I am in the Caribbean with a pretty heavy clay soil. I mainly grow herbs like Cuban oregano, basil, sage, mint, lemongrass, etc. I also have some fruiting plants like tomatoes and some eggplants. I have some shady raised beds, and I also do a little growing in ground, but mainly I use pots. What I'm really trying to do is to build out some more raised beds and have enough soil for the sunnier pot-based growing space.

First thing first, just to be clear, it seems like you are looking for more of an editorial perspective?

I mean I'm not read at all on soil science literature, so while I'm not opposed to anything "scientific" you have to say, and in fact would be happy to learn, I would probably need to do some googling. Also sorry mate, but you are officially a soil scientist at this point.

That's the big thing. Posting content consistently is key to the survival of communities like this one

Someone in one of the other communities where I crossposted this, said the exact same thing

I’ve been wanting one of these plants forever. I love how they just let them grow

Should’ve been called Icarus

Why use Drake when I could instead make a twoset reference

I believe that NitroKeys are open-source. The New Oil did a video covering them.

If you don’t mind his particular style, the SsethTzeentach video is what convinced me to give it a fair shake. The in-game tutorial and tooltips are pretty good though, and will get you started. Overtime you’ll discover more and more systems. Oh and just so you know, the demo is the full game, but a version behind.

Have to throw CK3 out as my personal favorite grand strategy game (though EU4 and the like are other options). There's nigh infinite content in weaving the story of your family and realm, and mods add a whole new layer to it.

Tossing Song of Syx onto the pile of games. Even if you don't care for the art style, the game is immensely deep, and quite frankly, addictive.

Definitely was my first thought. I think that I've spent way more time on that game than I'd like to admit.

Maybe Storm In a Tea Cup by Helen Czerski for a book outside your comfort zone. It's quite the interesting exploration of the principles of physics that underpin the world around us.

Ello, and thanks for the shoutout! Was there anything in particular you wanted to ask me about?

Thank you very much for these (very) thorough selections! And the associated links as well haha

Is there a particular aspect you’re really into right now?

Hmm, a surprisingly difficult question. I really do love all aspects of botany and plants, but I feel like I don't know much about specific parts of a plant and classifications of parts (like reniform), soil science, and cultivation techniques like grafting.

In Defense of Plants

I actually listen to his podcast, but didn't know that he had a book. Excited to read this and your other suggestions!

All hail

Glasses. The ability to see so much better than I otherwise could leaves me astonished every time I put them on.

It wasn’t that hard for me to flash a Chromebook with Linux using this guide

I'm currently looking at some thyme through propagation. No idea where I'm going to put it, but I'm excited either way!

I was just looking at Monarda didyma on Wikipedia and here it pops up on Lemmy. How you support your local ecosystem is inspiring

Yea I think the balance is fine lol. There was a period when I was shredding up a lot of browns, but I think I have readjusted enough

My pile is on the soil (I actually have two right now, but I'm referring to the main one). It just rained not too long ago so the pile is decently wet as of now, but I think it generally stays at a decent moisture level. I try to aim for the wrung out towel level recommended by the infographic on the main page.

She executed her strategy perfectly

Thank you for sharing your journey! It's very interesting and informative to see how others have brought more privacy into their lives. I noticed that you were using something from Simple Mobile Tools. I know you said you were going to replace it eventually, but you should soon, especially if you got it from the Playstore, rather than from F-Droid, because they were acquired.

I mean how could you say no to a doggo like that

Thanks. I don’t know why I didn’t mention the exact small sample size

I mean I guess. They aren't actively fighting or anything like that to my knowledge. I personally think the Privacy Guides is the better resource, because PrivacyTools has vpn recommendations like Nord and Surfshark with affiliate links that are not actively disclosed from my quick check.

Try Brave Search, Duckduckgo, Startpage, or Searxng. For more detail on these recommendation (that I definitely did not just steal), check out the Privacy Guides page, or The New Oil for a different, albeit overlapping, set of recommendations and take on search engines.

Besides the obvious Minecraft recommendation, maybe Terraria, Satisfactory, and if you're willing to allow it, something like Smite would be another good option for him to play with his friends.

Very distinguished gentleman/lady

I've been having this problem from the other end. My posts on Mander aren't visible on its new tab.

Seems interesting as a supplemental source of energy though.

Here's the article from Mozilla explaining their position. There is also this random article from The Record that seems to give a bit more of a detailed explanation from what I skimmed.

Try this archive.org link.

For me it's usually plants, and I still manage to suck at them. I do know some fun facts though.

This community has got me think more about things I can compost than I ever have before lol. I do trench composting (the lazy man's method), and have mainly been using food scraps, but now I want to look into getting a bin. You all have bitten me with the composting bug.

This was in a VM, but I was running Ubuntu LTS to mess around with Nextcloud, maybe even save some data to it. I also installed Pihole and ran into an issue, so I uninstalled it. Apparently, when you uninstall Pihole, it also gives you the option to uninstall important system packages like ipconfig. Borked my install. I was freaking pissed.

!crusaderkings@kbin.social and !grandstrategy@lemmy.ml. I really want some more activity for CK3 and grand strategy on Lemmy like there is on Reddit. Oh plus my daily mander.xyz shout out.

ProtonVPN still offers it I believe