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Another gardening lesson in not giving up: The progression of pictures here are 3 of the same plant, a [Trepadeira Werner pepper](https://www.rareseeds.com/pepper-hot-trepadeira-werner), taken over the course of this year. 1st pic: I grew them from seed indoors and a few days after putting them out in early April, I found the local deer had visited and eaten the plant down to the stem. I considered it a loss but didn't deal with it or pull the plant up. I just walked away, then went out of town for a bit the next day. 2nd Pic: When I came back into town it had new leaves so I figured I'd let it try again for kicks. It had fallen over under its weight so I staked it up. I did try a few things to keep the deer away, I think with moderate success. 3rd Pic is from last week. I see some evidence of deer nibbling but I believe the heat of the pepper may be keeping them away from it now. I'm still blown away remembering this thing when it was eaten to the stem.
Maybe someday they'll even put out flowers 
Here's the basic design:  2 tomatoes, 2 cape gooseberry, 2 ghost pepper  My first attempt at outdoor hydroponics The tomato plants are an eldritch horror  but growing some lovely fruit  Cape gooseberries have some flowers but I don't think they usually bloom until later in the year. The ghost peppers have been drowned out by the obnoxiously large tomatoes, I don't expect any peppers from them I'm afraid. So far I'd say my first attempt has been a modest success. EDIT: Here's an earlier pic showing the plumbing: 
i'm taking nettle seeds home to spain from finland. been making food and string out of them while i'm here at my partner's. mostly using the seeds for food rather than the leaves, so far. though maybe some nettle soup would be nice before we go. they do in theory grow natively in spain, but i haven't been able to find any where i live so seeds it is. i do hope that no overzealous airport staff think it's weed.
Just doing a walkabout and looks like Mr slug has gone to town additionally a lot of the first blooms are looking a bit ropey. Am I ok to do a decent dead head and prune Based in uk
10 pounds in total I'm guessing. Biggest haul in 3 years. [Log inoculation using sawdust spawn](https://hexbear.net/post/322751)
Seriously, I am tired of the stereotypes of leftists in the west looking like they all grow soy beans, as the fash call it ie weak as fuck. And almost to a large degree, it’s true. I see chuds everywhere when I go to the community garden, and their plants are fucking huge ngl. They take care of their tomatoes. I don't care if you're growing potatoes, cucumbers, squash, artichokes, you have to have those fruits and leaves fucking huge and shooting to the sky and looking good. You want to help the cause? Help yourself. Do it for vanity, do it for others, do it for the greater good, I don’t care. Fucking weed and fertilize the best you can and get those veggies the biggest they can be. It’s hard, but so is literally everything. Just know this is going to take 3-4 years of consistency. If you’re starting out, don’t worry about a garden layout, and just plant good shit. Your biggest goal at this point is consistency, watering 5 days a week. Do that over 3-4 years, and progressive growth every single day whether that be lettuce or whatever. I want you fuckers to be fucking vain jesus fuck. Fuck your organics, use Miracle Grow for all I care, but have a green thumb while doing it. Slowly start doing more functional things such as eggplant or mushrooms w/e to truly maximise your gardening potential.
https://subium.com/profile/grickle.bsky.social/post/3kwrwhxjy5526 In the original the text is the bland "He was so pleased with the garden that season."
I'm growing the seeds from last year, although only 1 has survived my attempts to keep them alive.
fucked up again this year and didn't support my tomatoes fully because i figured the stems were thick enough rainy season hits and two of my biggest plants snapped in half because they were too top heavy lol, lost like half my first batch. is there any coming back from this or are things joever for me this season?
So my dad has a cellar that is completely empty. We just store some plants there during the winter months. Now, I had an idea. In theory, I could plant around 100 mushrooms down there, right? There is a little bit of light coming in through a small window. Climate-wise, we are in Central Europe. Is there anything I should know or be aware of? Are there any mushroom types that are beginner-friendly? I would plant them for personal consumption, for me and my relatives. Bad Idea ? Good Idea ?
The shishitos are getting freaky.  
One neighbour LOVES bees and the other neighbour HATES them - WHO DO YOU SUPPORT
I was shopping for a new scythe blade when I found this beautiful and incredibly long competition scythe blades.  In the video, they seem to be judged not just on time but also on how well the area is mowed. I find this fascinating. Source: https://onescytherevolution.com/1/post/2011/07/competition-scythe-blades.html
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Damn this is cool
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2413548 > The Etsy link has very good photos. > > > [Cryptanthus Elaine Earth Star Bromeliads - Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1499660605/cryptanthus-elaine-earth-star-bromeliads) > > > > Cryptanthus bromeliads, more commonly known as earth stars due to the rosette-shaped arrangement of the leaves and their low growth habit, are beautiful and incredibly varied plants native to Brazil. Their colors range from dark green to bright pink to red, and they can be banded, spotted, solid, or virtually any other pattern. > >
Although since they refuse to die, you could consider it a hydroponic garden Yes, it is rainy and cold and cloudy, and yes I built it at the bottom of a hill, but I had been here for 6 months and never had any issues with flooding, and this is despite the emergence of several large lakes nearby which did not exist in summer Then Spring rolls around, I get a few days of boiling hot sunshine, I do the garden, and the moment I finish, we get the most consistently wet weather so far Initially I realised my mistake was that, idiot that I am, I packed in several large rocks, thinking that because they do not absorb water, they will increase drainage - WRONG! they provide an impenetrable barrier through which no water can pass After a month of this, I was able to dig up the herb garden with much effort and take the rocks out, and the pool immediately began to empty. I topped it up with more soil and perlite after that, but consistently bad weather means it keeps on flooding - Rosemary, Lavender and Thyme are all holding up, but the Cat Mint is fully submerged If the sun ever comes out again, I think I will just build a planter
Think of a time when you've seen a big group of people you don't know. Maybe you enter a new class, or see a crowd at an event, or there's a team of people building or maintaining something. If you don't know them, your brain might just classify them as "the people in the class/event/construction site" and not go further. But obviously, each one of those people has their own personality, inner life, needs, desires, etc, that is occluded by a casual definition of "they're the crowd in this class/event/construction site". The same kind of thing happens when you look at a green space that you don't know, whether it's a forest, a meadow, a garden, or just a little patch of growth. It's easy for your brain to just think "it's a forest" and not classify any further. Naming something is an important part of recognizing it and understanding it as a distinct entity. Once you've put a name to something, it's possible to character it as a unique part of the whole. For a plant, naming it helps you understand what it likes, doesn't like, where it grows, what eats it or doesn't, it's morphology and how it varies over the season. Naming doesn't mean understanding but it is a necessary step that allows understanding.
i'm trying to improve the soil quality in my yard, it's hard and clay-like and roots have a hard time going down below like 4 cm. i have cow patties, rice hulls, rinsed coco coir and some cardboard. currently the plan has been to mix up the patties and rice hulls and bury that below ground (completed already), then mulch with the coir + hulls + patties, then finally cover with cardboard. the yard is small so not much cardboard involved. i'm growing cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and beans this year, they should have been in the ground already but i wanted to grow from seed and my cats got to the sprouts. so i gotta get new ones  please tell me what i am missing or what i could do better.
Got these clippings from a family friends garden last fall and they're really starting to show their power levels.
in 6 months i will finally have use for that sickle i bought 8 months ago
Any tips would be appreciated.
The tomato house is picking up speed. In the next week it'll get past the tipping point where it is producing more than we want to eat. The yellow ones have a really lemony flavor and the darker ones have a deep umami flavor to them. The funny shaped one in the middle is a random cross breed that came up on its own in the garden last year. It will be the starting point for our personal breed they are really sweet, fleshy, and have a good crunch to them. There is only the one in the picture because I keep eating them as soon as they are ready.    
