firewatch is a personal favorite.

oh yeah, no dogs in the front yard thank goodness!

I think posting about your plan would be a good starting point for some conversations and might encourage some other folks to emulate you

once i actually start doing the work, i definitely will!

Did they talk to you about solarizing next spring using tarps?

they did, but this area of the yard is pretty shady, so the guy leading the workshop specifically recommended using cardboard and mulch for maximum annihilation.

the plan itself isn’t that difficult, just takes a lot of time to kill all the invasive plants off so the native plants have a chance to grow. you completely clear the ground first, let the invasive seeds germinate, kill them again, then seed it with native grasses and plants (prairie moon has a lot of US mixes, so i’ll probably use them). you won’t get blooms for at least two years, i think. and you need to cut everything down to about 1.5 feet the first fall to get the invasive plants before they go to seed. unfortunately, that means you’re also cutting down the plants you want to grow, so they take another year of seeding before things really get going, but they should help keep out the invasives at that point.

i have a Meadow Plan for the last ~20 feet of our back yard now. first step is laying down cardboard and mulch and leaving it there until next may.

i’m picking up a white oak tree sapling on saturday to plant in the same spot where we had to cut down a big ol’ maple in our front yard (it was dying a slow death and a danger to our house).

“what remains of edith finch” and “gone home.” waiting for the right rainy day to play them.

wingspan

i love both the physical and digital versions of this game. 🕊️

i’m attending a meadow-making workshop tomorrow, and i’m hoping to learn a lot about what to do with the little plot of land we take care of. i would love to do some fall planting!

it’s the dogs! i love dogs, but having them jump through the window destroyed me.

if you want to know how to get back, pick a side (i chose left) and always put torches on that side going down. to come back up, keep the torches on your right. 🔥

the original resident evil. couldn’t even get through the first 15 minutes before i threw the controller across the room. i don’t play scary games anymore, but i love watching other people play!

silent hill was super fun to watch.

also: give them good things to bite! i always had toys handy when i had my puppy. (i do not miss those days.)

my dad bought a switch for his wife recently. neither one of them are “gamers.” i think they only play mario kart!

the yard is very crunchy. we haven’t had rain in a few weeks (2-3?), but it looks like it could rain this weekend. i did water my few potted plants that live on the porch since they were looking especially thirsty.

immediately the “drip drip drop” song from bambi rolled into my head!

i’ve poured hours upon hours into this game. it’s just a chill game (if you want it to be), and it’s fun to keep track of stuff to collect, talk to the NPCs, and go fight some baddies occasionally.

fellow invisible bi person checking in! 🫡

i set mine up last weekend, too!

my partner ordered them online. guessing from amazon.

if you can plop the tablets in there, i think that would help!