If it’s slugs that are bothering you, the dish of beer trick does wonders for me.
Put a shallow dish next to the problem plant and pour in some beer. The next morning you will have a dish full of dead slugs. Repeat for a few weeks until the problem goes away.
Did his share of the housework. My dad didn’t know how to cook well, but you bet your butt he did laundry, vacuumed, dusted, washed dishes, whatever was needed around the house he did it. And he did cook at least once a week, although it was always stuff like grilled cheese or pancakes.
Growing up in a household where both parents put in equal effort at home really set up the expectation for me that this is how relationships work.
My dad was also very loving and openly affectionate to us all. He would give us hugs, tell us he loved us and how proud of us he is, even to the point of tearing up sometimes. I love that about him and see it as an admirable quality in men.
Girls learn what to expect from men based on what they see their fathers do. Be kind, gentle, and respect your daughter and that’s the kind of men she’ll surround herself with.
I would have had a local barbecue joint cater the wedding instead of getting a fancy caterer. The food was the most stressful part of our wedding and it wasn’t even that good for the price and trouble.
Would keep the strawberry shortcake instead of wedding cake though, that was bomb.
Other than the food I wouldn’t change a thing. I married the right guy and he’s just gotten more awesome with time. And we had a (relatively) low-key wedding to start with so there’s not much I have in the way of regrets.
So excited for my dwarf tomatoes again this year! They were fantastic producers last year and I’m hoping for even better this year with better placement in the sunniest spots in my yard.
For flowers, I have a bunch of natives that I think are going to actually take off this year after several years of struggling with rabbits. Nodding onions, heart-leaved aster, and goldenrod to name a few.
Honestly I’m just excited for SOMETHING to grow. Winter is so long here 😭
I had success last year with a kind of faux hardening off. Basically you just cut the bottom off a yogurt container and put it around the plant for the first few days. This seems to provide enough shelter to allow the plant to adapt and grow into its outdoor environment.
And if a municipality underprotects against heat? What happens?
People die of heat stroke, that’s what happens. And the municipality maybe changes the law, but only after someone dies.
Protections in this situation are at the federal and state level because the consequences of doing them wrong are much more than just “suffering economically.”
And because worker deaths aren’t always a strong enough motivator at the local level. Frankly, not every town cares about their migrant workers and other working class folks, especially if labor is divided along racial and/or class lines.
Jaws doesn’t quite fit the prompt but although it’s a good movie, the book is essentially a sub-par beach read. And there was no USS Indianapolis monologue in the book.
Today marks the beginning of the second full week of Spring in the northern hemisphere, even if some of us are stuck in second winter. Share your garden goals, projects, challenges, and successes for this growing season; share your tips, tricks, and garden hacks, or anything else you’d like. Let’s all help each other grow...
Calendula, bachelor’s buttons, and strawflower are all sprouted and looking healthy! For food plants, I’ve only started greens so far (collard and tatsoi). Soon it’ll be time to plant peas outside though and I’m stoked! Also got some potatoes chitting on the windowsill to plant in buckets. Those did really well last year.
Also we have one super collard who overwintered from last year and I’m excited to see what it does.
I’m apprehensive about the bunnies this year but more prepared to do battle. Last year they mowed most of my new plants down to the ground until I put little fences up. This year I’m gonna start with the fences from the get-go and see if I can get more plants past the tender chompable stage and into maturity. The only problem is I tried winter sowing a bunch of natives this year so I’ll need to notice when and where they come up and get defenses around them.
Apprehensions aside, though, I’m glad it’s spring! Bring on the gardening fun.
Just a foot and a half high, but they were individual for each plant so each fence circle was like 1 foot diameter maximum. I think if you had a bigger fenced area you’d need higher fences.
I made them out of hardware cloth and took them in over the winter and they’ve held up really well, so at least I don’t have to make new ones!
AFAIK, micro greens are just regular greens that you plant really close together and then harvest before they get mature.
Please someone correct me if this isn’t technically microgreens but what I’ve done in the past to get mini salad greens is you just get one of those larger seedlings trays (or you can use old milk cartons cut in half), put some soil in it, and plant seeds in really dense rows (like >10 seeds an inch). Then you just harvest them when they get to be an inch tall or something similar. I just use regular collard, kale, mustard, and lettuce seeds from the garden shop.
You can also grow stuff from the grocery store. One of my favorites to grow is pea shoots. You literally buy a bag of dried peas from the grocery store and plant them like I described above. Then harvest them when they get about 3-4 inches tall. They go great in spring salads. Mung beans are another grocery store staple that I love sprouting on my own instead of buying the sprouts.
Not sure what your kit looks like but you can definitely grow micro greens in potting soil as well if you run out of whatever the kit has! Just make sure you’re keeping an eye on moisture so they don’t stay too wet or get too dry. Because micro greens are basically seedlings, you don’t actually need to fertilize them at all and they can actually grow in pretty spare soil.
I feel like every two years I need to call my carrier and complain if I want a decent deal. They will do things like upgrade my plan on their website to have 10 extra gigabytes of data but won’t upgrade me to it until I contact them. There’s also all the new member exclusive deals that I feel make it impractical to just sit...
I pay $15 a month for a plan with 5gb data. But even their unlimited plan is $30 a month. So yes, mint is cheaper assuming you are talking about just one phone.
These poppies have just been propagating naturally in my yard. I don’t do anything except leave them alone. We got so many this year that we spotted several people stopping to take selfies with them :)...
Thistles like this aren’t native where I live but I leave them in my garden anyways for this exact reason. All the bugs seem to love them! And the rabbits leave them alone.
I love lemon cucumbers so much!!! I don’t have enough sun in my yard to grow cucumbers, but if I did these would be what I’d grow. Hands down worth it since you can’t get them in the grocery store.
Beans are coming! (lemmy.world)
After a cold and rainy start of spring, finally the beans are sprouting. We also have a bunch of tomatoes and brassicae....
Daughters and Fathers
This is a serious question, mostly addressed to the adult women among us but also to anyone else who has a stake in the matter....
Married folks of Fediverse, if you could turn back time to few weeks or months before your marriage, what you would do differently (if you would like to)??
What's everyone's favorite garden flower/plant they are looking forward to this year? (lemmy.world)
Me, I love my Lillie’s, especially these dark purple ones.
Waiting to get their roots wet outside (lemmy.world)
Tomatoes, cucumbers, paprika, cannabis, brassicas, etc....
So true (sh.itjust.works)
Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Books that are worse than the film (which was already bad?)
What's growing on, Beehaw? (Garden Chat)
Today marks the beginning of the second full week of Spring in the northern hemisphere, even if some of us are stuck in second winter. Share your garden goals, projects, challenges, and successes for this growing season; share your tips, tricks, and garden hacks, or anything else you’d like. Let’s all help each other grow...
Early March New Gardeners Thread
Are you starting on your gardening journey this year? Maybe branching out to some new-to-you plants? Trying out a new style of gardening?...
How often do you change your mobile phone plan?
I feel like every two years I need to call my carrier and complain if I want a decent deal. They will do things like upgrade my plan on their website to have 10 extra gigabytes of data but won’t upgrade me to it until I contact them. There’s also all the new member exclusive deals that I feel make it impractical to just sit...
It was a nutso year for poppies (and most everything here). Cant wait to see next year. (i.imgur.com)
These poppies have just been propagating naturally in my yard. I don’t do anything except leave them alone. We got so many this year that we spotted several people stopping to take selfies with them :)...
So much life on one thistle head. (lemmy.world)
Hydro cucumber harvest (lemmy.world)
One of my favorite hydro veggies to grow!
What are some of the best purchases of your life?
For me it has to be:...