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Destiny is a book you write yourself.
Season two of The Dragon Prince is coming to Netflix in 2019 from Wonderstorm!
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altruistic-skittles
Me: Ok brain I need to write this essay, can you help me out?
My brain: Logan and Virgil singing ‘Fireflies’ together.
Me: Not what I asked for, but I approve-
Your brain is doing amazing sweetie
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power-bottom-keith
“Oh I love roses! I try growing them myself, but they never get very far.”
“Would you like to know the secret to healthy rose bushes,” I asked, knowing that she would not like the answer.
“Do tell!”
Grin. “Blood.”
The customer paused, waiting for me to say that I was kidding. But I wasn’t so it never came. She became nervous.
And before I could explain that blood meal is a common soil fixer and fertilizer, she put her hands up, spun around and said-
“Bye.”
You want to know the secrets to a beautiful garden? You better be prepared for some weird shit.
Well someone felt like being the ominous witch in the small, mysterious shop today.
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…also, tomatoes like blood too.
My interest in plants extends beyond ‘oh look a pretty flower’ and straight into ‘plants are fucking metal.’
Evidently, you’re supposed to plant garlic in the same places as your roses because the garlic will repel a rose-specific aphid.
So what I’m saying is that between the romantic symbolism of the rose, the bloodmeal in the soil, and the fresh garlic all over the place-
You could really set yourself up for an encounter with some VERY pissed vampires.
Roses really love banana skins, too. Just… stick one in there before you plant a rose bush or spronkle around one that’s already in the ground. They’ll adore you.
Mmm… blood banana.
I made tiny ass Home Depot Petunias blossom like magic that they’re nearly overtaking the trellises.
How did I accomplish this?
Once a week I bury a small amount of leftover meat in the soil.
My morning glories loved the crap out of the charred chicken bones I gave them. They’re already an enthusiastic plant, but the blooms I had this year were extraordinary.
That’s cool as heck. Is this all plants, or just specific plants? Inquiring witches want to know!
See, here we’re getting into soil chemistry, which is an entire doctorate of study and I only know a little bit above the average person.
But the primary reason why bloodmeal is used for rose cultivation is because roses grow best in nitrogen-rich soil. So plants that need a lot of nitrogen in their soil would benefit from blood meal. Others, who do not benefit from high nitrogen, would not fair well. So I would not use it on the entire garden.
Bones/bone meal are used to add phosphorus to the soil, which is why its used as a fertilizer. Generally, most plants benefit from it, but that’s not guaranteed. Crushed eggshells provide the same treatment, with the added bonus of deterring ants.
Coffee grounds will make the soil more acidic.
Ashes of hardwood trees will fix soil if it’s been overwatered. I think it serves as another nitrogen fixer, but don’t quote me on that.
I’d have to take a look in one of my books before I say anything else, but there’s tons of materials that double both as soil fixers and offerings.
Any particular books on the subject that you’d recommend?
The one I’m reading called “Sleeping with a Sunflower” goes into some of the folksy gardening tips, but ymmv on some of them. Chaptered by moons, basically outlines the entire plant/cultivation/harvesting year. Also offers folkore, foraging tips, and recipes. Warning for appropriative language and some pseudoscience.
The rest is essentially just stuff that other enthusiasts have told me. Though Im being informed that coffee does not change the ph of the soil, but IS an excellent composting material and thats why plants love it.
When i get finished with this book, I’ll do some cross referencing and make a cliff notes version
Hi! I have a Masters in Soil Science and also garden so here are some fun NPK facts:
Each plant needs a certain amount of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (K), in order to grow. It’s N for lush, green vegetation, (but be careful– too much and you won’t get any fruit, potatoes, corn, and onions need A LOT), K for roots, flowers, and fruit (add more when it’s cooler out as it’s less available then), P for thick stems in fruiting plants and higher yields from root vegetables.
If you’re buying a manufactured fertilizer (which I don’t like) then you can just read the bag for what it’s use is for (lawn or flower beds as opposed to vegetables). If you’re buying otganic (which I like), you would buy Bloodmeal or Fishmeal for N, Bonemeal or Mushroom Compost for P (crushed eggshells are more like a slow release version because they have to break down first, and deter slugs as well as ants!), and Seaweed or Wood Ashes for K.
(@cannibalcoalition, it might have been that the wood ash helped your plants grow longer roots which helped them pull up more water.)
It’s easy enough to google how much of each your plants need, you’ll find it written as a ratio such as “10-10-10” which means the mix has 10% N, 10% P, and 10% K. Soil tests are also fairly easy to purchase (you want the kind that you have to dry soils and use little test tubes to add chemicals because they’re the kinds professionals use; don’t worry, the chemicals are safe to use) and can gice you a good idea of, say, the soil around your carrots need as opposed to the soil around your roses.
Anyway, soil science is cool (and really complicated when you get into what organism frees up what nutrient for plants to use, hoo boy) so I hope I’ve added something. :)
Oh my god! I was hoping that someone with an actual degree in this would weigh in on the science! Thank you!
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ollie-aux
Why can I not stop looking at this screenshot
*aggressive guitar noises*
I’m dying!!!!
This literally made my day.
Hahah!! Oh @ollie-aux, how I love you. 💜
Haha oh god. Just saw this, you too Thomas haha. I hate how funny this is.
chocmarss
magical-awesome-kid
deadpool is honestly more wholesome than any of the mcu movies
Explain
ok so
- Doesn’t straightwash queer characters! this was a big one. (marvel movies have a huge problem with straightwashing*)
- Deadpool is canonically pansexual, and the movies reflect this! Reynolds doesn’t shy away at all from Deadpool’s sexual interest in men.
- (head injuries bring out deadpool’s romantic sexy feelings it seems. in the first movie, knife to the head = romantic montage with vanessa. in the sequel, fencepost to the head = deadpool sensually trying to go down on Colossus.)
- (semi-related, both movies have some cute references to deadpool enjoying being on the receiving end in the bedroom.)
- (yeah, it’s canon, Deadpool enjoys being pegged)
- Oh hey, a healthy romantic relationship based on mutual respect and love! and with a fully developed female character with personal agency! A love interest who doesn’t just function as a plot device.
- POLAR OPPOSITE OF TOXIC MASCULINITY. This really shines through in their marketing
- (yes that pillows says “FEMINIST”)
- (yes that is deadpool in heels dancing to celine dion)
- Diverse casting! Characters who are poc just because poc exist!
- Hey look, a cute lesbian couple treated with respect and one of them’s asian!
- Holy crap i don’t say this enough but i love Domino. What a badass. Sexy-but-not-sexualized black female action hero who is probably the coolest person in the movie.
- Deadpool 2 took a run-of-the-mill white character design and made her interesting!
- Her trademark eye patch is now vitiligo! She has awesome natural hair. And look, body hair exists! On a person who is a woman! Which shouldn’t be unusual, but here we are. Also, she’s fun
- Portrayed by the talented Zazie Beetz. Did I mention how much i love this character?
- Oh look, another much improved character design!
- We’ve got your humdrum blondie cleft-chin stereotype replaced with a heavyset maori teen actor (Julian Dennison, who incidentally was in Taika Waititi’s indie movie Hunt for the Wilderpeople).
- Overall themes: The movies have a lot of dirty humor and innuendo. But the overall takeaway is actually pretty sentimental. The Deadpool 2 themes in particular gets to me:
- Ending the cycle of abuse. Not repeating the mistakes of the previous generation. “Kids give us a chance of being better than we used to be.”
- The loss and recovery of family. Accepting friendship in the midst of tragedy. See also: Cable’s story arc.
- Letting go of loss and bitterness to try to save a child who’s been abandoned by the world.
- I’m honestly so excited about the choices the director & producers have been making for this franchise. They’re setting the narrative standard for modern superhero films. Can’t wait to see what the next movie has in store.
*see more on straightwashing in the mcu below
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