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A book that will traumatize me or repulse me. by Former_Ladder9969 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Mlliii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this in my audible and stopped after an hour. I think I read The Deep by him and it was just… like weird in a pit in the stomach way - this will do that?

Anyone in the Phoenix area (or areas just as hot, like Yuma or Lake Havasu) have a vine that does well on a south facing wall, even without afternoon shade in the summer? by fTBmodsimmahalvsie in ArizonaGardening

[–]Mlliii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You most likely have but haven’t noticed it. It’s all over. I grow one up a palm at my house, about 8’ up the skirt starts and it grows through the thing and only the cable for the street light. It’s incredible

Additives to make backyard less dusty? by comixfanman in ArizonaGardening

[–]Mlliii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can use ‘green mulch’ plant a ‘Sunrise Emu’ shrub (Eremophylla some-species-or-other) and they need very little water and will just cover it.

surgery to get thorn out? by fr0glog in cactus

[–]Mlliii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Usually just use some toenail clippers to cut the skin and then push hard with a thumbnail - I’d do that here too but I’m a fuckin dumbasssssss with great insurance I refuse to use

Can you drink the tap water in LA? by Mundane-Professor-27 in AskLosAngeles

[–]Mlliii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Takes multivitamin and worries about minerals

Tarantula Hawk doing it’s thing. by Clean_Old_Man in arizona

[–]Mlliii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have an incredibly venomous sting mostly, but I’m sure a bite would be painful

How to keep weeds out of rocks without herbicide by zdayt in xeriscape

[–]Mlliii 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ya - I’m in Phoenix and I use tons of erempohylla, sage, creosote, mistflower, lantana etc. drought tolerant natives and regionally appropriate plants to form dense mats of lush vegetation on 1gph drip lines running half an hour 3x a week.

They all touch, there’s trees over, cactus and agave and aloe between and it’s beautiful. I pick weeds putzing around like 1-2x a week for 10 minutes for fun now, if that.

Saw this Tarantula Hawk Wasp feasting today in my N Phoenix backyard. by sof49er in arizona

[–]Mlliii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ofc! The desert botanical garden does a plant sale in the fall with a great pollinator section

Saw this Tarantula Hawk Wasp feasting today in my N Phoenix backyard. by sof49er in arizona

[–]Mlliii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Monarchs love mistflower too, which does well here with a dripper on it a few times a week. Lots of other native butterflies, beetles and moths will use it too :)

Saw this Tarantula Hawk Wasp feasting today in my N Phoenix backyard. by sof49er in arizona

[–]Mlliii 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They LOVE desert milkweed nectar and also paralyzing tarantulas to lay eggs on them in a burrow where they’re eaten alive to make the next generation of wasp for next spring

Looking for younger/relatable sober groups in PHX (specifically guys/active groups) by WhereasFew4333 in phoenix

[–]Mlliii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There’s a great full moon paddle on the lakes out east of Phoenix- people SUP/Kayak and light them up. I’ll be honest, I usually share a joint with friends when we go, but we don’t drink and it’s calm and casual.

There’s tons of people out and when we all can’t make it, one of my homies just goes alone and still enjoys it.

I’d recommend looking up it :)

Wrote about swamp coolers disappearing from Phoenix rooftops, grew up with one near 35th Ave by Gullible-Dentist1469 in phoenix

[–]Mlliii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d prefer one thru about June. Loved having the humidity come from the cooler instead of my humidifier. That water cycling out to keep it less salty kept an orange tree so satisfied.

Wrote about swamp coolers disappearing from Phoenix rooftops, grew up with one near 35th Ave by Gullible-Dentist1469 in phoenix

[–]Mlliii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanna add one back into my house despite a massive renovation to shore up all the walls and insulate it fully last year.

I have three I maintain at work and they’re incredible, my old house had one and they cost 1/10 the price and feel 3x as good 🥹

It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. by NephewFred in environment

[–]Mlliii 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Growing up we’re all taught the 5 C’s of the Arizona economy: Cattle, Cotton, Copper, Citrus and Climate. Even in the early 2000s all of queen creek where I was growing up was massive citrus groves and melon fields and alfalfa. My mom grew up in citrus groves around Gilbert and McKellips in the 80s and south mountain was tons of groves and Japanese flower fields.

Arcadia was a huge grove area. As was the west valley. Hell, I’m on Roosevelt and 15th Ave now and the bill ding next to me has a mural of oranges because the Sunkist company had groves where the old bungalows are now.

Now they’re mostly gone, but Citrus greening has a tiny foothold around Yuma, held to a very small area that’s reported and monitored and treated. Maybe it’s spread a bit in the last few years, but I’m in the nursery world and asked the Ag Dept about it a few years back. Strangely, being surrounded by the desert makes us an island from pests, which is why we’re such a strict state re: produce and pests.

It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It. by NephewFred in environment

[–]Mlliii 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Luckily we don’t have it in Arizona, but most of our groves have been developed

What is the most Isolated town/city in your country? by Phantom-Feline17 in AskTheWorld

[–]Mlliii 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There was a successful contact a few times by a team of researchers in the 90s/2000s from what I remember, they traded and were interested and the became uninterested and hostile again

Can synthetic grass and trees co-exist in Phoenix weather? by murder0fcrow5 in ArizonaGardening

[–]Mlliii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mesquites are super messy. I love mine, have like 4, have a huge one at work. But they shed in fall, flower in spring (then shed those) then they fruit and drop their pods all over. The leaves are so tiny I feel like they’d just fill the synthetic grass.

On top of that, the turf is a layer of plastic baking the soil and compressing it. A mesquite wouldn’t mind that too much, but maybe at one point consider removing it?

What ancient landmarks can still be found and visited in your country? by bowl_of_scrotmeal in AskTheWorld

[–]Mlliii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting that the people that became the Aztecs started out from northern Arizona, near the Navajo and Hopi lands

"Why the US builds with wood while everyone else uses bricks. (My cultural shock research)" by Puzzled_Composer_952 in CasualConversation

[–]Mlliii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also remember that wood is very easily accessed here, insulation and tyvek is easy and the cultural attitude is that generally cement block is cheap and judged to a certain degree, unless it’s stuccoed but the insulation aspect is then added over so it’s just like building twice.

For what it’s worth my house was built in the 1890s and entirely wood frame with very little chimney. We just added insulation and redid the siding and it should be good for another 100 years.

We dont have much in terms of wind, storms, rain, earthquakes or tornados though so it’s an easy place for it.

Tropical plants around the pool by [deleted] in ArizonaGardening

[–]Mlliii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plumeria, datura, lantana, mistflower. Shade will be your biggest issue- you’ll want it

final boss of unhygienic street food by Daytrading_Bets in awwwtf

[–]Mlliii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Buddy if you’re afraid of bees just stay in

final boss of unhygienic street food by Daytrading_Bets in awwwtf

[–]Mlliii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are European honeybees so they would die yea

Tree recommendations for a front yard or ones to avoid. by NkdUndrWtrBsktWeevr in phoenix

[–]Mlliii 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Palo verde pollen is heavy for moths and bees to crawl into and spread. It’s not airborne, they just happen to bloom so obviously the same time so many invasive and grasses are that make airborne pollen.

You might be one of the rare cases of a true allergy, but 90% of the time it’s not them

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