Nostr notes by Eugene Parnell

Ooh that's exciting! And I'd consider a 300 year old lava ...

2026-04-01T08:01:34+02:00

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Ooh that's exciting! And I'd consider a 300 year old lava flow "recent" but then I don't live next to Kilauea 😆 Please post more videos of your progress as you can!

wow your place is fantastic. That soil is really, uh, volcanic. ...

2026-04-01T07:43:06+02:00

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wow your place is fantastic. That soil is really, uh, volcanic. Are you on a recent flow? Also are those kauri pines in the background? Such an interesting place!

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2026-03-31T23:17:28+02:00

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Digging in the dirt #gardening

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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 29,1967

Stuart is putting down roots. Literally. #gardening #houseplants ...

2026-03-29T18:29:24+02:00

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Stuart is putting down roots. Literally.
#gardening #houseplants

My first thought was that an arborwright crafts arbors (as in ...

2026-03-26T06:01:07+01:00

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My first thought was that an arborwright crafts arbors (as in grape arbors or similar garden structures) much as a wheelwright crafts wheels. But that's with no context so 🤷

Also, honestly it says something about the fabricator's ...

2026-03-25T20:35:10+01:00

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Also, honestly it says something about the fabricator's choice of materials that it can't survive a bit of adhesive. In theory you should be able to go out there with some goo-gone and it'll take that right off. Not sure why that cost $3k unless the finish wasn't bonded properly and it peeled off with the adhesive.

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116282622733439098 The googly ...

2026-03-25T20:30:06+01:00

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116282622733439098

The googly eyes were an improvement, honestly. This is my professional opinion as a fellow sculptor. Scroll down the article to the photo with the eyes and see if you don't agree.
#Artist #sculpture #Australia

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'Blue blob' vandal who gave sculpture googly eyes ordered to pay compensation
By Samuel O'Brien

A 20-year-old woman who made headlines by putting googly eyes on a controversial sculpture in the middle of Mount Gambier is ordered to pay $2,000 to the city's council.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/mount-gambier-blue-blob-sculpture-googly-eyes-graffiti-convicted/106405276

#Vandalism #Courts #Sculpture #SamuelOBrien

There is a great book called "The Genius of Trees" by ...

2026-03-24T21:22:52+01:00

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There is a great book called "The Genius of Trees" by Harriet Rix that addresses this question. She shows how plants manipulated the atmosphere, manipulated the crust of the earth, then manipulated animals to do things like pollinate their flowers and carry their seeds around. She ends the book by posing the question "are plants manipulating us?" Namely by being ornamental, tasty, etc they get us to spread them to new locales. It's a fascinating concept.

I was at a symposium with a bunch of garden designers last ...

2026-03-24T18:21:59+01:00

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I was at a symposium with a bunch of garden designers last weekend and there was a discussion of trying to move away from the term "invasive" as it ascribes too much intentionality to the plant. Suggestion was "introduced disruptive" which is not as catchy but probably more accurate.

I'm hearing the Jurassic Park theme music in my head as ...

2026-03-24T18:19:48+01:00

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I'm hearing the Jurassic Park theme music in my head as I'm reading this.

One of my favorite rhododendrons in my garden is blooming early ...

2026-03-24T06:06:20+01:00

One of my favorite rhododendrons in my garden is blooming early this year. It's been a mild winter. This is Rhododendron sinogrande (no common name) which is native to Southwest China. In the wild it can grow more than 30 feet high and those leaves can reach three feet in length. It won't get that large in our climate. I particularly like the partially emerged buds when the scales are just coming off.
#gardening #PNW #rhododendron #Bloomscrolling

I probably won't brave the crowds at the University of ...

2026-03-24T05:50:07+01:00

I probably won't brave the crowds at the University of Washington quadrangle to see their cherry trees this year, but I don't really need to. There's plenty to see in my neighborhood.
#gardening #PNW #seattle #Bloomscrolling #spring

we have an actual "spider season" here in Western ...

2026-03-23T06:03:45+01:00

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we have an actual "spider season" here in Western Washington. (August-September). Mostly because of the European orb weavers, invasive here, which are around all year but are more noticeable in the fall. You have to carry a stick through the garden in the morning to knock down the webs so you can pass. They're quite harmless though. We also have very large wolf spiders that like to live in basements. Not much of a haven for arachnophobes I'm afraid.

More plants I got: Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata' or ...

2026-03-22T06:15:41+01:00

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More plants I got: Luzula sylvatica 'Marginata' or variegated wood rush. I'm always looking for groundcovers for shade and this is a promising one. Next to it are some big root geraniums, another great plant for dry shade. A tiny manzanita, my first. And finally some PNW natives: Dicentra Formosa, our native bleeding heart, and a Calamagrostis nutkaensis, a clumping grass.
7/7 end
#gardening #PNW

So here's my haul: a small leaved Mahonia from Asia (similar ...

2026-03-22T06:05:14+01:00

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So here's my haul: a small leaved Mahonia from Asia (similar to our Oregon grape but with unique foliage and habit). A small Australian fern called Doodia media, a relative of our native deer fern (you can see the resemblance). Some Astelia chathamica 'Silver Spear'-- this is a plant I already grow, it's one of my favorites, and I want more.
6/x
#gardening #PNW

Next up: a very different plant nursery. Xera plants offers ...

2026-03-22T05:50:35+01:00

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Next up: a very different plant nursery. Xera plants offers "climate adapted plants for the Pacidic Northwest". They have made a number of their own introductions (new cultivars) and like Cistus, they sell many plants that are difficult or impossible to find elsewhere. They used to have a retail location in downtown Portland, but now sell directly out of their grow houses in Sherwood. chatting with the owner, he said they got tired of carrying plants back and forth.
5/x #gardening #PNW

There's a hoop house filled with unusual succulents and ...

2026-03-22T05:41:42+01:00

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There's a hoop house filled with unusual succulents and half-hardy plants. So many gorgeous plants that I'm afraid to chance in my garden.
4/x
#gardening #PNW

The nursery is arranged in a most unusual fashion: plants are ...

2026-03-22T05:24:09+01:00

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The nursery is arranged in a most unusual fashion: plants are grouped by their geographical origin and have vintage names like "Laurasia" and "Araucana". There are dark nooks and side areas filled with exotic and unexpected plants.
3/x

#gardening #PNW

Cistus nursery has its own landscaping showcase. Manzanitas and ...

2026-03-22T04:57:32+01:00

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Cistus nursery has its own landscaping showcase. Manzanitas and rosemary in bloom. Surprised to see a crinum lily here--but not too surprised. Oh and every nursery needs a cat. This one is named Mabel or something and she's friendly until she isn't.
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#gardening #PNW

I had the day off work yesterday so I took a day trip to lovely ...

2026-03-22T04:34:56+01:00

I had the day off work yesterday so I took a day trip to lovely Portland Oregon. I stopped at a couple plant nurseries. First up: Cistus Design Nursery on Sauvie Island. Sean Hogan, the owner, is a well known garden designer and his residence (just behind the nursery) has been featured in magazines and glossy coffee table books. Sauvie Island has an unusually mild microclimate that allows plants like this eucalyptus to thrive. A short thread
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#gardening #PNW

Wow. Very tidy milling job. So they do this for a living?

2026-03-20T04:54:13+01:00

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Wow. Very tidy milling job. So they do this for a living?

😆

2026-03-19T02:59:52+01:00

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😆

His name is Stuart. I'm keeping him. #gardening #houseplants ...

2026-03-19T01:22:03+01:00

His name is Stuart. I'm keeping him.
#gardening #houseplants

I'll have to try that. There's some growing in a parking ...

2026-03-18T04:44:25+01:00

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I'll have to try that. There's some growing in a parking strip in my neighborhood pretty much abandoned and they're doing fine. Maybe I babied mine too much! Thank you!

Oooh were you there recently? I was there once a few years ago ...

2026-03-18T04:34:46+01:00

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Oooh were you there recently? I was there once a few years ago and was hoping for wildflowers but my timing was off. I'm sure it's fantastic at the right time of year.

one of my favorite plants. I've tried growing them with no ...

2026-03-17T06:00:33+01:00

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one of my favorite plants. I've tried growing them with no luck. Are yours in full sun?

As an alternative, there's another route into the park. Find ...

2026-03-16T03:40:40+01:00

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As an alternative, there's another route into the park. Find the Lake Eleanor trailhead on the map. It's on the North side outside the National Park boundary. You can park there and hike in a little less than 3 miles and that gets you to Grand Park on the North side of the mountain. From there it's relatively easy access to the Northwest side of the park. I'm not sure it's any easier from Paradise/Longmire but worth considering.

I've only done small parts of it. Two places that stand out ...

2026-03-16T03:34:50+01:00

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I've only done small parts of it. Two places that stand out for me: the area around Indian Bar on the East side has got some spectacular views of the mountain. Berkely meadow on the North side just East of Skyscraper Mountain is a particularly pretty meadow. Spray park is really big and very pretty (lots of bears!) but I don't recall it having the same dramatic views as the East side. But you'll likely have it all to yourself now that the bridge to Mowich lake is closed.

They are such pretty birds. It's getting to be the season ...

2026-03-15T04:08:12+01:00

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They are such pretty birds. It's getting to be the season around here where they start drumming.... on our metal chimney caps.

Ah the fancy cupcake places are still there! They've kind of ...

2026-03-13T06:47:19+01:00

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Ah the fancy cupcake places are still there! They've kind of gone extinct in Seattle. They've been replaced by "artisanal donut" shops.

Feels like someone just laid it out in a Word document in about ...

2026-03-12T21:52:44+01:00

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Feels like someone just laid it out in a Word document in about 2010.

Apologoes to everyone who knows this but I'm old: Blog is ...

2026-03-12T19:33:16+01:00

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Apologoes to everyone who knows this but I'm old:
Blog is short for "weblog"
"Weblog" was coined after "ship's log"
Both those items are by definition a collection of entries. The "log" is the collection.
"Log" is short for "log book". Sailing ships would record their speed at regular intervals by throwing a log overboard, attached to a rope, at the bow. They timed how long it took for the ships stern to pass the log, and wrote it in the "log book."

They are one of my favorite flowers. Mine is a "flowering ...

2026-03-10T05:40:14+01:00

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They are one of my favorite flowers. Mine is a "flowering quince" so it doesn't really produce fruit. I had a quince fruit tree once but it didn't survive very long. I like the fruits in cranberry sauce or in preserves.

That sucks. Sorry that happened to you. Probably some dude ...

2026-03-10T05:16:56+01:00

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That sucks. Sorry that happened to you. Probably some dude looking for a present for his mum and saw the hyacinths.

Here is an unassuming little fern in my garden. Asplenium ...

2026-03-10T03:31:32+01:00

Here is an unassuming little fern in my garden. Asplenium trichomanes, maidenhair spleenwort. You wouldn't guess that it has one of the largest natural ranges of any vascular plant on the planet. It's found on six continents for sure and possibly now in Antarctica as well. It has very tiny spores that can easily get wind-blown high up into the atmosphere and right around the planet. It grows most anywhere but prefers rocky places with adequate moisture. #gardening
#nativeplants #PNW #fern

Sun breaks in the garden show off my very favorite spring ...

2026-03-09T23:47:18+01:00

Sun breaks in the garden show off my very favorite spring flowering shrub. Edgeworthia chrysantha, related to Daphnes, sometimes called Taiwanese rice paper shrub (but there's another plant with that common name). Fragrant yellow flowers before it leafs out, hardy in USDA zones 7-9 or so; part sun.
#Bloomscrolling #gardening #spring #PNW

#silentsunday #Bloomscrolling #gardening #PNW ...

2026-03-09T04:47:50+01:00

#silentsunday #Bloomscrolling #gardening #PNW

The sense of motion is really fantastic. I wonder if work like ...

2026-03-08T02:03:50+01:00

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The sense of motion is really fantastic. I wonder if work like this could even have been conceived in the era before digital special effects became common in film. Like certain paintings were only possible after the advent of motion pictures, this feels like a digital motion graphic made physical. On a practical level I'm trying to imagine how it got fabricated and installed. The welds (I'm assuming it's welded) are very expertly hidden, at least in the photo.

Don't give up! Mint is ridiculously easy to grow in most ...

2026-03-05T17:10:56+01:00

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Don't give up! Mint is ridiculously easy to grow in most circumstances. This sounds like more bad luck than anything. If they're arriving in heavy clay that means the provider is just digging them out of their yard or something. Moving around plants growing in garden soil carries a risk of invasive pests or diseases. I'd avoid sellers that do that. I suspect what you got was a freshly dug start that may not have had enough established roots on its own to survive root washing.

I've been watching your posts with envy!

2026-03-05T05:15:02+01:00

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I've been watching your posts with envy!

That's really cool. It's more water than I thought, too!

2026-03-04T16:50:37+01:00

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That's really cool. It's more water than I thought, too!

So are all those barrels connected by hoses or do you have to ...

2026-03-04T07:17:57+01:00

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So are all those barrels connected by hoses or do you have to move them into position by the downspout? Or do you have a hose that you can snake to each barrel? And how long does it take to collect 3000 liters of water off that small roof? Asking because the former owners of my house had rigged up a system a bit like that but it's fallen into disrepair and I've always been at a loss as what to do with it

OMG a salad bar! I remember those!

2026-03-04T06:27:46+01:00

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OMG a salad bar! I remember those!

I've heard this sound from time to time and wondered what it ...

2026-03-04T06:24:06+01:00

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I've heard this sound from time to time and wondered what it was. Very cool! I had no idea we had such a thing here

#gardening #spring #Bloomscrolling ...

2026-03-01T23:54:51+01:00

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#gardening #spring #Bloomscrolling

My Daphne odora is blooming and now the garden smells like an ...

2026-03-01T23:49:33+01:00

My Daphne odora is blooming and now the garden smells like an explosion in a Froot Loops factory.

This blog post is a good chaser (and I found it here on Mastodon ...

2026-03-01T19:14:44+01:00

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This blog post is a good chaser (and I found it here on Mastodon but I can't locate the original post so can't credit the finder, sorry).
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/a-i-isn-t-people

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/116149931726546755 ...

2026-03-01T19:07:29+01:00

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/116149931726546755

Please read this excellent post and understand that many of our tech leaders are steeped in cultic thinking that allows them to justify any atrocity they foist onto us in the present by claiming that they're doing it to improve the lives of trillions of future humans in a pan-galactic civilization thousands of years from now. No, I am not exaggerating. Read the article.

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"Anthropic is guilty not only of wildly exaggerating the capabilities of AI, and promoting dystopian fantasies of ‘AI doom’, but also quietly advocating the deeply misanthropic philosophy on which it was founded. ‘Claude’s constitution is an unfortunate development in AI governance that minimises human values, rules, and rights’, Jarovsky says.

But knowing what we know about Effective Altruism, perhaps that isn’t a defect, but the main feature of the product."

https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/02/22/the-cult-that-wants-to-give-human-rights-to-robots/

Ha! Well it wouldn't be the worst thing they've done....

2026-03-01T07:14:35+01:00

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Ha! Well it wouldn't be the worst thing they've done....

I think you are correct. I have particularly delinquent squirrels ...

2026-03-01T07:13:57+01:00

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I think you are correct. I have particularly delinquent squirrels in my neighborhood

Is that Colchuck Lake?

2026-03-01T02:19:44+01:00

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Is that Colchuck Lake?

How these crocuses ended up in the lawn is beyond me. I ...

2026-03-01T00:16:00+01:00

How these crocuses ended up in the lawn is beyond me. I didn't plant them. I've been gardening here for 17 years and I haven't ever seen them before. Do crocus cultivars ever self sow?
#gardening #spring

Whoa paintbrush!

2026-02-28T04:07:38+01:00

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Whoa paintbrush!

RE: https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/116141689788683907 I like big ...

2026-02-28T01:31:06+01:00

RE: https://c.im/@RadicalAnthro/116141689788683907

I like big brows
And I cannot lie

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Comment here https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals/humans-and-neanderthals-interbred-but-it-was-mostly-male-neanderthals-and-female-humans-who-coupled-up-study-finds

the fired faculty surnames mentioned in the article seem to me to ...

2026-02-26T18:55:15+01:00

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the fired faculty surnames mentioned in the article seem to me to be typically East African (?). I could be wrong, but in light of what's happened in Minneapolis recently it seems suspicious

Rampion is another name for corn salad which I think is the more ...

2026-02-26T05:52:28+01:00

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Rampion is another name for corn salad which I think is the more common name. Scorzonera is also called salsify (I think the narrator mentions that) which is the more common name for that I think. There's some salsify growing on the community college campus near me. Not even cultivated, it's just a weed in the parking lot.

I've heard of only maybe 3 of these. I especially like the ...

2026-02-26T05:46:28+01:00

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I've heard of only maybe 3 of these. I especially like the story about the original version of Rapunzel. The narration is a quite a load of polemical bs though. None of these are banned and "Big Ag" doesn't care about them. But I guess that's what it takes to get views on YouTube

So legit question... if no one picks them, do they eventually ...

2026-02-25T03:23:35+01:00

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So legit question... if no one picks them, do they eventually fall off and possibly just conk someone on the head?

Bruce Nauman, RUN FROM FEAR FUN FROM REAR, 1972. Neon tubes, ...

2026-02-24T06:15:51+01:00

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Bruce Nauman, RUN FROM FEAR FUN FROM REAR, 1972. Neon tubes, Approx 24 x 46". Photo: Christie's.

I always associate him with neon art and I think that's his ...

2026-02-24T06:11:03+01:00

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I always associate him with neon art and I think that's his strongest work. I had no idea he did stuff like this. Was this kind of a one off FU to Henry more? 😆

Great photo. How did you access Granite Mountain? Did you get ...

2026-02-24T05:29:25+01:00

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Great photo. How did you access Granite Mountain? Did you get there from the Tucquala Meadows trailhead?

NFGF part 8 The real value of the show is the 5 days of lectures ...

2026-02-22T20:43:12+01:00

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NFGF part 8
The real value of the show is the 5 days of lectures by leading horticulturalists and garden designers. Which I didn't have time to attend this year. The talks alone are worth the steep admission price. And of course there's a huge plant market. Tillandsias, carnivorous plants as well as the usual bulbs and houseplants. You can pick a name stone for your carnivorous plant. All the ones that say "Seymour" are taken.
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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

definitely! 😆

2026-02-22T20:43:09+01:00

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definitely! 😆

NFGF part 7 This was my favorite of the show gardens. Another ...

2026-02-22T20:33:40+01:00

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NFGF part 7
This was my favorite of the show gardens. Another greenhouse! Really thoughtful attention to detail, interesting and unusual materials, all put together by a well known Portland floral designer who does some really unusual work.
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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

NFGF part 6 Greenhouses seem to be really in fashion this year. ...

2026-02-22T20:23:18+01:00

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NFGF part 6
Greenhouses seem to be really in fashion this year. There's always some, but they're more prominent this year. This one is particularly nice. Tropical plants and a fish pond inside.
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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

NFGF part 5 Some of the exhibits are just cringe. Note the wildly ...

2026-02-22T20:13:06+01:00

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NFGF part 5
Some of the exhibits are just cringe. Note the wildly unrealistic plantings and the spots where they just popped 4" square pots of ground covers randomly into some potting soil.
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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

NFGF part 4 This is one of the better ones, designed by West ...

2026-02-22T20:04:48+01:00

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NFGF part 4
This is one of the better ones, designed by West Seattle Nursery. The interior is filled with a whole library of books. Overheard as I was looking at it: "They built a She Shed!" It won first prize.
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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

NFGF part 3. I've been coming to this show on and off for ...

2026-02-22T19:54:58+01:00

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NFGF part 3. I've been coming to this show on and off for years. The gardens have gotten more and more impressionistic over the years, and they're now more like art installations. This one is super fun but kind of inexplicable. It also features a little crevice garden, which I love to see. They're becoming popular all of a sudden.

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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

NFGF part 2. Most of the show gardens are sponsored by plant ...

2026-02-22T19:44:30+01:00

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NFGF part 2. Most of the show gardens are sponsored by plant nurseries or hardscape suppliers, like this one sponsored by a landscape stone company. So, like, if you want a replica of Stonehenge in your backyard you'll know who to call. Photo 2: check out this clever artificial bonfire that works by combining one of those sonic water-fog makers (like you see in terrarium shops) with some orange LEDs. It's pretty convincing if you don't look too close.
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#PNW #gardening #Seattle

I stopped by the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival at the ...

2026-02-22T19:34:08+01:00

I stopped by the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival at the Seattle Conventiin Center yesterday. This show happens every year. It's huge. The highlight are these "show gardens" which are sponsored by various landscape industry vendors, retailers, and organizations. This one happened by be done by the Putallup Indian Tribe and it features all native plants of the Pacific Northwest. A short thread
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thank you for the info! Very helpful. I'm seeing soo many ...

2026-02-21T09:08:36+01:00

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thank you for the info! Very helpful. I'm seeing soo many parking strips right now that look like they've been hit with shrapnel. Crows just shredding them

I've heard about this treatment, does it work well? 70F soil ...

2026-02-21T05:45:32+01:00

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I've heard about this treatment, does it work well? 70F soil is a pretty high bar around here, might be closer to June 😆 Also do you know if this means you need to water your lawn through the summer dry period in order to keep the nematodes alive? Or is that what the fall reapplication is for?

It's almost spring and the hens are laying again. Who needs ...

2026-02-20T01:45:07+01:00

It's almost spring and the hens are laying again. Who needs Easter egg dye when the chickens do such a great job on their own?
#chickens #gardening #spring

"The laws were vague. Residents could have plants no higher ...

2026-02-20T00:54:19+01:00

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"The laws were vague. Residents could have plants no higher than six or eight inches unless they were “useful” or “ornamental.” Vague laws play an important role in the history of segregation. Law enforcement can deploy them as they see fit, and neighbors, as in the Virgil’s case, can weaponize the law by phoning in complaints."

"There appears to be evidence to support the fact that ...

2026-02-20T00:53:28+01:00

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"There appears to be evidence to support the fact that plants, which are supposed to be apolitical, do the work of drawing abstract lines of race and class onto the American landscape. In the same years as the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968, which made it illegal to discriminate in the sale, rental, or financing of housing, the vast majority of American municipalities passed laws that one way or another left homeowners little choice but to plant turf grass in their front yards."

I'd prefer type input (with sample date format as prompt), ...

2026-02-19T19:37:06+01:00

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I'd prefer type input (with sample date format as prompt), with the popup calendar available if you need it (eg if you know it's the first Friday in April but can't remember the actual date)

One of my favorite places on Oahu. Please post photos of the ...

2026-02-19T05:01:50+01:00

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One of my favorite places on Oahu. Please post photos of the dedication if you can!

Bloedel Conservatory part 4. Photo 1: Here is what I assume is a ...

2026-02-19T00:52:19+01:00

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Bloedel Conservatory part 4. Photo 1: Here is what I assume is a temporary display by the Vancouver Orchid Society. Photos 2-3: They have a Wollemi Pine! I posted about them a few weeks ago (quirky and highly endangered Australian conifer whose entire habitat is one tiny valley, only described by science in the 1990s). Photo 4: Venus fly traps growing pretty much directly on some (frequently damp) limestone rocks. Very interesting!
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#BainbridgeIsland #PNW #Vancouver #Houseplants

Bloedel Conservatory part 3. A lot of the plants are readily ...

2026-02-19T00:19:16+01:00

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Bloedel Conservatory part 3. A lot of the plants are readily recognizable as houseplants, but not all. It seems like the larger specimens are permanent, but quite a few of the smaller plants are grown in greenhouse grown and added as they come into bloom, and periodically swapped out. Still, it takes a lot of skill to create arrangements like photo 4-- naturalistic but attuned to human aesthetics.
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#BainbridgeIsland #PNW #Vancouver #Houseplants

Bloedel Conservatory part 2. This conservatory has the usual ...

2026-02-19T00:10:31+01:00

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Bloedel Conservatory part 2. This conservatory has the usual complement of tropical plants. Less often seen is one that has free-flying birds inside it. The bigger parrots seem to have their wing feathers clipped but the smaller ones fly through the canopy and poop on people.
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#BainbridgeIsland #PNW #Vancouver #Houseplants

Visited the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver BC yesterday. ...

2026-02-19T00:02:48+01:00

Visited the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver BC yesterday. It's named after Prentice Bloedel, scion of timber baron Julius Bloedel and relative of Seattle arts philanthropists Virginia Weighted (Bailey Wright). Bloedel reserve in #BainbridgeIsland is their other botanical legacy. There's a very similar geodesic dome tropical conservatory at the St Louis Botanical Garden. #PNW #Vancouver #Houseplants
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Wasn't there a Doctor Who episode about this? ...

2026-02-18T07:28:29+01:00

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Wasn't there a Doctor Who episode about this?

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2026-02-18T07:05:50+01:00

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https://www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-billionaires-eugenics-project-harvard-academia-john-brockman

I'm sure it hasn't escaped your notice but I'll bring ...

2026-02-18T07:03:16+01:00

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I'm sure it hasn't escaped your notice but I'll bring it up here: 3 of the "Four Horsemen" of the New Atheist movement (Dan Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Sam Harris) were associates of Jeffrey Epstein and his "Edge" salon. Despite their excoriation of the bigotry of Christian fundamentalism, they eventually outed themselves as insufferable bigots in their own manner, Dawkins (anti-trans, anti-gay) and Harris (anti-Muslim) in particular.

Sasquatch museum part 2. Inside there were a couple passable ...

2026-02-18T06:47:13+01:00

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Sasquatch museum part 2. Inside there were a couple passable representations of sa:sq'ets (the Sts'ailes word from which we get the anglicized "sasquatch"). I'm especially intrigued by the eyes of the baby in photo 2. Mask in photo 3 is a replica of a sacred sa:sq'ets mask carved by Sts'ailes artist Ambrose Point in 1938 then lost and found 70 years later in the Museum of Vancouver and returned to the Sts'ailes. There were also a lot of plaster footprint casts from the area. #PNW
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Field trip to British Columbia this week. We stopped at the ...

2026-02-18T06:26:28+01:00

Field trip to British Columbia this week. We stopped at the Sasquatch Museum in Harrison Hot Springs, about 2 hours' drive East of Vancouver. It's actually the visitor center for the town, which is mostly closed in the winter (the hot springs resort is open). They have some cheesy statuary, a life sized fiberglass sturgeon (sturgeon found in Harrison lake), and a very perturbed eagle.
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Seconding what someone else said, there are "patio" ...

2026-02-15T08:29:02+01:00

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Seconding what someone else said, there are "patio" varieties of tomatoes that will do great in a (large) pot. Easy herbs are mint, oregano, and chives, they'll all grow great in even small pots in part shade.

Wow. Haven't heard that since I was a little kid! I remember ...

2026-02-15T07:36:33+01:00

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Wow. Haven't heard that since I was a little kid! I remember it appeared after Sesame Street and before The Electric Company.

Sorry for your loss. We lost a chicken (only 7 months old!) for a ...

2026-02-15T04:01:43+01:00

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Sorry for your loss. We lost a chicken (only 7 months old!) for a similar reason last week. We noticed something protruding from her vent, and some blood on her legs. We found an animal hospital that would look at her (40 minutes away) and they told us that what we thought was a stuck egg was a large ulcerated tumor. They told us her prognosis was extremely poor owing to the amount of dead tissue present and the infection setting in so we had them euthanize her. They were very kind.

The spot where he was killed is now a popular snorkeling ...

2026-02-14T04:31:33+01:00

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The spot where he was killed is now a popular snorkeling location. I was there drifting along watching the fish and I looked up and there was the stone marker. Kinda weird when you think about it

That was not a holiday I had on my calendar

2026-02-14T04:27:02+01:00

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That was not a holiday I had on my calendar

Ha ha, great day to go!

2026-02-13T02:40:59+01:00

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Ha ha, great day to go!

I get the same feeling when I see someone post about Western ...

2026-02-12T17:17:56+01:00

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I get the same feeling when I see someone post about Western Australia (WA) because I live in Washington (WA) only it's much less funny than the NSW police

It does look summery, in part because it was a rare sunny day. ...

2026-02-12T17:00:38+01:00

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It does look summery, in part because it was a rare sunny day. It's usually a lead-great sky, drizzle, and mist. As it happens a lot of plants here are evergreen (sword ferns, salal, evergreen huckleberry) and the moss turns bright green in winter. At 2500 feet elevation there typically would be at least some snow. As you ascend in elevation snow patches get more frequent till it's everywhere. This time I didn't hit extensive snow till 5500 feet.

There's been a bunch of exposes with survivors of Shen Yun ...

2026-02-12T16:00:32+01:00

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There's been a bunch of exposes with survivors of Shen Yun who discuss forced labor trafficking, starvation, and abusive conditions (slavery basically) inside the group. They work for no pay, can't come and go, can't quit without being excommunicated from the cult.

so I went by chance to a Shen Yun performance in Seattle some ...

2026-02-12T15:53:39+01:00

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so I went by chance to a Shen Yun performance in Seattle some years ago-- extended family member bought tickets and I had no idea what it was. And hoo boy in the second half of the show they did a whole false history propaganda interpretive dance thing. I got that creepy felling up the back of my neck and was wondering if they were gonna let us leave after. It's a bad thing. Extended family member apologized afterward--"I didn't realize what it was" she said.

Hiking marmot pass part 10. Here's the view looking back down ...

2026-02-12T05:59:39+01:00

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Hiking marmot pass part 10. Here's the view looking back down from the pass. You can see the waters of hood canal, the the Kitsap peninsula, followed by more of Puget Sound. Then on the horizon, the snow capped Cascades and just a glimpse of Mt. Baker, one of our active volcanoes.
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#mosstodon #Moss #PNW #hiking #nativeplants #mountain

Hiking marmot pass part 9. This is the final approach to the pass ...

2026-02-12T05:54:36+01:00

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Hiking marmot pass part 9. This is the final approach to the pass at around 6000 ft (1830m) elevation. The last mile was all hard, icy snow-- here about 5 feet deep-- but still far, far less that is normal for these mountains. I turned back once I saw the holes where previous hikers were postholing up to their hips. With the low winter sun already headed over the ridge by 2 PM, I thought it prudent to head back down.

#mosstodon #Moss #PNW #hiking #nativeplants #mountain

Hiking marmot pass part 8. We've hit the tree line now. What ...

2026-02-12T05:37:54+01:00

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Hiking marmot pass part 8. We've hit the tree line now. What strikes me about this place as opposed to the same transition zone on the West slopes of the Cascades is how litttle meadow vegetation there is. Where is the grass, the alpine blueberries, the asters, the corn lilies? Yes it's winter but last year's foliage should be evident. It's very dry and rocky here, such a sharp contrast to the mossy valley below. #mosstodon #Moss #PNW #hiking #nativeplants #mountain

Hiking marmot pass part 7. More lichen, this is one of the ...

2026-02-12T05:31:10+01:00

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Hiking marmot pass part 7. More lichen, this is one of the commonest forms we see here in the Pacifice Northwest, called witch's hair (Alectoria sarmentosa). Here it's growing on a hemlock tree.
#mosstodon #Moss #PNW #hiking #nativeplants #mountain