u/Formal-Ad-7184

Peace be with you.

What is this and how do I get rid of it? Tree was cut, (might be using stump as food) fake turf put over it, white mycelium grew and it’s just getting bigger.

Y'all think they will have crazy captive monarch rearers since Vice City is based on Miami, FL?

The "kinda looks like giant chanterelles from a distance in the 105F heat index" fun guy has a bullseye-like pattern on it. Never seen them before and in abundance in the same area as the chanterelles.

Ugh. Earlier this year, I planned and planted a very natural pollinator garden. It was full of cosmos, candytuft, black-eyed Susans, mixed wildflowers, and yes… plenty of weeds too. That was intentional.

My neighbor has a disability from a stroke and sometimes mows my yard without being asked. I’d previously asked him not to touch this area, but today he mowed the entire bed to the ground. I’m not looking to chastise him or start a neighborhood conflict. I honestly don’t know whether he remembered our conversation or thought he was helping.

I’m just… devastated.

I’m sad about the flowers. I’m sad for the pollinators that had been using the garden all summer. I’m sad because checking on that little garden every morning, at lunch, and in the evening had become one of my favorite parts of the day.

Right now I’m torn on what to do next. Part of me wants to have the area mowed one more time so it at least looks intentional, then scrap the whole thing and replace it with a more structured mulched bed and hydrangeas. The other part of me worries that’s just a grief reaction and I’ll regret destroying whatever might come back.

If this happened to your garden, how would you proceed? Would you wait and see what resprouts, or would you start over with a completely different design? Maybe I’m ready for something much more intentional? If it helps I’m in the Atlanta GA area. The area gets considerable sunlight. If I start over as a fresh canvas, how do I even do this?

You can clearly see those seed bags are not actually for human seeding but, in fact, were transporting what you would now think of as "invasive" plants being brought to different ecoregions.

Bought and planted this little fir (I forget the species) to replace a deciduous tree that drowned when the home-builder-installed water system failed and leaked. Had the bubblers repaired, waited for the soil to dry, and this planted in its place, but it's been three weeks now and it's clearly doing worse than before it went in. The top is completely dry and the soft, supple leaves at the bottom that recovered in the first couple weeks after planting are starting to yellow. I've been giving it an average of about three quarters of a gallon of water every other day because I don't know how much it should be getting or how long it will take to "establish" itself. Advice appreciated, I'd hate to kill this little thing too.

Tipularia discolor, Crane fly orchid. Terrestrial woodland perennial. Throws this flower stalk in the high summer when I am hiding in my house making fun of /r/lawncare and /r/monarchbutterfly with the AC blasting. Doesn't even have the decency to leaf out before it flowers so I can fucking find them in the forest. If I am going to grow this bullshit, I need it to flower in the spring with larger, more colorful inflorescence. Stupid ass plant. The flower doesn't even look like it can feed the endangered honey bees. My Rose of Sharon is blasting my garden with color right now. Y'all keep taking smug pictures of uprooted mullein while giving it the finger while I will enjoy my beautiful Crocosmia feeding invasive, Mexican hummingbirds.

That has to be one of the worst forms of plant abuse I’ve ever seen.