Some kind of beautiful black widow, probably a Northern. Built her web on a bag of potting soil, so I had to scrooch her along. Absolutely gorgeous and huge! She was definitely well fed
They do help break things down, but unlike most helpful bugs they prefer the produce. I have just never seen them like this. We usually have to take countermeasures against them every year, but this year is we’re just swamped.
I’m gonna do some work out there this weekend. Think I’m gonna get aggressive with the DE because I think I’m also having some trouble with woodlice. Do some tactical earth salting around the beds
Thanks for the advice. I’ve tried coffee grounds, essential oils, copper wire, it all does little to stop the slime trails. The snails, tho… I may have to look into that. I worry about backing myself into the Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly corner, but something’s gotta give
In this bed we have basically a remainder of seeds from the other ones, not gonna be able to rotate the beds like I originally planned, but oh well....
Yeah, dude. Gotta kick your feet up. I did a french drain over two days last week. Starting eating ibuprofen just to keep my hands from swelling up. Your shit can knit itself back together, but not without a nap. You cleared a milestone. Don’t let the fidget drive!
One of folk’s favorite things to hit me with: but you’re so young! Like, first off, I’m 40’s, I just try to take care of myself. Second, yes my knees hurt and my back is sore because I’ve been doing all this stuff since I was a kid, but tell me again how hard it’s been on your back to sit in a chair for hours. Third, these same people are the people that hire me to do jobs they couldn’t handle because reasons (that usually match my own reasons for grunting and wincing all day, but self awareness is a diminishing resource).
I am growing into a bitter old fuck and I’m not a fan of my attitude these days. I’m trying to keep it down, but man I tell you, I am so sick to death of people and their petty nonsense. And I know I’m no saint or ubermensch, but I’m getting out there and doing shit. Running a business that helps farmers, digging my own garden, practicing my skills, networking and getting new gigs. It’s hard work and with this world of convenience we’ve built for ourselves, I find fewer folks willing to get to it. Which is great for my own bottom line, but the commentary always seems to come from a place of ignorance with these guys and I’m within a hair’s breadth of calling at least one client a dumb mother fucker.
Sorry, didn’t mean to rant at you, but I feel you. I broke my leg right at the knee joint when I was 18 and I’ve never gotten full function back out of it. Took like three years to get rid of the limp. It hurts all the time but at least I got a nice big surgery scar to point at and shut folks down. I’m sorry you gotta go through this. It’s not fair, especially considering how willing you are to pitter patter and how good you are at it.
Just, like, watch the pills. I come from one of those little mountain communities that got eaten alive by the Sackler’s ambition. I seen plenty of good, hard working folks turn into junkies so some slick corporate prick can afford the second home he uses to fuck his mistress
An evocative image that truly captures a genuine facet universal to the gem of human experience, for in the gulf between every one of us lies some kind of weird ghost thing fuckin up the steez
The experimental mat has been out for about a week now, but extremely high winds during a storm last night pulled up a corner of the mat spilling out the contents....
Spent the day pulling honeysuckle vines out of a homesteader client’s back fence. I turned a perfectly good set of pruning shears into beaters pulling all that stuff out, but this guy was just extra in every way
Lol, yeah, they had been trimming them, but leaving the vines in the fence for years. I had to go ham like that on some crepe myrtle the previous owners put in my yard. I had been trying to kill them with other methods for a few years but they just kept coming back, so I went at em with a shovel, my beater axe, and a tamping bar. I’m still finding shoots from runners I missed
This is an awesome set up. Good variety, lotta fun stuff. Be violent and cut the hell out of the mint or it will sense weakness and seek to dominate you
Our retention pond in our neighborhood has a lot of algae and problematic plant growth due to the surrounding farms and lawn runoff, so we’re experimenting with a floating island to pull nutrients out before they can cause problems. This will also provide some interesting flowering plants, and more fish habitats....
In a nutshell (lemmy.world)
bout 2-3 weeks (lemmy.world)
A Garden Helper (lemmy.world)
Some kind of beautiful black widow, probably a Northern. Built her web on a bag of potting soil, so I had to scrooch her along. Absolutely gorgeous and huge! She was definitely well fed
Did everyone stick to yesterday's agenda? (lemmy.world)
It's been that kind of week (slrpnk.net)
Ganked by the Gastropods
My pak choi army has fallen. I sent them out to harden and the slugs just rolled over them in a night....
Last raised bed planted! Still need to plant flowers though. (lemmy.world)
In this bed we have basically a remainder of seeds from the other ones, not gonna be able to rotate the beds like I originally planned, but oh well....
New power couple (lemmy.ca)
Howdy ho (lemmy.world)
Open-Air Casserole (lemmy.world)
Metal of some kind, probably thrash or hardcore
Little Kitty, Big SCREM (sopuli.xyz)
Not OC, no clue who the original source is
Disaster with the floating garden (lemmy.world)
The experimental mat has been out for about a week now, but extremely high winds during a storm last night pulled up a corner of the mat spilling out the contents....
Okay this is getting a bit real now Duo, thanks 💔 (startrek.website)
The weeds she tells you not to worry about (lemmy.world)
Spent the day pulling honeysuckle vines out of a homesteader client’s back fence. I turned a perfectly good set of pruning shears into beaters pulling all that stuff out, but this guy was just extra in every way
First year setup (kbin.run)
I have 6 Blueberry, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Jalepeno, Bell Pepper, Mint, Cilantro and itty bitty cucumbers.
Floating Island Garden (lemmy.world)
Our retention pond in our neighborhood has a lot of algae and problematic plant growth due to the surrounding farms and lawn runoff, so we’re experimenting with a floating island to pull nutrients out before they can cause problems. This will also provide some interesting flowering plants, and more fish habitats....
You woulge (media.d.on-t.work)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12540154...