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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

I once heard about a movie wherein people forgot about her...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Fwiw I laughed at the pH joke without any concept of who that person is, so I agree with you bee blush hide emoji

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Hah that's what I get for being a hermit in the woods

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Perfect 10 (beehaw.org)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I'm a little surprised your local birds let them get to that stage, to be honest! I've only threshed them once, for reseeding purposes, but did so with ¼" hardware cloth, framed with 2" sides, over a wheelbarrow. The mesh catches the seeds but lets the duff fall through with a little agitation. Otherwise I've hung them upside down within reach of the birds we raise for them to enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you dedicate a few square feet / a square meter in the garden for a few transplants? Having clustered colonies of these tall plants has treated us well, and if you're doing the starts yourself it's easy enough to multisow a few cells to get a head start.

 

[Image description: small black seeds attached to white fluff have taken the place of the purple flowers that adorned this Sweet Joe Pye Weed]

I'm out collecting seeds from some Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) with our newborn in a wrap, rockin' that Kuato vibe pretty hard.

If you haven't yet, pop over to this pinned thread to shout out a nursery that you've had a good experience with, possibly even one that's local to your area.

What's growing on with you all?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Push for it in your state, first. We're still in the first few cycles using RCV in Maine (I like STAR better) where folks are learning to love it, but there's no time like now to get that ball rolling. More people need to experience it to shift the national conversation of "whether we should" to "which should we use"

 

[Image description: a three-panel meme with text. The first panel shows a person marked "caterpillars" asking "Hey, why'd you plant all these native plants for us?" In the second panel the person marked "me" replies "I want to feed the baby birds". The third panel has no text but shows the person marked "caterpillars" looking at me with surprise and alarm.]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That's a great looking plant

I think a broader pot is a good idea, as a wider mouth will make any root pruning or other work easier. We only have a few houseplants (because our cat hates anything that receives attention) but they get a bit of root maintenance done annually. It helps to keep them from strangling themselves and means I don't have to use more floor or shelf space than I want.

For trellising "lazy climbers", think more along the lines of an "H" shape - something you can slide under a branch or stem and then secure into the soil to support the weight.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

This has gone like other "cats are not native to everywhere and are massively impactful to the areas in which they are introduced" threads has gone, and while it has been more civil than the last, is going a bit sideways.

Depriving cats of enjoyment and engagement is not nice, that's why we as owners can play with them using toys designed to satisfy their predatorial urges. Leaving cats unsupervised outside is also not nice to local bird populations, or those unsupervised cats who suffer unspeakable outcomes.

 

Hey folks, I gave my presentation at our town library last night and had promised to share some links with you all, so here they are:

A link to the .pptx file can be found here (non google link)

A link to the google slides page can be found here

A link to the youtube video for anyone who wants to hear me speak can be found here, runtime is 33 and a half minutes. I've been experiencing trouble getting alternate links for you all so if someone has a suggestion I'm happy to edit and provide one.

 

Hey everybody!

It's autumn in the northern hemisphere, which means we're coming up on the best time for planting trees, shrubs, and other perennials. With that in mind, I thought it would be good to have a list of nurseries that do fall shipping or provide bare root plants for their communities. I'll sticky this thread until winter-ish, at which point we'll add it to the sidebar as a resource to refer back to.

Please share nurseries with which you've had good experiences, or whose ethics you appreciate, or any that generally give good vibes - this is your chance to reward them with additional business for being good community members and stewards. Please remember to add some kind of geographical information as well! There are plenty of nurseries that have large shipping areas, but the people who use your suggestion will be best served by having access to regionally acclimated plants.

 

There's so much to do this time of year that the days are a blur! But my garlic is all planted out now, and I'm working on seed collecting as well. I've got my propagation presentation this Monday, sadly light on the memes so far (but working on it, if anyone has asexual-plant-reproduction-adjacent memery to offer).

What's growing on with you all?

 

[Image description: a four panel meme of fictional character Poison Ivy dancing, science-ing, and smiling with a beaker in hand. In the middle of the image is text that reads "POV: When I successfully propagate those expensive cuttings"]

 

[Image description: a half-inch long caterpillar takes a break and enjoys the breeze on the tip of my big toe]

It looks similar to Galgula partita, the Wedgling Moth (at least to me)

 

[Image description: our Australian shepherd gently and respectfully sniffs our newborn as I hold her for the introduction]

Sudo has been absolutely wonderful towards her - he'll come give the top of her head a small kiss when she gets fussy and then backs off to let us take care of the cause. I'll try to catch his =/ face the next time I tell him it's his turn to change the diaper

 

This past week has been a bit of a blur trying to grow a little Juniper, most of my time in the garden has been observation rather than interaction.

What's growing on with you all? I hope your gardens are bringing you joy

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Send memes (beehaw.org)
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Hey folks! I am at the hospital with my wife waiting for our child to be born and my wife would like memes. Lots of memes. Stupid ones, funny ones, all manner of memes to distract her and produce happy hormones in her brain. Puns and dad jokes are also very welcome

ETA: seriously, thank you everyone! She's gotten some really hearty chuckles out of this and it's definitely helped keep her mood afloat.

ETA2: y'all are the best, li'l Juniper Mayhem joined us after 24 hours of labor and our sanity would have been in tatters if it weren't for all of you bee heart emoji

 

I saw a few trees beginning to change color and senesce on the drive home the other day and had a hard time believing it's already September. How have your gardens done this summer, and what are you looking forward to this autumn? What sorts of cool fall flowers or foliage are on their way for you? What's growing on with you all?

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