Gardening

Excellent article about energy efficient farming in colder climates using walls.

I grow them in a container. Vines were yellowing so I dumped it out and here they are! I grow from sprouted chunk of one potato (not slips, that didn't work as well), in 50/50 compost & soil and don't fertilize but do water if it doesn't rain for a week. Would only ever grow them in a container now, no hunting for them.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20123777

All pots, there is paving under the plants.

Say hello to my tomatoes, peppers, brassica, cannabis, cucumbers, basil, ...

For me it depends on the season.

You may have heard about an incident from the other day where a user uploaded some baaaaaad images. I’m worried that the responsibility for hosting that stuff could circle back to the nice people running instances, as federated sites are connected that way.

I’m just a garden guy. Here because I wanted to show off pics of my garden with like minded green thumbs. I don’t need to get caught up in any trouble. The other thing is that I have this instance which is mostly just this one community !gardening. We often have only 1 or 0 active users in a day even though many people subscribe and participate from other instances. It’s lovely to have you all come and visit but hosting an instance for myself doesn’t grow corn 🌽.

Special shout out to our most active users Thrawn, Spacebar, editedit, thegiantkorean, David from Space. I have really enjoyed connecting with y’all through my favorite hobby. I will see you on one of the other garden communities I’m sure.

It's both funny and interesting

Some folks in my area grow this plant. It seems really dangerous.

Brugmansia produces anticholinergic toxins that can cause permanent neurological damage. It's closely related to the Datura genus, also known as jimsonweed, devil's snare, or loco weed.

It's kinda pretty, but it baffles me that it's so popular as a front-yard ornamental plant. If your child or dog eats a flower from this plant, they will probably have a bad trip that they may never recover from.

So why grow it? Are you sure nobody you care about will ever stick it in their mouth?

No trolling. This actually baffles me.

cross-posted from: https://orbiting.observer/post/37238

To the Window! To the Wall!

Zone 6b here in Rhode Island, and this are the first pumpkins of the season to ripen.

He's gotten around 100 of them this year.

Saw this on FB. I can't believe the size they get. Poster said tallest ones are 5 meters.

[Image description: a rich green cucumber hanging on a trellised vine in the morning sun.]

Feed me, Seymour!

[image description: a hand holding two bush scallop squashes merged at their sides, the squashes are white, with rounded bottoms and flutted upper edges.]

(and yes, I need to diversify my seed sources 😝)

[Image description: a 72 cell seed starting tray filled with a mix of coco choir, vermiculite, and worm casings, next to a line of 12 types of broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage seed packets, all but one from Baker Creek.]

Picked some of our corn today. The further left you go is where we ran out of compost.