NataliePortland

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[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The sun finally came out for you!

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I mean look at this. Jemaine, Taika Waititi, Rhys Darby, the guy that did Summer Heights High with all his different characters, the Aunty Donna folks.

Who tf can compete ?

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Oh that was like 40 years ago!

Wooow you know what? The timeline adds up. It’s Hemsworths fault!

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Waiting for the wife to return from Ireland to start watching Shoresy new season!

Natalie Portland are you ready? GOOD CUZ YOURE GOING

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

I’m halfway through it so don’t spoil but - I mean it’s good I like it but like- it’s just montages! The whole first episode was a 50 minute montage with one song on it! How do they get away with that

 

Get it together, Aussies. EDIT: Australias population is 5x higher too? Explain yourselves!

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

That was a good one sister

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

It looks like jewelry! Maybe JWelry? Or no. Okay I’ll keep working on that one

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

Am I the only one who looks at him and sees Goebbels?

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 21 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (9 children)

Sister it’s kinda crazy to me. Lemmy will downvote news posts with credible polls showing Biden dropping, and upvote any questionable source that says otherwise. I’m also a Democrat but to me a credible news story should not be disparaged for saying something I dont want to hear. It doesn’t do any good to hide from the truth. “You must know the enemy in order to meet him on the battlefield”- Sun Tzu or idk maybe I just made that up.

I mean what is pro.morningconsult? I’ve never heard of that ever. And I’ve seen Rueters posts get downvoted! Rueters!

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m trying to remember. I think they had cameras. I know I had the Motorola Razr. Everyone had that phone. I think it had a camera and that was basically it. But everyone has that phone because it looked cool.

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Lemmy is left leaning but downvotes anything that suggests poll numbers are slipping for Biden, or if people are unsatisfied with his performance. It’s news! Are y’all just downvoting it because you don’t like it?

 

I am making this post because after years of frustration, I have finally learned how to do it consistently. Most sources say that Papaver Somniferum needs to be cold stratified and have light to germinate and this is basically false. Forget about the cold part, that's completely unnecessary. Get a wet paper towel and squeeze out all the water. Lay it out and put the seeds on top. You can lightly mist the seeds but I don't think you have to. Put the paper towel with seeds on top into a ziploc and seal it. Put the bag on the counter in a bright room in your house. Not in direct sunlight, and keep it at room temp. The seeds will begin to open in 2-3 days.

Then drop those seeds onto the soil in a large pot. Lightly sprinkle some soil over them. Put the pot outside and keep it moist by misting it gently. If it's too hot outside to keep the soil moist, you can put the pot in a shady spot. They will sprout in another 2 days. Then move into the sun.

Poppies thrive on neglect. Don't overwater them, don't fertilize, and make sure that the soil drains very well. You don't want fertile soil for this. They would grow like dandelions out of a crack in the sidewalk and be happy. Just when they first begin to make buds, give them Calmag or something similar. I use lime and bonemeal.

The poppies are the most potent 10-14 days after the petals drop off. Look for a brown line to appear just under the round part of the pod. Look at the photo I posted. Do you see that brown line under the pod? That's NOT the one you're looking for. This brown line will appear ABOVE that line, right where the round pod tapers to it's 'neck'.

For years I tried leaving them out all winter, or putting them in the fridge, and nothing worked nearly as well as this method. Now that you're growing them on your schedule you can grow them in 3 seasons. The seeds are easy to purchase online. Look for one called Lauren's Grape. It's beautiful. In the US it's legal to grow them, but illegal to harvest opium from them- so don't do that.

 

If hybrids produce seeds that aren’t ‘true-to-type’, then how do they keep making the same ones every year?

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is my understanding too. After the plant dies it can release that nitrogen. While the legume grows, the benefit of nitrogen is negligible and negated by the fact that the legume is competing in the ground for water and other nutrients. The Three Sisters is a nice idea but there is a reason it’s not common practice. See also ‘companion planting’, the astrology of gardening. What plants want most is room to grow roots.

The best thing to do with legumes is till them under before they go to seed, or add them to compost.

 

What the heck? Is this normal?

 

Thank you technomad and dubyakay for inspiring our third woodworking contest here. This contest will be to build a planter box or I guess a plant pot would work too.

Submit your work as a post in this community by August 1 at the latest, and the post with the most votes will win. The image will be our new thumbnail picture and the user will be credited on our sidebar.

I’ve noticed that posts often collect votes for up to like 3 days so I will wait until August 4 or something to announce the winner just to make sure everyone has had a chance to vote.

Good luck everyone!

 

Getting ready to change out the greens and garlic for cabbages and beets.

 
 

Wow! New feature! Now you can CHOOSE how many paper towels you grab from the roll!

 
 

The weight of the trees was so great that the ones on the bottom got squished and became coal. That’s where coal is from. Bonus fact: the whole time this was happening, sharks were hunting in the oceans. Sharks are older than trees and fungus!

 
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