mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Standing water in concrete structures is a huge no no.
Isn't this one of the big reasons why the Florida apartment complex collapsed?
What engineering controls does one need to create a durable structure while exposed to constant moisture needed for vegetation, and the vegetation itself?
I started thinking about this yesterday too, after watching the Ask This Old House guys remove moss from a roof, explaining that it will retain water and shorten the life of the shingles. As some houses are prone to moss, you'd think we'd just figure out how to make a bio-roof. That seems like your step one to a veg-roof.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
For anyone familiar with the car camping vs ultralight camping crowds: this sounds all too familiar...
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I spent the last week in COVID isolation at home with my partner and once the annoying symptoms went away it was glorious.
Now that we all know how to survive lockdowns, it's a lot easier the second time around (grocery deliveries, online casual games with friends, etc)
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
You garden after you put your worm castings filled compost in it:
mercurly 1 year ago • 92%
Unfortunately 24 hour libraries, or even late night, are pretty much non-existent now because 1) parents use them as babysitters and 2) nothing against homeless people but librarians aren't equipped or staffed to take care of them appropriately.
And now with the book bans librarians are in short supply too, which means shorter hours and even fully closing on some weekdays.
Support your local library, everyone! See if there's a "friends of" group. It's a great way to connect with your community.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Just providing context. Not "blaming it on the town."
mercurly 1 year ago • 66%
I'm unfortunately very familiar with this town. It's an industrial wasteland with no real job market and drugs are rampant.
This story is unfortunately not at all surprising.
mercurly 1 year ago • 92%
The original subreddit was kind of a cesspool anyway. I witnessed men and women get bullied over trivial nonsense so much that I unsubbed from the original subreddit.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
The meal plan idea is genius!
Mine is that everything in my house needs a place. If I can't find a designated space for something, it must not be important enough to keep around. Makes cleanup easier too.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
The judge who signed off on the search warrant also has 2 DUIs
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
honey bees should be raised in land they are native to.
I just wish we could stop with the misinformation surrounding them. I wish we would protect native bees instead of worshipping invasives (in the US).
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
This is really helpful, thank you!
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
If you can find a small footprint biochar tutorial lemme know 👍 I don't have room for 55 gal barrels
1. Keep a couple pieces of charcoal in your kitchen bin for smell absorption. I just took some charred bits out of my firepit. When they're used up they can just go right in the pile. 2. A large piece of cardboard makes a good lid, and somehow looks nicer in your yard than a pile of old food. Also helps regulate rain absorption/moisture retention.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Rest is radical
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I only have two humans and a dog in my household but we typically only generate one kitchen bag of trash a week by diverting a lot of our cardboard and food scraps into a small compost pile.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Nice! I love this thing. You can see my topper off to the side.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
God bless Firefox reader mode.
mercurly 1 year ago • 85%
Good VPNs have adblockers.
Everyone on the Internet should have one now. Also a password generator.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Thanks for your response! If you light events with broadcast cameras, I am the annoying video engineer behind the camera controls asking about flicker and color balance. I hope they keep making y'all's specialty bulbs. Looks like there's a big list of exceptions!
mercurly 1 year ago • 90%
I wonder if this will have any effect on the film industry...
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
steps in shit
"Hey it smells like you stepped in shit."
"What makes you assume it's shit?"
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Just curious why gravel over mulch?
I have both and I wish it was all mulch.
Sheet mulching is great for the first few years but the cardboard will break down and you'll have weeds again. With mulch you can just lay down more cardboard and go again. It's not that easy with gravel.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Zone birthday cake A
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
To add on to your notes about maintenance: I have large gravel, mulch, and grass in my backyard. The gravel requires much more weeding time than the mulch. The mesh does nothing.
mercurly 1 year ago • 95%
Sorry to be grandpa reddit but the last one felt forced too
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Several cities, including Paris and Grenoble in France, São Paulo in Brazil, and Chennai in India have taken concrete steps in this direction. In São Paulo, ads are banned from certain parts of the city, and in Paris, they are prohibited near schools.
Several more cities are following suit, with a growing ad-free movement aiming to make cities a better place to live. ‘Adfree Cities,’ a UK-based nonprofit, is one such example. Cities such as Bristol, Birmingham, and Cardiff are part of its network, attempting to drastically reduce the amount of urban advertising
This is an excellent trend, and one that only lobbyists would fight against.
Since the online advert bubble seems to be bursting, I'm going to take that as a glimmer of hope. And until then, VPN maximus, ads be gone!
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Unfortunately it seems like refrigerators are the appliance that is just known to die the fastest now. I searched high and low for a good warranty but even the higher end fridges don't get them these days. And the Samsung 10 year warranty is a bandaid for the lawsuits they're facing.
You've clearly done your research cause the first thing to die in a fridge is always the ice maker 👍
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Renovations.
I feel lucky to have already been a homeowner before COVID. I have no interest in buying/selling again, despite our house being considered a "starter home". So after we suffered major water damage over winter we just made our kitchen hella nice.
Also, look up Speed Queen.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I think it's important to note this will up your backyard tick count exponentially
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I wish more people understood that rural life is really freaking hard, especially if you don't already have connections.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Cheapest and messiest: pile on the ground.
Cheap and contained: pallets or chicken wire.
Expensive but easy and not ugly: a kit like this https://greenesfence.com/collections/cedar-composter
Skip the tumblers unless you're really not ready to commit to a location in your yard. I ended up giving mine away a year into it.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I agree sending it off would yield better results, but this kit was like $11 and does N, P, K, pH x10
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
It stays on my phone for the sole reason that I have notifications turned on from a local weather account
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Nah. For this soil test you let your dirt water sit overnight and let it settle before you get a liquid sample.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
My cardboard and food scraps lasagna passed the test.
I'm gonna go slather some more on my cucumbers.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I think you're both right. We need more building designed to be flex spaces. It's impossible to guess what we need 20 years from now. Let's make sure new construction can handle a wide range of use.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
Can you elaborate on this?
I can't WFH so I haven't really kept up with the trend
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
The comments are suggesting everyone do charge backs.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
I'm halfway through Psalm for the Wild Built, and uh, this link is relevant.
mercurly 1 year ago • 100%
You ok there bud?
For apartment dwellers, people with HOA restrictions, etc What easy steps can we take to live solarpunk?
My hometown's newspaper just published an opinion piece about the disastrous effects, ecologically and financially, that lawn care causes. Not totally surprising but it's important to note that this is a retirement community in the bible belt! Y'all, it's working! Keep spreading the word!