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The Jackass Gardener

@jackassgardener / jackassgardener.tumblr.com

I have no idea what I am doing, and you can too!

Just some more poetry prompts but you should go to robbieqtelfer.substack.com only if you think friendship is magic. https://www.instagram.com/p/CrOWjdwrtak/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

If I could just get one subscriber in Greenland my @substackinc map would look amazing. Tell all your Greenie peeps! (at Greenland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrOSE4ULHO6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Don’t tell this guy it might snow Monday. (at The Morton Arboretum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrE5z6gLUNL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ah to be young and have breeches as these again. (at The Morton Arboretum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrDuEweLPZo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hey @chicagobotanic why is a “moderately invasive” kind of boring plant the hill you’re ready to die on? https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_3QR4rVZJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Finally got to see pasqueflower in person. Me and the kiddo took turns taking pictures of them and I got all emotional sharing these celebrities with her. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq6ictXrcFh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hi, you’re looking at the fourth place finisher in her puppy class competition! Were there only four puppies in the class? Yes. Yes there were. (at Anything Is Pawzible) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWhILWL97y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wherein I try to explain how I facilitate a poetry workshop. For folks who already attend, you can learn why I do the things I do so you can finally come together to overthrow me! https://www.instagram.com/p/CpvOH8FuqLT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m sure there are better answers but this is my current one to a journalist who asked me why saving places like Bell Bowl Prairie is important. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpoi3XRDamb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This might be the last day Bell Bowl Prairie sees. It’s just 14 acres of ancient habitat but it’s also become a symbol of our times. Wild spaces don’t all look like the Amazon (and none of them look like @amazon). Everyone has some wildness nearby. Go find it and keep an eye on it in case the few but powerful people figure out how to squeeze money from it. I cried at the press conference. And also that’s airport security making sure the people holding vigil for the prairie don’t love it too hard. (at Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpjITAsryEC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=