@roguecache's solarpunk logo v2 (slrpnk.net)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9709038...
Short podcast on raising solarpunk kids (podcasts.apple.com)
New homeowner, just sorta winging it... (lemmy.world)
Having never owned a house or really had a yard of my own, I got pretty excited and decided to do some ad-hoc landscaping. Built some raised beds for vegetables, and just laying in some organic shaped in-ground beds for low water decorative plants. Gonna fill the rest in with gravel. Any pointers?
siin, to permaculture It's been such an active season, which feels really wonderful.
We've finished cleaning up the West side of the house, allocating last year's compost. We also built framing for, sewed, and hung custom shade sails that make the house cooler -- summer is officially here in the high desert -- as well as which make that previously underutilized space another communal/hosting/patio type area just by virtue of being there and creating spacial separation.
My gardens are doing okay, something keeps eating my potato plants' leaves. I thought the birds that nest in the honey mesquite tree at first, but it keeps happening despite the chicken wire I've hung over the infiltration basin. My hunch is some insect, though I've yet to see the culprit in action. My white, black, and violet sages I replanted into the infiltration basin are doing great, though, as are the green onions and garlic I planted. Our nopales are slowly coming back, also, now that we've dug them infiltration basins and moved them to the shade of one of our mesquite trees.
We now have a water storage tank, a critical step in enabling us to get bigger livestock. It creates water resilience if the power goes down and our well pump doesn't work, and enables us to take some pressure off of our aquifers for minor irrigation projects.
A straw bale and adobe bunk house for guests and guest bathrooms are in the works, which will add to our capacity for hosting. A good thing, since we're grateful to be booked with visitors and loved ones from now until January.
We're planting five new trees to attract pollinators, some of our date palms are fruiting (despite being too immature to eat this year), and the infiltration basins on the North side of the property that were on hold are in progress again.
Our broody hen got confused when I moved her to her own coop the first time and abandoned her first clutch (that was my fault) but has successfully been sitting in the broody coop on a fresh clutch for a week now, so we're expecting teeny cluckers soon!
There are other projects that are set to begin soon, as well, but I'll have to update on those later on!
A reminder that if you ever want to support what we're doing here at the ranch, my Kofi directly funds projects like these and contains some sustainable goodies and unique art in return 🤍
#RanchoDeLaLibertad #WWOOF #RegenerativeAg #Permaculture #Climate #DirectAction #ClimateChange
danielthedaring, to Mushrooms
loveallexcludenone, to Mushrooms #fungi #mushrooms #nature #Mosstodon Sweet little community in the yard 💚
Cannonball tree (mander.xyz)
cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/13186793...
IcooIey, to wildflowers Mayapple with wild ginger growing beneath.
#wildflowers
#Bloomscrolling
IcooIey, @evan to be honest I’ve never looked closely to see. Most of the plant is toxic and fruit only edible when fully ripe so I’ve never tried it. I leave it for the wildlife.
evan, @IcooIey fair enough! I've read about them but never eaten them. I guess the ripe fruit are not poisonous. I've read a couple of accounts that they used to be a summer fruit beloved by children. Anyway, glad you're staying safe!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podophyllum_peltatum?wprov=sfla1
felicitymartin, to wildflowers Dog roses have begun blooming in our hedgerows. I think of them as a June flower here in Perthshire #wildflowers
Two pink wild roses against their green leaves, one in prime condition, the other losing its petals
jerzone, to Mushrooms Monday morning trail run had an unexpected "private land" sign half mile down one of the trails. Never fear, I've been practicing bushwhacking for years!
#TrailRunning #mushrooms #salamander #bearRed Eft on top of an old tree stump that was cut unevenly and has a “cliff” which it seems to be contemplating climbing
Big boulder in the middle of the woods, about 4 foot tall, with a birch growing on the very top, large roots hanging down in a few different directions providing support and nutrients
red running shoe next to a fresh bear print in the mud on a wet section of the trail
jerzone, First there’s a bear track, and then there’s this guy!
druid, to wildflowers #CyngorCaerffili #CaerphillyCouncil sent this as part of their usually 'Newsline' update. Sounds great doesn't it? Except the first they thing did this morning was send a lawnmower man down to completely obliterate all the #WildFlowers growing in the wild area at the bottom of our bank. It's literally cut so low I can see bare earth. 🤦♂️ #NatureIsntNeat #NoMowMay
(You may need to click on the photo to see all of it).
Solarpunk Hope in Sutton's Bay
Went to a town called Sutton’s Bay in Michigan, USA this last weekend. Definitely solar Punk leaning. Solar: a lot of people drive EVs, bike paths throughout the town and connecting other local towns, rain gardens are interspersed throughout the town, some business stops nearby from the local intercity bus network. Punk:...
libroraptor, to Mushrooms It's mushrooms-in-the-lawn season. This one caught my eye blending in with the brick.
Does anyone know what this one is?
KelsonV, to wildflowers Probably an #EveningPrimrose of some sort, by the side of the road.
#wildflowers #flowers #yellow #florespondence #bloomscrolling
Protester Blockades the Mountain Valley Pipeline Access Road to Poor Mountain, Asks “Which Side Are You On?” (itsgoingdown.org)
Once More, With Feeling (lemmy.world)
Daikon goes boom. Pak choi is on the way up with it. Gotta solve my soil issues before I put these down. Speaking of soil issues, I probably gotta start over on my squash bed. Nothing looks too happy in there and instead of watching it die a slow death, I’m just gonna direct sow everything after I get some amendments in with...
the veggie garden is starting slowly. (lemmy.ml)
Do to a busy life (both good and bad stuff) I had a bit of a late start planting and sowing seeds indoors....
Petition launched to save Dartmoor ponies from ‘extinction’ after DEFRA further restricts commoners (tlio.org.uk)
plsik, to Mushrooms Czech
LesSheds, to permaculture French Je vous emmène faire un petit tour au #potager pédagogique des Sheds ?
Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years (www.cnet.com)
Hopefully a blow to planned obsolescence
moonfox, to permaculture Newly turned pile. First turning. I didn't have any manure when I built it a few weeks ago but judging by the insides it still built up a bit of heat. Added chicken manure in layers when I turned it. Should work out OK, I will turn it again in a few weeks and a few weeks after that it should be ready to go. #permaculture #compost #gardening
poppies petals, young bramble, linden leaves and chinese mugwort (jlai.lu)
Il know that bramble are eatable and I can recognised them perfectly but I couldn’t bring myself to eat it. It feels to weird. I should’nt have forrage it....
Any idea what happened to the second strawberry pot? (lemmy.world)
Both pots were started at the same time from the same batch of strawberry starts. They should have the same soil box. Both grew vigorously last spring/summer and got visited by deer in the fall. Both bounced back pretty well before winter set in. The left pot is very happy, the right… Not so much. I do recall the big pot...