I have taken exactly 1 programming class. I know about this squints at gap between fingers much Python.
I really, really want to build a tiny little database thingie for plant taxonomy. I have enough Python written up to make a JSON dictionary or a CSV that I can then feed to a web thingie that makes pretty force-directed graphs. I'm a very visual person, so to relate to this data I want floating bubbles GIMME FLOATING BUBBLES THEY MAKE ME HAPPY.
I'm trying to figure out how to download/scrape or whatever the info from places like calflora and the USDA plants database to populate my thing. In the meantime I've manually typed up about 500 partial entries.
I'd really like to at least be able to generate a taxonomy tree. From the species binomial it should be easy to just relate each plant to its parent branches-- species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom. Simple, right? Ish?
Later I also want to be able to tell my bubble cloud to rearrange itself according to, say, which plants need more or less water, which ones are edible, which ones grow together in different habitats in different areas, all sorts of different things.
Oof. I miss being in class, where I could go to the computer lab and hunker over this sort of thing with buddies.
#Thanksgiving, to me, is in part about recognizing that North America is a bountiful land that has provided nutritious, delicious food for millions of humans for thousands of years.
It did not need to be turned into a clone of Eurasia to become livable. We have delicious, native foods here. #NativePlants provide the vitamins, minerals and energy we need; native animals have meat for those who eat it.
This is an experiment with Mastodon threads. I post loads of plant photos here and thought that I might be able to organise them by garden using sub-threads.
Every time I add a photo, I’ll edit the head post of that garden thread, so if you like the head post, you’ll automatically get a notification.
This is for the purpose of making my yard a pollinator-friendly native plants garden. I have some volunteer purslane growing in my roadside strip, and I'm debating whether to kill it.
Wikipedia says there is evidence that it arrived in North America before the Europeans did. How long must it be here before it's native?
Once again, I'm rooting for the rain to come through this weekend. But the #JoePyeWeed and other established #NativePlants just keep going, right through this drought. No watering needed. Joe's going to reach 6 ft soon. #NorthernIllinois#gardening
Last weekend I had a chance to visit the Mt Baker Wilderness in Washington’s North Cascades. Follow along for a flora-heavy photo thread about Washington’s third highest peak.
1/x
The pollinators are loving our New England asters (Symphotrichum novae-angliae) and Canadian goldenrod (Solidago canadensis). It really makes me glad we planted them here!
We're rolling forward towards some new native plant things here in Easthampton and we're gonna wanna be able to provide free / low cost plants to as many people as possible.
#introduction Hi, I’m new here, but I’m giving this Mastodon thing a try! I’m an ecologist by training, currently teaching intro bio to undergrads. I’m an #insect enthusiast with particular love for #bees, #wasps and other garden critters. I have a chaotic good #vegetablegarden and plant lots of #nativeplants for the yard critters. I’m also a #twinmom and #vegetarian#cook. Don’t have a #dog yet but I love to see photos of your #dogs. What are you #reading right now?
First up, David Hunter’s really rather lovely rustic Larch fencing sets off the garden against the lush wooded valley. The rose is 'Harlow Carr' from David Austen. Geranium’s client’s own
OC Monarchs and Milkweed: Name a more iconic duo