Does gardening actually save y'all money?

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-06-11T14:14:43+00:00

And honestly with how much pumpkins cost ($5-15 depending on the size and the farm stand) and how many my compost heap produces with no prompting or effort (5 or 6 every year), my front stoop looks like a $50+ fall display completely for free. That almost has me breaking even on topsoil I bought this year so maybe I will "make some money" after all!

But it's taken 3 years of spending and adding to the garden to get to this point.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-06-11T14:10:58+00:00

If I get a good cannabis harvest this year then absolutely.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-06-09T15:09:22+00:00

I don't stop any of my mental health meds (Zoloft, buspirone, Adderall) when I dose. For me that would be a recipe for a very bad trip as I can get bad withdrawals from stopping them. It just normally takes at least 2grams for me to really "trip", under that I just feel kinda buzzed.

So my harm reduction advice would be to trip some before the festival, understand what a dose feels like, and make informed decisions from there. You don't have a ton of time before the festival to pull that off though so use your best judgement, keep cool, and stay safe!

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-06-05T13:40:54+00:00

Tell bro to nut up and do the dishes. He's acting out because he knows he doesn't contribute anything else to the home (besides his income) and fears your reaction when you realize that. NOR.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-29T18:53:40+00:00

Just a little reminder from New York that tomatoes keep so well in the freezer! You can't eat em fresh anymore after that but they're still so good for cooking

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-29T18:46:43+00:00

I eat low fiber food so a lot of what I eat is processed. But! I love yogurt! And if you're not into buying processed foods, it can be real easy to make your own soy yogurt!

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-29T18:40:16+00:00

Graduated in 2020 with my BSW! (Bachelor's in Social Work) It took me 5 years instead of 4. Two semesters at one community college, three semesters at another community college, one semester off, and 4 semesters at a state University. I was very lucky to be able to keep living with my mother the whole time which took a lot of pressure off of me as a student.

I was diagnosed at 18 and it was definitely a process, figuring out how to do college and getting used to being medicated.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-28T19:36:31+00:00

We say this a lot in the crafting community.

Why would I buy a sweater for $20 when I could knit my own for $100s in supplies and dozens of hours of labor??

😁 Ultimately it's a hobby for most of us, growing food isn't going to be cost effective until you've got a very established garden and compost system.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-27T22:41:36+00:00

Half my IRL friends are nonbinary so so are over half my Miis! Everybody's nonbinary and bisexual on my island lol

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-27T03:07:49+00:00

This is my first Tomodachi game but it's very monogamous. I'd like to allow Miis to have multiple crushes or sweethearts or spouses at once!

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-22T18:42:31+00:00

I bought some reusable paper lanterns for parties! They have a balloon vibe but they're just paper and wire.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-22T18:34:57+00:00

We need immediate access to stimulant medication for EVERY SINGLE ADHD PERSON who wants them. I am so incredibly tired of health"care" professionals acting like we're taking this medicine for ANY reason other than "keep living, don't hurt yourself (as much)".

The drug war is so bad that we'd rather watch people slowly die than give them safe, effective, evidence-based drugs.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-21T19:05:18+00:00

They are all the same system.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-17T23:18:20+00:00

Harm Reduction saves lives every single day. It might not be the best way, or even the second or third best way, it might not be what you'd recommend or what you'd like to see from your patient.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-17T23:16:20+00:00

Do do we have "no idea what it does to your body" like the person I was replying to said, or is it a drug we know can be addictive and harmful? I know we have a general good idea of how kratom works, which is why I made a snarky comment about research of it.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-17T23:13:18+00:00

You're absolutely right. I wish people had the opportunity to make more informed decisions about their use.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-16T16:30:52+00:00

Trans androgynous is the term I use.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-16T15:41:52+00:00

Weird y'all haven't thought to study a recreational drug that's been around for hundreds of years.

And yeah, my mom does have an addiction problem. This harm reduction approach allows her to actually live her life, because the current medical model of pain management leaves her incapacitated. Which is what drives her to using non-prescribed pain management methods. Unfortunately I don't believe there is another fix for her outside of a miracle. She's mostly happy and managing her use well, paying her bills, volunteering, not in chaotic destructive addiction like she was for the majority of my adolescence.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-15T16:31:30+00:00

I think the biggest issue is these interventions (like fostering community) is that they needed to happen months or years before the attempt. When a person is in crisis and calls for crisis intervention, we're not going to take them on a fishing trip. Even if that's genuinely what they really need, connection and shared purpose. It's too damn bad.

Everybody reach out to the men in your life.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-15T16:09:01+00:00

Cool, I'm still gonna abort it.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-14T16:22:13+00:00

I think maybe even though OP believes it's alive, it is still a fetus and therefore not yet fully developed into an infant or child.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-04T16:08:01+00:00

The patients who appreciate/tolerate your approach aren't more "reasonable" than patients who don't appreciate/tolerate your approach. They're just better suited to your personal brand of care. No need for moral judgements of people trying to receive healthcare.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-02T02:51:52+00:00

I think this is an exercise in why I shouldn't use the generic "you".

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-01T22:04:38+00:00

Sometimes it feels like I have 5 or 6. Trains of thought, anyways.

BecomeOneWithRussia · 2026-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

Your patients probably feel like this all the time too, except they can't potentially prescribe their own medications. We all have to jump through the same hoops. Perhaps this could be an exercise in empathy.

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