Notices by Brian Ó (blacksam@social.gibberfish.org), page 17

I have a surplus of tomato seedlings so I decided to create a small vegetable patch near the curb to grow "free" tomatoes for passersby. The soil in my front yard is crap so I made kind of a mini Hügel. I dig a trench about 2 feet deep and threw in some birch logs and staves from an old rotted barrel planter, then added leaves and compost, back-filled it with the original soil, then covered it in a layer of cardboard and mulch. I made sure to leave a space in front equal to the deck on my lawnmower.

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #food #tomatoes

I found these while digging in last year's compost. They're growing on a chunk of cardboard.

#mushrooms #fungi #compost

#batman #furries #comics #religion #christianity #humor

I used to use keybase and for a long time they were throwing their garbage crypto coin at users in an attempt to get it into circulation. I haven't used keybase in a long time and I mostly forgot about it, but I was just informed that my 1400 Stellar Lumens are worth about $725 USD right at this moment. Free money!

So, the question is, do I cash out now, or let it ride? 🤔

https://www.coinbase.com/price/stellar

#keybase #xlm #stellarlumens #cryptocurrency #cryptocoin

If you're a nerd like me, and at least my age, you probably encountered this show in the 80s or 90s and loved it. Well, Tim Hunkin has uploaded HD remastered episodes to his YouTube channel with post-credits commentaries added. I love this show. It still holds up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlrbMHLBd4

#timhunkin #science #engineering #machines #bbc #80s

I created a bit of a dilemma for myself. My one-gallon batch of acergyln (maple mead) got "stuck" at around 10% ABV, so I split it into two one-gallon batches and added more water, which got things going again -- but I needed to add back more honey and maple syrup to make up for the dilution, which I did gradually to avoid stopping the fermentation again. The only problem is, I must have added too much water, because I ran out of room in the carboys. I had two full all the way to the neck, and I still needed to add about a half-pint of syrup to each. So, I was forced(!) to go out and buy a 3 gallon carboy to re-combine the split batches in. It ended up being 2.5 gallons of liquid. So, anyway, happy ending. I now have (over) twice as much mead as I was planning for, and the 3-gallon size is much more reasonable (and affordable) for future batches than jumping all the way up to the 5.

#fermentation #homebrewing #honey #maple #mead #wine #booze

Spent about 3 hours this afternoon helping a friend build a Hügel in their backyard. 😅

#hügelkultur #hugelkultur #gardening #permaculture #diy

New batch of banana wine today. 🍷🍌

#banana #wine #homebrewing #fermentation

This banana wine is getting a lot better with age.

#homebrewing #wine #banana #booze

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#covid #vaccine #tigerking

One small prick for a man... 💉

I made this wicking bed bucket planter late last season but never ended up growing anything in it, so I decided to plant tomatoes in it this year. They're the poster-child crop for this type of setup. I also decided to give it a deep straw mulch layer and inoculate it with oyster mushroom culture, just for fun.

#gardening #wickingbeds #globalbuckets #diy #mushrooms

The expanded Hügel is finally complete and ready for planting (though the weather isn't quite yet). The final list of ingredients were (in order):
- logs (mostly white birch, some maple, a few random others)
- old rotten barrel staves
- wood chips
- leaves
- rabbit poop
- kitchen compost
- soil
- straw

I also once again inocculated it with Stropharia mycelium in the hopes that it will produce some mushrooms in addition to vegetables. I have all of my seedlings started indoors. By the time they're ready to transplant the weather outside should be perfect.

#gardening #hügelkultur #hugelkultur #composting #compost #mushrooms

An enemy is just a friend you don't like

https://youtu.be/3VDj7bTsXLw

#danger5 #russia #80s #satire #music

I just released v1.0.8 of pod-feeder-v2, which will continue processing queued feed items if it encounters an error posting to Diaspora instead of dying.

#pod_feeder #pod_feeder_v2 #rss #atom #syndication #feeds #diaspora

Hügel expansion, phase two: Leaves, soil, rabbit shit, and a bunch of half-finished compost from last year. I still have a bunch more compost to add, but the rest of it is still frozen.

#gardening #hügelkultur #hugelkultur #composting #compost

I was pretty happy with my Hügelkultur from last year, and I still have a ton of old logs and stuff around the house, so I decided to expand it this year to about twice the size. I'm going to re-inocoulate it with wine cap mushroom spawn. Hopefully I'll get some to harvest this year.

#mushrooms #fungi #gardening #hügelkultur #hugelkultur

Hey nerds. For whatever reason this morning I became curious and decided to get a better understanding of Lagrange points. One thing I'm having trouble finding info about is if there are any practical differences between L4 and L5. Most of the (admittedly basic) explanations I've treat them as precisely equivalent. Howerver one point leads the smaller body in the orbit and the other trails it, so there must be some quirks to each, no? Can someone please explain?

Side note: There is/was an "L5 Society" to "to promote the space colony ideas of Gerard K. O'Neill". Why did they choose "L5" and not "L4"? Did they just think it sounded cooler?

#lagrange #space #physics #orbitalmechanics #gravity #science

So, it sounds like maybe the word on the street is that the Snyder Cut doesn't suck? I saw Man of Steel what now feels like 20 years ago, and the first Wonder Woman, but none of the others. Can I just jump right in to the 4 hour behemoth, or do I need to go back and watch all the others I've missed?

#justiceleague #snydercut #movies

It me.