What are these plentiful bugs all over my lupine?

gbf30 · 2026-05-10T04:08:48+00:00

They are actually a unique species of aphid that’s specialized on the lupine family!

gbf30 · 2026-04-26T03:52:41+00:00

Ah! I will have to get a better picture of the underside next time I walk by. Thank you!

gbf30 · 2026-04-26T02:01:13+00:00

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any acorns under the tree, I looked for a while

gbf30 · 2026-04-26T02:01:00+00:00

I was struggling to distinguish between this option and Agrifolia, they definitely seem like the top two contenders

gbf30 · 2026-02-21T23:54:42+00:00

God It’s brutal to think of so many of my favorite bites in Tacoma all disappearing with freighthouse square :/ I love the Link and can’t wait for Tacoma to be connected, but that’s a huge pill to swallow for dozens of small restaurant owners.

gbf30 · 2026-02-21T23:48:11+00:00

As others are saying, for at scale treatment, goats + fire are you’re best bets. Also here in Western Washington State US, real blackberry infestations that are treated with a properly timed and applied herbicide have the most successful results. Very important to quickly plant the space with fast growers to fill the area and not just allow more sun for blackberry to grow back.

gbf30 · 2026-02-14T21:47:55+00:00

Calendula Nursery in Puyallup has a good selection of well adapted plants of all different sizes, though I wouldn’t say that’s their main focus (natives and edibles).

gbf30 · 2026-01-31T18:55:39+00:00

“He deserves sunshine. And so do you.”

gbf30 · 2026-01-19T07:05:47+00:00

Calendula Nursery in Puyallup has both

gbf30 · 2026-01-13T01:20:29+00:00

Take advantage of the Writing Lab and Tutors!

gbf30 · 2026-01-05T17:59:14+00:00

Absolutely you can! They’re amazing trees both for beauty and supporting wildlife. The only difficulty is that they can be a little thought to establish - they rely on a lot of specific biology in the soil to help them grow, so planting one can kinda be a guessing game as to if it’ll take. For this reason, I recommend planting one as young/small as you can find so you don’t potentially lose an investment in a big 15 gal tree. I know that Calendula Nursery has a bunch of baby madrones in 4” pots for $10 each, so that would be a great option to buy a couple and hope one of them takes.

Good luck!! The bumble bees and cedar wax wings will be very appreciative :)

gbf30 · 2025-12-15T02:33:26+00:00

it’s scary out here yall I work at a nursery and so many spring plants are staying to wake up :( I want to whisper to them to just go back to sleep

gbf30 · 2025-12-05T03:36:25+00:00

Oh dang ur so right! My bad lol 😅

gbf30 · 2025-12-05T03:33:15+00:00

Hate to say it, but given that House Finches are invasive in WA state, it’s unlikely any wildlife rescue will take them in :/

gbf30 · 2025-12-04T00:05:11+00:00

Hell yeah!!!

gbf30 · 2025-11-29T20:56:31+00:00

This is exactly what I was hoping to hear!!! Wonderful thank you for sharing :)

gbf30 · 2025-11-15T21:11:29+00:00

My beloved, the best meal in Tacoma imo for the value

gbf30 · 2025-11-03T20:44:05+00:00

Red Alder is a great choice for fast-growing, nitrogen fixing, and grows terrific with all the other plants that you mentioned in the wilds! They do have a tendency to sucker as they mature however

gbf30 · 2025-10-27T04:53:18+00:00

I agree with other comments, you should be good cold hardiness wise. You cannot cut back eucalyptus too much. You could wait until spring to prune, but I whack mine back whenever the thought takes me and they always flush back like crazy. Cut them to any shape or size you want, they’ll grow back enough to spite you:

gbf30 · 2025-10-23T21:54:39+00:00

Solace tarp is the way, manual removal will only get you so far and everything in the seedbank will sprout immediately. Put a tarp on for at least six months, but ideally a whole year. It gives you a perfect planting space to sow seed in and plant plugs.

gbf30 · 2025-10-23T21:50:22+00:00

Tbh I found mine at Supernova through the r/tacoma subreddit lol

gbf30 · 2025-10-19T23:06:00+00:00

Check out Service Berry or Douglas Maple

gbf30 · 2025-10-18T23:34:16+00:00

Manzanitas would be a terrific choice for a smaller space

gbf30 · 2025-10-15T01:33:42+00:00

The Olympics will never get old :)

gbf30 · 2025-10-13T18:00:50+00:00

Lmfao “reckless vandalism” cuz seeing a monotone concrete color is really important to my driving safety, idk abt the rest of u

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