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Garden is really starting to get into the midsummer groove. First good harvest of tomatoes yesterday, more sorrel though it’s slowing down with the heat. Had a few small eggplants but hoping the next batch will grow bigger.
I planted Persian basil which seems to grow really well in my climate but all of the basil is growing well, along with my sweet potatoes.
Peppers are sizing up but not ripe yet. Ginger and water spinach still struggling for unknown reasons but I’m wondering if the soil in that area is compacted or something.
Finally, my pepino is growing like crazy and getting very large. But it’s been flowing for a while now and hasn’t made any fruit. If anyone has experience with this plant and has advice, let me know.
Damn that sucks. Why are they planting grass? For cattle? Who owns the land?
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netto Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.net•Bay Area guerrilla ‘bench collective’ installs seating at 8 Mission bus stopsEnglish1·21 days agohttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1YOzxeEf8EogD_QRBiJHeHenhUtBs6KFN/view
Sorry I had to ask around and this week was really busy so I didn’t get to it right away.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netto Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.net•Bay Area guerrilla ‘bench collective’ installs seating at 8 Mission bus stopsEnglish391·27 days agoThis is the hot thing in Northern California right now. They’re also doing it in Richmond and Sacramento that I know of.
It’s not too hard actually, if anyone is interested in doing it in their city I might be able to share some resources.
Oh are you in a very cold climate? I think they are one of the most hardy species, along with P. incarnata. I’d also like to try growing that species but they don’t seem to be commonly available here. I’ve also heard of people growing P. edulis but it’s marginal for them since they’re more tropical.
I live in an urban area so I’m always trying to figure out how to maximize my use of space and vines are one such way. I tried growing a hardy kiwi this year but it’s struggling—I think it came with phytophthora from the nursery.
Mine started bolting but I just keep cutting it back.
In my area P. caerulea is a common ornamental vine. Not the most delicious species but not bad either. The inside of the fruit is bright red and almost looks bloody. I think maybe that’s a factor in why they’re not eaten, since it might be a bit off-putting for some.
You can read about them here: https://notahorticulturist.com/2019/08/23/passiflora-caerulea/
First good harvests of basil and sorrel. A few cherry tomatoes but full production hasn’t started yet. Pluots are coming ripe, and ornamental passion fruits, which most people do not deem edible, but I do :)
We’ve had a relatively cool start to summer which the plants have been loving. My citrus is even still blooming which is quite unusual.
I’m growing pepinos for the first time and they’ve really taken off and are now blooming. Hoping for a good harvest later in summer.
My sweet potatoes and tomatoes as also growing well. Peppers are struggling a bit but I’m not sure why.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netto Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.net•HOA Reform is Necessary for our Urban FutureEnglish10·2 months agoIt just goes to show that the structure and context matters a lot to how an organization functions. Even small organizations need to be set up with the right principles in order to function well.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.nettoSolarpunk@slrpnk.net•Peak urbanism: The wilder cousin of the grassy tram4·2 months agoI’ve had this very thought. Unfortunately we don’t have many trams here so there are no grassy ones at all to work on.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.nettoSolarpunk@slrpnk.net•Ukrainians Are Designing The Future Of Post-War Reconstruction7·2 months agoInteresting article, thanks for sharing.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netOPMto Tree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree2·2 months agoThe difficulty is that living in a nation with a crumbling rule of law, I have little idea of what the police might go after me for in the future. And I refuse to silence myself to the extent required to navigate around their hypothetical future repression.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netOPMto Tree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree3·2 months agoOh interesting I wasn’t aware of this.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netOPMto Tree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree31·2 months agoSo there is a back way. Is this generally the case in most countries?
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netOPMto Tree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree4·2 months agoInteresting question. I remember they were caught fairly quickly after it happened. I don’t know much about UK surveillance or device searching laws.
Edit: some other suspects were arrested before these two, then released. I wonder if they testified?
Another article mentions this:
Police analyst Amy Sutherland told the court the video was in the download section of Graham’s phone, which was taken from his jacket pocket.
If it was unlocked perhaps the police were just able to open it and view the file. Here in the US the main obstacle is the lock on the phone which usually police can’t get past, though maybe there’s a secret way for high profile cases, I couldn’t say.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netOPMto Tree Huggers@slrpnk.net•Two men found guilty of cutting down famous Sycamore Gap tree10·2 months agoThey’ve refused to say. Maybe after sentencing they will comment since it might be bad for their case to do so.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.nettoAnticonsumption@slrpnk.net•How to handle wedding registries?3·2 months agoJust be aware that no matter what you say, a few people will still buy you pointless BS because they’re incapable of following instructions. But it’s still worthwhile to discourage it as much as you can.
I’m not sure, it’s an experiment.
I have one in my backyard that seems to grow OK so maybe?
My climate is very hot in summer so I’m trying to find greens that aren’t bitter in such weather, and this is the best flavor that I’ve found so far.