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jasoncauley.bsky.social @jasoncauley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

But you know what really makes this the most Bluesky picture ever? The cat is named Joshua Lemon Lyman.

the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I am having a Goldfield & Banks Summer. Occasionally a Wulong Cha, White Musk, or Blue Talisman spritz in the mix, but I’ve really just been rotating between Bohemian Lime, Ingenious Ginger, Sunset Hour, Pacific Rock Flower, and Wood Infusion. They know their summertime scents! #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Picked more garlic scapes and made a pesto with them, some frozen basil from last year, pine nuts, lemon, and parm. Yum! #gardening #zone6b

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Third year growing Hardneck garlic; first year having scapes. Good sign. #gardening #zone6b #garlic

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Summer is getting back on track! What I smelled like this week: Sun. Le Persona Wooden Face Mon. Phlur Missing Person and Killian Moonlight in Heaven Tue. Sospiro Vibrato Wed. Nishane Wulong Cha Thur. Mith Mellow Musks Fri. Phlur Missing Person Sat. Henry Rose London 1983 #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Potatoes are coming in healthily! They’ll be ready for a hilling in a week or so I think. #gardening #zone6b #potatoes

The potato patch with many plants about 4-6” tall.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I’m really happy with this Stasher gallon reusable bag. It’s great for my garden produce. Holds a lot, keeps it fresh for a long time, and I was able to switch from throwaway ziplocks. This is a big old harvest of spinach, arugula, kale, lettuce, and chard. #gardening #zone6b

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Super cool to see tons of growth in a little over a week! #gardening #zone6b

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This week started very hot, and ended very not. Sun. Memoirs of a Perfume Collector Pacific Grapefruit Mon. Mith Mango Sticky Rice Tue. Body Shop White Musk Wed. Define Me Nearly Noon Thur. Phlur Vanilla Skin Fri. Goldfield & Banks Silky Woods Sat. Bon Parfumeur 302 #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

What I smelled like this week: Sun. Phlur Missing Person Mon. Phlur Missing Person again Tue. Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman Wed. Missing Person three-peat! (Buying a full bottle) Thur. Jovoy Remember Me Fri. Maison Mataha Printemps Blanc Sat. Nishane Wu Long Cha #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The one area of “chaos gardening” that I somewhat embrace is the annual scattering of wildflower seeds. There are just a few areas in the yard where whatever happens, happens, you know?! #gardening #zone6b

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Out here feeding squirrels by hand like some kind of Disney princess! 🐿️🌰

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

What I smelled like this week: Sun. Replica Lazy Sunday Morning Mon. Noteworthy 551 Tue. Phlur Golden Rule Wed. Brandt London Fog Thur. Goldfield & Banks Pacific Rock Flower Fri. Mith Philosophy of Tao and Snif Heal the Way Sat. Bon Parfumeur 701 #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Second harvesting spinach, arugula, little bit of kale and chard. Plus the first tiny radishes. And I pulled the bolted broccoli raab out, but the flowers are pretty. #gardening #zone6b

Colander full of harvested greens and radishes.

Broccoli flowers on the dining room table.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Hardening off the sweet potatoes, marigolds, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, herbs, and Bells of Ireland for planting this weekend. #gardening #zone6b

Seedling trays hardening off outside on the deck.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

First harvest yesterday of baby spinach, a little arugula, thyme, oregano, and chive. I used it to make a Greek omelette for dinner. #gardening #zone6b

Colander with freshly picked spinach, arugula, thyme, oregano, and chive.

Spinach and herbs with tomatoes and garlic in a pan.

Inside detail view - spinach, tomatoes, feta, in the omelette.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

59 potatoes went in the ground today. Now I just wait until it’s time to hill them. #gardening #zone6b #potatoes

This morning I cut the potatoes into chunks so each eye had a substantial bit of starch to grow from.

The potatoes laid out in the bed, which is about 16x3 feet.

The potato bed after covering with freshly sifted soil & compost, and protected from wild digging friends with chicken wire fence that is just shy of being long enough for the space, so I had to get creative on the end there.

The potatoes the other day, in the sunny window where they grew lots of eyes, before I sliced them up.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

What I smelled like this week: Sun. D’Annam Vietnamese Coffee and Phlur Missing Person Mon. Mith Golden Hour Tue. Mon Guerlain Wed. Caswell Massey Almond Thur. Essential Parfums Velvet Iris Fri. Mon Guerlain again Sat. Missing Person again #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We’re getting very close to the first greens harvest aka “big ass salad for dinner” night. Radishes, peas, beets, and brassicas coming along. So so many carrots. But the broccoli raab is already bolting. Win some, lose some… #gardening #zone6b

Rows of radishes, carrots, spinach, and mesclun.

Rows of peas, spinach, carrots, arugula, and hearty greens.

Broccoli raab with pretty yellow much to early flowers 😬

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Mon Guerlain is so nice! I guess it’s basic, mass appealing, whatever. Lavender, iris, vanilla, sandalwood. What more could you want?! It’s like the comfortable jeans of fragrance. #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

My week of scents #perfumesky New faves, stalwart standbys, trying Phlur. Sun. Henry Rose London 1983 Mon. fūm The Space Between Tue. Prada Infusion de Santal Chai Wed. Casamorati Dama Bianca Thur. Nishane Wu Long Cha Fri. Phlur Father Figure, Vanilla Skin at bedtime Sat. Olibanum Osmanthus

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day from me and the big little Norway Spruce that was an office Earth Day giveaway in 2018. #earthday

The Norway Spruce today. I am 5’6”. I think it’s about 8 feet tall. I had to get on a ladder to put the star on it last Christmas.

The Norway Spruce in 2018, maybe about one foot tall.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The new blueberry is making itself at home. This is a Northsky from Territorial Seed. A dwarf variety that is proving itself to be as cold-hardy as advertised. #gardening #zone6b #blueberry

A blueberry plant with several white flowers already forming.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Thinned radishes, beets, & spinach I sowed two weeks ago, planted more cold-hardy greens (chard, kale, cabbage, lettuce, celery, endive, chijimisai), and took pest-protector rings off of the brassicas (worried they’d inhibit roots). Some frost damage, but great progress overall! #gardening #zone6b

Waist-high raised bed with snow peas, dill, spinach, parsnips, arugula, carrots, celery, kale, lettuce, endive, onions, mesclun, and chijimisai.

Large, rectangular, raised bed with radishes, carrots, spinach, mesclun, beets, chives, garlic, shallots, onions, and sage.

Covered brassica bed with shelling peas, kale, broccoli, chard, raab, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, radishes, beets, onions, and carrots.

Circular raised bed with parsley thyme, onions, radishes, beets, carrots, arugula, spinach, and snap peas.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Summer temps earlier, but now cool & rainy. What I wore this week #perfumesky Liis In This World Le Persona Peacock Feather Penhaligon’s The Favorite; later Creed Virgin island Water Henry Rose Windows Down Immortal Perfumes Dead Writers Filigree & Shadow The Purest Blue VS Bare Sueded Vanilla

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Took another round of cold hardy greens & herbs out to harden off, so took advantage of basement shelf space to up-pot too many peppers, a reasonable number of tomatoes & eggplants, and a nice bunch of sweet potato slips. Bonus photo of my cat/shadow/gardening buddy, Josh. #gardening #zone6b

17 bell peppers in 3” spruce fiber pots on a shelf with a grow light above.

8 tomatoes and 3 eggplants in spruce fiber pots with a grow light above. The tomatoes have been topped to encourage two main stems to develop (ultimate goal is more fruit).

Sweet potato slip shelf with heat mats. The sweet potatoes are under a dome and when the slips there grow large enough I plant them in spruce fiber pots. These are destined for planters in a sunny spot.

Josh the cat investigating some seed starting medium. He yells at me if I don’t give him something to work on while I am working.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Dr. Brennan the squirrel and I have reached a new milestone in our friendship. She touched my hand! #squirrel

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I officially became an Extension Master Gardener Trainee this weekend. I have a name tag and everything! At orientation I met my cohort & learned about volunteer opportunities. I am psyched. Celebrated by planting 236 onions in the backyard and getting my first sun damage of the year. #gardening

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

What I wore last week #perfumesky Mith Nude (too peony) then palo santo & pachouli oil Olibanum Osmanthus ❤️ Mith Autumn Leaves (too 🍊) Mischief Academy Almond Milk ❤️ L'Orchestre Parfum Piano Santal (cozy) Attar Al Has Velvet Morganite (meh) Goldfield & Banks Wood Infusion ❤️ Mith Mellow Musks 🍑❤️

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Late February I bought sweet potatoes at the grocer. I stuck them in starting mix on a heat mat and covered them, first with plastic wrap and then with a dome lid, to keep things tropical. Today I up-potted the tallest slips after cutting with my sharpest pruners. #gardening #zone6b #sweetpotato

Sweet potatoes early March, just after going in moist seed starting mix.

Slips mostly concentrated on one end of one sweet potato, and in the last few days they had a growth spurt; some were too tall for the dome.

I cut as close to the sweet potato as possible with my sharpest pruners and at an angle. The bottom of each is planted into the seed starting mix in its own spruce fiber pot, and will grow roots from there.

Back on the heat mat, and you can also see the container/dome in the background which still has several slips growing.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thinning spinach and arugula today. Thinning is one of my least favorite tasks, but I hope I chose wisely 🤞. And bonus: the first wild tulip has arrived! #gardening #zone6b #tulip

Raised bed with spinach and arugula seedlings spaced about 3-4” apart.

Raised bed with two rows of spinach seedlings spaced about 3” apart.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Return to office is cool because when you get home from work and check on your plants you are pleasantly surprised by a pansy in bloom and some super-tall sweet potato slips. #gardening #zone6b

Sweet potato slips shot up seemingly 4 inches in 24 hours. They are exceeding their ersatz dome.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Tomatoes are doing great, peppers, eggplants, and marigolds are popping out of the soil blocks, fourth haircut for the onions, and, slowly but surely, sweet potato slips are coming, too. #gardening #zone6b

Tomato babies in 3” peat-free spruce fiber pots.

Soil block tray with 3/4” blocks for marigolds (ok germination from seeds I collected) and 2” blocks for eggplants and bell peppers.

Plastic trays with onions (red, yellow, white, green, and shallots) almost ready to go outside.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Added more seeds to all the beds, and got all the brassica babies planted out today, too. Cool season roots and greens forthcoming. Trying some rings (pictured) and netting (not pictured) around the brassicas to prevent cut worms/slugs and caterpillars from eating them 🤞. #gardening #zone6b

Various beet, radish, and greens seeds went in the raised bed today around some garlic, onions, and shallots I planted last fall.

Added carrots and more greens to the parsnip, spinach, and snow peas in this bed.

Added beets, radishes, and small carrot varieties to this bed with shelling peas, arugula, and spinach.

Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli. Brussels, kale, and broccoli raab with anti-pest rings around them. I used plastic yogurt containers, paper cups, to rolls, and aluminum cans to make the borders, and I’ll remove them in a few weeks. There’s also Swiss Chard, radishes, beets, and baby carrots in between.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Another fun weather week. Trying lots of Mith. Sun. Prada Infusion de Santal Chai Mon. Mith Another Tea (incredible jasmine!) & Bangkok Paradise Tue. Mith Mango Sticky Rice (yum!) Wed. Phlur Cashmere Skin Thur. Mith Thai Tea (doesn’t last) Fri. Fzotic Monserrat (64° by 8am) #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hardening off these buddies for planting out this weekend. I got some mesh row cover, so I’m hoping this year that caterpillars don’t eat them all before I get to have some. Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale, broccoli raab, cabbage, Swiss chard, and broccoli. #gardening #zone6b

Seed tray with small plants getting ready for transplant outdoors: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale, broccoli raab, cabbage, Swiss chard, and broccoli.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Outdoor temps are finally right for spinach and arugula to start coming up. No peas yet, though. #gardening #zone6b

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I planted water forget-me-nots today. A variety that’s supposed to tolerate if not enjoy the slow-draining clay section of my backyard. Some got frost damage during hardening off but boy were they tall and robust by the time they went outside. Hopefully some will stick. #gardening #zone6b

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Up-potted some tomatoes today, and used my tiny soil blocker to make a bunch of tiny cubes for marigolds. Not sure about the 3/4-inch blocks but worth a try. Plus, some new wee seedlings are emerging, and another haircut for the onions. #gardening #zone6b

Grape, Amish Paste, San Marzano, and Alice’s Dream tomato plants in 3” pots.

80 new 3/4” soil blocks on the tray to start marigolds. I hope they work but I am not sure what to expect.

Tiny cabbages, Swiss chard, chijimisai, lettuce, celery, and endive.

Red, white, shallot, and green onions got trimmed today. Plus dill and sweet potatoes on the shelf (only one slip forming so far).

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Classic Michigan mercurial weather this week has meant some strange fragrance swings: Monday: YSL Babycat Tuesday: PDM Valaya Exclusif Wednesday: Mith Mellow Musks Thursday: Nishane Wulong Cha Friday: Matiere Premiere Santal Austral #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Quick rainy lunchtime planting for 10 pre-sprouted ranunculus. #gardening #zone6b #ranunculus

Pre-sprouted corms laid out for planting.

The pre-sprouted corms today. Lost one to mold but 10 survived and were planted.

The corms when pre-sprouting started about 2.5 weeks ago.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Productive second day of spring starting herbs, bell peppers, and another round of hearty greens, making more soil blocks, and getting the indoor grow zone organized. #gardening #zone6b #seedstarting

Basil, chamomile, dill, fenugreek, and marjoram seeds started today.

Variety of bell pepper seed types started in soil blocks on a tray with tomatoes and eggplants.

Cabbage, chijimisai, kale, lettuce, and Swiss chard seeds started today.

The indoor growing shelf. Three tiers with grow lights. Top shelf: hearty greens, brassicas, pansies, cilantro, and bells of Ireland. Middle shelf: lavender, parsley, chamomile, marjoram, fenugreek, basil, tomatoes, eggplant, and bell peppers. Bottom shelf: water forget-me-not, onions (red, white, yellow, green, shallots), sweet potatoes (for slips), and dill.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Three weeks ago, I bought seed potatoes — redskins and yukon gold from the grocery store. Last weekend I noticed the reds were growing eyes much faster than the others, so I moved them up to a sunny window. Reds are still way ahead but it is helping. #gardening #zone6b #potatoes

Seed potatoes this (cloudy) morning in one of two south-facing windows in my whole house. View of cat nap area next to the vent below.

Seed potatoes in the basement one week ago.

Seed potatoes in the checkout at the grocery store, February 28.

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Is lychee to 2026 what matcha and fig were to 2025? #perfumesky

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the_word_nerd @the-word-nerd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Pretty good germination, true leaves forming, things are coming along. #gardening #zone6b #seedstarting

Brassica seedlings: broccoli, cabbage, broccoli raab, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts.

Close-up on Swiss chard seedlings (none of the other hearty greens are emerging yet.

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