well suited to shrugging off mistreatment of being . . .

Species info sheet for Canadanthus modestus

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s gentian season! Here in the nursery the Gentiana sceptrum (king’s gentian) is in full bloom. Its range extends from the PNW coast into the Puget Sound and down to the foothills of the Willamette Valley, peeking over to the eastern slopes of the Cascades south of the Columbia.

Gentiana sceptrum and Stachys cooleyae, both in bloom

Detailed species info sheet for Gentiana sceptrum

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In the last couple days I rolled my ankle and bear sprayed myself, but the nursery here in Des Moines WA is open for the usual hours of Sat-Mon 10-7pm. And BTW, if you’d like a $10 gift card to the nursery you can tag Nobody Nursery when you post your own bingo card - anywhere except Twitter.

"Native conifers of Washington" bingo card completed and with "Mildred Lakes" written on it

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Reminder that the nursery will be closed tomorrow (Sunday 7/19) because I'll be at the Kul Kah Han native plant garden at HJ Carroll park, just outside of Chimacum. I'll be speaking about my ongoing work to pair my intimate knowledge of our region's native flora with the existing data on . . .

Graphic with text showing Nobody Nursery to be open Saturday July 18th, closed Sunday July 19th, and open again Monday July 20th.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I could not have been more delighted last week to discover Cirsium brevistylum (clustered thistle) had successfully seeded from my garden into an area where I've been clearing Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass) down in the McSorley Creek Ravine – 150ft away as the crow flies, and 90ft down.

Photo of a rosette of Cirsium brevistylum among other vegetation

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My new hibernaculum / rock garden doesn't look like much as the plants settle in, but this has been a VERY exciting morning. I spotted the first Thamnophis (garter snake) in there!

Garter snake at the surface of a small pool of water

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I've gotten to know this Vanessa cardui (painted lady) in the last several weeks. I encountered it happily devouring a Plantago maritima (sea plantain) here in the nursery, so I stuck the plant in a large jar where I could observe the lifecycle.

Vanessa cardui adult resting on a human finger

Vanessa cardui chrysalis in the palm of a human hand

Vanessa cardui caterpillar feeding on leaves of Plantago maritima

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This Sunday (July 19th) I’ll be speaking at 1pm at the Kul Kah Han native plant garden, just a bit north of Chimacum in east Jefferson County. Earlier this year the Kitsap Environmental Coalition hosted me to briefly speak about the data-intensive work that I am undertaking to cross-reference . . .

Flyer for Kul Kah Han speaker series event Jul 19th: "Caterpillars and the native plants that feed them"

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TLDR: get a $10 gift card to Nobody Nursery by posting your “Native conifers of WA" bingo card on social media, because I really like my bingo cards. A while back I was asked about my big stack of “Native conifers of WA” bingo cards, "What do I get if I get a bingo?", to which I replied . . .

"Native conifers of Washington" bingo sheet with the section "For a free $10 gift card" highlighted

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Nobody Nursery will have a couple closures in the next couple weekends, a departure to the current summer hours of Sat-Mon 10-7. Tomorrow (July 11th) I will be teaching a foraging class at the Shark Garden in Burien, so the nursery will be opening at 1:30. Tickets are sold out.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Are you wishing that you could download the entire data from the USDA PLANTS database, like used to be possible? Here is is a thread of people who had the same question: github.com/USDA/USDA-AP... And here is a CSV file from that thread. 1drv.ms/x/c/76fad1c1...

github.com

API for USDA plants database? · Issue #7 · USDA/USDA-APIs

Any plans to expose an API for the USDA plants database? There is a lot of information in their on characteristics of different plant species that would be nice to access via a REST API.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Surely there is an archived database containing the USDA PLANTS characteristics data? The function to do an advanced search and download the data has been removed. plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profil... #ecology

plants.sc.egov.usda.gov

USDA Plants Database

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Is Nobody Nursery open on the Fourth of July? You bet! I'll just be here at the nursery building a catio.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Sanguisorba stipulata (Sitka burnet) blossoms are picking up steam here in the nursery! With kind of floofy white pipe cleaners for flowers, you’ll find them throughout the mountains in wet areas from full sun to deep shade. In the garden, they produce lush foliage that I’ve noticed . . .

Sanguisorba stipulata with blossoms in a nursery

Detailed species info sheet for Sanguisorba stipulata

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Fun fact: despite the name, monkeyflower isn’t actually a type of primate – it’s technically a type of surprisingly durable boat. This Erythranthe lewisii (purple monkey flower) blossom has been floating here for going on three days where the plant grows along the moist part of my new rock garden.

Erythranthe lewisii with one of its blossoms floating on a pool of water

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I am delighted by this cool weather as an opportunity to catch up on shipping in the past couple days, and it's also especially nice for planting/transplanting/repotting when I maybe don't have the attention span to baby my plants while they settle into their new conditions.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Hey, watcha up to? Here in Des Moines WA, Waterland PrideFest begins in about half an hour just a few blocks from the marina. It runs from noon-4pm, with all sorts of food, activities, and community resources, plus a live DJ and hourly drag shows.

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Can you plant in the summer in the PNW? The answer is yes, with caveats. This thread discusses best practices, and you can see the previous thread for information about the plant physiology involved. My go-to is to care for a new planting as if the plants are in pots, because . . .

Screenshot of calendar showing forecast of summer weather

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