A friend and I were just discussing him and both noted we haven't seen him around in years. I had heard through general pgh grapevine chatter that he worked in tech so maybe he moved, but I figure this is a small enough city/community that someone here had to have known him. I always appreciated seeing him biking around town.
Set up a bot garden this summer in a corner where I have a ton of invasive spotted lantern flies. It has also proven handy with other garden pests
Backstory: one year ago I got nailed by a truck/distracted driver. Broke both legs, shattered my right ankle requiring surgery and broke my right hand. Two weeks in the hospital, three months of non-weight baring and eight months of physical therapy later, I finally was able to start riding again in May but it’s only been in the last two weeks I began getting back to where I was a year ago.
Began window shopping a new road bike and the golden All-City Zig Zag 105 caught my eye and the owner of a local bike shop who also knew my whole ordeal had the Ultegra model in stock. I was asking him to order the more affordable 105 and he basically says “look dude you’ve been through a lot, I’d be happy to sell you this one for the price of the 105”
I’m over the moon about this bike right now. Just finished my first 20 miler and set a whole bunch of PR’s.
Now to take a mountain of ibuprofen and elevate my ankle 😂
Hey Buffalo, I’m driving up from Pittsburgh today because of a nonrefundable hotel room! Some friends and I had planned to bike from Buffalo to Niagara Falls tomorrow and then the skyway event on Sunday morning, but just in case I am making contingency plans for myself for tomorrow.
To get an idea of what I’m into, my plans when I arrive today are 1- Ted’s Red Hots, 2- Out There Records and 3- The Merry Shelly
If we get rained/smoked out tomorrow I’ll probably pay a visit to my grandparents graves at Holy Cross Cemetery in South Buffalo in the morning. My parents are from here but moved to Pittsburgh in the early 80’s so I have visited a lot but mainly only ever visited with family and didn’t get to explore on my own much. I learned to ride a bike on Tift St so I’ll probably cruise by their old house.
Beyond that I looked up some oddities shops but idk if that makes for a full day. So hit me with your recommendations for a married 42 year old punk dude.
It’s not perfect but it is mine
On my bike ride home I finally stopped at a house that I’ve seen some tables in the yard with plants and a homemade sign advertising them. She was asking for a $2 donation but I’m coming back with a $20 for her.
Came home with some wild bergamot, sneezeweed, clustered mountain mint, common evening primrose and heal all.
I already have some sneezeweed but now I have more!
Very excited about the primrose, I had just been researching something for evening blooming.
Might grab one of the asters she had today too!
There was a special event corporate rental at the event space my work is at yesterday and when I came in this morning everyone in the office had this bouquet on our desks. The pineapple is very much real and has a cut stem underneath it.
Can it be grown out? Do I cut the top off and plant it? What do I do? I’m interested in doing this for science lol
Just got these ruby necklace and black rose aeonium plants recently. They are currently in the pots they came in. Should they be upgraded (slightly) now or next year?
So far I’ve heard both Tree of Heaven (invasive, bad for other trees and hard to kill) but also Honey Locust, which is native.
Inherited this plant and haven’t ever been able to accurately ID it and therefore I don’t know how to care for it properly.
It’s been on the struggle bus for a while now. It had been in a south facing window but it began to get worse so I moved it to below an east facing window and no dice. I just got a water meter so I can begin watering it when it’s definitely dry. It is planted directly into that ceramic pot and I’d be happy to repot it once I know what it is and what’s wrong with it.
I’d love to bring it back to health!
So I had my jade tree out west facing back deck after acclimating on my east facing front porch for a month and it looked like it was getting sunburned. So I moved it back to the east facing porch. Aaaaaand a massive storm came through and tossed the plant to the ground from a table.
Can these chunks be saved/propped? I know some of them seem sunburned
In 2027 I plan to redo the room that houses my aquariums. I also plan to upgrade my 55 gallon to a 100. If there is a feasible option I’d like to build a stand for both a 20 and 100 gallon. Does anyone have any experience with building something like this? I have no preference for which one would go on top but kind of would like enough space for the 100 gallon to allow plants to grow out of the top (pothos, monstera, etc)
Thanks in advance!
And I’m already debating bringing it home to separate one of the plants so I can have one here and one growing outdoors at home to see how they compare.
Should I do it?
If so, how?
Are they relatively hardy when being separated?
Looks like I’m about to have a flower. Let it ride or trim it off? And if I let it ride, what do I do? I got this sundew last summer sometime and this is my first flower from it (if it is a flower)
Hello! I’ve had this gollum jade for.. several years at this point. I’ve been a little casual with it, both having given it at times too much as well as too little attention some years, and this year i am going to start giving it more specific care. Been doing a lot of reading and video watching. Previously I’ve basically just let it get by and now I want to make it thrive. It just got a pot upgrade for the first time in years. Pruning is on the table. Outdoor sunlight soon. Better soil. I got a moisture meter to test the soil before watering. The whole nine.
But first, a few things I want to ask about.
1- there are two trunks coming from the soil. Are these likely joined at one central trunk underground? Should I prune one trunk and let the other take over? If I prune one I’d like to pot it and let it grow (and yes, I would call the twin Sméagol) - would it take? Or should I let it be as it is now and one day a strong central trunk may ascend? I think I like the idea of one big central trunk if I’m being honest but I am hesitant though I know these guys are hardy
2- what are these spines hanging from a stem in the second picture?
3- I’ve read conflicting things about light preferences. Both that they love long direct summer sunlight but also they must be protected from afternoon sun from like 2-5pm. I can easily offer it either direct morning sun on my front porch which faces straight east and is covered, so direct morning sun from dawn to noon. Or my back deck faces straight west and would give it noon to 6pm direct sun. I have a south side deck/patio that would protect the plant with indirect sun after 2pm but it’s out of the line if foot traffic around the house and I’m afraid it would get forgotten over there. So where should I put it? Can I start it on the east facing porch and graduate it to the west facing back deck?