Hello little friend! This ladybug investigated my giant swiss chard quite thoroughly before settling in a leaf curl. #gardening#insects#ladybug@gardening
@Stitch26@gardening I love the many different names for ladybugs! My favorite is probably the languages that decided to call them cows (presumably due to their spots).
Got my cucumbers and nasturtium sowed! I had an extra spot so I threw some lettuce mix seeds in it for fun.
I used some cheap wire mesh plant protectors to gaurd against hail and blown debris, and they seemed to have worked pretty well. Might need to get some cheap wire trash cans if the weather keeps up like this.
(And I'm finding new ways to deal with earwigs this season, so those holes in the swiss chard will hopefully be the last!)
@JimmyB@gardening I'm giving Sluggo Plus a try. I usually don't mind the earwigs, but their population exploded with our usually wet spring and mild winter.
Really glad I got this 700-colour Gütermann #thread chart several years ago (now discontinued); it’s made matching thread colours something I can do from home, which is especially helpful on days like today when I can’t go out. Plus, 700 colours is a lot!
Unfortunately Maxi-Lock doesn’t sell a chart like this for their serger thread, they just want to you to buy a pack of all 76 colours. #sewing@sewing
Gardeners: do you have recommendations for reputable resources/experts on planting seeds directly in the soil? I’m in USDA zone 7B with a last frost of April 15 (probably a little earlier this year) and I don’t have energy to start seeds inside and transplant them. They will go into raised metal beds prepared with quality soil and an in-bed vermicompost system. Thank you. Also open to suggestions for hashtags and groups. #Gardening#GardeningMastodon #VegetableGardening#Permaculture@gardening
@ImmedicableME@gardening if you're in the United States, check our your county/state ag extension office's website. They'll have some guides on seed starting and what to plant when. If you want a book, the Square Foot Gardening book (any edition) has a section on plants with info about direct sowing (that's the search term you need) and when to do it based on frost dates! I've seen a copy at most libraries, including the ebook one.
@ZachWeinersmith there's a short story (I can't find it now-- in one of the Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies by Gardner Dozois) with this exact premise. Run out of credits and you have to smell the pollution, see the uncollected litter, etc. I hate that I can't remember enough to find the title or author!
@DanielMenjivar@sewing I've found that my expensive linen can take many more washes to soften to the same level as my cheaper linen! Don't give up hope yet!
@DanielMenjivar@sewing Fray check on the inside part of the buttonhole, before cutting open. To cut, I use a seam ripper and a pin as an emergency stopping point at the far end of the buttonhole. I use my snips to trim any loose fibers if needed. A hot knife sounds interesting for synthetic fabric.
📖 According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, the world will end on a Saturday. A Saturday quite soon, in fact.
The whole of our six-part adapation of @neilhimself and Terry Pratchett's wonderful 1990 fantasy Good Omens is on BBC Sounds now - and you can listen from anywhere in the world. Tell your friends, good or evil.