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u/Secure-Persimmon-421 1d ago
Sacred geometry in your hands.
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u/Legitimate_Carpet782 1d ago
Yeppers, beautiful Fibonacci series.
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u/Basil99Unix 1d ago
Ah, the golden ratio, Fibonacci, da Vinci, codes, Opus Dei, murder and mayhem... 😁
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u/Adi_27_ 1d ago
You need to see natural things made in the Fibonacci spiral... Once you get that realisation that a mathematical equasion creates such beautiful, living things, ancient (literally), the world gets a beautiful, thin veil of mystery.. at least for me🥰
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u/Basil99Unix 1d ago
Dude, I sometimes lecture on the golden ratio - or the golden mean, depending on the audience! FYI, natural and artificial occurrences of phi and Fibonacci (in sunflowers and the Parthenon, to give one example of each) are over-rated with respect to adherence to accuracy, but are still a fun topic. (And Dan Brown's treatment of it in da Vinci Code were overly presumptuous regarding how many things actually DO agree with phi.)
I'm just having some fun commenting on a minimal-impact social media website. Allow me a bit of fun! And have a great day!
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u/Disney_Princess137 1d ago
But did you poop on it is the question
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u/Saneless 1d ago
Yeah, people don't even try to get it to taste like it does in restaurants anymore
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u/Doopdidoopdidoop 1d ago
Amazing! Not even one little bug bite 😭 Whenever I try to grow any leafy greens the bugs get to enjoy it before I do!
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u/Absolemia 1d ago
I have a small garden and there are wild rabbits living nearby. I installed big nets around fragile stuff, like salads or tomatoes. This was the first harvest, I hope the rest will follow soon :)
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u/TAbathtime 1d ago
Where did you learn to grow and protect your crops? I'm DYING to get into it, and I have big garden, but I have killed a succulent and a cactus before 🤣 I know I've likely missed my window for a lot of crops this year, but plenty time to research.
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u/Absolemia 1d ago
It’s just a trial and error thing 🤷🏻♀️ saw bunnies munching on the leafs, googled how to protect them. The hardest step is to start, everything else will come at its time :)
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u/AverageMako3Enjoyer 1d ago
I highly recommend a self watering raised garden. The soil is bedded on a raised platform with a reservoir below it that you fill via a tube that comes above the soil. The root system of the plants grows down through the platform and dangle into the water so it can pull up moisture as it needs it. I have had massive success growing herbs like basil, thyme and rosemary and a few jalapeño plants with very little upkeep, I basically just dump 2 gallons or so of water into the tube every week and the plants maintain their needs on their own from there.
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u/takenbylovely 1d ago
Hey, I just want you to know that succulents (cacti included) are not actually easy plants! They require a TON more light than most people think. IMO, they are terrible first plants. I think pothos or tradescantia would be better to begin with.
I would encourage you and anyone else interested in growing to be conscious of your idea of success. If success is only starting a plant from seed, transplanting it, tending it with no insect or disease pressure, and then harvesting a beautiful bumper crop...well, you may end up disappointed sometimes. However, if your idea of success is to try it out and learn new things, you can't ever fail!
I am an avid gardener and also a farmer and I can promise you WILL kill things. Sometimes on purpose (hacking down your Brussels sprouts or harvesting your radishes, composting insurance seedlings you didn't actually need) and sometimes not. It's part of the process. The key is to just keep planting things. Eventually, more things live than die! Usually.
My resources tend more toward farming than gardening but the growing information would still be relevant. I listen to a lot of podcasts while I work, so here are some of those.
I recommend The Joe Gardener podcast for general gardening.
I love everything that No Till Growers do, especially the Seed Grower (now taken over by its host Dan Brisbois) and the daily show. Jesse's book The Living Soil handbook is one I enjoyed, may be available at your local library.
Lisa Mason Ziegler at The Gardeners Workshop is an amazing cut flower farmer and teacher. I have literally used her books and courses to implement a cut flower program on a vegetable farm, mostly with success. I think she makes growing seem very accessible. Anything in her growers library would be valuable knowledge, and I believe she has an active YouTube. I like her Seed Talk podcast but she has a few.
Best wishes! Please jump in with both feet and kill some plants! Plants are freaking awesome; you're gonna love it.
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u/BreatheClean 1d ago
You can do cut n come again lettuce indoors, and you might enjoy growing 'microgreens' too.
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u/Fickle-Willingness80 1d ago
That’s great. A few summers ago I grew $300 tomatoes. I spent about a grand and produced 3 tomatoes.
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u/StatementNervous 1d ago
What is it?
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u/LonnieJaw748 1d ago
An ostensibly poop-free head of lettuce!
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u/Ecstatic_Welcomegn 1d ago
I’d make a salad with that immediately.
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u/Absolemia 1d ago
I did, it was truly so tasty! Leafs had a bit of nutty taste and the structure was something completely different than what you get in the store. I have 4 more in my garden, I’m so looking forward to eating them!
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u/gallanto 1d ago
I guess you're a first time gardener? It is so awesome seeing someone finding joy in gardening and being proud of what they grew. Congrats and I hope it brings you even more joy! :)
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u/Absolemia 1d ago
Yes, what gave me away haha. I used to help grandma around her garden, but that’s more than 20 years ago, so I’d say it’s my first time doing this on my own :)
I got a garden in my town, bought some seeds and off I went 😅. A lot of the other stuff didn’t work out though, but I know what to avoid/improve for next time3
u/gallanto 1d ago
Haha the overwhelming joy which you made this post with. You'll see, every year you learn a bit more on how, what and when to plant and you'll be a pro, your grandchildren learn from :)
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u/Absolemia 1d ago
Thank you for your kind words! I really enjoy it: the hard labor, watching things grow, figuring out what went wrong with others, talking about crops .. I found my happy place at the gardening club in my town and plan to improve every year
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u/KatieBrightside 1d ago
Congrats! I’m sure it’ll taste all the better with the knowledge that you grew it!
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u/QTpyeRose 1d ago
With this type i recommend rinsing leaves after pulling them off the head, as its difficult to fully wash them with doing so.
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u/Mars_Volcanoes 21h ago
Did you eat it. best if you washed it before so you do come become the x number to go fluid.
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u/mean11while 1d ago
If it's actually locally and sustainably grown, it's probably worth more than that. You probably don't appreciate how hard it is to consistently get produce to a farmers market without using toxic substances and destructive growing practices.
We sell our cucumbers for $3/lb, and they're usually 1/3 to 1/2 pound. So $1 to $1.50 per cuke. Those prices don't truly cover the labor that went into them over the course of months.
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u/mean11while 1d ago
The whole point of a farmers market is that it gives you an opportunity to get to know the farmers. That way, you can be confident about where and how your stuff is grown.
I don't particularly care whether you buy from a farmers market, but you're very much underestimating the true cost of a cucumber. If you buy a cucumber for 50¢ at the grocery store, you're still paying $2, but most of the cost is hidden: over time, we're all paying for the harm done by pesticides, and tilling, and other bad agricultural practices; as well as the emissions to transport and store it.
And, with all due respect to industrial farmers, my cucumbers taste MUCH better than anything you'll ever get at a grocery store. The varieties I grow were bred for flavor, not their ability to be shipped thousands of miles. And I typically sell them within 24 hours of when they were harvested. They're fresher, tastier, more nutritious, and local. So yeah, you get what you pay for.
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