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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Work in indoor windowless dungeon, wouldn't know :(

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

sending a knight and a white horse over ๐Ÿฅท๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ 

[โ€“] Lady_Seagoon 1 points 15 hours ago
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 children)

I really need to work out an easy way to protect my seedlings from snails during that vulnerable time, I swear they can smell the new sprouts. Clear plastic tub as a makeshift hothouse might be the go.

I canโ€™t eat the produce myself but want to grow some food for a friend.

Ordered some more kitty treatsโ€ฆ theyโ€™re expensive due to allergies. I wonder if there was spare energy I could make some at home

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago

Jewish space laser? Dunno if they cant set it low enough and you might have to call in some favors but surely they need some good PR at the moment?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I've got the seedling pots in a tray that comes in and out each day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I used to do that but itโ€™s a lot of bending and my place is kinda small. Melbcat is also looking for chances to abscond each time I pass through the doorโ€ฆ

I was thinking maybe I could just take the lids off in the morning and put them back on each night

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Beer traps work for snails and slugs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

They will be nicely marinated for the escargot - served with the greens they tried to pilfer and the leftover beer

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Could you do something to lift the trays/pots up and create a moat, like a glass jar in a takeaway container full of water? If it is a square tray you could do one on each corner, then you just need to make sure you top up and tip out to remove mosquito larvae periodically. Add a couple of floating sticks or cork and you have a safe water source for bees too.

For seedlings in the ground I've had some success cutting soft drink containers to create little circular fences around them. They need to be secured with a peg (a piece of wire coathanger bent over works well) otherwise they get scratched out by birds (or removed by mischievous puppies "helping" in the garden!).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I could, but the water might be a bit heavy so mosquitoes ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Copper tape has always worked well for me. A lot of people swear by chamomile as a repllant companion, and i gotta say i have never seen snails in my chamomile pot, not even in the new place where they're practically having plant pot snorgys

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

always smells vaguely of bubblegum icecream to me as well, which is a plus

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

I don't typically eat breakfast but I am curious to know what those cylindrical batteries taste like? I've only ever tasted the square ones before you see

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

A little bit salty. A little bit lemony.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Microwaved potat with butter, cheese baked beans and hot sauce please ๐Ÿฅบ

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

โšก๏ธ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿซ˜๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Ooh, breakfast truck! I will have a bacon souvlaki please.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿก

[โ€“] Lady_Seagoon 1 points 19 hours ago

surprise me, i have lost my appetite

[โ€“] Lady_Seagoon 1 points 15 hours ago

just found the right pw for my old reddit , yay

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

Tightarse grousingSo pissed off with myself. I bought a Squishmallow a while back thinking it would cheer me up but all I can think of is how much it cost and Iโ€™m afraid to get it dirty. I could have sewn something myself from an open source pattern if I wanted something that bad.

Same with the old secondhand tv. I hoped it would help to get dvds to watch but itโ€™s awkwardly large for my space and I wouldnโ€™t have had to pay if Iโ€™d been more careful and didnโ€™t let my original tiny one get nicked.

Also my energy bills are higher than they should be because disability leads to using a lot of hot water for pain management and a (low efficiency secondhand) dryer to reduce the exertion of tasks.

Donโ€™t get me started on the food dealโ€ฆ

Iโ€™m managing ok still but am getting really irritated at the areas Iโ€™m not able to min-max. It feels so wasteful.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I remember reading when you got the squishmallow. The boys were given really nice super Mario plushes for their birthday last year and they're almost so good you don't want to do anything with them. Especially something plush where you don't know how it will turn out after a trip through the washing machine.

I hope you can find a way to enjoy it and make the most of the TV you have. It sucks when our plans don't work out the way we intend

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks. I think Iโ€™m just not in a good frame of mind lately and am doing little anxiety spirals

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A bit worried about mould while itโ€™s drying. But I guess Iโ€™ve bought it now, might as well use it as a pillow before the cat gets hold of it XD

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

nah, just plonk it in front of a fan and you'll be gold.

We have a giant stuffed rabbit that Misha has claimed, it's her biscuit rabbit and no one's getting it back now lol

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[โ€“] Lady_Seagoon 1 points 16 hours ago

hey, seems I am still invisible

not much doing here, just messing around on my computer n stuff trying to get it all fixed up

patience is a virtue ๐Ÿ˜ญ

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Still awake then Duenan... :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Sadly yes :(

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