LallyLuckFarm

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Hey there everybody

This is a spreadsheet we made to help folks pick out plants for their gardens by sorting and filtering for all sorts of growth habits, uses, and site conditions. Please feel free to make a copy and use it in your software of choice and share it with gardening friends if you like; all we ask is proper attribution. For full disclosure, this is adapted from the Plant Species Matrix found in Edible Forest Gardens vol. 2 by Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier. We lovingly (painstakingly) went line by line to make it again and update a few data points to reflect new information like hardiness zones or pH as well as add the utility of being able to whittle down such a huge list to only what niche you're looking for.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿคค love that garlic heat. We've got lots of hardnecks coming up on picking, some landrace variety of chives from our neighbor's great grandfather, and ramps (Allium tricoccum) but maybe I can convince the wife we need another allium.

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

Heard! I replied to Wigglet above but want to assure you I'll work on it, but want to take a little time to get links and documents lined up, try to be extra useful

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

That's my understanding as well, though my experience with them is limited

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

๐Ÿคฃ he was pretty dank

 

I think it's Lithobates clamitans but could be wrong.

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

๐Ÿ˜‚ let's call it "fun", us figuring out all these quirks together. I'm not sure if it's a matter of other instances that Beehaw users have already connected to, making indexing what's on that instance faster over here, or if it's something totally different. I've had the most luck populating my subscriptions by using the site's search tool with "![community]@[server]"; I've also been playing with Jerboa's search tool but currently get timeout errors or no results whereas the search from the site will display a result for me (this isn't every time but there is a noticeable difference). Part of me thinks some of these hiccups are from the unpredictability of exodus traffic and its impact on the various servers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's through a USDA grant, so I think it's something that each U.S. state could do if this kind of program isn't available (yet) where folks are. Maybe I'll try to scrape up some details around it, it seems like a good topic for this /c/

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

The light looks underpowered for the plant's needs. Take a look here at the "lighting for indoor trees" section and compare those specs to the light you're using. I've seen a number of inexpensive "grow lights" that don't produce the necessary spectrum or lumens, so be sure to take note of the manufacturer specifications if you decide to replace your lights

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

We recently donated dozens of plants for two fundraisers in our town - one supporting the town library, and the other supporting the town food pantry. They were both happening on the same morning, so we made sure to mention that to the organizers... There were SO. MANY. PEOPLE coming to the library stating that they heard about it from the food pantry plant sale, and we got a text from the FP organizers later saying how wonderful it was to have patrons coming saying they had heard about it at the library.

Our engagement with the food pantry also allowed us to have a conversation with them about informing their clients about a program Maine runs that allows SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) beneficiaries to receive additional assistance when buying food from farmer's markets. We're hopeful that these conversations will help to bring better nutrition to our neighbors that are struggling, increase support for our local growers, and reduce the carbon footprint by bolstering our town's circular economy.

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

I think part of the issue is that you're including both beehaw.org and lemmy.ml - I found your community by looking for [email protected] using the search function on Beehaw. I'm still figuring things out myself but think this should address the issue at hand.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't personally care for the penalty that's imposed, as removing access to libraries inherently affects less affluent socioeconomic groups much more harshly. Political action towards banning a book from a library should result in all libraries receiving the book in question to be stored accessibly in the appropriate book section. Like a weaponized Streisand effect in the pursuit of greater literacy and the protection of the ideal that knowledge is a human right.

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

I heard a horn phrase played by a jazz quintet this afternoon and now Dandy Livingstone's Rudy, a message to you is all I can hear.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I agree it looks like aphids doing the damage, especially if this is a recent development. You may wish to do some selective pruning on the flush of new growth to improve air flow there, which would also give you some more space for aphid-related management too.

 

Hey there all. Wanted to start a book thread to help build out the utility of the Permaculture community here and make any transitions like the one we're making easier on other folks in advance of 6/30. Please share your book lists as well!

 

We write our plant tags out by hand on discarded vinyl blinds with indelible markers, and there's always the internal debate of whether it's better to be informal and recognizable or technically correct (because writing both gets tiresome). Personally I lean towards accuracy rather than approachability because technically correct is the best kind of correct, but even my plant friends think I'm a nerd. Who's with me?

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