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I garden in the Mojave. I love plants, sci fi, and magical realism. Desert rat by birth and choice.

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2024-08-29 03:30:07

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I’m glad to know this. Thank you

2024-08-29 03:07:54

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What do you use the mullein for?

2024-08-29 03:06:36

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The Sixth Sense is up there; also, The Ring. I obviously grew up in the 90s!

2024-08-22 17:19:54

I might contract carob lung from all the dust, but it’s done. Over 2 pounds of carob powder. Not bad.
I tried it first in a food processor. Not good. But it worked great in the blender. I then sifted. I should probably sift again, but since I’m using this for baking and smoothies it’ll probably work just fine!
I learned recently that locust was the name for carob pods in the olden times, so when it says that John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey, he was not eating grasshoppers, but carob pods!
#gardenstr #foodstr #nature
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2024-08-22 00:25:05

Family pizza night! We’ve been making pizza every Wednesday since forever. It has changed some as our palates have changed. Right now we are going through a whole grains phase, so we add rye or whole wheat to the dough.
My mom is staying with us and brought two shoeboxes full of garden veg: multiple tomato varieties, zucchini, eggplant, among them. All excellent on pizza :) #foodstr #gardenstr

2024-08-18 20:21:12

Harvest from the carob tree. First time doing this. Pods are soaking now. Next step is to remove the seeds. Then I’ll let the pods dry in the hot greenhouse before blending/grinding them to a powder.
Carob is high in sugars and fiber. It’s supposed to be helpful for lowering LDL cholesterol. I’m planning to add it to smoothies.
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2024-08-14 20:15:03

Everything in the garden is rough from the hottest summer we’ve ever had here, but you can’t beat the look of native brittlebush combined with bougainviella #flowerstr #plantstr #gardenstr
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2024-08-11 15:48:47

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Is there a lightning wallet you would recommend? I have Muun and Strike. What I can find online suggests Wallet of Satoshi but it is no longer available in the App Store. Muun seems to work for sending zaps, but not for receiving.

2024-08-10 18:34:25

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Ah, still learning Nostr and didn’t see the other replies. Nice!

2024-08-10 18:33:11

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Some kind of marigold (tagetes)

2024-08-10 03:08:03

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Not even a marigold actually, tho I understand why it earned that name. Baileya multiradiata. Native to dry, hot regions in the southwest US. Really quite something after a rain. Bursts into bloom.
I love dahlias, but too hot to grow them here. I bet gomphrena would grow with a little love. What cultivars are you liking?

2024-08-10 02:09:26

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It looks like aphids to me

2024-08-10 02:07:46

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Wow! Where is this?

2024-08-10 02:00:45

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What about you?

2024-08-10 01:59:39

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Echinacea. Which I grew a lot in my last garden. Now I live in the desert and you can’t beat a desert marigold for its acid yellow flowers and blue, furry leaves that are unfazed by 110F. Hard to believe they exist

2024-08-10 01:55:01

Ipomopsis arizonica found on a recent hike in the sky islands of the Mojave desert. Wish I were as tenacious
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2024-08-10 01:49:40

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Bloomscrolling! Yes please

2024-08-10 01:32:22

Oh there are flowers on nostr! I can do this! #planstr #flowerstr

2024-08-10 00:04:19

Been a year since I posted, and just so happens to coincide again with a hike near Mt. Charleston. Some of these trees, Pinus aristata, or bristlecone pine, are over 3,000 years old.