The Pessimistic Gardener

06/01/2026

My first northeastern Luna moth! This is a very exciting day in our forest!

05/19/2026

I love this plant as an addition to butterfly gardens. You can find this plant at Go Native Perennials right now, along with many other beautiful native plants.

This sea of yellow is happening right now in my garden. Golden Alexander is one of the most beneficial native spring wildflowers you can plant. Its bright golden blooms provide an important early food source for native bees and butterflies, and it serves as a host plant for beautiful black swallowtail caterpillars. Native plants like this help restore biodiversity, support pollinators, and strengthen the entire food web right in our own backyards. Plant it if native to your region.

05/18/2026

It might be a week or two too early but I don't care, I'm planting my tomatoes and no one can stop me!

05/17/2026

05/17/2026

We're working on cleaning up the old garbage dump in the woods on the property we bought last year- here's what we found today. Everything you see is free to any home 😆🤞🫠

05/17/2026

We're sorting through the junk piles on our property and found this item. Does anyone recognize this metal artifact? Looks to me like something one would use to slay a dragon, but I'm certainly not an expert on dragon warfare.

05/16/2026

Check out the nursery at Go Native Perennials near Skaneatles, New York!

05/16/2026

Pulling knapweed makes you want to take a nap!

05/15/2026

Hey gardeners! I've been away for a while avoiding using this page because it wasn't getting much attention and Facebook seems to be mostly AI accounts and AI slop these days anyway. I'm still posting videos on my YouTube page but if anyone is out there still watching this page let me know in the comments!
Also what do you think about this hat that I grabbed at Aldi, is it a hit 🎯 or a miss 🚫?

06/14/2025

I don't get on here often because I have a life outside of the Internet, but I just logged into this account and found this message from this lovely man. I am not sharing my response to him because children might be reading this and my response is not PG. But I thought you all might enjoy reading this creature's thoughts that he decided to message to me.
Anyone else who wants to say similar things to me, you can do what I recommend to him and go eat a bag of Richards.