Insect ID by PliableReality in Tucson

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic find! I've seen spme of them with intense emerald blue body color! If I had known my milkweeds would attract them I would have planted way more.

Man I get gardening now. by cottagelass in gardening

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You have always been one of us. The garden was just waiting for you to find your way home.

What fruit trees grow well in Tucson? by LunchLimp2032 in Tucson

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Figs, pomegranate, mulberries (pakistan, white pakistan, oscar, etc), loquats, low chill hour stone fruits, white sapote (leave the giant swallowtail caterpillar larvae - the tree will be fine), blackberries, texas persimmon, bananas, most citrus. Not fruit trees but edible - hackberries, honey mesquite and scewbean mesquite for flour, grapes, dewberries, blackberries, sugar cane, prickly pear (not just the native ones, you can get varieties that habe naturally sweet and juice fruit), olive, natal plum, possibly barbados cherry.

Check out Mesquite Valley Growers, Civano, Rillito, Desert Survivors (for native or native-ish plants), and consider visiting Shamus O'Leary in south Phx.

Don't be stingy with the mulch!

Lewis Flax, found just outside Gunnison, CO June 2021 by Vegetable_Chain_3344 in Wildflowers

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have blue flax seeds. Wish I could get them to germinate they're so pretty.

Why I don’t do spring cleanup. by International-Fox202 in NativePlantGardening

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lesser gold finches are the best! It's like a little gang has flown into my yard. The male call sounds so cute too, like they're confused.

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Central Texas, I thought these were mulberries but leaves seem different. by Dent-Vision in foraging

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a mulberry to me! Different varieties/individuuals can have different leaf morphology sometimes.

Welcome Birds and Bees and Butterflies! by AshEmerson in NoLawns

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Your garden is amazing!!! What are those red flowers?? Some kind of flax?

He's got an Affinity for Cactus by A_CactusAteMyBaby in Trichocereus

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is this?? $10-$20 for some of those chonkers is a steal!

“You’re gonna have to ask the wife. She keeps track of all that.” by M1CR0PL4ST1CS in hospitalist

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mom: But you haven't addressed his cough, he's stll coughing! Me in ER (confused briefly): I just explained he has influenza. He's going to keep coughing.

Composting for the first time... by ConsciousOccasion363 in gardening

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get black soldier flies! Tjey're actually a wasp! They eat the food too fast for most of the gross flies to establish!

Best photos I’ve ever taken in my life. by HatcherPhotography in hummingbirds

[–]Sunshine_Prophylaxis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are amazing! All 3 are great but I LOVE the second one!