Progress growmies! (lemmy.world)
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[Update] Blueberries! (lemmy.world)
Thanks for the advice, everyone! My legacy blueberry plant is going strong, and my sunshine one isn’t far behind! I can’t wait to pick them, how will I know when they’re ready? I imagine they’ll need to darken in color a little bit and shed the little brown flower petal bits, right?
Tell me about your projects?
I’ve been slowly converting all of my outdoor lighting to solar and adding more rain barrels for my garden. This got me thinking–what are the rest of you working on? I’d love to see and hear about your projects if you feel like sharing them....
"What kind of dog do you have?" "A loam." (slrpnk.net)
This fungus is growing on a hard-packed crushed granite RV pad that gets blasted with afternoon sun. What could be surviving here? (mander.xyz)
I know it's a little late for most of you, but what's your guys spring lawn care routine? (lemmy.world)
Me I just got done mine, snow and rain made it a little too wet to do fully, but I dealt with it....
MVP Protester Locks Himself To Construction Equipment, Highlights Connection Between Appalachia and Palestine (itsgoingdown.org)
New Bonsai Owner! (lemmy.world)
Hi all! I got a weeping cherry bonsai from my mom today and am really excited. I’ve always wanted to get into bonsai, but I’ve heard they are extremely difficult to care for so I’ve been a little hesitant. Well, now I’ve got one and I would very much like it to thrive. Any advice? It says it wants 8-12 hours of direct...
The Joys Of Cleaning Ecologically (primonatura.co.uk)
Looking for book recommendations
I would like to eventually begin growing my own food and herbs. Do any of you have good book recommendations for growing food, herbs, or possibly herbal medicine?...
praxispost (slrpnk.net)
(image via daily-dragon-drawing on tumblr, specific post here)...
Why you should let your grass grow (wapo.st)
What's growing on, Beehaw?
My indoor growing space is bursting at the seams with mountain mint and some very leggy tomatoes I’m babysitting for a friend while she’s on vacation. The weather has been relatively pleasant though, so I’ve gotten a few more things potted and several more trays going now as well....
Fascism and the Failure of Imagination (www.youtube.com)
I think this is why I like solarpunk. It enables us to imagine a better world, focused on us instead of the economy or whatever society thinks the most important construct is.
This is my cities 4th false spring. 9 days ago there was 15cm/6" of snow. (lemmy.world)
Previous post for the reminder...
My grandpa overwatered a Pothos I really like for seven months, how do I save her? (lemmy.world)
What exactly are the "mini sweet peppers" that grocery stores sell? (us.amazon.com)
I had a customer come into my garden center today and ask for “those mini sweet peppers. you know, the ones grocery stores sell”. I have no idea what those peppers are. I suggested a sweet pimento, but they wanted the grocery store was selling....
Agricultural biodiversity recognized with this years World Food Prize laureates (www.worldfoodprize.org)
These two helped launch the Svalbard seed vault in Norway and protect massive amounts of seed diversity for future use. Not to mention their work on bringing orphan crops back into production to support food security in developing countries.
Avocado and Orange (sh.itjust.works)
Grown from seed, 20 litre paint bucket for scale.
In progress pic of my new metal raised beds! They are 4' long 2' wide and a foot deep, got 6 of them! (lemmy.world)
More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total (apnews.com)
5 Reasons for Environmentalists to Stop Blaming "Doom & Gloom" Narratives (felixderosen.substack.com)
Somewhat contrarian take, but despite the click-baity title it does have some good points.
After 5 long years my pineapple plant is finally starting to flower! (lemmy.world)
Decentralized Autonomous Communities (sturlabragason.github.io)
A concept which aligns nicely with Solarpunk. 🙂