#blueberry bush

[tenderanarchist]

Trying something new with the blueberry bush. I’ve tried netting in the past but without a frame around the bushes animals are very likely to become entangled and injured, and wasps can still get in to eat berries. So hopefully these organza bags I got on clearance will protect the berries from birds and insects while still allowing them to ripen. They work best on clusters of berries at the ends of branches, so it’s impossible to cover all the berries, but it should be a significantly better harvest than last year. Whatever is uncovered is free game for the birds and insects- they still get their share!

#gardening #gardenblr #blueberry bush #solarpunk #backyard garden

[semprvivum]

blueberry bush! 🫐

#im so excited to grow my own blueberries ahhh 🫐🫐🫐 #plant #plants #plantblr #gardening #gardenblr #blueberry #blueberries #blueberry bush #horticulture #botany #mine

[southernsolarpunk]

My blueberry bush is flowering!!

#gardening #blueberry bush

[wildrungarden]

4/16/24 ~ blueberry bush update! Need to transplant this in the yard soon!

#indoor garden #sustainable gardening #container gardening #vegetable gardening #starting seeds #growing food #plant life #plant mom #veganuary #homesteading #blueberry seeds #blueberry bush #fruit garden

[inthecityofgoodabode]

April 2024: Flowers & Return Of The Gecko

Blueberries on the make:

Just a shot of the backyard garden:

Closer shot of the newly modified seating area:

Checking the compost bins on Sunday and...

Just a couple of night photos I took of passing train cars while waiting at a level crossing:

#garden #flowers #roses #blueberries #blueberry bush #backyard garden #irises #iris #lizard #gecko #house gecko #compost bin #gardening #train #train car #level crossing #train crossing #life in memphis #night photos

[ecopunkfox]

Blueberry bushes! Top one we’ve had for a couple years, the other two we just got this year 🫐

#plantblr #my plants #plants #blueberry #blueberries #blueberry plant #blueberry bush #blueberry plants #blueberry bushes #blueberry flowers #garden #gardening #plantcore #plantwave #gardencore #urban gardening #urban garden #urban farming #container garden #container gardening #flowers #flower #plant #food plants #growing food

[ladysnowangel]

Blueberry Bush Leaves

#blueberry bush #leaves #nature #photography #photographers on tumblr #original photography #original photographers #nature photography #garden #changing leaves

[wheatthresher]

#blueberry bush #blueberries #big day out

[photozoi]

Jeep and the (future) blueberries. He’s checking out the bees. D:

Borzoi

#Jeep #Borzoi #sighthound #blueberry bush #flowers #6-2022 #photozoi #original photo

[geezerwench]

The little shits.

A few years ago, our oldest bought us a blueberry bush that can be put in a pot. Welp, we learned that birbs really enjoy blueberries, as well. I mean, we knew that, we just didn't realize how much they enjoy blueberries.

This year, determined to get more than a very small handful of blueberries, I bought a second bush, a second pot, and I bought these chicken wire cages to keep the birds out, but with holes big enough to let bees (pollinators) in. This is 1-inch chicken wire.

The original bush is simply loaded with blueberries. Maybe it needed a friend? Maybe we got the fertilizer right? Maybe the husband pruned it correctly? I don't know, but it is LOADED.

Ordered online, the wire cages came promptly, weren't that difficult to put together, and appeared to be working. Until the little blueberry flowers turned into blueberries.

They don't exactly keep the birbs out. The little knotheads get in there somehow and then panic because they think they're trapped. They flap and flutter all over the place, smacking against the sides and dropping to the ground. We go to let them out, they panic some more, then, miraculously, they find a hole stretched just big enough, and fly away.

I believe the birds that got in are female, or juvenile, House Sparrows.

Chicken wire is actually rather flimsy stuff. It bends fairly easily and all the holes are not 1-inch.

Meanwhile, we've seen Robins, Mockingbirds, and Catbirds land on the cages and hungrily eye the slowly ripening berries. There's even been a couple Cardinals come and take a look.

With all the interest in these two blueberry bushes we have, it's a wonder farmers manage to harvest any, and it's a miracle blueberries ever make it to the store for people to buy. But maybe blueberry farmers have so many bushes that the birds eating some doesn't hurt too bad?

To make sure we get some blueberries this year, we'll have to figure out a plan B.

06/29/2023

#blueberry bush #gardening #container gardening #blueberries #birds like blueberries #keeping the birds out #birbs #House Sparrow #they are determined

[rachelsrandomsphotos]

Wild Blueberry Bush (Vaccinium angustifolium)

Taken at Malabar Scrub Sanctuary in Malabar, FL

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[tenderanarchist]

This morning’s blueberry harvest!

#the organza bags are working a treat #mother nature #gardening #solarpunk #gardenblr #blueberry bush #blueberries

[crudlynaturephotos]

#blueberries #blueberry bush #vaccinium #berries #garden #the bronx

[sweatygoth]

Wetland forest, 2 jun 2023

#pretty place I saw recently #forest #nature #wetlands #tree #trees #branches #blueberry #blueberry bush #moss #grass #birch trees #greenery #light green #magical forest #swedish forest #swedish nature #skog #natur #björnmossa

[wildrungarden]

3/4/23 | I wanted hydrangeas this year. I usually only grow what I can eat & use.. but I needed these okay 😂. I also picked up a blueberry starter to try to do in a container. Fingers crossed.

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[inthecityofgoodabode]

March 2023: New Life

Seen while walking.

Aquatic snail in the wasteland: 

In pools on the way to the Vedge.

Seriously disappointed this was the best crayfish photo: 

There were scads of these tadpoles but I missed my chance to photo a salamander larva because the little bugger was just too quick: 

The greening of the wasteland. I hope The City holds off mowing it for awhile: 

I was excited to see a honeybee with a red dot on its head until I got home & discovered that red dot was a mite with the appropriately ominous scientific name of Varroa destructor:  

Back at the home garden. 

I’m going to try accelerating the break down of these pine tree stumps by covering them with soil & planting wild flowers on them: 

I’ll post photos as things progress:  

First bumble of 2023: 

We lost all our cool season seedlings back when the temperature dropped into the single digits but this plucky kale (It looks like a Red Russian) that no one remembers planting is doing great: 

Strawberry blossoms are go!: 

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