r/NativePlantCirclejerk

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.

/uj i genuinely do find them absolutely adorable though

Really want to DOMINATE (xL*) my stupid ever changing garden…help please

Hello, I am looking to establish a new lawn here in west Texas. After some research it seems my most viable options are to plant either bermuda or zoysia. From here I've learned that using seeds for both of the types is unlikely to work due to their difficulty. So pods/sod are my more viable options. Time is not a big issue but i know that some of the best times for planting are soon

So starting there my first question is for a yard this size would i have to buy sod for the entire lawn? If that's the case, so be it, but is there the potential that I could grow a whole lawn from pods or some patches of sod.

Water pools heavily and the dirt is clay heavy and clumpy when wet. Many neighbors just lay their sod on top and they seem to get mixed results. Is tilling necessary in order to aerate and mix in better soil? I feel more inclined to try a soil softener and lay a couple inches of top soil if that's even needed.

The tree was planted when the house was built in 1955, so it’s now over 70 years old. It’s the largest tree in the neighborhood, and I really love this tree!

My neighbors would like me to take it down because the needles and pollen are messy. I don't want to be a bad neighbor, but the pollen and needles have never bothered me, and I would hate to cut down such a beautiful tree simply because it can be messy.

I'm not quite sure what to do.

They're devouring all my beautiful native plants. I've tried squishing, but there are just so many of them. Their guts get all over my fingers and then my face gets itchy and I have to scratch my face and suddenly it's all over my face and I'm tasting this foul worm mess. It's gross. I'm at my wit's end. Should I burn my house down? Should I burn my neighbor's house down? Any help in this matter is appreciated.

My daughter took her tractor for a spin. I knelt down to change the battery and saw this little buddy. Except for probably being a little dizzy…. Seems to be alright. Is there a good way to move him? Now? After chrysalis forms? Cone off the tractor only option? TIA

Edit:
Thank you for all of your suggestions!! My daughters are 5 and 3! They are bug/nature lovers through and through (5 year old brought milkweed seeds to her preschool classmates that she harvested herself 😊).

I took the battery from their tractor and plan to leave the caterpillar until the chrysalis hardens. Then, I will reassess to see if I feel confident moving it. If not, we will watch the cycle play out!
Thank you everyone!

I am not a big orchid person, but I do very much appreciate the dead, sick, and dying ones I can save from Lowe’s. However, these are my absolute favorites. This is the Epidendrum magnoliae, the green-fly orchid; it grows in the crooks and on the limbs of my absolute favorite plant, the Magnolia grandiflora (Southern Magnolia), in addition to Quercus virginiana (Live Oak).

She grows as far south as my home town in central Florida, up to about the fall line in Georgia (where we’ve lived for years); to that, she is an amazing species and learning to care for them has been extremely rewarding and gratifying.

This house is for sale in my neighborhood. It hasn’t rained in weeks, but the grass was recently spray painted because apparently a house sitting on the market for months isn’t desirable. See lawn across the street for current drought conditions.

THIS WILL TURN THEM ALL TRANS SOON I KNOW IT!!!

She had to get those rare shells at the beach.

First year gardener and it seems the pests (white flies and beetles) got to my collards and kale. Should I just dig them up and seed or plant grown ones in the winter?

I bought some spinosad and clay to spray on these & some Neem oil for the white flies but I fear they are too far gone. What should I do?