LallyLuckFarm @ LallyLuckFarm @beehaw.org

Small scale permaculture nursery in Maine, education enthusiast, and usuall

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Those spare instruments on the walls aren't just for me, you know

I can see why it's your favorite, this is beautiful

Probably a double yolk, but that's based on the ~30% increase in weight and with no concrete information on age or breed. Our girls will sometimes lay double yolks of about the same increase in size and weight (even our ducks) but as long as she's eating and drinking normally it's unlikely to be anything to be concerned about.

A health insurer being permitted to vertically integrate a pharmacy chain to get around profit margin caps.

Seventy secondth

The R-value of cats is absurdly high

Oh boy, I can't wait for the -checks notes- awful tower defense game where you protect castle wolfenstein from the allies

Thank you 🫂.

We were listening to the album Kerplunk today and she was kicking her knees to the beats, it's definitely my kid 🤣

😂 he's got a double coat, and his winter coat is coming in

We had to say goodbye to our cat, Maeko, this past Friday. Vet confirmed that her kidney function was dropping, and she had lost over half her body weight in the past two weeks. Meds might have stabilized her but wouldn't have given her much more than another month, and at reduced quality. I haven't had a decent night's sleep since before Thursday, I keep waking up and reaching for her.

She didn't require sedation, so we got to say goodbye to the real her and not someone halfway gone. And she got to go in my lap, getting her belly rubbed just the way she liked and purring. But I'm still hurting, even though I'm glad she doesn't hurt anymore.

Just trying to focus on the positives, like how our eleven week old daughter rolled herself over this evening, has a huge smile for me all the time, and watches my every move when I'm in the room with her no matter what else is happening.

Hi! I'm brushing a grocery bag's worth of fur from our dog, it's an every few days kind of task

People who don't admit it are a bunch of Pansies

Great job you two! Good luck with the scoring!

It's my wife's first full day back at work after maternity leave - we had planned for her to WFH until Thursday but our backup battery installation for our solar array got moved up to today. They have to periodically cut our electricity to get everything wired up, so no WFH until they're done tomorrow or Wednesday. So today is also my first full day as the stay-at-home dad, which has been pretty good. Lots of picture taking to share so she doesn't feel like she's missing too much being at work.

We took a trip over to our local library this morning and signed up for the "1000 books before kindergarten" challenge and showed off our outfit for dinovember to the librarians (pictured below). I was at the library board meeting last week to weigh in on who should be our new permanent library director, and there were a bunch of us there to support the acting director's bid. There might be a board position opening up in the near future and I've been encouraged by some folks to apply/run for the position.

We also finally found a food our old cat is willing and able to eat reliably, after much trial and error, which has taken a weight off our hearts.

I truly apologize for not reading your username correctly before making a snarky comment, and deeply regret and am sorry for any negative feelings I may have caused.

It is my hope beyond hope that you are able to have your body match who you are inside, you beautiful beautiful wonderful person, you.

Thank you, friend. Text can't convey how much it means 💕

I've heard it's not the size of the pickle but how flavorful the brine is.

Or something, I'm not crazy about pickles or cucumbers

Tbf, drain cleaning Australia's synth wave music is pretty rockin but yeah the rest sucks

While you're at it, I could use a hug

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This is an incredibly good point - blueberries often have a hard time rooting without a number of fundamental factors in place. Soil type, how a particular site drains or holds water, whether a host of other organisms are able to support the sometimes tenuous grasp they have to the space; even how acidic or basic a particular plot is will heavily influence how well they can do, let alone whether they'll thrive there. Finding anywhere else that's suitable is a monumental task, and daunting.

It's my belief that everyone who can be a steward should be looking to blunt as much of the disturbance as they can for the blueberries that aren't able to be uprooted, like a thick protective mulch to prevent the damage that can drive too deeply into the soil, while also keeping those new spaces they find in mind for the ones that can be safely relocated. Preferably in a way that inoculates the soil to provide a resurgence of them, and makes the whole area more conducive to the beauty and nourishment that they provide. It's that mindset of interconnectedness, with blueberries, that allows for a path for understanding how best to approach the task at hand. It would be impossible to do without respecting the needs of the blueberries in question.