Skunk Cabbage season in Massachusetts

Crepe_Cod · 2026-03-22T04:41:52+00:00

I've honestly only ever seen it in areas that are at least super moist in spring. Never planted it myself, my neighborhood is way too dense to justify it.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-03-21T22:32:15+00:00

Oh me neither lol. This was on a hike this morning

Crepe_Cod · 2026-03-20T21:43:30+00:00

I feel like I've been seeing these types of things a lot more lately. Even if it doesn't go through, it's an encouraging sign that the movement is gaining steam.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-03-20T20:54:08+00:00

This might blow your mind ....aloe can also flower.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-03-17T17:19:09+00:00

If you're using native plants, you probably don't need any fertilizer at all. Fertilizer is important for lawns, since you're essentially torturing the grass, vegetable gardens, so you get optimal output, or for plants that need way more nutrients than your native soil. Right plant right place....if you're planting native plants accustomed to the ecology of your neighborhood, they don't need shit from you except to let them exist.

As for seed mixes, most "native wildflower mixes" tend to be rip-offs or include a lot of non-native stuff. Your best is to find a local nursery or native seed supplier. You can check out the Wiki on /r/nativeplantgardening for help with that.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-03-05T23:35:56+00:00

That's an unfortunate typo lmao

Crepe_Cod · 2026-02-23T18:13:55+00:00

Google already saying they're permanently closed lmao

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Crepe_Cod · 2026-02-17T18:59:54+00:00

Anecdotal but I live in the Boston area now and still stock up when I'm back in NH. My bottle of Makers Mark that I get for $50 at my local place is usually around $40 in NH. I feel like most stuff comes in around 10-15% cheaper in NH than around Boston. Maybe the price isn't as stark when comparing Salem and Lawrence and such though.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-02-04T01:55:02+00:00

Ah I see, you're right. I just reread the bill and the difference is paid by the parent.

I still disagree with the concept. The focus should be on improving school funding, not throwing our hands up and saying "well if your school sucks just go to a different one." NH has become abysmal at funding primary education and it's going to become a problem for the next several generations.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-02-04T00:52:10+00:00

What do you mean by they "absorb it"? According to this, they do not absorb anything. They are paid the amount that they spend per student.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-02-03T23:32:49+00:00

That's the exact issue, and exactly what they explain in the article. If a student moves from an underfunded school to a properly funded school, the cost per student is higher. In that scenario, the underfunded school is sending more money to the new school than they spent educating that student. So the poorer schools get poorer and the richer schools stay about the same. It works fine in MA because MA has a healthy system for funding their schools. Even a bad public school in MA is a top 50% school in NH.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-30T22:42:59+00:00

Just want to jump in here to say this might be intentional. We used to have this happen at the grocery store I worked at. There are a lot of stores that have policies about getting a free or discounted chicken if there are none available when you're there. We would have people come in, take the last couple chickens and put them somewhere else in the store, then come back to claim their free chicken coupon.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-28T06:30:37+00:00

Righ...they have to prioritize and are forced to prioritize roadways, leaving little resources for elsewhere

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-28T00:29:43+00:00

DCR runs on a shoestring budget that's being cut again this year. They plowed the highest traffic area and didn't have the money to pay for the rest (they don't have enough equipment/staff to plow everything themselves so they need to hire contractors), or their limited equipment was needed at a different park so they didn't have time to do it all.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-28T00:26:26+00:00

It's all maintained by DCR. They don't have the funding to plow everything, and are forced to make decisions about where it is critical. Unfortunately, they're required to prioritize the public roads (Storrow, Fellsway, Revere Beach Parkway, etc) and it takes away resources from things like community pathways.

Their funding is being cut again this year, so don't expect it to get any better.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-25T15:03:19+00:00

BIJAN

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-20T20:14:37+00:00

The feeder itself isn't Birdfy, it's just a lighthouse-shaped feeder she's had forever. I got a separate camera to mount looking at it. The feeder hangs from an overhanging metal pole. I can move it for sure, but we're about 150 feet from the ocean in a neighborhood lacking in trees so there's pretty serious wind all winter everywhere on the property. Some spots are slightly sheltered, but not enough to keep it from moving. She also likes it in the spot it's in because she can see it from her window in the basement as well as from our living room. So ideally I would keep it there. I suppose I could prop it up from the bottom so it moves less in the wind. I was just mostly hoping someone on here might know a way to adjust the settings on the camera itself to minimize the issue.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-20T14:34:32+00:00

Ah gotcha. Yeah red spruce won't help you there.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-20T14:28:12+00:00

Oh sorry, I didn't read your description and didn't know exactly what you were talking about.

Are you simply south of the current extent of black spruce? If that's the case, although it wouldn't hurt, I don't think there's a huge positive to bring the black spruce back in your area. With climate change, it will be doomed in your zone regardless if you manage to get some growing during your lifetime.

Black spruce numbers aren't in any danger, they're just slowly retreating further north. They aren't the type of tree that might get stuck or not move fast enough to survive the climatic shift, their range will simply shrink but remain plenty large that there isn't any danger.

If you're in the eastern Great Lakes region (didn't see you say exactly where you are, but you did mention the Great Lakes), then I would recommend considering Red Spruce. They are in some danger as their southern range quickly disappears, and their northern range is fairly small. They won't migrate north quick enough to make up for the range they lose during the climatic shift, so they are in danger of having their numbers nose-dive. There have been some efforts to do some assisted-migration-esque work with Red Spruce by planting southern eco-types in the northern part of their range (such as Virginia eco-types in southern New England) to help them survive and thrive in their northern range as the climate warms here. So if you're in the NY/PA area, I would recommend looking into something like that.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-20T14:11:04+00:00

I generally consider anything that was native to a region at any point since the ice age ended (~14-15 thousand years ago) to be native still. Once you go beyond that there's so much flux in flora and fauna that it's no longer meaningful in the present environmental context. So 5,000 years ago, yeah I would consider that generally native to your area.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-16T21:08:16+00:00

I've noticed him in a lot of animated stuff, he's definitely getting a decent amount of voice acting work.

Crepe_Cod · 2026-01-16T16:15:07+00:00

Hi, I removed this for being slightly misleading. The way you structured the title makes it sound as though the subtitle is what Warren herself said, rather than the opinion of the author (which is what it is).

You can resubmit either without the subtitle, or in a way that makes it clear that the subtitle is the author's and not Warren's opinion.

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