#flowers #bloomscrolling #summer #garden

This beauty is a Texas Star hibiscus. We plant them everywhere we can, because they're one of the few things that will bloom in the summer heat here. The photo doesn't really capture the richness of the color, though. That red is incredibly intense in person. #garden #flowers #bloomscroll

Here in Texas, it's too hot for at least half the year to grow lettuce and other greens outdoors. So we have an indoor hydroponics setup for that. Using these 3 gallon Rubbermaid totes, we can fit 54 plants on a small wire rack shelving unit (six plants per tote, three totes per shelf, three shelves high). If you stagger your plantings right, you can keep a continuous supply of fresh greens coming indefinitely. You don't even need special grow lights for growing leafy greens. We just use inexpensive LED shop lights. You don't need pumps and valves and plumbing. The very simple Kratky method works just fine for lettuce, spinach, etc. Basically, what I'm saying is, if you have electricity and four square feet of floor space, you can grow more lettuce than you'll want to eat. We sell the surplus to neighbors, who love having access to greens that are literally harvested just minutes before they receive them (you can't get fresher than that) and have never been sprayed with any pesticides, etc. We don't sell a ton of it, but more than enough to offset the costs of electricity and nutrient mix, so whatever we keep for ourselves is basically free. #garden #homesteading #growfood #hydroponics #grownostr #farm

Wee little watermelons and cantaloupe have begun to appear in the #garden! These are probably my favorite things to grow in the summer... #homesteading #farm #growfood

Seeds + soil + time = garlic dill pickles! #garden #homesteading #growfood #canning #preserving #pickling

#meme #memestr #liberty

If you live near a Northern Tool store in the US and are looking for some raised garden beds, they've got 3x6 raised bed kits on sale for $35 now (that's half price): https://www.northerntool.com/products/ironton-galvanized-steel-raised-garden-planter-6ft-x-3ft-container-length-72-in-container-width-36-in-material-galvanized-steel-model-np-pb101-5006137 We put several of these in last year to expand our garden, and have been very pleased with them. They're fairly sturdy once filled with soil, and have folded edges on the top and bottom so they're not razor sharp like the cheap ones you can get from Amazon (we've got a couple of those, too, and they're far inferior to the Northern Tool ones). Given the cost of building materials, you probably can't even make one this size out of wood for $35, and galvanized steel should last much longer. After a year of use on ours, some of the fasteners have rusted a bit, but the galvanized panels still look like new. I posted this same deal last year when they went on sale, but they were $42 back then, so this is an even better deal. They have other sizes on sale, too, but the 3x6 has the best discount right now. #grownostr #growfood #gardening #garden #deal #bargain #homestead #farm

Unlike most warning labels, this one does not say "can" or "may". It says "WILL". There are three gruesome endings possible with this machine, and the manufacturer (and basic physics) essentially guarantees at least one of them will occur if you fuck around. #warning #safety #farm

#flowers #bees #bloomscroll #garden #grownostr

Found this on a new computer for one of my clients. Who is this label for? How large is the population of people that are smart enough to disassemble a laptop but stupid enough to eat the battery they find inside it? #dumb #warning #computers #societyisdoomed #grownostr

OK, so it's possible that this dog escaped from a laboratory where he was genetically engineered to be perfect for slo-mo video. #dogstr #video #dog #grownostr

My new phone's camera has a slow-motion mode, so I've been playing with that today. My dog is basically a Muppet, so he's a great slo-mo subject. Thinking about making a TV show called "The Six Million Dollar Dog". (That's about 85 bitcoins today...) #dog #video #bionic #GenX #dogstr #grownostr

It's one of those kinds of #Caturdays...

#flowers #garden #nature #plants #photo #grownostr

#proofofwork #garden #food