JB's Native Garden🦋

Wisconsin Native Plant Gardener (3300+ sq. ft., 100+ species), Habitat Enthusiast, & Casual Nature Photographer. PLEASE help wildlife by planting native plants!

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I've created a slideshow of my native garden with photos I've taken over the past two years showcasing the plants as well as the animal life it attracts.

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That's a lot of growth in just over two weeks!

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My prickly pear cacti are finally starting to grow!

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@GreenGoesLeft It's defeated one of the two I had in that garden.

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My meadow anemone garden is stealing the show this time of year! Even aggressive plants can have a place in our yards.

Blue Flag Iris seems to not be too bothered by it, but many other plants would get crowded out.

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Lanceleaf coreopsis has started blooming in my garden!

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Walked part of the Pike River Pathway this afternoon. Saw a pair of kestrels, an eastern kingbird, several great bluer herons, and blue flag iris.

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@M31Kathy Prairies don't exist without burning, they'd all just turn to forest. And in modern times, they'd just turn into invasive plant forests.

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A quiet evening in the Smolenski prairie. Lots of ticks, still a nice time overall. I wonder if the tick population would be noticeably lower if they'd burn the prairie and mow the trail on a regular basis.

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Photos from this morning's garden walk.

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Green sweat bee on spiderwort.

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This rabbit's taking a break from eating all of the plants in my new garden. It's hard work, I get it.

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@CensusGadfly Butterflyweed is hit or miss for me and usually short-lived but it's lasted longer in my gardens than common or swamp. Common seems to get milkweed yellows disease every time I have it.

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Common milkweed doesn't like my yard and I stopped trying to make it work years ago. But it volunteers itself enough that I always have some. Today I found a couple of caterpillars on it.

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Frogs in the bogbean.

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The local Wild Ones native plant sale I went to a couple weeks ago still had some leftovers so I went back today and grabbed a couple more. Obedient plant is going in the wild space along my large fire pit. Turtlehead will be going in my pond's bog filter.

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This patch of blue flag iris was planted in a fairly dry part of my yard but it does well and has even spread a few feet.

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Spiderwort season.

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@GreenGoesLeft Tiny beetle things are still pretty cool!

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Pond life in my garden pond.

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Oh cool! I never see six-spotted tiger beetles at home, but this one landed on my patio near my garden pond.

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Photos from this morning's garden walk. Blue flag iris has begun blooming!