Wind yesterday blew the sugar pea vines off the trellis, so I harvested all the pods I could and strung the vines back up. Then used some of the pods for a stir fry, along with fresh garlic I recently harvested. 😋 #Gardening#GrowYourOwn#Organic
Our work begins in the dilapidated ornamental garden. First we create a “nursery” bank to temporarily place any plants we can save. Because our soil is so heavy in clay and we are no-till, we first lay down cardboard, then wood fines and finally some rich compost. As the cardboard breaks down over the years it will eventually meld with the soils ecosystem below. (I’m not explaining that very well 🤷♀️)
@BarnCatGardens I use same no till method in several areas. I'm also in longterm soil amending & rewilding projects. I've converted a few spots already.
@msquebanh I love that word, rewilding! We have a naturalized area along the creek out back, the ornamental gardens where I’ll be growing extra flowers for sale, the vegetable gardens and the front lawn will be meadowscaped with pathways. I want it all and if it all ends up blended and riotous, so much the better.
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Welcome back to another round of organic chemistry with MDMRN.
Once again, I've taken my molecular model kit to craft a new molecule. This one, frankly, I was able to craft using the pieces of the previous ones I presented before. While I didn't say it last time, the green represents a halogen, in this case specifically chlorine.
A hint is that the production of these types of compounds has been banned in numerous countries, including the United States. It was, historically, found in electrical transformers.
Can you guess what type of compound this is? Let me know in the comments!
In my research I asked farmers how they evaluated farming practices and increased biodiversity was one of their metrics. They were right!
"Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change
Nearly a quarter of U.S. mammal species are on the endangered species list. Researchers say farming with biodiversity in mind may help stave off further decline."
So, we're going back to organic chemistry everyone!
After my first post with my molecular model kit showing an environmental contaminant, I decided to post up another.
This one is a semi-volatile organic environmental contaminant that is commonly found in coal tar, mothballs, and mixed into creosote for rail ties. That distinct "mothball odor" is this compound! Fun fact - a human nose can detect the mothball odor before most standard electronic detectors of organic odors / vapors.
Can you guess the compound? Let me know in the comments!
Tolle Unterkunft! Es hat alles reibungslos funktioniert. Gut gefallen hat mir auch, dass es #Bio Seife gab, dass das Haus eine #Wärmepumpe hat und die Eigentümer eine E-Ladesäule haben (wobei Konstanz recht viele Landemöglichkeiten bietet und es nicht weit von der Unterkunft öffentliche Landeplätze gibt). Von der Unterkunft kommt man ganz gut zum #Bahnhof und zur #Altstadt. #EAutos zum Mieten gibt es z.B. beim Carsharing von Stadt-Mobil Südbaden, welche Netzwerk von cambio und co sind. Renault Zoes gibt es z.B. in der Jakobsstr., Zähringer-Höfe oder bei der Alemannenstr.
Das Bett knarzt ein wenig. Mich hat es nicht gestört. Der Kühlschrank ist manchmal etwas laut, wobei der lässt sich für die Nacht bestimmt ausschalten.
Es gab Luftentfeuchter im Zimmer und im Bad, die empfand ich nicht als störend.
Wenn man in #Konstanz nach Bio-Restaurants in der Altstadt sucht, dann findet man meist als ersten Treffer "Eugen's Bio". Das Internet hat mir widersprüchliche Ergebnisse geliefert, so sieht man manchmal Bilder von Burgern und Pommes, obwohl deren Website klar macht, dass man hier ausschließlich Kuchen und andere süße #bio Backware bekommt (auch in #vegan !).
Der Laden ist echt beliebt, sodass ich am Wochenende kein Platz gefunden habe und kurzerhand nebenan bei helga gelandet bin. Teilweise #bio und sehr leckeres grünes #Hummus (mit Petersilie?)
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Organic and Agroecology Initiative (ORAIN)
...a coalition of organic and agroecology organizations in Nigeria
Presents
Upscaling Organic and Agroecological Practices in Nigeria Series:
May 2024 Edition
Hidden Lotus Herbs is getting ready to move to our new #farm site and really ramp up our operations!
For some backstory,
I was the recipient of a fund from @coop to start a worker-owned #cooperative and decided to make it an herbal apothecary!
We've been operational for around six months and are now starting our regenerative agroecological farm and increasing the capacity of our free clinic.
However, the #renewableenergy systems we're building are more expensive than we budgeted for, and we could use some help getting the farm and clinic going financially.
We're really needing help from our community to make all this cool stuff happen!
If you can spare some $, please consider supporting our transition and future. If you can't, please share far and wide!
I don't talk about work here a whole lot, but I'm a chemical engineer by education and have been doing environmental engineering work for the past 17 years.
So, I have an organic chemistry molecular model kit that I have kept at work for years. I, periodically, make contaminants I've seen at various sites across my 17 year career cleaning up the environment.
Do you know what this chemical is supposed to be? Leave a comment below with your guess!
COOPESAFRA is a Popular Solidarity Economy Cooperative for Family Farming, Reforestation and Agroecology that aims to produce agroecological products for consumption and commercialization by its members.