Notices by Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org), page 16

I saw this fellow when inspecting the garden this morning. At first I thought it was a wasp, but then on closer inspection it looked like a mantis. It turns out it's a "wasp mantidfly" which is in fact neither a wasp, nor a mantis. I don't think I've ever seen one before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climaciella_brunnea

#insects #gardening #photo #mywork

#mushrooms #photo #mywork

True story

#software #humor

Go, go, gadget union.

#labor #capitalism #unions #labormovement

I get suspicious when I'm listenin'
To talking heads and politicians
Like how the "sunshine is the best disinfectant" crowd
Has all the most diseased opinions?

#poetry #mywork #workinprogress

James S.A. Corey Says the Final Expanse Novel Has Been Turned In

https://www.tor.com/2021/05/18/james-sa-corey-final-expanse-novel-leviathan-falls-turned-in/

Considering they weren't even visible until yesterday, these wine caps are massive. The stipes are crazy. The big one's nearly as thick as my wrist. They got chewed on a little by squirrels, but no insect damage. 👍

I'm going to sautee some up later and give them a taste.

#mushrooms #fungi #stropharia #food #gardening

I'm so excited. As some of you probably know from following me, I've been trying to grow wine cap (AKA kind stropharia, aka Stropharia rugosoannulata mushrooms outdoors since last spring. I got good colonization last year but no mushrooms. I wasn't expecting anything this spring either, with my hopes pinned on the fall. I was just out tending the Hügelkultur mound and saw a bunch of mulch pushed up like something had been digging at it, and this is what I found underneath. :D

#mushrooms #fungi #gardening #hügelkultur #hugelkultur

#strawberry #flower #mywork

On a lark, I just injected every other one of these with stropharia liquid culture. I'm curious to see what (if anything) happens.

#gardening #plants #fungi #mushrooms #experiment

Among the "volunteer" selections coming up on the Hügel so far are these coprinoids. Probably some variety of "mica cap". They grow from "buried wood". Go figure. I actually got a bunch of them last season, but much later in the summer after heavy rains.

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #mushrooms #fungi

Something invited itself to my Hügel, by way of the kitchen compost I'd guess. What is it? Some kind of squash/melon?

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #food #vegetables #compost

Something invited itself to my Hügel, by way of the kitchen compost I'd guess. What is it? Some kind of squash/melon?

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #food #vegetables #compost

Not about to see your light...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7KLdET1lBM

#danzig #rock #music #80s

Update on the Hügelkultur bed:

Last year when I built the original mount I seeded it with king stropharia (AKA "wine cap") spawn but I only got a solitary mushroom that froze before it could mature. When I added the extension this spring I inoculated the new end as well. I just went out and pushed aside the straw mulch to see how it's doing, and it appears to be going strong on both ends. Hopefully that means a real crop this fall 🤞

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #food #mushrooms #fungi

I see a lot of wonderment over the value of "joke" cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin. I don't get why people are confused. Despite the whimsical theme it's no different from Bitcoin in terms of its legitimacy. If someone started minting "joke" gold coins with docks on them they'd still be made of gold.

#cryptocurrency #bitcoin #dogecoin gold

I finally built stage 2 and 3 compost bins. My exercise for today.

#composting #gardening #diy

I decided it was time to plant the tomato seedlings outside. This will be the inaugural test flight for the bucket system. The other five seedlings went in the curbside bed. 🤞🍅

#tomatoes #gardening #vegetables #plants #food

Just updated my laptop to #Fedora34. Totally smooth process 👍

#fedora #redhat #linux