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LallyLuckFarm

@ LallyLuckFarm @beehaw.org

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Small scale permaculture nursery in Maine, education enthusiast, and usually verbose.

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  • That's a good move, if it weren't for our plant nursery we would be extending the sorrel harvest the same way.

    Those passion fruit are awesome, and I wish I could grow them here without needing to bring them inside for winter

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  • I like sage with butternut squash soup, personally. And there's probably still some time for you to get a harvest of those.

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  • Rad! We're just starting to hit the kind of temps that tomatoes and basil appreciate, but our sorrel has already bolted.

    When you say ornamental, do you mean P. incarnata? Or some other kind?

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  • That's a bummer =/

    Could you fence off the squash in some way? Maybe plant some sacrificial ones elsewhere while you protect the ones that are for you?

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  • Thanks, I'm really proud of everyone who donated their plants and time, and for the folks in town for showing up like they did.

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  • Congrats!

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  • Our town library's plant and bake sale happened on Saturday, and we raised over 1200 dollars for the programs they put on - a 107% increase in donations from last year!

    I've basically run out of small pots for bringing plants to market, but choose to see it as proof that my seed starting has gotten much more consistent. I do need to find more though, because I have something like 300 seedlings that need more space. Sent some texts and emails and also metaphorically begged for them during the plant sale so hopefully folks come through, since I refuse to commission the creation of more plastic.

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  • The roots will bring you to your shanananananana knees knees

  • how did you and your partner change after having a baby?

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  • We're almost to our daughter's 9th month of life. We're both overtired and feeling overworked, with precious little of the time we used to spend on hobbies or couple-time. That said, while there's been a shift towards an expectation culture in the house (vs an ask culture) we haven't had the sort of challenges listed in that first paragraph.

    Some things probably working for us:

    • We've been together for over a decade and in our home for 9 years
    • Our communication style is productive even during arguments ("I feel" statements are much more positive than "you" statements)
    • We're majority wfh so we have the capacity to buffer each others' needs as parents throughout the day, rather than leaving everything to one person or having additional financial stresses with childcare

    Some things definitely working for us:

    • Calling each other out for awesome parenting, because very few others will and it's amazing to feel that validation
    • Proactively taking something off of each other's plates, whether that's cleaning or laundry, dishes or bottles, whatever task is getting done is one that doesn't have to be done later
    • Knowing about spoon theory and being sensitive to how much bandwidth each other has left. It's way harder to recharge from past depleted, so being flexible and recognizing when I or my partner are reaching that point and stepping in or voicing a need for support goes a long way for both of us

    How do you find the mental fortitude to ignore the stupid bs your partner does or says?

    I mean, we're both sleep deprived so I'm sure there's stupid coming out of my mouth too. I think it's much healthier to laugh or work to improve the condition causing stress than it is to feed a negative cycle. If either of us are escalating we missed a chance to bolster each other.

    How would you describe love to your partner a year after having a baby?

    Gratitude. I feel incredibly fortunate to have a partner who puts in the effort and has put in the effort to help build the communication style that's worked so well for us.

    Is there any way to know if you and your partner are going to make it and remain a couple after having a child?

    It really helps to have a relationship built on respect, and knowing enough about yourselves to approach challenges constructively. Build a good foundation with each other, learn to communicate positively, and do your best.

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  • Welcome! We're glad to have you here!

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  • It's not so much the crop you're growing, but the weedy species around the growing space which will try to get to that space and will entangle themselves in the plastic interweave. Trying to remove them by pulling will just rip some of the material apart, which means bits of plastic left behind and greater opportunities for even more weeds to make it through.

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  • Juniper helped dig up and split her very first plant, but very much enjoyed pulling them back out when we were potting up the cuttings.

    We got accepted to both of the farmer's markets we applied to this year, which means I wont have to find homes here ror the thousand-plus plants I started in our house. And the weather and overnight lows are finally reaching a point where I can start hardening off and transitioning them outside.

    Today we're out turning over the raised beds and surrounding mulch and soil to rebuild the beds, which I'll do every few years. The chickens are out appreciating the easy access to the bugs and double checking on my angles of repose

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  • If you mean agricultural felt, carry on. Other than that, most woven landscape fabrics are plastics and will not only break down and get into the soil but also make removing plants which grow through it harder to manage or remove

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  • We'd love to see your project over in Nature & Gardening! I don't know what your litter bags are like but your local library is likely to have old issues of newspaper that would also do the trick with a few layers put down. Some of those bags can have plastics which will break down and get into the soil organisms that do all that nutrient cycling for your plants, and your food.

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  • Good luck!

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  • Last week I solicited a donation for our town's seed library, which is hosted by the town library. They've never had so many seeds to give out or use for the community garden, which donates all the produce to the local schools and food bank. Here's what ours looks like (imgur) for anyone interested in helping their local library set something like this up.

    Yesterday, we played And Out Come the Wolves for Juniper and she seemed to really like it, she even started singing along with me (singing is doing a lot of lifting here, she's not really doing words yet)

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  • Our six month dr's appointment is Friday, and let me tell you just how excited I am to ask the pediatrician about sticking to the vaccine schedule as it existed when Juniper was born, or about our options for speedrunning vaccinations should they begin messing with the certifications or supply chains.

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  • For the past two years I've been communicating with the planning board of the next town over, regarding supplying plants for them to redo the municipal plantings with genetically diverse natives. With the forest service suspending the tree planting programs using IRA funds, I am unsure whether their project is going to move forward. Here's hoping it does - we're one of a number of small nurseries who would've been tapped (hah! tree pun) for the project.

    In other news, our six month old is figuring out standing on her own by holding on to objects. I'd say more but I have to go clear everything off of everything 🙄

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    Pupper's potty path

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  • Which is probably a first for some of these folks

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    What's growing on, Beehaw?

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    What are your garden goals for 2025?

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    Bad Religion - Christmas Songs (Full Album) - YouTube

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    Definitely a video I made about blueberries and not something else entirely

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    What's growing on, Beehaw?

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    Great observation, Shawn

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    How to climate-proof crops: scientists say the secret’s in the dirt

    www.nature.com /articles/d41586-024-03480-5
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    Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards - The New York Times

    www.nytimes.com /2024/11/05/climate/microfarms-cropswapla-food-deserts.html
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    Chill party

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    What's growing on, Beehaw?

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    I'm a

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    Spooky

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    What's growing on, Beehaw?

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    What's growing on, Beehaw?

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    What's growing on, Beehaw?

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    Why You Should Do Your Spring Planting in the Fall

    www.nytimes.com /2021/09/01/realestate/spring-planting-fall-gardening.html
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    Perfect 10

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