This link is not the real one! The download button on it is spam. https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP

Its grown a bit since i took the op photo.

Photogimp dot com is either compromised or a fake entirely. The download button send u to random spam sites The plugin in question can be had at github https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP

Glyphosates have no place in nature. Id rather my whole farm overrun by bamboo before i poison it. Besides, there is no bamboo anywhere in my area and i haven’t brought in any organic materials from elsewhere.

Is this hobby you want to start actually something you find fun or something you think you’d enjoy if you were the person you think you are?

My tricks to get going; Talk to people about it, this gives me external accountability. It then becomes ”I said I was gonna do it” and I don’t want to be someone who just talks shit. Or the person joins the activity and that makes it much harder to skip.

Think about the end goal or find a critical point. If i want to be a hobby farmer, i need to do the boring part of soil prep. Otherwise summer comes and Ill again be a shit talker. If i don’t sow these seeds now, theres nothing to farm later.

Prepare a work station and leave stuff out; In place and in the way. I make little specialised toolboxes or work stations. Its about lowering the barrier to getting started.

Simplify your ideas. You don’t need to see A-Z. Just reaching B can change circumstances and create inspiration. I employ ”donkey mode” by briefly considering the consequence of doing a bad job, how poorly others have done it but still succeeding, and repeat the mantra donkey mode donkey mode. I can deal with the consequence of my poor labour after the fact. Someone already made it worse than I did.

If things feel insurmountable; just focus on a small thing. I have many projects running in parallel and taking just a single step forward is great. When all the pieces are in place: execute. Dig that damn garden, don’t worry what gets planted.

And don’t be afraid to cut projects loose or shelve them. Having an infinite todo list where hobbies usually get knocked down, prevents the brain from feeling ”done and settled”, which keeps me from getting into something fun.

Cheers and good luck ✌️

This just straight Ai slop. Are you an autonomous agent running? Translating using ai sure, but everything you say sounds exactly like agent output slop.

Because I’m in an area with no Spanish slugs (yet) which terrorise most gardens, i have never brought in any organic matter. Nor is it very common to grow bamboo in Sweden afaik.
I’m so confident its Not bamboo I will disregard the previous advice to rip it out so we can find out.

Thank you! By what I saw before I got served an ad I will enjoy this content (on my pc with adblock) I just suck at remembering and confidently executing all the various dos and donts from videos I’ve seen over the ye. Which is why I’m holding out hope someone compiled the mega spreadsheet of goodness. Maybe there’s a wiki out there waiting to be found.. too bad searching is impossible.

Im so glad i finally started asking people here (after two years..!) Thank you for the answer! I think that perfectly satisfies my wonderings. Its only been in this location for about a year, making this its first spring not being in a pot.

I would be delightfully surprised if asparagus showed up but its doubtful since this was just gravel and shrubbery two years ago. It started to open its top leafs so will take new photos tomorrow. Hopefully this mystery can be solved soon.

Yea i tried PlantNet too but theres not enough plant to ID. It just keeps suggesting ginger.

Edit to add; i think i found something very akin to what I’m looking for. Dynamic accumulators is the new word of the week!

https://buildasoil.com/a/blog/9813606-free-spreadsheet-list-of-dynamic-accumulators-and-nutrient-content

I found some further information in pdf form. Still hoping to find some dense spreadsheet that can come along easier than a booklet tho.

Not vetted or even fully read the links yet just posting if others are curious. https://www.sare.org/wp-content/uploads/Compost-Tea-Manual.pdf

https://dn721502.ca.archive.org/0/items/the-book-of-tea_202508/The%20Compost%20Tea%20Brewing%20Manual.pdf

I already have a lifetime supply of corn and potato starch, and my thought was that it wouldn’t require a lot to gel it up again. Time is not really an issue in my life so I don’t mind boiling some dilution water every now and again.

It seems normal for me on pc too but not on mobile. Also noticed this

Its not nearly as dangerous as it sounds. 12 Volt doesn’t have the oumpf to jump through a human. You can use pretty much any electric provider (old laptop charger, power brick even 9 V battery (will be painfully slow and wasteful tho). Pretty sure most alkalines work too not just hydrogen peroxide.

Vinegar works by dissolving the rust and should give you good results too. Wont get it out of tight spots the way electrolysis does tho. Just get it hot/dry and oiled fast to avoid spotrust.

Idk about baking soda, its alkaline too right?

Just try it. Its iron, you wont break it :)

My pans get used and abused, dishsoap and all. The coating regularly get destroyed but a very hot pan and a thin layer of oil, wait until it starts pooling/separate then wipe all sides as dry as possible with cloth. The cloth will get black. Repeat layer of hot oil and wipe until the cloth stays clean. Usually i find that one good layer is enough to keep even eggs from sticking. Heat is key to polymerise the oil.

Just realised the other pictures didn’t get included!

For sure, figuring out solutions to silly problems to save pennies can be loads of fun :)

Yea doesn’t look quite right. Japanese knotweed is another similar one, but I’ve never had it here either. Its also still very early in the spring, nighttime is 2-4c so most plants are still dormant. So I don’t think its anything exotic.

To my understanding, high nutrient soils can burn baby seedlings. This is especially true for blends of peat moss with artificial fertiliser but also uncomposted/poorly composted manures.

I usually go for last years, ie depleted, soil. For small seeds i just pulverise it with my hands for the top centimeter. This year I used soil made of composted manure mixed with sand/fine gravel, crushed terracotta, charcoal and woodpulp i took from some decomposing tree in the forest.

Tomatoes, kale, cauliflower, oregano, sunflower, paprika and chili all took off no problem. No signs of life from my cucumbers and artichoke, tho I think at least the cucumber got eaten by mycelium that spread from the composted manure.

Yea the colours aren’t there either. It did prompt me to pot some ginger in my kitchen tho :)