ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

Today I think I'll do compost updates instead of garden updates.

A few years ago I got this rotating composter as a birthday gift. According to the composting legend himself, Dick Kitto, this style is perfect for a small home garden, as it enables the frequent rotation necessary for adequate oxygen.

I eat mostly plant based, so pretty much all of my scraps and abandoned leftovers can be composted easily, with the exception of banana peels and corn husks. My compost consists mostly of vegetable and fruit scraps, coffee grounds & filters, eggshells and bits of paper/cardboard. I also mix in used soil from previous container crops.

Yesterday I realized the compost had gotten very warm and everything has been breaking down very quickly with significant insect activity, so I threw in some used dirt. Today the temperature and insect activity have dropped a bit, but I expect them to recover quickly. Ideal breakdown occurs at just over 120° F. Maintaining high temperature breaks down weed seeds from yard scraps and creates an environment harmful to plant pathogens.

When this side of the composter is full enough and broken down enough, it will get mixed in to the patch of garden where the pumpkins will be transplanted. Should take a few more weeks for both the pumpkins and compost to be ready.

@ScottSoCal @TonyStark

or be impeached ... im surprised garland has not appointed yet a special investigator ...

Well isn’t that the truth?

Amen

You know you can vote for Act III Audible adaptation of Sandman in the Webby awards, don't you?

If you heard it and loved it, please vote. If you haven't heard it yet, its so good and waiting for you...

https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/general-series/scripted-fiction

Did you know that before she became a congresswoman, MTG was a foot model?

I'm going to invent hashtags to have an excuse to post photos. Let's call this #TreppeTuesday

Precisely

Russia uses its courts to silence critics, and now prosecutes about 50 espionage cases a year, almost all of which end in a guilty verdict.

Now they are holding an American, my colleague Evan Gershkovitz, and have refused to grant bail.

Evan is allowed out of his cell only once a day.

He will not get a public jury trial.

#IStandWithEvan

https://www.wsj.com/articles/moscow-court-to-hear-appeal-on-detention-of-jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovich-9c464c6c

"The world was on fire and no one could save me but you."
Wild at Heart (1990)

Director: #DavidLynch

#lauradern #nicolascage

The governor of Alabama has launched a form to report “concerns” about transgender healthcare.

It would be a shame if thousands of us flooded their inbox with fake “concerns” to drown out the bigots. A form submission a day keeps the bigots at bay.

https://ago.mo.gov/file-a-complaint/transgender-center-concerns

#LGBTQ #Trans #Nazis #Fascism #TransRights #GenderAffirming #Healthcare

If love is a battlefield then The Love Boat must be a battleship.

Yesterday I was very irritated so I read some Shakespeare and today I am sorely vexed.

Welcome to your 40s. Shopping for a gravy boat is now considered a fun little activity.

Why does “I’m up for it” mean the same thing as “I’m down for it”?

The cat printer ran out of toner!

A belated Happy International #haiku Day to you all.
#poetry

I am a macro wildlife photographer, jciv on Flickr & iNaturalist. Spiders are my favorite subject, but I also like flies, moths, & butterflies. I am not an expert, but I like sharing what I know.

I am a founder of #Arachtober, a celebration of spiders during October, starting in 2007 on Flickr. It spread. I really loved the interaction with entomologists and arachnologists on Twitter. Read about Arachtober at LiveScience: http://www.livescience.com/52555-arachtober-social-media-spiders-photos.html

#selfie #introduction #spider #macrophotography

Dominion didn't settle with Fox. Jury selection is underway.

Excellent.

From FB:
Finally my winter fat is gone, now I have spring rolls.
#haha #humour #funny #weightloss #health #winter