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The two avocado trees (type A & B) are in full bloom & the bees are going to town. Meanwhile, the two oranges, ceanothus, poppies, and sages are flowering. It’s a lovely but intense smell out there 🤗 #Yarden #HomeOrchard

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Today the yellow-skinned New Century asian pear is in full bloom. It is just in time to help pollinate the brown skinned Hosui asian pear, which is at the end of its bloom. The New Century asian pear tree wants to be a cherry tree. #BloomScrolling #Yarden #HomeOrchardA New Asian Pear tree, quite young, has many clusters of cherry-stemmed white flowers with yellow centers. The leaves are narrow and freshly green.

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My wife seeded these tomatoes indoors February 1st 😍 #Gardening #Yarden

Four juvenile tomato plants, about 6-8” tall, in medium compostable pots green to teas leaves. Some leaves are narrower than others as they’re all different varieties

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In the central valley, it’s very much Iris and California Poppy Season/ #YardenA giant Iris flower, very purple or indigo, with orange in their petal center, stands among bright orange clusters of California Poppy that are not quite open for the day. A coil of hose and a trigger sprayer is on the ground below the iris.

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After over a year of being fallowed (b/c life), our crop rows are now dressed with compost & fresh drip tape deployed. In a few weeks, planting our seedlings of peppers, tomato, eggplant, & holy basil will begin #Yarden #Gardening

Three crop rows, separated by about 1.5 feet of gravel, have fresh drip tape down their centers. A corrugated shed is open in the distance. The yard is surrounded by wood fencing and shrubs

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Natural compost, years in the making. Mostly thanks to worms & other decomposers. Time to transport some of it to our three crop rows

A dark, moist mound of ready compost next to a mound of active compost filled with organic matter and lots of coarse lignified material.

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Now blooming: Type-B “Bacon” Avocado tree. I think this is the male flower. We also have a Type-A “Mexicola” Avocado but it isn’t blooming yet. When the “Bacon” has male flowers open, the “Mexicola” has female flowers open and vice versa. Avocado tree flowers are neat #Yarden #Avocado #BloomScrollingA photo of a single avocado flower among clusters of flower buds. It is all within a thickly foliated canopy with dark greens, reds, and light yellows. The flower itself is rather understated, with tiny yellow-orange anthers in the center

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At work earlier this week, a smol fren made me jealous #FenceLizard

A brown and tan fence lizard is spread out, eyes slightly closed & chin on a wood chip, sunning itself on a gravel surface. Its spiked spine is quite visible giving the lizard a fierce though calm aura

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A Yellow-rumped Warbler was on the lookout for insects in our ‘lil nectarine tree. It was a very last minute decision to get the camera #YellowRumpedWarbler #BirdPhotography #Birds #HomeOrchard #Fujifilm #SOoC

A Yellow-rumors Warbler is perched in a leafing out nectarine tree with pink to magenta flowers that are about to fall off. The warbler’s back is to the camera as it looks almost 90° to the left, giving side eye to the photographer. Its yellow spot on its head is just visible. Its feathers are black to gray. The background is completely blurred out.

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Another daffodil #Daffodil #BloomScrolling #Yarden

A daffodil with white petals and a yellow to orange central trumpet. It’s planted in a yard with bark, gravel and river cobble. It’s sunset where a rear fence is in sun but the ground is not.