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[BPSabelhaus]

I'll be the odd one as usual lol

Experimental archaeology.

This is season 2 of growing Ozette potatoes. There isn't much information on the actual cultivation methods used historically, so I'm using a mix of traditional Peruvian cultivation as well as East coast first peoples methods of mounding with seaweed.

Last year I started with seaweed but quickly changed to moss and fern duff for many reasons. Lessons learned from last year plus a little collaboration with actual archaeologists, anthropologists and ethnobotanist I had several aha moments and have been gathering and sorting moss and have plans to provide mounding material for the entire season.

Hopefully lol The harder wetter mosses are being used in the soil improvement. The drier more airoid mosses are being used for mounding. This year I will be adding nettle and fireweed leaves to the mounding. Those were suggestions from collaboration with professionals. I completely blanked on those because nettles and fireweed are food and cordage. But we only really eat the fresh growth of both and the stalk as cordage. The old growth leaves are stripped off and that's that. Meanwhile the nettles are full of good nutrients that break down quickly.

So, season 2 soil has already been amended with wood ash, bone ash, shell ash, charcoal, punky wood, food waste, aquarium waste and heavy moss. Last year was just sifted soil. Last year's seed was sprouting and planted last week as per tradition during the first full moon after the last frost, offerings made etc... Up until the point of having a nude young man plant them. I'm too old for that crap and I don't want CPS called on me for having the kiddo do it lol So lines are drawn, apologies are made and ceremonial tobacco is burned so all are happy

This is sort of a physical expression of my hobby of the study of pre-settlement lifeway's related to the peopling of the Americas.

 

[sir_keith]

Plump Spring clams from the beach yesterday made an awesome Carne de Porco à Alentejana...

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[BPSabelhaus]

Was out on a botany foray today out in Greenwater

My first ever wild orchids Took six corms from the area for myself


Took some yellow violets home to propagate.


Achievement unlock: Full ethnobotanist lol I was very concerned about the orchids and rice lilies lol Felt amazing.

 

[sir_keith]

To those of you with pond experience... Is there any trick to growing lily pads? My girlfriend has two natural streams running through her property that we've fashioned into a series of small ponds that are interconnected by waterfalls, and we tried to grow fancy water lilies (in pots) in a few of the quieter ponds a few years ago, without much success. Are there any lily-pad kinds of plants that are less demanding? Or any tricks to growing them?

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[John58Ford]

To those of you with pond experience... Is there any trick to growing lily pads? My girlfriend has two natural streams running through her property that we've fashioned into a series of small ponds that are interconnected by waterfalls, and we tried to grow fancy water lilies (in pots) in a few of the quieter ponds a few years ago, without much success. Are there any lily-pad kinds of plants that are less demanding? Or any tricks to growing them?

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Picking a Lily with the right depth and spread for the area is pretty important, and they have a pretty specific temperature range for good growth, there are species for almost any condition but you might have to wait a couple years to get one to bloom unless you purchase one ready to go and manage to not break it down too much.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

That. I bought cheap ones from Lowes and they come back every year. Reddish green pads with pink flowers and green pads with butter yellow flowers.
I would like to get some native American lotus.
Aside from the odor, that looks like fantastic skunk cabbage territory. Personally I love the foliage and flowers look almost bromeliad like. Just plant those a bit further down stream if you catch the drift lol

But yeah, my $9.95 ea IIRC from Lowes survive, thrive and flower annually.

Just starting to surface with small pads, but they get about a hand across. The American lotus I enjoy in the 2.5 acre pond I steward. Those get massive pads.
Mine are not in pots. They came in a weighted organic bag that broke down over time. Mine are rooted into the substrate.

 

[sir_keith]

That. I bought cheap ones from Lowes and they come back every year. Reddish green pads with pink flowers and green pads with butter yellow flowers.
I would like to get some native American lotus.
Aside from the odor, that looks like fantastic skunk cabbage territory. Personally I love the foliage and flowers look almost bromeliad like. Just plant those a bit further down stream if you catch the drift lol

But yeah, my $9.95 ea IIRC from Lowes survive, thrive and flower annually.

Just starting to surface with small pads, but they get about a hand across. The American lotus I enjoy in the 2.5 acre pond I steward. Those get massive pads.
Mine are not in pots. They came in a weighted organic bag that broke down over time. Mine are rooted into the substrate.

Thanks for the info; looks like a trip to Lowe's is in order!

She has skunk cabbage galore that is growing wild further upstream, along the stream beds, and actually in mid-stream in places! It's really pretty.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Thanks for the info; looks like a trip to Lowe's is in order!

She has skunk cabbage galore that is growing wild further upstream, along the stream beds, and actually in mid-stream in places! It's really pretty.

Personally I love it. Yeah, it has a very specific odor. But it helps find such beauty. I've been impressed by my lilies. I expected a season out of them, but it's been at least 8 years. Wasn't a first or second season addition. They have survived freezing, a transplant and constantly having pads pulled to make room lol

The citrus, olive etc.... are not zone hardy contrary to the tags.

Forgot to add this yesterday.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Got some black cap raspberry starts going
Cuttings from the nature park. It's choked by blackberries and on my list to save. For now it reached out and I brought home a cutting that I made into 6 with a total of 8 shoots started. I'll replant them next year after I pull the blackberries.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

More popping up and developing. Flowers take forever. Very very very slow tease lol but worth it when they do.

 

[fishguy1978]

 

[sir_keith]

...that looks like fantastic skunk cabbage territory. Personally I love the foliage and flowers look almost bromeliad like. Just plant those a bit further down stream if you catch the drift lol

Did someone mention skunk cabbage? We didn't need to plant anything; they just appeared! If you look carefully, you will see that they are growing in a stream bed.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Nice.

Didn't need to look hard, I could smell em through the picture lol Great bio indicator to find other stuff

 

[DMD123]

Bought the digital copy of Godzilla Minus One and watched it this evening. Still a bit campy and reminded me of the movies I grew up with but much better story and special effects. I was very impressed and enjoyed it a lot. The monster itself wasn’t that different from previous ones but the use of its heat ray was pretty cool. For me the previous Shin Godzilla had to also have one of the best scenes of Godzilla unleashing his power.

Likely will get the 4K disc when it comes out because they always sound better than the digital. Also figure by then they may have the Minus color edition on the same disc. Might also be dubbed at that point.

Fun movie for me, your reaction may be different.

 

[sir_keith]

Nice.

Didn't need to look hard, I could smell em through the picture lol Great bio indicator to find other stuff

What other stuff?

 

[FishBeast]

Bought the digital copy of Godzilla Minus One and watched it this evening. Still a bit campy and reminded me of the movies I grew up with but much better story and special effects. I was very impressed and enjoyed it a lot. The monster itself wasn’t that different from previous ones but the use of its heat ray was pretty cool. For me the previous Shin Godzilla had to also have one of the best scenes of Godzilla unleashing his power.

Likely will get the 4K disc when it comes out because they always sound better than the digital. Also figure by then they may have the Minus color edition on the same disc. Might also be dubbed at that point.

Fun movie for me, your reaction may be different.

I have yet to see it, glad to hear it’s good! I didn’t really see any of the TOHO films but I do like the current Monsterverse iteration. Looking forward to seeing Minus One!

 

[DMD123]

I have yet to see it, glad to hear it’s good! I didn’t really see any of the TOHO films but I do like the current Monsterverse iteration. Looking forward to seeing Minus One!

I watched Minus One in Japanese with English subtitles like it was released in the theaters. But I saw some comments on the English Dub being done very well for it. I wasnt aware that it had an English dub. I will have to go back to my digital copy and see if that is the case or not. Whatever the case I will buy the physical 4K disc for sure because it always has better surround sound. Something in the way they compress the audio just makes for a less dynamic presentation.

Out of the TOHO stuff the last one Shin Godzilla had to be one of the craziest incarnations of Godzilla. I love the new Monsterverse stuff, the movies are excellent. I also watched the first free episode on Apple+ of the new program and want to watch more but dont want to subscribe to another service.

 

[FishBeast]

I watched Minus One in Japanese with English subtitles like it was released in the theaters. But I saw some comments on the English Dub being done very well for it. I wasnt aware that it had an English dub. I will have to go back to my digital copy and see if that is the case or not. Whatever the case I will buy the physical 4K disc for sure because it always has better surround sound. Something in the way they compress the audio just makes for a less dynamic presentation.

Out of the TOHO stuff the last one Shin Godzilla had to be one of the craziest incarnations of Godzilla. I love the new Monsterverse stuff, the movies are excellent. I also watched the first free episode on Apple+ of the new program and want to watch more but dont want to subscribe to another service.

I enjoyed the Monarch show! I did 1 week free trial on Apple TV+ then binged it. Might be worth doing, I think you will like it

 

[FishBeast]

Made some clams in garlic butter and herbed white wine sauce for the wife and boys.

 

[DMD123]

Eagerly waiting for June 11 for my copy of:

I didnt go see it in the theaters because if I miss the good surround formats at opening release like IMAX or RPX, I might as well just watch at home because it sounds so much better. Man , I sound like a movie snob, lol