urbanmicrofarmer

richrollgardener, 5 days ago to gardening

The gardener casts a long shadow upon his garden plot! I was out preparing the section of the garden where the Cucurbits will be going and I could not resist taking this whimsical self portrait!😀
#gardening
#allotment
#zone6b
#NewEngland
@gardening

compost, 16 days ago to fediverse

The reason why we would love to see more accounts talk about composting on the #fediverse is simple.

You will be able to focus on your area and explain to local people what they can compost and where they can get their organic matter.

You can create a local community that will help your local area make a better place.

If we started this account it is for a main reason. Make people understand that by choosing to compost they can have a positive impact and do something about the #ClimateChange.

So creating a multitude of local accounts that will allow people to organize and make their area a better place is a very powerful thing to do for the #climate.

simon_brooke, 22 days ago to random

The itinerant bike mechanic and his travelling workshop, off to fix more refugees' bikes.

gerrymcgovern, 3 months ago to random

Degrowth is the only hope

Imagine a world where you work three or four days a week. In your free time, you play sports, spend time with loved ones, garden, and engage with local politics. Overnight shipping, advertising, private jets, billionaires and SUVs no longer exist, but health care, education, and clean electricity are free and available to all.

We must massively reduce our energy and material consumption to have any hope of saving our environment.

https://grist.org/looking-forward/the-growing-popularity-of-degrowth/

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

"Scabies is not the only disease that appears to be making a comeback in Rishi Sunak’s Britain. In 2022, 423 patients were admitted to English hospitals with rickets, a disease caused by lack of sunlight and inadequate levels of vitamin D. The same year, 188 people were treated for scurvy, a condition caused by not eating enough fresh fruit and vegetables, leading to a deficiency in vitamin C."

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/18/return-of-victorian-era-diseases-to-the-uk-scabies-measles-rickets-scurvy

pezmico, 3 months ago to palestine

The movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel is the best way to put our solidarity into action. Click through to read tips on making your BDS campaign a success.

https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/bds-is-the-most-effective-way-to-put-our-solidarity-into-action-heres-how-to-win/

#freePalestine #ceasefireNow #endTheOccupation #fromTheRiverToTheSea @palestine

urbanmicrofarmer, 3 months ago to random

Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin
In a normal year, the lake would have a layer of solid ice at least a foot thick. This is not a normal year. There are areas of open water out there. The ice fishing festivals that usually attract thousands of people have been canceled due to poor ice conditions.
#ClimateDiary

bethsawin, 3 months ago to random

I learned from a beekeeper friend last night that they didn't get a honey harvest last fall because of the unusually high humidity all summer. The bees fanned & fanned & fanned, trying to evaporate the nectar to concentrate it into honey & they couldn't do it against all that moisture in the air.

compost, 3 months ago to random

If I compost, that is for 2 main reasons:

One, I care for this planet and I think that we need to be responsible for it. I can't watch the neglectful behavior of men who have become a real danger for it and do nothing. I do not want when the next generations ask me why has your generation destroyed our planet to give them a concert of bullshit excuses, they deserve better.

Two because I noticed every time I eat homegrown food it tastes so much better than any produce you can buy that is very expensive and does not taste good.

Tell me more about the reasons that have pushed you to compost.

#compostodon

urbanmicrofarmer, 4 months ago to gardening

The Seed Library Network is currently conducting a global seed library census. Over 2600 in the database so far. If you run a seed library, please register to get your library on the map.

http://seedlibraries.weebly.com/map.html

#SeedLibrary #seeds #GardenSeeds #gardening

Rasta, 4 months ago to mentalhealth

Why is North America so far behind? 🇺🇸​ / 🇨🇦​

Finland saved about $14K per person per year in crime, addiction, mental health and emergency services by housing their homeless.

In Canada/UK/US, we mostly rely on raising police budgets.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10198145/quebec-finland-successful-approach-homelessness-model/ #DefundThePolice #MentalHealth #Homelessness #Homes #CostSaving #Finland #Housing

More than 10 years ago, the first step towards implementing #HousingFirst in #Sweden was initiated by Lund University in 2009.
https://housingfirsteurope.eu/country/sweden/

nomdeb, 8 months ago to opensource

A friend just pointed me in the direction of OPEN SOURCE CNC GARDENING. Now I must have this. https://farm.bot/

#GeekGardening
#OpenSource
#Gardening

mynameistillian, 10 months ago to random

i think one of the biggest absolutely disgusting things about capitalism is that it somehow convinced people that helping others without expecting anything in return is somehow bad

urbanmicrofarmer, 10 months ago to random

Pain and pleasure meet at the blackberry patch

#blackberries #harvest

small basket full of blackberries. the fruits are dark purple, and the drupelets shine brightly in the sun

urbanmicrofarmer, 10 months ago to Bloomscrolling

First passionfruit flower this season. It's winter hardy here (z5a), but we don't get fruit, sadly.
#bloomscrolling #flower

dnc, 10 months ago to gardening

My first garden in my new house after being homeless for almost a year. Any suggestions on how to preserve collard greens and other leafy greens https://www.diningandcooking.com/842573/my-first-garden-in-my-new-house-after-being-homeless-for-almost-a-year-any-suggestions-on-how-to-preserve-collard-greens-and-other-leafy-greens/

#Gardening #Vegetable #VegetableGardening

StillIRise1963, 10 months ago to random

Distractions aside, should we all be cultivating indoor produce?🤔

StillIRise1963, 10 months ago to random

Where are Floridians going to live if weather destroys their homes and they have no insurance?🤔

StillIRise1963, 10 months ago to random

The farm my kid gets CSA produce from in MA has completely flooded, ruining everything that was grown for summer, as well as the fall. Climate change is ALREADY HAPPENING.

futurebird, 10 months ago to random

Listening to all of the heat records being broken gets me really upset in a very unproductive and unhelpful way.

I try to turn the fear, helplessness, frustration around by thinking of something that I can do to push back, prepare, educate, preserve--

But sometimes the dread just -- makes that hard.

How are you coping?

BadSeedGarden, 1 year ago to plants

Poppy 'Lauren's Grape'
Papaver somniferum, is an opium variety. 🧞‍♂️
This is another Poppy that self sows for me every year and they are EVERYWHERE! This is my first bloom of the year but over the next week they are going to explode and the bees are going to lose their minds 🙃 They love this one!

#gardening #flowers #plants #pollinatorgarden #bloomscrolling #poppies @plants

urbanmicrofarmer, 1 year ago to random

Last month I took cuttings from 17 old apple trees growing in an abandoned poor farm orchard.

My goal is to identify the varieties that were planted about 100 yrs ago. (See post from March 20 for more info.)

About 2 weeks ago, I grafted cuttings onto rootstock. Today I planted these little trees at a friend's farm.

Back-ups are always good, so I also grafted onto a vigorous young tree at my urban microfarm. These branches should start bearing fruit in 3 or 4 yrs.

#apples #grafting #orchard

Recently grafted apple trees inside a large plastic storage bin--an orchard in a box! A red grafting knife for scale (approx 4 inches long). Roots of the rootstocks are covered in soil. Small cuttings are attached to the tops of the rootstock. The graft unions are wrapped in plastic tape.