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2026-08-09 19:17:06 UTC

Behold!
It may not look like much but it’s evidence I was finally able to lock out the bunnies from the raised bed! They can’t resist red veined chicory and chew it down to the base whenever they’re on it.
This comes after weeks of chasing them around and reinforcing/patching fencing wherever they escape.
Hopefully now my plants can recover to collect seed and I can plant for fall. (Too hot this week)
#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #jardim
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2026-08-02 22:20:41 UTC

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I tried coyote urine last year, but it didn’t do anything. 😕
I don’t actually want to kill the rabbits. I just don’t want them on my raised bed. I’m friends with one of them and will give it food if it asks me.

2026-08-02 21:50:21 UTC

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I tried that two years ago and they just become inured to the sound. I literally saw them browsing a few inches away from the loud bird alarm maker as it was blasting.

2026-08-02 19:28:04 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #peppers 1/2🧵
Peppers and fruit today.
Should probably mention that peppers are collected once a week while the fruit is collected daily. I get around 4-5 pitangatubas, 3-4 acerola, one pitomba, a few jabuticaba and goji a day in case ppl are interested in tropical fruit.
Update: Rubber snakes didn’t work to keep out rabbits. They didn’t seem to recognize them. Got one more week to try out keep them out before fall planting. Sigh.
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2026-07-26 23:24:26 UTC

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they’re eating strawberries, the leaves of beans, devil’s claw and sweet potato and whole melons from what I can tell. The only peppers I have left up there are 70k+ SHU which they avoid. The milder peppers are behind 4ft mesh and electric fencing. The electric fence isn’t powerful enough for the raised bed, I tried and it didn’t have a strong enough charge.
It’s a really big area to continually spray, so I think I’ll try some rubber snakes. 🤞

2026-07-26 21:09:48 UTC

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they just proliferate. There’s one that is pretty tame and comes out and forages near me when I’m outside. It’ll take food I give it. I’ve only seen her once in the raised bed. The most guilty one is a new rabbit.
Im going to get some rubber snakes and Mylar tape

2026-07-26 21:05:55 UTC

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guilty!
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2026-07-26 20:41:51 UTC

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the fencing I currently have is 3 feet chicken wire and it’s filled in with mulch and compost. The whole bed is 43‘ x 12‘ and I’m just using scraps to raise the height. It’s already rinky-dink/unstable and I don’t have any more money to make something more firm to be able to give it height and shape it outwards.

2026-07-26 20:00:23 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #peppers
Peppers and fruit today.
I patched all of the fencing to be ~4ft with chicken fencing scraps, netting and other material. And this week I watched the furballs climb up the chicken wire like a ladder. Who knew rabbits could do this???
I will have to replace the fencing with 4ft wire mesh if I want to use the raised garden bed and that’ll set me back probably $250 which I can’t spare. So very limited fall planting this year. 🙁
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2026-07-26 18:26:46 UTC

#wildlife #gardening #jardin #garten #birds #vogel #oiseaux #aves #nature
A baby bluebird flew into the garage and seemed like it was about to go into the crawlspace under my house. 😳
It seemed like it was in shock. It wouldn’t let go of my finger when I set it down in a sheltered spot in the garden. Gave it water and left it for a few minutes, came back and it seemed more alert.
Was about to give it sunflower seeds and it flew off chirping. Guess it’s ok now.
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2026-07-26 18:06:31 UTC

#solarpunksunday #solarpunk
Engineers in Chile develop a living wall air-purifier that traps wood smoke from stoves. You can grow fruits and veg on it too.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/biofilter-green-wall-improves-air-quality/

2026-07-19 21:53:23 UTC

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the one I use is calibrated to small animals and so was pretty cheap, $70. Besides that you need a grounding rod, insulators and polywire. The whole setup was around $150. I already had fence posts and metal cloth fencing (for small animals).
The higher powered solar fences for large animals are more expensive but you would only need fence posts, wire, insulators and grounding rod.
Do you also have small animal problems? Squirrels, rats, rabbits?

2026-07-19 18:43:56 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #peppers
Beans, fruit and peppers this week
Probably last week for Celine, the rabbits managed to leap 3ft up over the fence into the raised garden and ate all the leaves off the beans. They left the edamame.
Set up solar powered electric fence for the peppers and it appears to be working. No more little piles of half-eaten peppers.
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2026-07-19 16:24:12 UTC

#SolarpunkSunday #renewables #FossilFuels #CriticalMinerals #solarpunk #energy #GreenEnergy
Clean, renewable batteries without lithium, cobalt and nickel.
Liquid air, molten salt, sand and sweat. Unlike lithium which has a limited number of discharge cycles, these newer (and cleaner) batteries can potentially work indefinitely.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/19/molten-salt-human-sweat-weird-batteries-store-renewable-energy

2026-07-12 22:05:30 UTC

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China is doing some really amazing things with solar tech. Last week I posted an article about how engineers achieved saltwater desalination using only solar energy which is used to irrigate crops in nearby fields. It is durable, long-lived and scalable. We in the United States are far behind China when it comes to solar tech and other renewables. The fossil fuel lobby is to blame for that.

2026-07-12 21:58:22 UTC

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it was my mistake, I was looking up recent articles to post on this weeks’s solar punk Sunday, and there was a “related posts” from a news article I was looking at to this article. Most of the time the related articles at the bottom are extremely recent, but for some reason, this one was old and I didn’t catch it.
There are more recent news articles about scalable, transparent solar tech and it’s commercially available now.

2026-07-12 19:07:25 UTC

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I have plenty of trees when I need to move things into shade. These are new peppers so I wasn’t expecting them to react so badly.

2026-07-12 18:58:01 UTC

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well, they’re still beautiful ❤️

2026-07-12 18:56:33 UTC

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yeah even my sweet potatoes were having a tough time but they seem to be ok.

2026-07-12 18:50:03 UTC

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good question. If nothing has been done, why not?

2026-07-12 18:39:05 UTC

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All the other peppers are doing OK except cabacina laranja (something keeps eating it) and dieghito jalapeño (neglect).
Thunder mountain longhorn and ají chilhuacle amarillo are getting aphids. It’s being managed with dish soap and neem oil.

2026-07-12 18:39:04 UTC

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Tangerine tiger and an unknown cross that was supposed to be ají delight.
Baccatum seedlings produce enormous leaves in their juvenile stage. It’s normal for these to die off when the summer temperatures get hot. The mature leaves will be much smaller, especially if you are training them for low water. The two peppers above were already passed the juvenile stage and had mature leaves. But they still dramatically dropped most of their leaves as well as peppers in the extreme heat.

2026-07-12 18:39:03 UTC

#solarpunksunday #ClimateChangeGardening #gardening #jardin #garten #garden #peppers #ClimateDiary
🧵1/3
We had 100°F / 38°C heat for several days this week and I thought it might be useful to report on peppers.
Most of the peppers I grow are the species baccatum - exceptionally long-lived perennials that can be cut back in winter and start blooming in March/April. They’re also extremely cold tolerant.
Well, a couple of new cultivars are showing that they’re not heat tolerant.
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2026-07-12 17:56:12 UTC

#solarpunk #solarpunksunday #cleanenergy #solar
MIT scientist created a new type of solar panel that is transparent. It picks up only infrared and ultraviolet light. These can be used on windows or any clear pane (like cell phone screens) as well as flexible surfaces.
“They estimate that using coated windows in a skyscraper could provide more than a quarter of the building’s energy needs without changing its look.”
https://energy.mit.edu/news/transparent-solar-cells/

2026-07-12 17:50:25 UTC

#solarpunk #solarpunksunday #energy #fossilfuels
Switzerland is densely cloudy in winter when energy is needed the most. So engineers installed solar panels above the clouds on the sides of mountains. It’s so effective that they’re expanding the project to other mountains.
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/switzerland-5000-alpine-solar-muttsee-dam-winter-power/28487/

2026-07-11 22:56:23 UTC

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hope you feel better. Get well soon! ❤️

2026-07-05 19:02:55 UTC

#solarpunksunday #garden #gardening #jardin #garten #peppers
Peppers and beans this week.
Update on rat situation: I caged and netted my pepper plants but now they are digging underneath the cages! They even managed to move the bricks I placed around the fencing. So I bit the bullet and ordered solar-powered electric fencing. Won’t arrive until Friday.
So far, their favorite pepper seems to be ají habanero, also my favorite for drying bc it tastes like sweet saffron. 😭
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2026-07-05 17:58:47 UTC

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yeah, it’s super annoying that US oligarchs are building water guzzling data centers in areas where there are water crises while in China they’re building solar-powered desalination plants to irrigate crops.

2026-07-05 17:39:15 UTC

#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #green #renewable #renewableenergy #fossilfuels
Sustainable solar-powered desalination!
“Desalination has always been an energy-hungry way of turning salt water into fresh water, making it largely the preserve of wealthy countries with abundant fossil fuel reserves.
Yet, an outdoor demonstration prototype in China has managed to exhibit year-long stability with zero utility energy costs, thanks to a new type of photothermal material.”
https://thewaterdigest.com/chinese-tech-makes-desalinating-seawater-cheaper-than-producing-bottled-water/

2026-06-28 20:26:08 UTC

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I have them spread out mixed with other plants like jujube, fig and citrus trees as well as other beans, melons and huazontle. So far the soybean looper hasn’t discovered them but the little invasive soy stink bugs are here.
Every time I see those bugs, I think this is it, no more soy but then I blanch the beans and start snacking….

2026-06-28 20:19:48 UTC

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I don’t want to be a complainer either. I wouldn’t mind asking the seller about it but don’t want to come off rude. They still taste good and are productive. Kinda pest magnets though

2026-06-28 20:17:08 UTC

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the internet says soy won’t cross pollinate with phaseolus vulgaris. My neighbors only grow phaseolus vulgaris beans too.

2026-06-28 18:53:20 UTC

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one of the peppers they completely stole the crop was thunder mountain longhorn and those are the same heat level as cayenne. 😕❤️

2026-06-28 18:50:56 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #garten #jardin #garden
Beans this week. Romano purpiat, edamame and Celine. The edamame are supposed to be tankuro.
I saved the seeds from last year. As a mature shelled bean, they were black. When they were ripe for eating, they were mottled black and green but this year the beans inside are totally green. Has this happened to anyone?
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2026-06-28 17:34:53 UTC

Advice please
Rats or squirrels in one night ripped off, ate and vomited out at least 30 peppers. I’m finding separate little piles of puked up peppers in different places.
This is really devastating. My first harvest has been wiped out.
Did they learn their lesson or do I need to cage all my pepper plants?
#gardening #jardin #garten
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2026-06-28 17:24:46 UTC

#solarpunksunday #climatechange #ClimateCrisis
Former employees at NOAA created a nonprofit independent website for trusted climate information after Musk/Trump dismantled climate.gov.
“The website features Climate.gov's 15-year collection of climate news and stories, expert blogs, visual status reports on key climate indicators, maps and data pathways, climate literacy resources, classroom materials, and restored access to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.”
https://www.climate.us/

2026-06-22 01:12:52 UTC

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people have said that the offensive odor disappears in cooking. I guess we’ll find out ❤️😊

2026-06-21 21:52:50 UTC

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it’s really a desert plant, native to the SW and Mexico. I’m not sure how well it will do hydroponically. ❤️

2026-06-21 21:50:21 UTC

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they don’t have a strong taste, similar but milder than baby spinach

2026-06-21 21:10:25 UTC

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the leaves, roots (early spring), flowers and seeds are edible ❤️. The leaves are a little fuzzy so I cook them.

2026-06-21 20:29:55 UTC

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I’ll post again when I’ve tried them. So far, I don’t have any ripe pods yet. ❤️

2026-06-21 20:27:11 UTC

#ClimateChangeGardening #solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #jardim #bloomscrolling #FleurisTonFil #NativePlants
Proboscidea louisianica, devil’s claw. Native vegetable to the south east. It’s a bit like okra but is so far growing better bc the slugs avoid it.
The flowers are quite smelly, like perfumed pee and the odor is very strong. It’s noticeable at least from 20ft away. The vegetable pods smell like sweaty feet but ppl swear they taste good cooked. We’ll see…
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2026-06-21 20:09:08 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #ClimateChangeGardening
Gardening for heat, substitutions.
Huazontle, komo and evening primrose. They grow large, produce loads, have a very long growing season with cut and come again method and thrive in heat. I get more out of these plants in the space they grow than broccoli, cauliflower and gailan.
Even better? The cabbage whites don’t destroy them and they’re not water hogs!
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2026-06-21 19:52:36 UTC

Peppers, beans and fruit this week:
#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten #jardim
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2026-06-14 19:35:16 UTC

#solarpunksunday #garden #gardening #jardin #garten #peppers
Overwintering peppers in the greenhouse: the first baccatum to ripen is either ají chinchi amarillo or ají cacho de cabra. The cabra seems to be a little water-stressed/heat-struck so may have ripened earlier bc of damage.
Ají chinchi amarillo was also the first to flower.
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2026-06-14 19:13:30 UTC

#solarpunksunday #garden #gardening #garten #jardin #regenerativeagriculture
French study shows that regenerative farming has a protective effect during times of drought. Regenerative farms produce a higher yield than crops industrially managed when there is water scarcity.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/regenerative-farming-france-drought-yield-stability/

2026-06-07 19:26:06 UTC

Peppers 2026
In the race of overwintered peppers to ripen first, a dark horse wins, Greneda seasoning (chinense). The first one to flower was ají chinchi amarillo and they’re still green.
Unfortunately, all the chinense overwintered in the greenhouse are horribly stunted or died. Even the ripening peppers are too small. The baccatums all grew back normally. Lesson learned: chinense peppers should be overwintered in temps above 50F/10C.
#garden #gardening #jardin #garten #solarpunksunday
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2026-06-07 19:12:51 UTC

This week in harvesting beans.
#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten
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2026-06-07 18:56:32 UTC

#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #GreenEnergy #renewableenergy #water #mining #lithium
New solar device can desalinate water while also extracting lithium. It also does not produce the toxic brine that conventional desalination plants do.
This would be revolutionary for lithium mining as it is cleaner, cheaper and less destructive than extracting it from land deposits.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/scientists-devised-a-solar-powered-system-that-extracts-freshwater-and-lithium-from-the-sea/

2026-06-05 14:36:23 UTC

Finally, a major news outlet covering this.
Section 224 of the NDAA is assymetrical support for Israel. It embeds US and Israel’s military with no accountability.
Please call your senators to have section 224 removed or support Ro Khanna’s amendment blocking it. You can find your reps at 5calls.org.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/05/congress-us-israel-legislation
#technology #tech #surveillance #war #freepalestine #uspol #politics #military

2026-06-04 19:31:24 UTC

🔥🚨‼️
Call your senators now! Tell them to REMOVE section 224 from the senate’s NDAA bill.
This is the bill that integrates Israel’s and US’s military. It just passed the house and is moving through the senate. It will voted on next Tuesday.
Find senators here: https://5calls.org
#politics #uspol #military #freepalestine #war #surveillance #tech #technology

2026-06-02 21:09:24 UTC

@npub1fn5…2e3g you’ve convinced me to try carob. It took a while but I finally found sources for hermaphrodite scions and rootstock. 💚

2026-06-02 21:06:07 UTC

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have you looked at fruitwood nursery? They sell scions for grafting and have a huge selection. https://fruitwoodnursery.com/
They ship internationally but you have to email them ahead of time before making the order so they can get the phytosanitary documents prepared.

2026-05-31 21:08:34 UTC

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yes, a very light green

2026-05-31 20:04:45 UTC

#gardening #jardin #garten #garden
First bean harvest. Celine beans, purple magnolia sugar snaps, Romano purpiat 💜
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2026-05-31 20:00:44 UTC

#gardening #jardin #garten #solarpunksunday #pestcontrol #organic
Last year I had pretty bad problems with soybean looper moth caterpillars annihilating the edamame. This year I intercropped Celine beans with the edamame and not a single moth spotted yet. Can you find the edamame here?
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2026-05-31 19:51:53 UTC

#gardening #jardin #garten #climatediary #solarpunksunday
This feels like a little green miracle. I got seeds to the sidr tree as part of my #ClimateChangeGardening project where I give out seeds, cuttings, seedlings of edible plants that thrive in heat and won’t lose their crops to unexpected frosts/winter heat waves.
6 months after it germinated (2024), a rabbit destroyed the tree, leaving only a bit of roots left. It resprouted in 2025 and now the tree is flowering! 😊💚
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2026-05-31 01:49:59 UTC

As many of you have seen, there is a terrifying new bill that merges US military weapons research, production and technology with Israel’s.
http://5calls.org doesn’t currently list the issue but you can type your zip code and call your representatives and tell them to REJECT the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative in Section 224 of the House Armed Services Committee’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #military

2026-05-28 01:38:34 UTC

I just made mint chocolate chip cookies using yerba santa (piper auritum) and apple mint and they taste like toothpaste flavored cookies. Literally swallowing down toothpaste, tingly cold sensation and all. 😩😭😭😭
#cooking #cookingfail #gardening #jardin #garten
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2026-05-24 20:44:31 UTC

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oh, ok! I wouldn’t know. We don’t have chipmunks here. I will trade you a bunch grey squirrels for one though.

2026-05-24 20:18:00 UTC

#gardening #jardin #garten #solarpunksunday
Is anyone else getting garlic scapes super early?
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2026-05-24 20:14:53 UTC

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I’ve never noticed slugs on corn. Maybe it was a katydid? What’s a chippie?

2026-05-24 19:14:30 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #jardin #garten
Progress on giant raised garden bed of free woodchips:
The eggshells do seem to help deter slugs but isn’t a 100% solution for the okra.
Cantaloupe isn’t too happy, leaves are getting a little chlorotic. They were seedlings transplanted with extra soil and yesterday was first time fertilizing them with seaweed foliar spray and holly-tone.
Everything else is doing great. All the corn sprouted not sure if it will prosper exclusively in wood chips.
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2026-05-24 18:57:30 UTC

#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #GreenEnergy #renewableenergy
In Australia, over 4 million people have rooftop solar and it provides so much power at peak times of the day, electricity prices go into the negative. So the Solar Sharer program will offer three hours of free electricity during off peak hours.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/australia-offer-three-hours-free-solar-per-day-millions-2025-11-04/

2026-05-17 19:03:28 UTC

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yes! I have sweet potatoes but this is just plants that are ready to harvest now. I read in a science article that sweet potato greens have the most nutrition in late September where they traditionally grown.

2026-05-17 18:54:58 UTC

Easy edible plants:
Beet (chioggia)
Blueberries
Boehmeria
Bokoboko spinach
Broccoli flowers
Chard
Dandelion
Huazontle
Komo
Mashua (leaves)
Mexican tarragon
Mint: apple, Moroccan, VA mountain mint
Monarda
Mulberries
Okinawa, longevity spinach
Oregano
Primrose (evening)
Radicchio
Radish
Raspberries
Rat tail radish
Red shiso
Red sorrel (flowers, leaves)
Red veined sorrel
Rudbeckia
Strawberries (wild)
Sunchoke (leaves)
#solarpunksunday #gardening #jardin #garten #nativeplants
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2026-05-17 17:30:04 UTC

#solarpunksunday #agrivoltaic #solarpunk #solar #agriculture
Sun’agri, one of the largest agricvoltaic farms in the world reports that vineyards intercropped with solar panels can increase yields up to 60%.
The solar panels reduce water loss from evapotraspiration and moderate temperature extremes. The microclimate they create decreases plant mortality and promotes healthy, carbon-rich soils.
https://electric.guide/solar-power/agrivoltaics-sunagri-boosting-grape-yields-carbon-farming/

2026-05-14 03:29:35 UTC

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No. This is an official gubernatorial recall to kick the governor out of office. If you remember California recalled Gray Davis and then elected Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003. 600k votes to kick a sitting governor out of office - THAT gets attention.

2026-05-14 00:18:50 UTC

If you or someone you know lives in Louisiana, you can sign a petition this Saturday to recall the governor for his efforts to redistrict the state to eliminate black representation in Congress.
Go to the link below to find a petition location. You need to bring your voter ID. We need 600k eligible voters to sign within 6 months.
https://louisianadeservesbetter.com/
#republicans #votingrights #gerrymandering #politics #uspol #uspolitics

2026-05-10 21:03:56 UTC

#gardening #jardin #garten #solarpunksunday
Confession: I do not cover radicchio to turn it red. It’s just too much fuss and maintenance. Radicchio di Treviso is a leafy green that is so bitter, the insects and slugs leave it alone. It’s a well-behaved companion plant and you can do cut and come again method for continuous harvests.
I cook it with other greens to lessen the bitterness.
Anyway, here is what it looks like when you don’t cover it. There is still some red but very splotched.
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2026-05-10 20:50:28 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #jardin #garten
I know I’m preaching to the choir here but gardening doesn’t have to be an uphill battle. You don’t have to grow fertilizer gobbling / pest magnet plants like tomatoes and zucchini.
You can grow weeds and #NativePlants and your harvest will be bountiful, stress-free and nutrient dense. Not to mention, it will actually save you money. 💚
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2026-05-10 20:34:28 UTC

#gardening #jardin #garten
First ripe blueberries of the season 😊
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2026-05-10 20:21:23 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #jardin #garten
The current administration is gutting the national forestry service, logging/mining public lands and destroying our ecosystem by de-regulating pesticides in agriculture. This could lead to ecosystem collapse and the collapse of agriculture.
The website below has resources, tutorials and community networking to plant #NativePlants where you are in an effort to protect our ecosystem.
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/

2026-05-03 21:45:18 UTC

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I don’t but Sonique might. 💚
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2026-05-03 21:32:31 UTC

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that’s what I was hoping the eggshells would do since it doesn’t stop working when wet and I have a friend who has loads of chickens. I guess we’ll find out. ❤️

2026-05-03 20:16:41 UTC

Garden friend on pomegranate flowers
#gardening #garten #jardin #bloomscrolling #spiders #Spinne #araignee
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2026-05-03 19:59:41 UTC

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I’m not actually optimistic about the corn. It’s just an experiment to see if it will grow in mulch without soil. I sort of doubt it’ll grow full size and produce. It might add structural support to the bed during hurricane season and windbreak to the citrus trees that are on the other side of the bed. There are three rows but I only see two rows coming up.

2026-05-03 19:30:35 UTC

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2/2 🧵 #gardening #solarpunksunday #jardin #garten
Sweet potatoes only got a few handfuls of soil to swaddle them. They will grow in mulch but I’m hoping for a bigger harvest this year.
Corn got no soil at all and it’s still coming up. 😊 Guess we’ll see what happens.
I was planning on doing 3 sisters this year but with the impending economic crisis/food insecurity issues, I prioritized a carb I know thrives here with neglect. Also, the greens are edible.
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2026-05-03 19:18:50 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #jardin #garten #garden
Update/progress on massive raised garden bed made from mulch enriched with organic material. 1/2 🧵
All the seeds/seedlings planted with raised bed soil are thriving except one: filet beans, edamame, wild tomatoes, sunchokes, cantaloupe, strawberries, wild greens/flowers and herbs.
Okra is struggling with slugs though. I put down eggshells but not very optimistic.
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2026-05-03 17:19:19 UTC

#solarpunksunday #solarpunk #solar
Researchers “created a hybrid device that can generate energy from both sunlight and rainfall at the same time.”
The rain actually hitting the solar panels generates electricity. 🫨
https://scitechdaily.com/this-breakthrough-solar-panel-generates-power-from-both-sunlight-and-raindrops/

2026-05-03 03:20:24 UTC

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

2026-05-03 03:19:08 UTC

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😬😅💚

2026-05-03 02:53:40 UTC

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so their employees can sue for hundreds of millions for workplace hazard/exposure to carcinogens. Perfect.

2026-05-03 02:28:11 UTC

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not sure, the blackberry and devils walking stick would be the most destructive with their rhyzomes but some of them will colonize and work in any crevice/crack

2026-05-03 02:02:23 UTC

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for many of these, any rhyzomes or roots left in soil will regrow. They’re very hard to kill/eliminate once established.

2026-05-03 01:41:37 UTC

#SolarpunkSunday #solarpunk #AI #DataCenters #NativePlants
Green solutions to combat AI data centers, SE North America:
devil’s walking stick (Aralia spinosa)
poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
horrid thistle (Cirsium horridulum)
sawtooth blackberries (Rubus argutus)
Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
burr grass (Cenchrus)
woolly ragwort (Packers dubia)
devil’s claw (Proboscidea parviflora)
Anyone want to fill in plants for other regions? 😊
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2026-05-01 15:57:25 UTC

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spicy! Bc I made them into vegetable fritters with hot peppers 😊

2026-05-01 02:12:57 UTC

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👀😆

2026-04-30 20:07:30 UTC

#gardening #garden #jardin #garten #bloomscrolling
When you see it 🤭
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2026-04-29 00:13:16 UTC

#gardening #garden #jardin #garten
In case someone finds it useful, rooted cuttings of baby kiwis (issai) can take ages to finally flower/fruit. I think I planted this 3 years ago and it’s just fruiting now.
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2026-04-27 02:49:32 UTC

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I’m able to grow kale too, just forgot about it. I think it’s the dramatic changes in temperatures that confuses plants in fall/winter/spring.
I have noticed that primrose that grows in looser soil in beds gets larger and the roots are more succulent than ones in the ground.

2026-04-27 02:42:51 UTC

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thank you for this explanation. It gives me something to think about. It’s not a rush, fall is far off.

2026-04-27 00:07:05 UTC

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this article says it’s to keep it from getting too hot and using other colors would affect plant growth. https://www.yourindoorherbs.com/color-greenhouse/
Is the film permanent? I have summer temps of 38C+. Plants would cook. I already took mine down bc inside temps with the vents and door open were going over 43C midday.

2026-04-26 22:41:57 UTC

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I’m so honoured! 😊😄
A couple of my guavas are ready to explode in bloom and I’ll post some pics.

2026-04-26 22:36:19 UTC

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I once planted yu choi in October and it bolted in November at 2 inches tall. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m in zone 8b with wildly fluctuating weather in winter. I can successfully grow collards, epecially tree collards.
Primrose is a biennial so it doesn’t flower the first year. The second year the plant gets huge and all the leaves/flowers on the stalk are edible and if you cut the stalk, it produces new flowering stalks and the copious amount of seeds are edible too.

2026-04-26 20:14:23 UTC

I feel like giving up on brassicas like broccoli, cauliflower and yu choi in favor of eastern evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).
-it doesn’t suddenly bolt in hot weather
-it reseeds itself
-grows like a beast
-you can keep cutting it back and it’ll keep pushing
-you get so much more out of it, even the roots are edible.
#NativePlants #gardening #jardin #garten #solarpunksunday
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2026-04-26 19:32:54 UTC

Horrid thistles standing guard over strawberries…
Enter, squirrels, at your own peril ☠️
#gardening #garden #jardin #garten #solarpunksunday #NativePlants
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2026-04-26 17:52:45 UTC

Nom nom nom
#gardening #garden #jardin #garten #butterfly #schmetterling #mariposa #papillon
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2026-04-26 17:48:19 UTC

#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten
Question: does anyone have any advice on patching greenhouse fabric?
I see greenhouse patching tape. Is there anything I need to look out for, what’s the best type?
I ask this bc all grafting tape isn’t created equally and I don’t want to waste money on something that only works for few weeks (duct tape).
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2026-04-19 20:43:42 UTC

What to do with all the new spring weeds, wildflowers and herbs?
Low effort recipe: leaf fritters. Chop fine and combine with eggs, salt, flour and oil and then fry up like a pancake.
Add any and all additional ingredients you like: garlic/onions, spices, peppers, powdered leaves, mushrooms, nuts, etc.
#solarpunksunday #gardening #garden #jardin #garten
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