What's blooming in my garden this week:

daffodils
snowdrops
crocus

#gardening #Zone6b

🪐🥔 #Astronaut Don Pettit cultivated purple #potatoes using a hydroponic system on the #ISS.

The sprouts grew in multiple directions due to the absence of gravity and created a shape that resembled a purple lifeform with tentacles.

👉 sciencealert.com/purple-lifefo…

#space #nasa #botany #science #microgravity #gardening #hydroponics #biology #agriculture #exploration

Purple Lifeform Photographed Sprouting 'Tentacles' on The ISS : ScienceAlert

A grotesque purple lifeform was photographed sprouting 'tentacles' on the International Space Station (ISS), causing a stir online.

^{Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert)}

I kept this olla from the most recent batch because it formed a hairline crack in the neck. Imperfect but still useful. I’m using it to irrigate my favorite warm-weather leafy greens, giant red mustard.

For best results, you have to dig deep and bury the olla all the way up to its neck, compensating for the fact that soil settles with repeat watering. You want moisture underground directed at the roots, not evaporating into the air. #gardening #OllasByOsa

"Hard surfaces such as driveways and car parks block water from filtering into the soil.

"By removing the pavement, soils can soak up rainwater, which in turn aids in recharging groundwater supplies."

#rewilding #cities #urbanrewilding #green #nature #gardening #resilience #climatechange

rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-…

The Depaving Groups Reclaiming Urban Green Space

These forward-thinking organizations have depaved parking lots – and turned them into paradise.

^{Jennifer Cole (Rewilding Magazine)}

🥕 Need a little more motivation to get a vegetable garden going this summer? How about better mental and physical health?

Katherine Alaimo, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University says

✅ "...when you grow more produce, you eat more produce."

✅ "...gardening also connects people with nature, provides a sense of responsibility and accomplishment and encourages sharing harvests with friends. All of that can contribute to reduced stress, lower blood pressure and higher energy."

Who doesn't need all that?

More here: 🥬 🫛 🫘
apnews.com/article/backyard-ve…

👉 Don't forget, you have many experienced, friendly, and exceptionally helpful gardeners in the Fediverse.

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #MentalHealth #Health #Wellness

As far as the orpine and the yarrow are concerned, #spring is here and it's time to get moving.

#gardening #Stockholm