diff --git a/content/.indiekit/homepage.json b/content/.indiekit/homepage.json
index 3571169..a94807a 100644
--- a/content/.indiekit/homepage.json
+++ b/content/.indiekit/homepage.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"layout":"full-width-hero","hero":{"enabled":true,"showSocial":true},"sections":[{"type":"recent-posts","config":{"maxItems":6,"postTypes":["note","article"]}}],"sidebar":[{"type":"recent-posts","config":{"maxItems":5}},{"type":"social-activity","config":{}},{"type":"github-repos","config":{}},{"type":"funkwhale","config":{}},{"type":"webmentions","config":{}},{"type":"fediverse-follow","config":{}}],"blogListingSidebar":[{"type":"recent-posts","config":{}},{"type":"social-activity","config":{}},{"type":"github-repos","config":{}},{"type":"funkwhale","config":{}},{"type":"fediverse-follow","config":{}}],"blogPostSidebar":[{"type":"author-card-compact","config":{}},{"type":"toc","config":{}},{"type":"post-categories","config":{}},{"type":"share","config":{}},{"type":"fediverse-follow","config":{}}],"footer":[{"type":"posting-activity","config":{}}],"identity":{"name":"svemagie","avatar":"https://blog.giersig.eu/images/cy-me2.webp","title":"pedestrian sociologist, mostly harmless","pronoun":"","bio":"A personal IndieWeb home. Long reads and loose notes, links and hunches, experiments in writing and thinking. My corner of the internet. Unsponsored, unoptimized, mine.","description":"","locality":"","country":"","org":"","url":"","email":"svemagie@anche.no","keyUrl":"https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/38180708ACB8A61A1C53D170B9867870D8871475","categories":[],"social":[{"name":"Fedify","url":"https://blog.giersig.eu/activitypub/users/svemagie","rel":"me","icon":"activitypub"},{"name":"Mastodon","url":"https://troet.cafe/@svemagie","rel":"me","icon":"mastodon"},{"name":"Bluesky","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/svemagie.bsky.social","rel":"me","icon":"bluesky"},{"name":"Github","url":"https://github.com/svemagie","rel":"me","icon":"github"},{"name":"Indieweb","url":"https://indieweb.org/User:Blog.giersig.eu","rel":"me","icon":"indieweb"}]},"updatedAt":"2026-03-08T17:55:53.307Z"}
+{"layout":"full-width-hero","hero":{"enabled":true,"showSocial":true},"sections":[{"type":"recent-posts","config":{"maxItems":6,"postTypes":["note","article"]}}],"sidebar":[{"type":"recent-posts","config":{"maxItems":5}},{"type":"social-activity","config":{}},{"type":"github-repos","config":{}},{"type":"funkwhale","config":{}},{"type":"webmentions","config":{}},{"type":"fediverse-follow","config":{}}],"blogListingSidebar":[{"type":"recent-posts","config":{}},{"type":"social-activity","config":{}},{"type":"github-repos","config":{}},{"type":"funkwhale","config":{}},{"type":"fediverse-follow","config":{}}],"blogPostSidebar":[{"type":"author-card-compact","config":{}},{"type":"toc","config":{}},{"type":"post-categories","config":{}},{"type":"share","config":{}},{"type":"fediverse-follow","config":{}}],"footer":[{"type":"posting-activity","config":{}}],"identity":{"name":"svemagie","avatar":"https://blog.giersig.eu/images/cy-me2.webp","title":"pedestrian sociologist, mostly harmless","pronoun":"","bio":"A personal IndieWeb home. Long reads and loose notes, links and hunches, experiments in writing and thinking. My corner of the internet. Unsponsored, unoptimized, mine.","description":"","locality":"","country":"","org":"","url":"","email":"svemagie@anche.no","keyUrl":"https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/38180708ACB8A61A1C53D170B9867870D8871475","categories":[],"social":[{"name":"Fedify","url":"https://blog.giersig.eu/activitypub/users/svemagie","rel":"me","icon":"activitypub"},{"name":"Bluesky","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/svemagie.bsky.social","rel":"me","icon":"bluesky"},{"name":"Github","url":"https://github.com/svemagie","rel":"me","icon":"github"},{"name":"Indieweb","url":"https://indieweb.org/User:Blog.giersig.eu","rel":"me","icon":"indieweb"}]},"updatedAt":"2026-03-08T17:55:53.307Z"}
diff --git a/css/tailwind.css b/css/tailwind.css
index 136de17..1b6d6cf 100644
--- a/css/tailwind.css
+++ b/css/tailwind.css
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ body[data-indiekit-auth="true"] .share-post-btn:hover {
 /* ============================================================
    Digital Garden — stage badges
    Used by _includes/components/garden-badge.njk
-   Stages: plant · cultivate · question · repot · revitalize · revisit
+   Stages: plant · cultivate · evergreen · question · repot · revitalize · revisit
    ============================================================ */
 @layer components {
   .garden-badge {
@@ -1004,6 +1004,10 @@ body[data-indiekit-auth="true"] .share-post-btn:hover {
     @apply bg-emerald-100 text-emerald-800 border-emerald-200 hover:bg-emerald-200
            dark:bg-emerald-900/30 dark:text-emerald-300 dark:border-emerald-800 dark:hover:bg-emerald-900/50;
   }
+  .garden-badge--evergreen {
+    @apply bg-teal-100 text-teal-800 border-teal-200 hover:bg-teal-200
+           dark:bg-teal-900/30 dark:text-teal-300 dark:border-teal-800 dark:hover:bg-teal-900/50;
+  }
   .garden-badge--question {
     @apply bg-yellow-100 text-yellow-800 border-yellow-200 hover:bg-yellow-200
            dark:bg-yellow-900/30 dark:text-yellow-300 dark:border-yellow-800 dark:hover:bg-yellow-900/50;
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index b61f469..b6526a8 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ export default function (eleventyConfig) {
     const stages = {
       plant:      { label: "Seedling",      emoji: "🌱", description: "Newly planted idea" },
       cultivate:  { label: "Growing",       emoji: "🌿", description: "Being actively developed" },
+      evergreen:  { label: "Evergreen",     emoji: "🌳", description: "Mature and reasonably complete, still growing" },
       question:   { label: "Open Question", emoji: "❓", description: "Open for exploration" },
       repot:      { label: "Repotting",     emoji: "🪴", description: "Being restructured" },
       revitalize: { label: "Revitalizing",  emoji: "✨", description: "Being refreshed and updated" },
diff --git a/garden.njk b/garden.njk
index 51e5522..9ad08c1 100644
--- a/garden.njk
+++ b/garden.njk
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pagefindIgnore: true
     </p>
     {# Stage legend #}
     <div class="mt-4 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
-      {% set _allStages = ["plant", "cultivate", "question", "repot", "revitalize", "revisit"] %}
+      {% set _allStages = ["plant", "cultivate", "evergreen", "question", "repot", "revitalize", "revisit"] %}
       {% for _s in _allStages %}
         {% set _info = _s | gardenStageInfo %}
         {% if _info %}
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pagefindIgnore: true
   </div>
 
   {# ── Posts grouped by stage ──────────────────────────────────────────── #}
-  {% set _stages = ["plant", "cultivate", "question", "repot", "revitalize", "revisit"] %}
+  {% set _stages = ["plant", "cultivate", "evergreen", "question", "repot", "revitalize", "revisit"] %}
 
   {% for _stage in _stages %}