

“If a tree kills alone in the forest, does it make a sound?”
~Durkon Thundershield
I’m David. I live in Tacoma, Washington. I do square foot gardening, home automation with Home Assistant, and have too many cats.


“If a tree kills alone in the forest, does it make a sound?”
~Durkon Thundershield


I’ve only grown grain for my cats…rye is an excellent catgrass.
I’ve got our lettuces, onions, and various cole crops started and planted!
I need to get started on the rest of what I’ll be growing this year…I haven’t gotten any garlic or potatoes started, ehh…


You′re walking in the woods
There’s no one around and your phone is dead
Out of the corner of your eye, you spot them
(Written in Rust)
They’re following you, about 30 feet back
They get down on all fours and break into a sprint
They’re gaining on you
“Written in Rust!”
You’re looking for your car but you′re all turned around
They’re almost upon you now
And you can see there’s blood on their face
My God, there′s blood everywhere!
Running for your life (from writing in Rust!)
They’re compiling a knife (it′s written in Rust!)
oh, to have a familiar that shares your fashion sense


It’s mild and wet in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been in the 40s, mostly. I was hoping it’d be closer to the 50s but NOPE! I started a bunch of plants in February - lettuce, kale, several hundred onions, spinach, carrots, you name it. I transplanted them a week ago during a spat of more normal 50s weather.
I have a good cold frame cover over my raised bed plot, and thank goodness…everything appears to have survived, despite local 30-43F degree weather here. That includes one dip to 31F! I’m super happy! Spring 2025 friends:


Welcome to the Fediverse! Thanks for the post, I love your authorial tone!


Howdy! It’s ~40s and wet here in the PNW (with the threat of snow!). There are leeks, chard, and herbs happily chugging along outside.
But the real fun is inside! Earlier this year I built a fun little grow cabinet for a jalepeno, some citrus, and lemongrass. I promptly spent several weeks fighting an aphid infestation.

So now, I have happy little jalapenos growing, as well as some wee little satsumas.
And of course, several hundred LITTLE BABY PLANTS!

I’m getting all the early spring plants going that transplant well - lettuce, kale, arugula, you name it. I’m going to try and grow some carrots inside, we’ll see. Slugs destroyed all mine last year. Also, like 120 onions of different varieties. Geez!


They be grace, they be elegance, hey those cats a’ sitting two a’ pence!


Just put Dot as GM, she can keep the brothers in line.


OH MY GOD SHE’S ADORABLE


I would tell you to fight me, but I guess I need to add an GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 argument to my KDE Konflict Picker first…


I feel like I’ll be reposting this video a lot, but I love ✨LEAF MOLD✨
In my garden, I took some chicken wire, a few stakes, and made a place for leaves, about 3-4 feet across.
Just like compost, mix it every few days and moisten it to the level of a damp sponge (appropriate for your climate). After a year (yes, a year), you’ll have a pile of broken down organic matter, and a lovely leaf mold environment.
Also, Leaf mold breaks down leaves way faster when you already have a starter pile of it to add to from last year.


It is…I would like a Fediverse video platform, but this one ain’t very cash money.


A reminder that Loops has a TOS that effectively grants them an unlimited license to use your likeness for whatever purpose they desire. Including AI generation. https://loops.video/legal/terms-of-service#7


There are a couple ‘Other - Please Specify’ fields I definitely filled out with ‘Do not do AI’.


I’ll have a small ambient heater in there, controlled by my home automation system! They are LED lights, so not much heat there. Our house sits around 50-60F usually, so I’m spending a bit of time making sure the insulation is good.


The Long Dark Wet is coming, and I’m setting up in indoor grow zone for the winter. I can’t wait to experiment! I’ll be attempting to keep a couple peppers alive, as well as a dill, some citrus, a lemongrass,and a few other things. Some of these would be fine being dormant in our basement, but that’s no fun!



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I get the joke, but with no prior context it’s kind of a jerk move to assume the player already opened it if they asked for a perception OR an investigation. A Mimic would normally just ambush you OR attack when the player opens them. If it was opened it’s probably already attacking, and if it was closed then performing a perception shouldn’t cause initiative until rolled (if the mimic noticed you noticing it, for instance).
I’ll…I’ll crawl back into my dingy nerd tavern now…
I’ve unfortunately been busy this year and haven’t been as productive as I wish I had.
That being said, I have a decent sized patch of various lettuces, and the artichoke I planted last year is producing!
I just got a bunch of other things in the ground like beans and pepper starts, we’ll see how they do!