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Chris Alemany

Also took another step for the #pandemicpond filter barrel

The pipe from the pump just entered the 2" PVC "hole" as I wasn't sure how it would all work.

Now that things good, I attached the pipe permanently ($12 for the three pieces of the adapter). Ill cut it down to size at the next rainfall.

This will also make the anti-siphon valve work.

meanwhile... in the backyard... 🤯 🪏

A large black (1.5") pipe curls up and onto the top of a tall white PVC stack that juts out from the top of a green rain barrel whose top is cut out and is filled with water and plants.
A wide shot of the backyard reveals two large holes covered in black rubber liner. There are various tools and things strewn about the yard. A small hazelnut tree is very leafy between the two holes.
#bloomscrolling#portalberni#yard
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Jace 🔥❤️‍🔥💖❤️

Okay so I evened out the yard and planted some more white clover.

My mother is coming over in a month or so and she said she'd help me choose native plants for the garden.

I should be good now.

I just need to think about what else I want to do with that little yard. Something like a table with chairs would be nice.

#yard
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Weeze

It’s clearing plumeria bloom season as another has started! This is the classic plumeria bloom that makes me think of Hawaii. It’s the one my kids would buy as hair clips at ABC stores. It’s only got a slight jasmine smell, but it’s got sturdy blooms that can stand up to a tooth pick so you can wear it in your hair. #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #yard #garden

Large five petaled flower. Each petal is brilliant white with a bright yellow center
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Chris Alemany

We have a lot of azaleas 🌺 . They are popular around here. I like them because they tend to be very individual. Two never bloom at the same time or in the same colour.

Almost all ours are blooming now.

Except one. On the northeast corner of the house Just a few feet from the others. Not even a hint.

It's like "Nope. Not ready. You'll just have to wait for me" 😒 😂
#bloomscrolling #gardening #yard #portalberni

A closeup of brilliant pink coloured azalea blossoms.
A closeup of white blossoms with sine green leaves, not quite as full as others. Still many blossoms to come.
A wider shows shows a small yard. In the bottom right corner closest to the camera is a green azalea bush that has not yet blossomed. There are a few others scaterred around
Closeup of a more red coloured blossoms but still quite pink
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Miss Gayle

Native species are important to the local ecology, but most people today have no idea what species are native to the area they live in - and probably they'll move soon anyway.

Link: resilience.org/stories/2025-04

We also had a nest of bees in our yard a couple of years ago. We put up a small wood partition and let them be. How many people are willing to just let nature be?

And would the HOA even let them?

The Cherry Tree Dilemma: Mindfulness, Complexity and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Adrian Ayres Fisher, originally published by Ecological Gardening April 28, 2025 Everywhere, it’s necessary to pay attention, to get to know the neighborhood and its denizens, the non-human citizens whose families probably have been living there longer than you maybe have been alive. To learn the lay of the land—literally. In attachment blossoms fall, in aversion weeds spread. Dogen, Genjo Koan (1233 CE) Teaser photo credit: Author supplied. "I did recognize it: a weeping cherry—not a naturally grown specimen of one of the beautiful Japanese varieties, but a “frankentree,” which, as Brian Funk of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has written, “are the flowering cherries on sale at home improvement stores” that “look like mops, or umbrellas, or octopus trees.” ...Not only was it ungainly, but: what was the point of its existence, and what good would it do? The cherry tree in my back yard makes no fruit that I’ve seen. ...Focusing on the pale pink cloud almost induced a haiku state of mind. And then, the very next day, a crew of solitary miner bees emerged from the ground right next to the tree and converged on the blossoms. Perfect timing! That surprising event changed the reality of the situation. Did the bees live there before the tree was installed? Did a few enterprising individuals travel over from a neighboring yard one spring and decide to establish a colony?"
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