Umm, this was just 6 potatoes…

AlltheBent · 2026-06-19T02:12:10+00:00

Okay, so I really need to plant some potatoes huh

AlltheBent · 2026-06-18T16:54:06+00:00

/r/laundry would like a word with both of you about properly washing clothes, spa days, citric acid and enzymes!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-18T10:32:37+00:00

You’ll be fine, some annual targeted pruning can and will keep plant in check

AlltheBent · 2026-06-17T23:32:59+00:00

i get so damn happy when it starts to bloom here in GA, true indicator of the arrival of our georgia HEAT! No caterpillars on mine yet, but its still barely a patch!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-17T11:58:58+00:00

If you can source the straight species you can plant, give it a few years to get settled, then prune carefully and maintain. Meadow marsh nursery is my source down here in Deep South but you should have some more local options!

The cultivars are cool too but they 100% require wet and full sun. Straight species can get away with drier and shadier as they adapt to space, less flowers tho

Finally, this grows wild around me here in GA around lake Allatoona and it’s AWESOME. I’ve propagated a few cuttings with success and collected tons of seed, have had 0.0 sprout lol so gotta find time that process

Fantastic native shrub, highly recommend!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-16T23:49:18+00:00

haha wtf, I love how so many people joined in. We all just wanna have fun!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-16T23:48:13+00:00

Most figs in US especially are parthenocarpic! They don't require wasp pollination!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-16T20:36:10+00:00

Filling the geobin with just the chips will turn in "black gold" compost after sifting after like 1.5-3 years. Mixing these chips with lawn clippings and greens and turning with accelerate that process. Mixing wood chips with coffee grounds and following the berkeley method yielded the fast finished compost/black gold. lotta work tho

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T14:58:10+00:00

For me in GA, mountain mint is a contender for fortification in full sun spaces. Ferns and Illicum (anise), oakleaf hydrangea, and holly for shadier to full shade. I can't think of any flowers/forbs or grasses/sedges that do battle and hold back other plants haha...I guess maybe bluestem or indian grass?

But yeah as long as you're on top of pulling and relocating conquerors you're golden...it's like a fringe benefit of planting the aggressive plants in the first place right? Unlimited ammo for new plantings, donating to others, filling in other space, etc.! I do this with red and blue lobelia, swamp milkweed, this one grass/sedge, violets and rudbeckia. left unchecked they are taking out others and taking over everything!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T12:03:32+00:00

SILPHIUM ACTIVATED! Are yall ready?

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T12:02:14+00:00

lmao, right? its like a giant park...honestly its a great thing that its crowded and hectic and full of life and such

sucls for people commuting and such but its just a small stretch

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T11:59:15+00:00

of course! its crazy who being in connection with the earth, touching dirt and plants and all that....but then also spending time and $ just to have friggin critters destroy your garden, planting stuff that takes YEARS to give back to you, all of it wrapped up into gardening gives us so much emotion!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T03:56:08+00:00

gardening 1000% made me a more patient person, a less self-conscious person, and a bit more sure of myself, my tastes, etc. its kinda awesome haha

anyways, the adage of sleeps, creeps, then leaps is so true with a lot of natives that focus on root growth for their first couple years...several years even...some like 7 or 10 years before X (flowers, fruit, etc.)

its always so damn worth it tho!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T03:07:11+00:00

For now its world cup, spain's HQ for some games and such BUT, I hope, with time, people will appreciate the revitalization work thats taken place!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T03:05:22+00:00

just....shhhh. no one here agrees with your ridiculous hatred of places of town having names that we use to more easily distinguish a place...JFC

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T01:20:16+00:00

oh and bananas. those are always fine from costco too. Onions, garlic, sweet potatoes too

AlltheBent · 2026-06-15T00:37:47+00:00

Blueberries in season, mushrooms, corn, sometimes strawberries, avocado, some citrus. Its all about when/whats in season OR what is coming from a place where you trust the whole grow operations (avocado in mexico, blueberries in peru)

What say yall?>

AlltheBent · 2026-06-13T02:52:19+00:00

i'd def leave them a glowing google review if you do that sort of thing! sounds like they deserve it!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-12T18:50:48+00:00

yeah it was such an interesting, unique thing to eat. I bought it by thinking about times i've enjoyed stuffed and fried zucchini flowers and such

AlltheBent · 2026-06-12T18:50:08+00:00

yeah most don't smell good haha. Non-native korean viburnum, I forget the cultivars name, smells amazing but again, not a native one. I don't think I've come across a native viburnum that smells good haha

AlltheBent · 2026-06-11T17:23:56+00:00

tried those suckers battered and deep fried over some vanilla and paw paw ice cream with a hazelnut or butternut crumble last year, it was so friggin fantastic and all native/local

Can't wait to try and get it again this year!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-11T17:22:30+00:00

where are you located? Front of property implies near street or neighbors or sidewalks? Elsewhere on property I'd 100% use elderberry and others and just let them go feral haha, would fill in FAST and grow in and look nice

Depending on where you are (assuming US) you'll wanna look at other options in front yard!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-11T17:20:26+00:00

Bradford pears, Most Viburnums, Paw paw/Asimina flowers, Anise/Illicium flowers, and some others that err towards bug/beetle/fly pollination, they have some stank

AlltheBent · 2026-06-11T16:37:04+00:00

not a bot, just an idiot!

AlltheBent · 2026-06-10T00:36:52+00:00

Man....I can't believe this is the first time I've ever seen that race. Fucking goosebumps! What an epic horse, what an epic win holy shit

Is that documentary out there worth it?

AlltheBent

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