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KWintheiser

@kwintheiser.bsky.social

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Master Gardener in Minnesota. Nothing fancy, just gardening photos from the suburbs (zone 5a) and up north (zone 3b) taken with an iPhone. 🌱

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KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 7h

Found lots of moss today.

Green moss on a fallen log in the shape of a Christmas tree.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 1d

The dog and I haven’t adjusted to daylight savings yet.

An old maple tree stands out against the early morning sky just before daybreak. The colors are shades of gray and black. Moonlight peeks through the clouds and is reflected on the lake.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 2d

Tully is checking out the massive Bull Thistle I dug up.

A large spiny cluster of grayish green thistle leaves on a gravel driveway. A few dried tree leaves are stuck amongst the thistles. A red and white Irish Setter looks at them and has a green collar. You can see shadows from her legs.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 3d

Hollyhocks handling the cold weather up north.

Whit flowers with lemon centers in a wood chipped garden.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoying the view this morning.

A white coffee cup with coffee, white and red Irish Setter, houseplants in the corner and yellow leaves on red twig dogwood in one window. Other window has green leaves of honeysuckle on a brown metal trellis.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 5d

One of my favorite maples, I call it Witchy Woman. Happy Halloween!

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 6d

Columnar white pine, my retirement gift last year from my work friends. Nice to have a bit of green in the fall and winter.

A green pine tree is surrounded by gold, orange and yellow foliage.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 7d

Box elder bug resting in a milkweed pod. Happy it’s there and not in the house.

An orange and black beetle on the dried tan part of a milkweed pod. Fluff and green leaves can be seen at the bottom.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 8d

Not much blooming in the suburban gardens but found a hyssop.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 9d

Collected thimbleweed seeds for the new native pollinator garden up north. Turning the driveway dumping spot into a garden that can be seen from the front porch and guest room.

Fluffy cream seed heads with a pile of timbers and weedy spot behind them.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 10d

Showing improvement, five more than last year. Black Cat variety left three, others unknown.

Five pumpkins on a gray concrete step . On the left is Black Cat, right unknown and green.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 11d

Dug up the dahlias and gladioli at the northern garden. Will dry and then store in paper bags for the winter.

Brown bulbs and tubers with dirt on them on a black surface.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 12d

Frosty morning. Took in the canna, elephant ear, gladiolus, and dahlia bulbs yesterday.

White frost outlines and dots a bronze Heuchera leaf.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 13d

Common milkweed seed on Prairie Dropseed grass. No wonder the milkweed spreads easily.

White fluff extends from a small brown seed. The grass also has small brown seeds.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 14d

It was wet and windy yesterday.

A orange headed pumpkin metal scarecrow leans in front of a tree among ruby topped sedum.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 15d

American hazelnut. Something ate the nuts already.

Reddish orange leaves with tan catkins hanging down.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 16d

Time to move the terracotta garden friends to the garage since they are freeze babies. Potted up geraniums to overwinter too.

Terracotta mushrooms, owl, squirrel and snail are lined up on a gray concrete topped brick wall by a driveway. They are mostly gray but some orange terracotta shows through. Salmon colored geraniums with green, yellow and orange leaves are in a white pot. The pollinator garden is in the background.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 17d

Rattlesnake Master seed heads in the morning sun.

Fuzzy but prickly round brown seed heads catch the morning sun.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 18d

Fall flowers. Dahlias, zinnias, feverfew, and dark viburnum leaves.

Red zinnias with golden centers, yellow pom pom dahlias, white feverfew with yellow centers, and bronze leaves of viburnum. In a glass vase on a white marble coaster.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 19d

Ambush bug, new one for me. Small bug on a small flower by the driveway.

A yellow and brown bug on a brown center of a yellow black eyed Susan.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 20d

More fall colors. Sedum, goldenrod and dogbane. The trees are mostly still green, the only color is with the lower plants.

A naturalistic garden with burgundy sedum, yellow goldenrod with green leaves, and bright yellow dogbane.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 21d

Pollinator garden update. Lots of seed heads for the birds.

There is a sign with a butterfly on a flower that says be a pollinator watcher. Most of the flowers have gone to seed, including the rattlesnake master in front of the sign.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 22d

Planted garlic today.

A brown and silver dibbler tool lies across four tan paper bags of garlic bulbs. The bulbs are fro Annie’s Heirloom seeds and the types are Music, Chesnok Red, Inchelium Red, and German Extra Hardy.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 23d

The dogbane is glowing.

A plant with golden yellow leaves and red stems.

KWintheiser @kwintheiser.bsky.social · 24d

Sneezeweed seed heads. Thinking I may try collecting a bunch of native seeds to make my own seed mix this year.

Brown seeds in round heads with a few remaining yellow petals.