wastewater specialist in training (back in school), art doodler, plant person, aspiring forest hag, living off-grid on hawai'i island. aloha 'aina!

this is my plant/gardening account. for other stuff, this is my 'general' account: @mk30

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Vanilla updates: I have now used up or given away all the vanilla pods from last year. Hooray!
The ones I didn't give away are now turning into vanilla extract. In the first photo below, the jar on the right is vodka and the jar on the left is rum.
The second photo shows what it looked like inside a vanilla bean when I put a long slice in it before putting it in the alcohol. Neat!
Sadly, I haven't seen any signs of blooms on the vanilla plants this year yet because it's been suuuuuper wet this spring, and it seems that they need a fair amount of dry weather to start blooming.
#vanilla #food #gardening #hawaii
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2026-01-15 21:01:49 UTC

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@nprofile…n0jn i have so many plastic bins ;_;
and it doesn't really work for small things.

2026-01-15 20:28:41 UTC

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...dealt with a few problem surfaces and now I have most of the rest of the little stuff in a pile. GOD I hate all this little stuff. It doesn't have a place, I don't know what's useful, and you have to go through it piece by piece. If anyone has tips on dealing with tiny place-less items, please lmk.
#cleaning #organizing
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2025-05-18 05:18:25 UTC

It turns out that to plan a garden, you have to think in 4D: not just how much space the plants take up and how tall they'll get, but how they'll grow over time. And it's not so straightforward because they affect each others' growth: plants in the shade of other plants will grow differently than if they're in the sun, etc. Vining plants can crowd out and stifle other plants. And some plants improve soil quality around themselves, so they can boost the growth of their neighbors.
Ultimately you're making a home for a bunch of living beings who don't move by getting up and walking, but by creating more of their own bodies in the direction of the resources they need.
Maybe I've been sitting in the forest too long, but gardening remains fascinating to me.
#plants #gardening #DeepThoughts
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2024-10-15 21:18:22 UTC

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@npub1qk5…jlda I'm sorry to hear that you're sick, but glad that these herbs helped!