Alexa
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I make things.
Curious by nature, designer by profession, and seriously silly.
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Curious by nature, designer by profession, and seriously silly.
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I’ve grown the pink bumblebee previously and it was one of the best tasting toms one year. I may try the purple bumblebee next.
pink bumblebees, perfect combination of look and taste
Pink Bumblebee is one of the prettiest tomatoes in the garden, striped and glossy with a flavor that makes it just as memorable as its looks.
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September 10, 2026 at 6:05 AM
I’ve grown the pink bumblebee previously and it was one of the best tasting toms one year. I may try the purple bumblebee next.
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Lemon Boy Plus tomato
Incredible - like eating a dessert. Great for converting the tomato skeptics. My favorite this year. This variety is bred for disease resistance. Early to mature and it’s starting to slow down for me (some rude critters snapped branches)
Lemon Boy Plus tomato
Incredible - like eating a dessert. Great for converting the tomato skeptics. My favorite this year. This variety is bred for disease resistance. Early to mature and it’s starting to slow down for me (some rude critters snapped branches)
September 10, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Lemon Boy Plus tomato
Incredible - like eating a dessert. Great for converting the tomato skeptics. My favorite this year. This variety is bred for disease resistance. Early to mature and it’s starting to slow down for me (some rude critters snapped branches)
Lemon Boy Plus tomato
Incredible - like eating a dessert. Great for converting the tomato skeptics. My favorite this year. This variety is bred for disease resistance. Early to mature and it’s starting to slow down for me (some rude critters snapped branches)
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Purple Bumble Bee Tomato
Super sweet and rich and very pretty. A larger cherry that also won’t stop producing. Easy to slice and snack on. I’m curious about the other bumble bees out there but I don’t know if I can skip growing this one next year!
Purple Bumble Bee Tomato
Super sweet and rich and very pretty. A larger cherry that also won’t stop producing. Easy to slice and snack on. I’m curious about the other bumble bees out there but I don’t know if I can skip growing this one next year!
September 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Purple Bumble Bee Tomato
Super sweet and rich and very pretty. A larger cherry that also won’t stop producing. Easy to slice and snack on. I’m curious about the other bumble bees out there but I don’t know if I can skip growing this one next year!
Purple Bumble Bee Tomato
Super sweet and rich and very pretty. A larger cherry that also won’t stop producing. Easy to slice and snack on. I’m curious about the other bumble bees out there but I don’t know if I can skip growing this one next year!
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Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato
Delicious juice bombs, like perfect little grapes - but they’re tomatoes! Fast, wild, and free. Thin skin requires snapping the fruits at the stem so you don’t ruin them. Great raw and for roasting. An easy and flavorful cherry.
Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato
Delicious juice bombs, like perfect little grapes - but they’re tomatoes! Fast, wild, and free. Thin skin requires snapping the fruits at the stem so you don’t ruin them. Great raw and for roasting. An easy and flavorful cherry.
September 10, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato
Delicious juice bombs, like perfect little grapes - but they’re tomatoes! Fast, wild, and free. Thin skin requires snapping the fruits at the stem so you don’t ruin them. Great raw and for roasting. An easy and flavorful cherry.
Matt’s Wild Cherry Tomato
Delicious juice bombs, like perfect little grapes - but they’re tomatoes! Fast, wild, and free. Thin skin requires snapping the fruits at the stem so you don’t ruin them. Great raw and for roasting. An easy and flavorful cherry.
🌱 🍅
Green Zebra Tomato
I’ve read mixed reviews online - but I love them. Great texture and flavor, prolific but slower to mature for me. I pick them as soon as I see some yellow underneath the green stripes. Firm and no splitting or scarring.
Green Zebra Tomato
I’ve read mixed reviews online - but I love them. Great texture and flavor, prolific but slower to mature for me. I pick them as soon as I see some yellow underneath the green stripes. Firm and no splitting or scarring.
September 10, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Green Zebra Tomato
I’ve read mixed reviews online - but I love them. Great texture and flavor, prolific but slower to mature for me. I pick them as soon as I see some yellow underneath the green stripes. Firm and no splitting or scarring.
Green Zebra Tomato
I’ve read mixed reviews online - but I love them. Great texture and flavor, prolific but slower to mature for me. I pick them as soon as I see some yellow underneath the green stripes. Firm and no splitting or scarring.
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Japanese Black Trifele Tomato
(Original name: yaponskiy trufel chernyi)
Prolific and delicious slicer - popular amongst tomato fans and tomato haters alike. My first black tomato I’ve grown, so I can’t compare to others.
Japanese Black Trifele Tomato
(Original name: yaponskiy trufel chernyi)
Prolific and delicious slicer - popular amongst tomato fans and tomato haters alike. My first black tomato I’ve grown, so I can’t compare to others.
September 10, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Japanese Black Trifele Tomato
(Original name: yaponskiy trufel chernyi)
Prolific and delicious slicer - popular amongst tomato fans and tomato haters alike. My first black tomato I’ve grown, so I can’t compare to others.
Japanese Black Trifele Tomato
(Original name: yaponskiy trufel chernyi)
Prolific and delicious slicer - popular amongst tomato fans and tomato haters alike. My first black tomato I’ve grown, so I can’t compare to others.
2026 Tomato line up:
Japanese Black Trifele
Green Zebra
Lemon Boy Plus
Matt’s Wild Cherry
Purple Bumble Bee
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Japanese Black Trifele
Green Zebra
Lemon Boy Plus
Matt’s Wild Cherry
Purple Bumble Bee
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August 23, 2026 at 1:35 AM
2026 Tomato line up:
Japanese Black Trifele
Green Zebra
Lemon Boy Plus
Matt’s Wild Cherry
Purple Bumble Bee
🌱 🍅
Japanese Black Trifele
Green Zebra
Lemon Boy Plus
Matt’s Wild Cherry
Purple Bumble Bee
🌱 🍅
A few new flowers this year but it pales in comparison to last summer as we grieve our garden dog. 🌱 🦮 🐈⬛
August 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
A few new flowers this year but it pales in comparison to last summer as we grieve our garden dog. 🌱 🦮 🐈⬛
My #cannabis is still doing great, and I continue to get cute visitors. A fuzzy bee from this morning (not sure which type) and an assassin bug from a few weeks ago.
I haven’t and wont treat my plants with anything - bugs are my friends. 🌱
I haven’t and wont treat my plants with anything - bugs are my friends. 🌱
August 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
My #cannabis is still doing great, and I continue to get cute visitors. A fuzzy bee from this morning (not sure which type) and an assassin bug from a few weeks ago.
I haven’t and wont treat my plants with anything - bugs are my friends. 🌱
I haven’t and wont treat my plants with anything - bugs are my friends. 🌱
Saw the early release of The Odyssey, really good stuff.
I’ll have to rewatch it with Richard (my cat, big cinephile) when it’s streaming but I’m still messed up about the dog
I’ll have to rewatch it with Richard (my cat, big cinephile) when it’s streaming but I’m still messed up about the dog
July 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Saw the early release of The Odyssey, really good stuff.
I’ll have to rewatch it with Richard (my cat, big cinephile) when it’s streaming but I’m still messed up about the dog
I’ll have to rewatch it with Richard (my cat, big cinephile) when it’s streaming but I’m still messed up about the dog
Thank god I have a partner that keeps me cool and hip
July 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Thank god I have a partner that keeps me cool and hip
Two truths:
1. Sims 3 is superior to all sims
2. Only fools buy Sims 3
1. Sims 3 is superior to all sims
2. Only fools buy Sims 3
July 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Two truths:
1. Sims 3 is superior to all sims
2. Only fools buy Sims 3
1. Sims 3 is superior to all sims
2. Only fools buy Sims 3
First time growing #cannabis. I have them set up outdoors in 7 gallon grow bags and they’ve been looking great.
Enjoy this Oregon native butterfly (grey hairstreak).
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Enjoy this Oregon native butterfly (grey hairstreak).
🌱 🦋
July 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
First time growing #cannabis. I have them set up outdoors in 7 gallon grow bags and they’ve been looking great.
Enjoy this Oregon native butterfly (grey hairstreak).
🌱 🦋
Enjoy this Oregon native butterfly (grey hairstreak).
🌱 🦋
The official term is “Cat Hours”.
The hours vary depending on the season, location, and current weather conditions.
Right now in Portland, the average Cat Hours peak during 7pm-9pm. The perfect time to go for a walk on a warm (dry) evening.
#cathours #portland
The hours vary depending on the season, location, and current weather conditions.
Right now in Portland, the average Cat Hours peak during 7pm-9pm. The perfect time to go for a walk on a warm (dry) evening.
#cathours #portland
this is my favorite time to go on night walks because you’ll just randomly come across several different adorable neighborhood cats
June 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Working a booth at the farmers market was fun - but boy oh boy was it depressing to hear how much ChatGPT was referenced!!!
June 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Working a booth at the farmers market was fun - but boy oh boy was it depressing to hear how much ChatGPT was referenced!!!
Looks tropical - but it’s native to Oregon!
Lewisia cotyledon or Siskiyou lewisia, given to me by my grandma a couple years ago. Shes kept these native plants thriving in pots, but it’s the first time I’ve gotten them to bloom.
🌱 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Lewisia cotyledon or Siskiyou lewisia, given to me by my grandma a couple years ago. Shes kept these native plants thriving in pots, but it’s the first time I’ve gotten them to bloom.
🌱 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
May 8, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Looks tropical - but it’s native to Oregon!
Lewisia cotyledon or Siskiyou lewisia, given to me by my grandma a couple years ago. Shes kept these native plants thriving in pots, but it’s the first time I’ve gotten them to bloom.
🌱 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Lewisia cotyledon or Siskiyou lewisia, given to me by my grandma a couple years ago. Shes kept these native plants thriving in pots, but it’s the first time I’ve gotten them to bloom.
🌱 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Record breaking butterfly numbers in my urban garden this spring 🚨
Although the flowers have barely begun, our hard work is seeming to pay off.
Although the flowers have barely begun, our hard work is seeming to pay off.
May 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Record breaking butterfly numbers in my urban garden this spring 🚨
Although the flowers have barely begun, our hard work is seeming to pay off.
Although the flowers have barely begun, our hard work is seeming to pay off.
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Join us on May 9th, 10am-2pm for the Incredible Edible Plant Sale And Community Fair, 1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland. Hundreds of varieties of organic veggies & herbs that thrive in the Pacific NW, and Multnomah Co. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions, too!
April 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Join us on May 9th, 10am-2pm for the Incredible Edible Plant Sale And Community Fair, 1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland. Hundreds of varieties of organic veggies & herbs that thrive in the Pacific NW, and Multnomah Co. Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your questions, too!
The native ladybugs are back. Idk if they overwintered in my yard or what - but they’re all over the place! #gardening #nativeplants 🐞🌱
April 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The native ladybugs are back. Idk if they overwintered in my yard or what - but they’re all over the place! #gardening #nativeplants 🐞🌱
My dog passed away and it feels impossible to do anything outside without him
2025 GARDEN REVIEW:
A garden path is the single most important part of a garden!
It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not.
This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge…
#gardeningreport 🌱
A garden path is the single most important part of a garden!
It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not.
This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge…
#gardeningreport 🌱
March 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
My dog passed away and it feels impossible to do anything outside without him
Spooky Scabiosas
Still blooming through this awful weather
Still blooming through this awful weather
October 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Spooky Scabiosas
Still blooming through this awful weather
Still blooming through this awful weather
My two cats are *ndoor cats (though, we like to say homeschooled)
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My two cats are *ndoor cats (though, we like to say homeschooled)
I’m officially a certified horticulturalist 😎
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m officially a certified horticulturalist 😎
2025 GARDEN REVIEW:
A garden path is the single most important part of a garden!
It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not.
This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge…
#gardeningreport 🌱
A garden path is the single most important part of a garden!
It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not.
This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge…
#gardeningreport 🌱
September 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
2025 GARDEN REVIEW:
A garden path is the single most important part of a garden!
It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not.
This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge…
#gardeningreport 🌱
A garden path is the single most important part of a garden!
It’s a defining characteristic of ANY space AND it is one that ALL creatures innately understand if it works or not.
This year, the paths were deemed impeccable by our judge…
#gardeningreport 🌱