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julie3dharris

@julie3dharris@mastodon.scot

Grow-your-own gardener, menopausal cyclist & parkrunner. Visual neuroscientist and (hopefully) former overachiever. Mostly posts on garden. Based in Fife, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Personal views. Twitter: https://mastodon.scot/@julie3dharris http://justmytoots.com/@julie3dharris@mastodon.scot

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julie3dharris, to Bloomscrolling
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There is so much going on in my Scottish garden now that May has arrived, I didn't know what to pick for my . Then I realised the tulips are peaking. Quite pleased I went for some multicolour ones this year. There's more ramblings on the blog: https://balmerino.ddns.net/geekygarden

julie3dharris, to Theatre
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If you are near Dundee this week and love , go see the Dundee Rep’s adaptation of one of Scotlands iconic novels, Sunset Song. Brilliant production, hugely moving story of a woman’s life in rural Scotland in early 20th century.

compost, to gardening
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Is there a exchange community or group on Mastodon?

I have some chives and green onions that are going to seeds and I will have more seeds than I need.

Of course, there is our local free seeds and plants library but I would prefer to use mastodon as my main seeds resource.

julie3dharris,
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@compost nice idea. I did a few swaps with localish people back on the bird site. I’m in Scotland.

julie3dharris, to Bloomscrolling
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Pinky purply offerings this week, to cheer up a decided chilly spring garden.

Details of what is what are on my blog:
https://balmerino.ddns.net/geekygarden

julie3dharris, to Bloomscrolling
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Crocus in spring sunshine.

NunavutBirder, to random
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A bit obscured but the Sun was up.

julie3dharris,
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@NunavutBirder must be an amazing feeling after so many days of dawn…dusk only.

julie3dharris, to random
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not so . baaaaaa.

julie3dharris, to climate
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The 7th named storm of the season has hit the UK, the 5th to hit the place I live. In the nearby town of Cupar, they have been waist-deep in floodwater today. This is in action. We must act now to stop unimaginable much more serious effects.

Hold our politicians to account. If you are a young person who hasn't ever voted, , there's an election coming. If you are not a young person, please pass this hint to someone who is.

julie3dharris, to Flowers
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Now we're past the it is time to celebrate. I've done so here with a seasonal

More on the blog: http://www.balmerino.net/geekygarden

julie3dharris, to Bloomscrolling
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As we pass the I offer the vibrancy of July dahlias for the 22nd entry in

julie3dharris, to climate
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An important commentary, published in distinguished scientific journal 'Nature'.

"GDP was never designed to measure societal well-being — only market production and consumption. ...... The misuse of GDP as a policy goal is driving societies towards an unsustainable future that benefits an increasingly small proportion of the population while impoverishing the vast majority"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04029-8

julie3dharris, to random
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The sun has just set on a rather tough six months. Happy Solstice, bring on the light!

julie3dharris, to random
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With the solstice scheduled for 3.27am, 22nd Dec, in the UK (Greenwich I suppose is the location this is calculated for), it is REALLY hard to work out if this 21st Dec is the shortest day, or 22nd Dec. What's everyone else going with?

julie3dharris, to Neuroscience
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I don't share work stuff on here often. But here we go. We've just published a paper showing how a computational model of early visual areas can help understand why animal warning signal patterns are...well.....spotty, stripy and colourful.

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.14268

julie3dharris, to random
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For my 13th instance of and I offer one of my favourite flowers of the year. Candelabra Primula. Amazing colour and form.

julie3dharris, to random
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Luscious hellebore from February for my 11th entry to the

julie3dharris, to random
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As the night came in, they settled.

jblue, (edited ) to gardening
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Achocha “Fat baby,” Cyclanthera brachystachya

Vines only set fruit when the temps go down in fall. Eaten raw when young, they taste mostly like cucumber and hint of baby peas but less watery. Mature, needs cooking.

Not sure about regrowing. The cucumbers are done so it’s convenient timing for this veg. I would plant it somewhere where the roots could go deeper as they struggled in the portable raised beds.

@plants

julie3dharris,
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@jblue @plants I grow these in greenhouse and in outdoor raised bed in Scotland.. Taste a bit like bell pepper, but much easier to grow!

dnc, to gardening
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This is my largest tomato. Tomorrow it will go below freezing. Should I keep or compost? https://www.diningandcooking.com/1005878/this-is-my-largest-tomato-tomorrow-it-will-go-below-freezing-should-i-keep-or-compost/

julie3dharris,
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@dnc fry it

julie3dharris, to gardening
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Chutney is a great way to use a glut of home-grown produce.

Chutney on its way. The image shows a big pot on the hob, with all the veggies from the other image chopped up and coming to the boil.

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julie3dharris,
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@ScotHomestead @gardening nice….I’ve got the yellow courgette too, and the orange toms that looks like Roma.

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@nature @plants
Another 'exciting' weekend at work, another late It's definitely now! We had a few 'hot' days this week, plus rain and a warning!
Bonus lots of them this year, contributing to probably our lowest mosquito season ever and a Lophocampa maculata the Spotted Tussock -much flashier at this stage!

julie3dharris,
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@cohanf @nature @plants WOW....that's a stunning caterpillar

julie3dharris, to random
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ScotHomestead, to gardening
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Here’s mine. Letting the grass grow certainly hasn’t stopped the flowers blooming. @gardening

julie3dharris,
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@ScotHomestead @gardening what’s the red flower on lower right? Saw a whole block of it at Rossie recently.

julie3dharris, to Flowers
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A hard pick from all the summer options this week. I've chosen an orange theme for my

Join us by posting six things from a garden or green space you know.

And details on the blog at:
http://www.balmerino.net/geekygarden

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