$8/Heirloom Tomato 👍 Per mature plant (whether it’s my own at home, or a client’s), we spend 45+ minutes/week. If we have to do trellising add 15-20 minutes. If we have to do prevention for powdery mildew, add 20 minutes - all PER PLANT. And the, mouthwatering harvests never go take a truck ride!🌱

"Within concentric wooden frames, Ava Roth embroiders patterns with thread and beads, creating the groundwork for the next phase of her process: inserting individual works into her hive and inviting the bees to determine the final composition." www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/09/ava-...

Honeybees Have the Final Say in Ava Roth's Collaborative Sculptures — Colossal

Roth creates a sculptural framework, which she inserts into her hive and invites the bees to determine the final composition.

The dirty secret of MOST gardeners/landscapers/designers. MOST GROSSLY over plant & buy far larger size plants💰than necessary. Plants compete for limited nutrients & require MORE maintenance to prune constantly.😒🌱And every designer coming out of landscape degrees does this, so they’re teaching it!

We got press! 🎉Our hives never swarm or split (no new competition for limited resources), no collapse - spreads disease to native bees! (MOST beekeepers lose hives ☠️ EVERY year!!!) #RegenerativeBeekeeping#Beekeeping#Beekeeperwww.instagram.com/reel/DAeXmF5I8MJ/?igsh=MTVlNTYxMjY2ZQ==

Big day prepping for the press @ 2x Michelin + Green Star Providence Los Angeles! All learned how honey goes from hive to the jar 🪄🔮✨💪& all of the labor it involves for pollinators, and humans… & how we have put in place the first-ever #RegenerativeBeekeeping practices I designed. Super fun day.🌱

Also, one of my first stories in science journalism was about Barrett's "insominator" He does fascinating research. www.wired.com/2014/11/berr...

Sleep-Deprived Bees Do Weirder Waggle Dances

Sleep deprivation makes people talk nonsense—which led animal behaviorist Barrett Klein to wonder if worn-out honeybees might also have trouble communicating with the waggle dances they use to share d...

I literally stopped for ONE plant. (Every box is full also 🤪). 🌱

Mark Twain called it, “Deliciousness itself.” Creamy like sherbet with pineapple, banana & papaya + bright citrus, tropical flavor & luxurious texture 🌱 I’m espaliering this especially rare Atemoya, self pollinating (!!!), no paintbrushes to get fruit. #Soursop#CustardApple#Cherimoya#RareFruit

🎉the day all gardeners dream of…when someone else helps you sort, wash, organize the garden supplies, pots… & drops off all donations! Each client now has a labeled shelf.💪 Next up my vehicle, which Honey Guy @jstpwalsh.bsky.social, (an archaeologist), said has more soil than a dig car 😂 🌱

Recovering despite about 20 deer cruising thru, right in front of us! 🌶️Cayenne pepper spray for the win, fence next!🌱 Giant harvest of 3 tea plants, basil + beets & it’s miraculous we’ve been winning against the mice, squirrels and rats, in a completely wild-surrounded space. 🦌🌱🦌💪