Renee Racette, PhD

@stl-educator.bsky.social

201 Followers 180 Following

I'm here for gardening, #STL politics (and accountability), nature, science, and the like. I did not go to HS here but have been a resident since 2005. My skeets are my own.

Green chicken wire growing through a maroon colored flat head mushroom
Red white and pink celosia in a large vase on a small white table
White woman wearing a red shirt w red rimed glasses proudly holding an orange pie pumpkin she grew on a vertical wall. Her hair is messy but her smile is big.
A small okra plant with 4 tiny okra pods growing.
A mix of black eyed susans, yellow Dahlia pi k and orange zinnia, purple verbena, and hot pink celosia, set against a dark green wall held by Renee's left hand.
Renee, a white woman wearing a sun hat, is pictured here in her house in st louis (city) holding 6 stems of large yellow dinner plate dahlias and smiling proudly.
Orange creeping zinnia
Balsamic vinegar, olive oil, chili oil and lemon pictured near salt and pepper shakers
Pictured are about 4 cups of tomatoes in various sizes and 10+ cucumbers of different lengths, yellow and green.
Open hoop house white bars framing a colorful patch of zinnias ranging in color, orange and pink dominate
Purple flowers with lots of texture in the petals
Small purple flowers
Small purple buds at the end of long stems
8 long green and 4 short & thick yellow cucumbers on a kitchen counter.
Screenshot showing a like and reply by the same person.
A group of buckets filled with multi colored flowers. Each one is huge and sells for $20. Contain gladiolus, zinnia, sunflowers and more.
Multiple swallowtail on a bush w spiky balls.
Bouquet of pink and orange zinnia, yellow Dahlia, purple verbena, and pink strawflower.
A table showing different school building students ratios of slps, Rockwood, Springfield, and Kansas City.
Green beans starting to vine up white netting that is reinforced with chicken wire at the bottom in an attempt to prevent rabbits from eating it.
Yellow Dahlias and a yellow sunflower in front of a brick wall.
Bright yellow sunflower head w line shadows across it.
Peach lilles with purple centers, green foliage is around the flowers.
Blue sky juxtaposed a bunch of people having a stage and dancing.
A blonde woman with red rimmed glasses smiles next to a giant pale yellow Dahlia. A tattoo on her bicep is slightly visible, showing pine trees.
Aerial view of my backyard, seating area with rocks, border by bricks, with several beds with small plant babies and dark brown mulch.
A calendar of black raspberries above a bowl of lime muffin batter about to be folded together.
A pile of green lime zest on top of 1.5 cups of white sugar, in an aluminum bowl.
Volunteer sunflower baby growing out of concrete block
A young girl standing next to a baby calf and cow in front of a white barn. The photo is black and white.
Brown head of a poppy flower about to be harvested for seeds.
Bright yellow cosmos
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A flower bed ringed in bricks, with a multitude of young buds. Rocks surround the bed.
A partially collapsed brick building
A blue bowl of thick noodles, turkey chunks, okra, and corn.
Lacinato (dark curly green leaf) kale that has bolted and is producing small yellow flowers. It is propped up and likely 3 feet tall. Wooden garden beds are outlined around it and a coffee bag serves as ground cover. From P patch community garden. #gardensunday
Landscape view of a community garden showing lots of different plots and fluffy clouds in background
Pink azaleas with Cobalt blue chihuly glass, vertical post s and balls. Trees frame the scene. From chihuly museum in Seattle.
Woodlands in Seattle's volunteer park. Shows several ferns and trees with sunlight poking through.
Small backyard with rock seating area, horizontal and vertical paths, a red table and chairs and two bird baths.
An edited photo of a backyard showing an area in red where rocks will go and some other paths in purple indicating mulch will go there.
Red tulips w yellow fringed edges
Hot pink, orange and purple tulips at the entrance to MOBOT.
A stem of a bridal veil bush that has tiny white buds emerging, getting ready to bloom.
Red bleeding heart plant in full bloom.
A small shoot of a Dahlia is coming up
Container with tiny kale and chive plants
A bouquet of spring flowers including ranunculus, stock, poppy, tulip, anemone, scented geranium, Snapdragon. Mainly a pallet of pinks, purples, and light yellow cream. The giant poppy has not opened yet and is shown with its fuzzy cover still on.
A bland backyard with fresh sod.
A couple of alliums that took a pounding from the hail storm in STL last Friday night. Their leaves have been shredded.
A South City backyard covered in tarp, marked up with rocks and bamboo sticks to outline future garden beds and walking paths.
A group of 8 yellow crocus just emerging from the ground. The buds are not fully open yet. There are trees in the background.
An intersection showing big fluffy snowflakes falling almost sideways to strong winds.