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I should have said for example about the bird populations
but I do think that we're seeing massive corrections happening over many ecosystems, and I have seen the earth healing for real in my lifetime on the west coast, and I am very aware that there is never *ever* any widespread PR about environmental wins.
Somehow or another a large portion of my backyard became dedicated to growing catnip, so I have a very nice patch of flowers for a few weeks out of the year before the local strays have their way with it
Somehow or another a large portion of my backyard became dedicated to growing catnip, so I have a very nice patch of flowers for a few weeks out of the year before the local strays have their way with it Ver archivo adjunto 7690993
I'm part of the problem: I see a bunch of hornets, I shriek and evacuate without asking for ID. I don't know who's in the lavender: they're buzzy and I don't want a fight.
@femboy fart huffer you gotta keep an eye on the side of the road, make a little bin hut out of a corrugated roofing panel or something.
I should have said for example about the bird populations
but I do think that we're seeing massive corrections happening over many ecosystems, and I have seen the earth healing for real in my lifetime on the west coast, and I am very aware that there is never *ever* any widespread PR about environmental wins.
I have even seen nature healing as a kid. I vividly remember walking to the store with my dad in the city and we encountered a little green mantis. It wasn't a huge thing but it still gave me hope that life finds a way even in the most bleak of circumstances.
Nah it's not one of those HOA bullshit rules. I can leave the bins out in the pavement if I wanted to. The problem is that we hardly use them, most of the time I have trouble filling a single black bin bag over the fortnight between collections, so the bins are normally incredibly light. The front of my house is pretty open and so if you leave the bins anywhere other than sheltered by the trees you will go out and find that the wind's blown them over overnight and now you've got loose recycling bits or bags of dogshit spilled everywhere. I could make a little shelter for them but under the trees is simply the most convenient place for it, which would probably not help the wasp problem. The front of the property is entirely covered by the sap dripping tree and the front of the house is flat so it'd be a kinda ugly to have something sticking out. I have instead taken to negotiating with the wasps, for the month they are there I just shove a stick in the handle and flip it open and with a long enough stick they all fly off for just about long enough for me to get in and do what I need to. They annoy me enough to complain about them but in reality all it results in is an extra 5 minutes in total per year at the absolute maximum.
Somehow or another a large portion of my backyard became dedicated to growing catnip, so I have a very nice patch of flowers for a few weeks out of the year before the local strays have their way with it
I know it's not really gardening or plants. But I have only seen a singular cat on my property ever. Other than the dumb lump of fur I used to own. One day I went to go outside and there was the most picture perfect cat, I think it'd be called a Balinese. Some absolutely perfect cat, spotless cream fur and almost photoshop level of blue eyes. It just sat on slab directly outside the back door and stayed there for about an hour. Not laying, sitting, as if it was modelling for some cat food commercial but instead it was just me. Also had no collar which is pretty rare for this country. I thought maybe it was an escapee or a stray but it was so perfect that there's no way it doesn't have someone to groom it. And then it disappeared. I have not seen it since, ok yea the dog doesn't help but even in the years from seeing it to getting a dog I didn't see it again. Had never seen it before either. Just some absolute picture perfect cat came and sat on my doorstep for an hour and that was the only time I have ever seen any cat in the decade of living here.
So as we're aware I'm obsessed with orchids and spend a fair portion of my time researching other varieties. This has led me down other paths and today I'm gonna share one that has interested me in regards to repotting my violet moth orchid next year. It's called Kokedama (苔玉) which literally means moss ball. Its a form of live pot for your plants and I found this gentleman making a very relaxing and informative video on the topic.
I've already said I love stan tigrinis. But have you seen any of the proper fancy things? One species Neofinetia falcata has a load of different varieties and some absolutely fucking retarded prices, 300+usd for something with a stem/crown smaller than your thumb. One of my personal favourites is Houmeiden which has cute pink roots. Also saw one sell for like 400usd. I just say that because it's one of those like culturally important orchids in Japan and a lot of them have them growing in those types of moss ball.
Another cool expensive one is paph koopowitz. Normally around 100-200usd for one of those.
Another one that used to be expensive but seems less so now is dendrobium spectabile which I remember going for 50-100usd but now seems to be 50usd max.
I've already said I love stan tigrinis. But have you seen any of the proper fancy things? One species Neofinetia falcata has a load of different varieties and some absolutely fucking retarded prices, 300+usd for something with a stem/crown smaller than your thumb. One of my personal favourites is Houmeiden which has cute pink roots. Also saw one sell for like 400usd. I just say that because it's one of those like culturally important orchids in Japan and a lot of them have them growing in those types of moss ball.
Another cool expensive one is paph koopowitz. Normally around 100-200usd for one of those.
Another one that used to be expensive but seems less so now is dendrobium spectabile which I remember going for 50-100usd but now seems to be 50usd max.
I am currently caring for a Monnierara Millennium Magic 'Witchcraft' which is one of the few "black" orchid hybrids which I've seen sell between 60-150$. My first expert level orchid that I'd like to cultivate however is the endangered Ghost orchid native to Florida, specifically the Dendrophylax Lindenii, because I would like to have one in a terrarium. The Neotinetia Falcata has rather quickly captured my attention and one or more will likely find its way into my collection. Another fixation of mine would be producing my own Vanilla beans from the Vanilla Planifolia which is actually rather affordable and available. It is a creeping vine though that will eat your home if you let it.
So as we're aware I'm obsessed with orchids and spend a fair portion of my time researching other varieties. This has led me down other paths and today I'm gonna share one that has interested me in regards to repotting my violet moth orchid next year. It's called Kokedama (苔玉) which literally means moss ball. Its a form of live pot for your plants and I found this gentleman making a very relaxing and informative video on the topic. https://youtube.com/watch?v=dJQBkd436QQ
It’s retards spraying their properties with mosquito and tick pesticides year and after year, these same retards then go hmmm I wonder where all the trout and song birds went
Seriously if any of you ever have a tick or mosquito problem please consider organic control before resorting to nuking your property of invertebrate life.
Time for me to flex a little with my near 0% mosquito population because of the nice bat & swallow families near my house doing the Lord's work. And the cute little jumping spiders too.
Nature is healing.
It’s retards spraying their properties with mosquito and tick pesticides year and after year, these same retards then go hmmm I wonder where all the trout and song birds went
Seriously if any of you ever have a tick or mosquito problem please consider organic control before resorting to nuking your property of invertebrate life.
I have finally done the kokedama for my Violet and my Yellow orchid. Both of them were out growing their pots the yellow even started getting root bound. I caught it soon enough that I think it will be fine but it still stressed the roots out.
Due to slow growth and the roots becoming bound I repotted the Witchcraft into a better draining mix with a slightly bigger pot. I treated it with some super thrive which oughtta stimulate the root growth and help it take to its new pot.
I've already said I love stan tigrinis. But have you seen any of the proper fancy things? One species Neofinetia falcata has a load of different varieties and some absolutely fucking retarded prices, 300+usd for something with a stem/crown smaller than your thumb. One of my personal favourites is Houmeiden which has cute pink roots. Also saw one sell for like 400usd. I just say that because it's one of those like culturally important orchids in Japan and a lot of them have them growing in those types of moss ball.
I'm excited to see someone else knows about these. Outside of Japan, there's very little fanfare for these orchids, which is a shame. It may be my local conditions (Southwest VA, Zone 7a), but I find my Neofinetia loves the cooler nights during our Appalachian summers. I've had this plant in my possession for 8 years and 3 separate moves across multiple states and hardiness zones with no complaint.
Well uhh, I don't mean to burst your bubble but my gf is Japanese and she's the reason I found out about them lol. I think the main reason that they're not very popular outside of Japan is that if you remove the cultural aspect the majority of them are little tiny things with even smaller flowers. A lot of them are just not very impressive. They're cool to an already small group of people that are into orchids and even then the size and price makes them a bit unappealing to a lot of them. In general most of the small orchids don't really get much love, I love pluerothallids but they hardly get any love. Though a lot of the other people I know that are into orchids are the 'oap retirement project' types so maybe they are just physically incapable of seeing the flowers lol.
I think the main reason that they're not very popular outside of Japan is that if you remove the cultural aspect the majority of them are little tiny things with even smaller flowers. A lot of them are just not very impressive. They're cool to an already small group of people that are into orchids and even then the size and price makes them a bit unappealing to a lot of them. In general most of the small orchids don't really get much love, I love pluerothallids but they hardly get any love.
Fair enough. It may just be me being a huge fucking weeb, but I do like how its beauty only really shines when you look closely and intently.
It took years for that orchid to not look like a silly, tiny little single fan in a pot almost too large for it. There's no defending the prices though lmao. I think that single little fan of Koto-Fukurin cost me about 40 bucks, which was a lot to a young landscaper at the time.
That being said, I'm also looking out for flowers of a supposed Vanda x Neofinetia cross. As much as I'm a species purist, intergeneric smashling freakshows are a source of intrigue and novelty to me.
