Just planted about 250 seeds for fall crops. Did a little bit more than usual this year cause I plan on gifting some carrot and lettuce plants to a few people who I think will enjoy starting a little gardening themselves. A few people have commented to me how they want to start their own garden so I've taken it upon myself to get them started.
So far the weather has gotten considerable colder this last week, not sure exactly what's going on but anything is better than 90-100f+. It would be nice to have an actual fall season for once here instead of crazy ass fires like we've been having the last few years
That rocks, happy for you! Making new friends is a chore sometimes but it's absolutely worth it, glad it's working out for you
I'm helping commentate a speedrun tournament. It's been awesome and I have a lot more of it to go.
My lemon tree just had its first bloom. Eventually, I'll have a lemon!
Also today I have a lot of really comfy reading to do, which I'm looking forward to as soon as I have a bit of time. New post on acoup, new chapter of This Used To Be About Dungeons, and a board game manual.
Awesome, the speed running community is pretty cool. I don't do any but there is a couple youtubers I sub to that do awesome videos about it like summoning salt
Also grats on the lemons, mine is also fruiting quite a bit. I repotted two of them because the soil seemed to be lacking nutrients and I'm glad I did, it's doing so much better now.
How old are your lemons? Mine's about a year old, not sure how much fruit I should be expecting from it yet.
Mine are close to 10 years now. Honestly you're lucky if you get fruit if it's only a year old, usually takes a couple. Also be prepared to get inedible lemons this year and maybe next. Immature citrus trees can produce fruit without any juice inside sometimes early on. It naturally fixes itself though if kept well fed and watered. Definitely recommend using citrus food a couple times a year. It helps a lot.
I put some sort of stake-shaped fertilizer thing in next to it, which is supposed to last all year, but it might be a good idea to give it something else before it has to come in for the winter.
Any chance you also have advice on oranges? I also have a one year old orange tree, which is absolutely tiny and barely growing any new leaves, but has three golf ball sized green oranges growing on it already.
Honestly Citrus trees grow really easily where I'm at. Never had to work too hard with them. Basically just feeding them every 2-3 months in the off season and for 3 months when they're about to be ripe feed them extra once a month. If you want though, it doesn't hurt to check your pH levels for the soil, it can be pretty important. So far I've only checked it twice and it's been fine buy our tap water here is great so we're lucky https://gardenerd.com/blog/whats-growin-on-blog/how-to-do-a-home-soil-test-for-citrus/#:~:text=It's%20pretty%20simple%3A%20spoon%20a,we're%20good%20on%20pH!
Citrus trees grow really easily where I’m at.
I live in a "you can grow citrus!?" climate. Checking pH sounds like a great idea for finnicky plants, I'll take a look at that. Thanks!
Good luck, and if you live in a colder climate then I'd definitely recommend investing in some of those thermal blanket wraps for it during the winter. They aren't super expensive and worth it if it gets too cold
This white cat with clasping hands on my screen rn.
My birthday is coming up, and I'm planning on having a GREAT weekend.
Buddy of mine moved back to my city after living in Virginia for a few years, gonna see him tomorrow, and hopefully get a new job Monday. Today is for rest, saw the Dopamines last night (first punk show in a long long time) and damn am I tired today.
That's awesome! Reconnecting with people rocks. Also sounds like you had a good night last night, glad to hear it
:soviet-heart: thanks bud! Yeah, it was a fun night. This one band called Eradicator stole the show, their entire existence is based around that one Kids In The Hall squash court sketch. Fun pop-punky/hardcore-y jams.
My goat and my duck have become best friends, they always hang out together and its adorable to watch.
Been on a weightlifting program going on two weeks now, feeling better about my body, my posture's better, feel more confident :arm-L::comfy::arm-R:
It's pretty therapeutic for myself. Also as cheesy as it sounds, connecting with nature and learning to really appreciate the work involved in food is great. Like the amount of soil and pots and equipment I've bought is more than I'll probably ever make back in gained food but there is just something really refreshing about having food growing. Fills some weird void inside of me idk lol
Well I mean capitalism alienates people from what they produce and you don't get closer to production than growing something for yourself on your own terms. I'm glad you can get that feeling!
Yeah for sure, absolutely. There is a bit to it but it's nice tapping into that process.
I met a NB person irl for the first time and I’m struggling with not crushing *on them
Edit: *missing word, also not sure if I want to be with them or just be them...
i said some cringe stuff the first time another trans woman came onto me, i got way too clingy so fast :thonk-cri:
in my defense i had jsut came out of a very sad breakup and she legit sat on my face after inviting me over
I'm getting into some healthy routines with friends and family. Watching a movie or TV show weekly.
I'm very bad at keeping in regular contact, but I'm finding good strategies to keep that going while I work on getting treatment for ADHD.
Hell yeah, that's awesome. I usually have a movie night with my grandma once a week or so. I actually got her into the planet earth series, somehow she never saw any of them and it's been super fun watching her get excited about some of it. I was obsessed with the series when it came out, like I always had it on at least once a day lol.
Glad to hear you found something that seems to be working for you
Is that the series that has the lizard being chased by snakes? If so, I'd love to know her reaction.
And thanks!
Lol! Yes! she was on the edge of her seat. She was gripping some clothes she was folding for a couple minutes till I reminded her she had it in her hand lol. Not kidding but she had me pause it by the end to go pour a glass of wine lmfao. There has been a few moments like that actually. It reminds me of when I first watched it. We have to skip anything with spiders though, she does an ungodly shriek seeing them
Oh my god that's so adorable. I'd watch a stream of her reaction videos.
She's quite the character lol. We're going to the zoo next week too. They have golf cart private tours for only $50. She has to use a walker so this makes it so much better, excited to go back, we haven't gone in maybe 5 years
Well I hope you two have fun! That sounds like such an entertaining and accessible experience.
My friend just told me he is coming to visit in a couple months!! Yay!
Lol the bay area is basically seasonless usually. It goes from cold and sometimes rainy to warm hardly any rain to extremely hot to sorta cold and repeats. Like if it wasn't for a few non native trees around here you'd never know it was fall till the nights got dark super early. Also the other seasonal markers we have is fire or not fire.
Also the other seasonal markers we have is fire or not fire.
Our seasons are turning into "desert" or "flood". I think it will be like five to ten years before it turns into "fire" and "flood" as the two seasons we get.
All that time spent playing "Dark Reign" in the late 90's finally coming to a use...
I started reading The 100 series and I really liked the first book! I have the second on hold from my library and will hopefully get it in a few days :blob-no-thoughts:
I'm pretty disappointed the nick brawler doesn't have analog inputs. It was a clear insta buy for me before but I'm losing interest.
