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thrawn21

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Just a rock-licker who loves all things sci-fi, boardgames, and growing my own food, especially heirloom tomatoes.

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Greg Alder’s Yard Posts is a guy who posts every Friday about growing food in southern California. His climate is pretty similar to mine and his advice was a huge help when I was figuring out the timing for growing a garden. He’s also super knowledgeable when it comes to growing avocados, if that’s your thing.

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Somehow, I can tolerate “jpheg” much easier than the forsaken “jif.”

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Ooof, in the 2020 Castle Fire alone: “10 to 14 percent of all large sequoias [were killed] across the tree’s natural range in the Sierra Nevada.”

That’s just devastating. I didn’t see a summation of total numbers of killed trees between the listed fires, but it’s heartbreaking to know we’re losing so many of these 2-3,000 year old trees that will never be replaced on any human timescale.

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I’m a geologist, but not the fun kind that gets to look at actual rocks.

I do environmental and some geotechnical work, which pretty much boils down to “Is the dirt poisoned?” and “How hard do I have to squish the dirt to make the future building not fall down?” There’s few things to get excited about, but it’s steady work and pays the bills.

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I’ve come to learn your brain is really good at subconscious processing of things that don’t quite make it to conscious awareness. Some part of your brain saw the cop and the deer and was trying to alert the rest of you.

I had that happen once when I was out hiking alone doing geology research. I reached this area of the woods and was suddenly overwhelmed by this feeling of TIME TO LEAVE. I tried arguing with myself that there was still enough daylight to check out an outcrop I could see in the distance, but the feeling got so powerful, I finally gave in and called it quits for the day.

I realized while walking out, that with all the little noises of the quail and other animals I’d been hearing all day, that spot in the woods had been silent. The next time I visited the area (and not alone this time), I found a cave right behind where I’d been standing, with fresh mountain lion tracks. Who knows, some part of me might have seen a mountain lion in that cave and was doing everything it could to tell me to get the fuck away!

Growing garlic for the first time, cloves planted on the 22nd are starting to sprout (lemmy.world)

[Image description: a split photo, with the top picture showing cloves/bulbs of Elephant, Vietnamese Purple, and Nootka Rose garlic varieties about to be planted in a raised bed mulched with straw, and the bottom picture showing a few green sprouts peeking up through the straw.]

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Shaken, not purred.

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When it’s finally his turn with the brain cell.

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Hah, that’s kinda what I’m trying to do. When I encounter something that gives me the ick, I take pictures and stare at it, in the hopes that it will desensitize that gut reaction. Only had very mild success so far.

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Hah, knew someone would call semantics. Though with what’s ripe on the 20 or so pepper plants in my garden, I probably could go pick myself a proper peck!

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I’d say generally sweeter, but depending on how much water they’re given, I’ve had a few get much hotter than what you usually expect from a poblano.

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I got it from this shop on Etsy, but it looks like they’re out of stock :(

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They’re also at the lowest drainage point for that whole valley. Plus, the properties of the lakebed make it so that water is very slow to soak into the ground, so it’s going to take a while for things to dry out.

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Hah, same! Tried to zoom in, but no luck reading it.

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Some of us embrace the crumb life.

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Trypophobia, something about those kinds of holes… shudder

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I tell her she’s a pretty kitty all the time ^-^

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I love Townsend’s videos, and learned something new. Always thought Welsh rabbit contained actual rabbit, rather than being a cheese sauce on toast, now I’ll have to try making it!

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Maybe some non food gift, like a bouquet of flowers? Or a gift card to a local movie theater or other non food activity?

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There’s a blast from the past. I had to look the guy up, and seems like he does motivational speaking now.

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Yep, and he’s probably the guy responsible for the nibbles higher up. They love my tomatoes, and become absolute terrors in my garden this time of year.

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Perhaps try dehydrating the paste into a powder? Don’t know how much flavor charge you’d get, as that’d probably volatilize some aromatics, but could be worth a trial run.

What is a good hobby for a depressed person?

So i still have depression and im constantly bored, i feel like a loser who cant do anything right. I want to let my creativeness out, make something i can share with the world or family, but im probably dreaming too big. I cant stand being depressed and bored, it stinks, everyone tells me to work out but i lack the motivation...

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Maybe swimming for exercise? Not in a gator-pond, but are there local community pools nearby?

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Hah, that sounds like me! I started a few communities in places where I knew I could supply some OC, and so far its been mostly just me posting my stuff, but I’m stoked whenever I get comments!

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I’m subscribed to both! And I’ve tossed a couple butts your way already ^-^

The York Fire has burned over 82,000 acres through the Mojave National Preserve, making it the largest wildfire in California so far this year (www.nbclosangeles.com)

Just awful to think of all those Joshua trees burning. Like so many desert plants, they are incredibly slow growing and need just the right conditions to spread. With climate change, I doubt many of these areas will ever return to the same ecosystems.

The Shoe Tree along Highway 50 in Nevada (lemmy.world)

I sadly never got to see the original shoe tree, but the tradition has been carried on, and I wrote a note on an old pair of Vans and tossed my contribution up. Though beware, after tossing I looked down at the pile of old shoes and saw a snake starting to move under one layer directly beneath my feet!...

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Here’s to getting all those achievable goals!

On the pill front, is it possible to crush them and mix with something more easily swallowable?

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Not to make light of things, but the first thought that came to my head for counteracting bad tasting medicine is a spoonful of sugar.

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