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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 12:11:23 JST 
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@jobanab @BowsacNoodle yeah we got the japanese beetles something fierce this year. I finally had those bag-traps w/ baits that smell kind of like cinnamon - seem to be working fairly well. I don't have chickens but I've heard that since it just tricks the beetles rather than poisons them, you can even go reuse them as a treat. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 12:10:35 JST
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@BowsacNoodle Thanks! Ah, interesting - Well, I haven't trimmed w/ that in mind, although I've removed any shoots that weren't producing a bunch. My plan was to let it grow along two something-like-6ft-spans this year; pick the strongest-looking shoots; trim to only those and let them grow woody; then finally keep it that size and focus on whatever produces the strongest bunches. Sounds like that may work?, although I'll have to get specific on what you're talking about once I've established the basic form. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2024 01:00:33 JST
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Didn't get to use any of the volunteer lettuces before they bolted, but I'll keep some and we'll have plenty of seed for next season. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2024 01:31:41 JST
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Gooseberries ready to harvest on the main plant.
The clones put out last year also all survived, with a couple even putting out a few berries of their own. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2024 22:49:05 JST
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Grapes! Never had any form from this vine before, but it finally went in-ground last season and I guess got roots around well enough to do the job.
Wasn't really monitoring, removing weak grapes, and checking for pests so we've got some really spotty bunches, but with insect netting on now, hopefully there'll be something in the fall.
Only pest I've found was a single eight-spotted forester moth caterpillar, and I'm reading that they don't tend to do much damage. I am unfortunately seeing a bunch of the otherwise-strong/growing grapes get the necrotic spots you can see in the final image, and I've got no idea what that is yet. Fingers crossed I guess. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2024 23:37:58 JST
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@lain I'd want to see how income skew has changed in that time. If it's mean averages they're showing, this could lit. just be "the rich get richer."
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 04:41:20 JST
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Seeing a lot of "The US can't back Israel and go through w/ a retaliatory strike..." which, great. Although the "...because we're permanently inept b/c browns" addition, I wonder.
Sure, the JIT (just in time) brainworm has fucked a lot of things, but the US not doing anything would show some significant non-niggerish hands on the tiller. I'd guess that means understanding you dont do the following until your logistics are in order. youtu.be/Wax15NklZh4 -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 06:16:42 JST
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@BowsacNoodle @EssentialUtinsil I certainly like to keep a given patch growing. I suppose I think of a weed as anything that's not working along or at least unobtrusively w/ whatever I'm primarily growing. Do wish I knew more about companion species for pest control, etc., but that's another one of those somewhere-down-the-list things to learn/practice. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 05:59:49 JST
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@BowsacNoodle @EssentialUtinsil yep, generally, or at least before they flower -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 05:57:46 JST
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@EssentialUtinsil @BowsacNoodle If I could only grow two things, winter squash & sweet potatoes. Best staple-nutrition/storage, plus disease resistance (at least in this area) ime. I like the sound of people who talk about taking down your "weed seed bank" year over year on a given spot, but I don't think I'm that deft yet lol -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 08:57:35 JST
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@BowsacNoodle Thanks man, I'm alright on my end. Yeah I can still get into streams & things that don't take the kind of consistency growing does, but I ended up losing so much produce as I lost the time to process. Don't want to over-promise, but I'll (probably much less frequently) still do a few smaller things, and turn some of the normal growing spaces into wildflower/cover-crops for this year. Silver lining of building some good nutrition I suppose. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 08:31:39 JST
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Not likely to be doing much growing this season. In short I have a family medical situation, and there are really no other relatives to step in for now. I'll be around, but I can't put in the consistent time I usually do to pull off a good grow. Who knows, maybe I'll end up w/ some help and can still do a few things - if so, the sheer volume of pre-nuclear seed potatoes could make for an insane grow. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 22:08:45 JST
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Three watermelons left including this Micklyee. Not bad, but not fantastic; Still, the goats loved it since they have no greens left at this time of year. Tiny litle thing, about the size of maybe a large-ish grapefruit. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 22:19:40 JST
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Amazing 139lb sweet potato harvest!
Just like the regular potatoes, still have to sort & clean, but it looks like laying the slip on their side rather than planting vertically helped them form more regularly. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 22:23:32 JST
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Almost don't believe it but at least one of the three remaining ocelot seedless mini watermelons actually ripened. In fact, it was a little overripe.
Enjoyed a good bit of it, but a lot of those areas where what would've been the seed cavities, and the rind went to some very happy goats. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 10-Nov-2023 01:47:00 JST
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@graf @p Just from the perspective that most of what they currently promote is things like 'mental outlaw', are they really 'alt right' as-is? Always looked at them as just 'permissive b/c we're not large enough to afford the effort or loss of involvement for jannies'. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2023 22:14:06 JST
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Surprisingly, found three ocelot and one more mickylee watermelons while I was ripping out the sweet potato vines. Will be very surprised if they're ripened enough to do anything with other than feed them to goats, but we'll see. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 21:54:56 JST
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_Finally_ cut into one of these Sugarbaby watermelons with the extremely miniaturized vines...
Not looking like a grow-again. Extremely dense in seeds. Not an awful flesh, but w/ the seed-density and lack of productivity, it just doesn't take a rank up w/ the Mickylee and Ocelot. _Maybe_ if you're very space-limited it makes sense, but I'd generally recommend against. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 12-Oct-2023 21:18:29 JST
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Agata's Tongue. Middling heat cross of bhut jolokia & chupetinho. Good sauce pepper w/ great productivity when set up properly. -
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collatz (collatz@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Oct-2023 21:14:01 JST
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If I could've put any pepper in a productive position this year, these would've been it - the humble Pepperoncini. Love these; Just a touch of heat, deliciously sweet. Could snack on these all day.
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