C4ph31nd 39.9-rc7 @Capheind@mastodon.sdf.org

My dad wanted to show me the yardsale "#HamRadio" he bought a few years ago. Its a Drake tr-22c, a crystal tuned 12 channel 2 meter radio from the 70s. Not much practical value now, but back then pouch/purse radios were a reliable alternative to often unreliable handheld units.

Happy Halloween!

BABIES HAVING BABIES!!!

#florespondence @plants@gup.pe #plants

Behold! Capitalism!

More Okra.

What can be done in 11' x 11' with cheap municipal compost, one bag of $10 fertilizer and almost entirely from seed. Maybe another ~$40 in seed starting supplies if your starting from nothing, i did spent ~$60 bucks on plastic greenhouses but a few sunny windows would do.

Scrub Jays snacking on little green cabbage worms in my wake. I think this fellow was from last years nest in my orange tree, seems acclimated to the bagpipes.

This mornings mini harvest. Some okra pods, amaranth leaves, 3 kohlrabi, and 2 lemon cukes.

If you live in a crap place with rules against front yard #vegetable #garden you can probably sneak in a nice spineless #okra variety. Heavy producers with amazing flowers, ornamental foliage, and a strong vertical presence.

My gardens Snail Hotel. Its one massive clonal colony of Aloe maculata. I should break it up and clear out the mollusk menace, but its all from a cutting my grandmother gave me. Its hard to risk it.
@plants@gup.pe

In the category of seeds id given up on that decided to sprout anyways, Bishops Children Dahlias and Bells of Ireland. @plants@gup.pe #plant #florespondence

A snail my daughter found with a love dart still embedded. I suspect this one is a casualty of love.

@plants@gup.pe #plants #florespondance #sixonsaturday

Some pics from my garden this week. A mix of flowers from my ornamental bed (loads of California poppies), a huge (30' around) squash, a mix of different beans and tomatoes, and corn cobs forming up.

Big 9ne from the Nanticoke Squash Landrace!

https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/nanticoke-squash

My little postage stamp #garden (11' x 11') coming together.

A lovely volunteer. I think it's one of the wild type tomatoes i was experimenting with last year.

It has #ed its #Unix! (According to ed mastery)

A dove/pigeon has decided to setup nest in an old fountain in my backyard. 2 eggs so far.

The yearly sheering!