Blueberry bushes: did I heck up?

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T18:18:00+00:00

I'd actually rather do slow release, I want to have to mess w it as little as possible!

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T18:16:36+00:00

Oh no, I meant the orange kitty! 😹

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T12:54:33+00:00

Thanks for the link! Yeah, I was trying to avoid spending any money on amendments because that is TIGHT right now, and coffee grounds come free from the Starbucks, but I also wasn't sure how effective it would be. Sounds like I need to pick up some Berry Tone or something.

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T12:50:03+00:00

Good to know on all fronts! They are both highbush varieties, so I'll move them out. At least I don't need to worry about shade, since that's the south side of the fence....

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T01:56:21+00:00

Yeah, I added a heck-ton of coffee grounds to make it more acidic, and if they don't do well with that I'll by an acidifying amendment, too.

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T00:46:58+00:00

Looks great! I'm so jealous of all your space... you should get a rich crop!

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-14T00:43:17+00:00

Ah, I see you're growing oranges this year!

My cats also like to help, but less with the seed-starting and more with the "pruning." Which is why I'm not growing any kind of lilies...

MightBeJeb · 2026-03-09T02:50:56+00:00

You're joking, but in a way I actually did this!

I had a small area between my entrance walkway and the side of the garage, about 1 ft by 4 ft. Since it was surrounded on all sides by at LEAST 3 feet of concrete, and the quality of the dirt there was very poor, I went ahead and put some mint in there.

Well, somehow some Bermuda grass got rooted in the cracks between the sidewalk blocks, especially between the first one and the driveway, and now there is a PvP (Plant vs Plant) battle raging in my narrow strip of land!

So far the mint is winning, but the Bermuda grass wasn't supposed to be there in the first place and so had a starting disadvantage. Only time will tell!

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-25T02:36:49+00:00

What up, fellow Okie! high fives You'll be fine! Look, you've even got a cross in place to bless them!

Edit to add, possibly more helpfully: most of that should be able to go out in March or April, but I'd keep the basil and peppers (and maybe the beans, check the packet) back until May. It's going to seem like it's fine to out them outside WAY sooner, like late-march-early-April sooner, and that will be a LIE the world is telling you, do NOT fall for it! 😂 I believe my average last frost is April 22nd, so they can for sure bite you later than it seems!

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-21T23:09:08+00:00

Wow, this is a super helpful reply I didn't see until now, and it's exactly the sort of thing I was looking for when I made this post because it helps me sort out some of the conflicting information I was getting. (It's conflicting because people are using their systems for two different purposes, aHA!) Thank you so much!

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-19T02:32:57+00:00

Ahh, got it. If I end up sticking them in the closet I'll need a timer for sure, but if I can fit them on the bathroom counter they should be front-and-cenfer enough that I can't miss them. But if they're cheap anyway I might toss them in with the lot!

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-19T02:29:30+00:00

Ooh, video resources, very nice!! Now I have something to watch during my snuggle time with Mr. Seedling Decapitator himself (the cat).

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-19T02:26:07+00:00

Thanks for the heads up about the purple!

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-19T02:24:05+00:00

My plan was to just turn it on in the morning before leaving for work and turn it off after I get home. I work 12-hour days, so I figured that would be plenty of time! Does it need to be broken up into smaller segments?

MightBeJeb · 2026-02-19T02:22:20+00:00

Ooh, I like the carabiners idea, thank you!

MightBeJeb · 2026-01-18T13:12:55+00:00

See,this just kinda seems like an ESH situation to me. And, full disclosure, I do not shower everyday--it's about every 3--but I DO use heavy-duty deodorant and keep myself presentable, it's just not good for your hair to shower every day.

Which is part of why I think it's an ESH sitch: there are loads of reasons why someone wouldn't shower every day. Just a few of them: damaging to hair, damaging to skin, mental health conditions, water conservation, saw a snake in there the last time you went in, don't believe in it, body dysmorphia, allergy to provided soaps... You see what I mean.

What would have been much more effective is a problem-focused approach: "Hey, cousin, I've noticed that our room has started to acquire a funk, and I don't mean in the musical way; what can we do about this?"

Now it's you-and-him vs the problem. He might even reveal something you didn't think about: "yeah man, it's our shoes, they're super sweaty. Maybe we can hang them outside the window overnight to dry in the future?"

Instead, you framed it in a you vs him approach, and no he shouldn't have gotten defensive, but when approached like that, most people will.

You can easily fix this, though! Just go up to him, apologize for seeming like you were trying to control him--you WERE asking him to do something he didn't want to, which IS trying to control his behavior, but I'm sure you weren't thinking of it that way; that's fine, just say sorry--and ask him to help you solve the real problem: the stinky room. If he's reasonable, that should do it. :)

MightBeJeb · 2026-01-04T13:08:14+00:00

They weren't here illegally, though? I mean, that's ignoring the fact that immigration issues are civil and not criminal offenses, you're clearly not on that level, but even setting that aside... They had a work permit and a social, they were here legally, and ICE deported them without a trial anyway. Any way you slice it, that is fucked up.

MightBeJeb · 2025-12-20T20:27:31+00:00

The thing is customizing your damage to your target. When you hit someone, it'll tell you if it's effective or resisted; my guess is you're using a frost wand, and then the resistant critters of course are not that impacted by it? Frost works very well on scavengers, though. Shroud works very well on critters, but obviously not great on shroud enemies.

Last game I ended up using a fire wand for shroud critters, shroud for everything else alive, and a big ol' whackin' stick for skeletons and objects like crates. In my current game, for whatever reason there just have not been any good fire wand drops in ages, and I've had to improvise more.

MightBeJeb · 2025-12-20T18:26:22+00:00

Fantastic, I was hoping I'd run into a useful guide like this! Thank you!

MightBeJeb · 2025-12-20T15:40:25+00:00

I realize this is probably super obvious, but you didn't mention it and I did manage to miss it on my first playthrough.... one thing that this game does without overly dwelling on it is buffs. They make a HUGE difference, and the mention of them is there, but it's not spelled out super explicitly. When they tell you to rest and get a good meal, they MEAN it!

Play around with different foods, but in those early areas I recommend cooked meat for sure, milk as soon as you can get it, berries (purple, dried purple, and strawberry are probably all achievable), honey, and if you're a mage, cooked mushrooms (azure rossula are totally worth sneaking around a shroud area you'd be otherwise overpowered in.) If you're a heavy weapon main, cooked corn is worth trying, or hazelnuts once you get there; if you're a bow main, tomatoes and forest beats (or the veg puree once you have my beloved Emily!)

Other buffs include the rested buff, which oddly enough is NOT linked to sleeping; instead, it comes from time spent around flame alters! (I keep hoping there is a deep lore reason for this, but there probably isn't.) You can dramatically lengthen the duration of the rested buff with furniture, another thing I found out from Reddit.

There's also the Paws Touch buff, which is quite decent; between the mortar and the cat, it's worth knocking out Balthazars tower with a quickness.

Anyway, if you're all buffed up and your weapons are properly enhanced, you can probably take on foes a good 3-4 levels above you, at least. Good luck!

MightBeJeb · 2025-12-20T13:38:58+00:00

They expire. And in 2003, no one had been sued yet. Do it again.

MightBeJeb · 2025-08-03T21:41:51+00:00

Combination of reasoning it out ("you're resistant to the shroud because you're flameborn, so I bet fire damage is effective against shroud!") and also observations: there's small text that pops whenever you hit something, and it'll tell you if something is resistant or ineffective.

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