#Introductions π» Professional plant person. Fled the city to a fixer upper property; set up a homestead/food forest in the mountains of #Appalachia with my partner and cats. Used to co-run a community garden. Nerd. Hort/ag/food policy is my jam, as well as soil science. Here to learn, and to share what I've learned. I mod r/solarpunk and the solarpunk discord. #diy #solarpunk #gardening #homesteading #foodforest #herbivore
Yo SBC - there's a Solarpunks team forming at folding@home - #250124 - come join us! Here's an article - https://foldingathome.org/2020/03/15/coronavirus-what-were-doing-and-how-you-can-help-in-simple-terms/
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RT @TylerABC57@twitter.com
GHOST APPLES π»π
After freezing rain in Michigan, apples that hadnβt been picked got coated in ice. Many fell off the tree. Some had their insides turn to mush as apples have lower freezing points. The mush and skin fell, leaving these βghost apples.β
π·: Andrew Sietsema
π¦π: https://twitter.com/TylerABC57/status/1093677592442556417
Fingers are sore from potting up 1000s of pansy plugs the past couple of days, but excited for spring! Love the way the pansies smell. #plants
It's kinda cliche in the US to celebrate George Washington Carver during #BlackHistoryMonth, but y'all I just gotta, the man is a complicated, relatable legend.
β’ #solarpunk - "We can synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow."
β’ huge plant nerd
β’ chronic health issues
β’ frustrated genius
β’ probably bisexual, possibly gray-ace
β’ orphan, survivor of slavery and endless racism
β’ radical Christian
β’ terrible at capitalism
β’ early champion of #homesteading, #sustainability
obituary for a friend #death #grief
Let me tell you about him, he was a sweet loving person even during those difficult teenage years. A talented musician with a gentle sense of humor. A humanist who cared about people. He became a pastor focused on loving everyone and interfaith dialogue. He also had a MS and taught children science. He was hit and killed by a driver who was impatient to get around a schoolbus. He leaves behind a grieving family, community, and anyone lucky enough to have known him. The thing is, he wouldn't want people to wallow in grief, he would want it to move them to make the world a better place, one filled with more love, more beauty, more understanding. Requiescat in pace, John.
On April 15 #ExtinctionRebellion will shut down London, demanding a sane response to the climate crisis, guided by citizen assemblies.
If you support this plan, you need to know about #vTaiwan - the world's most advanced citizen participation process.
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About to go on a weeding rampage. This is my weeding/guerrilla gardening theme song . Even if you think you don't like this sort of music, try hanging around to Dessa's part (1:40) which is amazing. The lyrics are solarpunk af. "My girl gave me a bolt cutter / We love to break in / Reclaim all the spaces / They forgot they had taken / And all this is ours / It's gonna be what we make it / If only the stars were close enough we would paint them" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDHxK_HfOw #music #doomtree
π» r/solarpunk has passed the 5000 member mark!!! π» https://old.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/ It's a great place to share things you want to be seen by a lot of people - positive news, good organizations, useful ideas, inspirational art or music, etc. #solarpunk
Picture is a hamster wearing a mammal outfit, in front of some branches of flowering quince. For extra plant oomph, at each corner there are yet more plants - some succulents, some clip art
Some preview pages of EXISTENTIALLY DISTRESSING PLANT FACTS!
The whole 16-page zine is available free of charge right over here: https://exrook.itch.io/plantfacts
USA, politics, voting, Mitch McConnell
I read some distilling info online and everyone kept referencing this book, so I picked it up. It really doesn't have too much additional information for what you can find already, though there is a section in the back where they give tips on dealing with particular types of plants. #homesteading #diy #herbalism #witch
Found a basic guide for dressing in the cold, in case it is helpful for those enduring and about to enduring dangerously cold weather. Try to stay warm y'all! #weather
I like big plants and I cannot lie. Mod r/solarpunk #solarpunk #plants