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#nativeplants

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Looks like with all the rain we've had, there will be a bumper crop of Blackberries!

These just grow wild in my backyard, limited only by my yanking up roots where I don't want them. It's usually me having the few leftovers after the birds, but this year looks like the birds can't keep up.

Time to start harvesting. 😋 This is where the problems start. The thorns are wicked. It's like they don't want you to gorge.

💮 I will leave this tiny flower growing in my garden. In suburbia, it's considered a weed outside of a #NativePlants garden, but the Clasping Venus' Looking Glass or Clasping Bellflower can be found in North and South America. There are bees, butterflies, moths, and flies that visit its flowers.

🦋 I have noticed that small pollinators sometimes get scared off of some of my flowers by the rough activities of the larger ones.

🐝 This seems like a perfect stopover for the little guys.