@AlisaVarney

Gardening is my grand obsession. Creating an 8-acre habitat for wildlife and beauty.

 California, USA
Joined July 2013
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I’m elated the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has awarded my farm with a grant for their Pollinator Habitat Program (PHP). This will expand the existing plantings by adding a double hedgerow to surround the 8 acres, filling the interior with trees and adding wildflower meadows. My submitted design plan featured all CA natives with most self-sustaining after a handful of years even through drought. Some will have the ability to resprout following a wildfire. I’m eager to begin this new phase and support a greater diversity of native bees, butterflies, birds and other insects and mammals over the upcoming years.
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The first rain since April arrived and the flowers are responding with bright and robust blooms.
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The feathery Astra Gold sunflower.
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Due to its size, my garden might be a little messier than others which entices the small creatures. 🕷️
🌱Micki
@growplantsgrowOct 25
I just cannot stop thinking about this image and the beautiful spider. I don’t know if I am doing something irresponsible as a gardener but there is a distinctive lack of spiders in my garden.
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Everywhere Eyeballs Are Aflame, 1888 Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1919) Lithograph on chine collé
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Head Within an Aureole, about 1894-95 Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916) Charcoal and pastel with stumping on pink paper
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During autumn, green lynx spiders reliably show their striking markings on the California buckwheat.
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Only a few pears to harvest this year, making each one exceptional.
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Alisa Varney retweeted
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@Budrip1007Oct 18
#StainedGlassSunday xitter.cf/Budrip1007/status/2091…
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@Budrip1007Aug 22
🧵1/10 Before the printing press, the West told its stories in song, stone and glass. In England's York Minster Cathedral, the Great East Window tells of cosmic time and the universe, beginning and end of all things.
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Plenty of lizards in that belly!
Alisa Varney
@AlisaVarneyOct 17
A great egret on the hunt outside the window.
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A great egret on the hunt outside the window.
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Iris germanica ‘Bernice’s Legacy’ re-blooms for fall.
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Zinnias sailed through the latest heatwave and are ready for a weekend bouquet.
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Orpheus, about 1905 Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916) Pastel on gray laid paper @GettyMuseum
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Vase of Flowers, about 1900-1905 Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916) Pastel @GettyMuseum
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An inexpensive way to jazz up a plain structure is to display museum exhibition banners. There are a few hanging on the barn/ag building (with barn doors and French doors I’m not sure what to call it) and visitors love them.
Alisa Varney
@AlisaVarneyOct 3
As I was watching gophers pull plants underground to devour, Talkie Hawkie flew in to help monitor the situation.
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Iris ‘Total Recall’ displays ruffled Sunday yellow.
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As I was watching gophers pull plants underground to devour, Talkie Hawkie flew in to help monitor the situation.
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It’s blazing hot, but there are promising signs of autumn beauty.
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Alisa Varney retweeted
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@Budrip1007Oct 1
🧵1/7: The golden age of stained glass can be traced back to Plato. Abbot Suger, father of Gothic architecture, was inspired by the Neoplatonic philosophy of light, which holds that light is a divine emanation flowing outward from the source of reality, energy, consciousness and goodness.
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