Progress: well past the first ring of the tomato cage.

Allium bed - start and one year later

Russian tarragon.Transplant to back yard succeeded (flops over and looks ugly by mid summer; no curb appeal). The internet says it's visually identical to French, but first tell for me is how thick the stems are. Also way more "suckers"

Growing quite aggressively in 100% cactus and palm soil. Not so much in 100% regular potting soil (small one). Purchased second container to see if this is repeatable with a new French t cutting (not ordered yet).

Really starting to establish

Correction on name: just calling them "clay pots" for now.

Bought Ttukbaegi over the past couple of weeks. Duluth GA has a vast galaxy of Korean restaurants (similar to "88 Tofu" - see yelp), but I avoid driving on weekends. Decided to go all in and learn how it's done. Only found these wimpy bowl pads unfortunately. Still on the hunt.

Also - liquid 10-10-10 if starts to struggle. Don't overwater.

Notes so far: use a deep planter - preferably thicker ceramic; Use palm and cactus soil, mulch on to to lock in moisture; dice the mulch so it doesn't block rhizomes spreading; full sun but shade cloth/dappled shade at noon during summer.

The reason I'm so impressed by this one plant is I was told Mexican mint marigold was the only thing that survives here. I just proved them wrong. It's all about the soil setup for this environment. Smaller one is going to @jenniferschwab.bsky.social

Spread becoming a lot more visible. These are also definitely way thicker shoots than last year.

Onions

Spreading

3rd attempt at injera. Haven't quite achieved the crepe consistency with bubbles on top. I have a hunch it's some combination of temps during fermentation, and proper amount of yeast. All my Ethiopian friends use "intuitive cooking" without strict measurements, so it's trial and error so far.

Trying something to prevent flopover

Watching my French T survive cold stratification. Still seems to be spreading.

French tarragon - year 2 - outdoors in hardiness zone 8A. The top died off, and was afraid it didn't make it. I couldn't have been more wrong. This part of the deck has a strong sweet smell, and I've noticed little green caps popping up. Rhizomes have definitely spread.

I've been a little distracted lately. Caught wind of the existence of Steam Deck/Steam Machine/Bazzite. Decided to build a powerful gaming console, and unintentionally descended into a spiral of addiction. Don't be like me - if someone offers you steam, just say no.

Perfect CM5 carrier board for a Phidgets based build.

My family/friends are having a loud argument over this muffin pan. Started with an argument over the difference between a pound cake and a bundt cake since they use the same pan. After dinner convo is kind of unhinged LOL. Merry Christmas friends.

People posting their own raw original stuff (like you and most people I follow). A regular person sharing themselves, not lazy copy paste or only sharing links. Lurkers exclusively read, but don't contribute. I'm a stickler about sharing myself, not leaching off others content.

@royandtanyaorganic.bsky.social - Pic shows UI from my point of view. Was not stealing your image. Just you're just there as a mockup LOL

Thoughts on Bluesky as a social: awesome design in terms of personalization. First site I've used that lets me remove the main feed algorithm. Coming from Facebook and youtube where it's forced on the users, it's a slice of heaven. Only downside is lots of lurkers, needs more content creators.

LLM chatbots and image generators are equivalent to fractal generators from back in the day. Easy to reach for normies, but also a black box to them technologically.The cool useful stuff is everything else related to AI.

French T growing slowly up top, but seems to be doing well. I think moving it to this deep planter was the right idea. #gardening

Basil

Finally getting some traction

Decided to try moving my french tarragon plants to large planters. Noticing some new growth - albeit pretty slow. #gardening

Definitely buying one of these.

Temps are dropping, so my tropicals need to come indoors. Starting to think I may need to take the plunge and build a greenhouse. Part of me wants to just sell my home and move to the tropics #gardening