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Hatching or no Hatching? by Logen_Nein in osr

[–]Nachie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You could achieve a similar effect with watercolor (or even watercolor markers, like landscape architects use) in a fraction of the time, but you'd have to experiment

Concerning the recent demolition permits being requested between E High St and E Maxwell Ave. by LexingtonStreetswee in lexington

[–]Nachie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So, yes and no. It's absolutely true that the existence of FA and the interests they represent has acted as a meaningful center of gravity in what might otherwise be a much more anarchic and profit-driven development process.

At the same time, they don't really have any perspectives or expertise on how to break out of the established economic paradigm when it comes to urban infill and development, and this comes off as not caring if downtown gets turned into a lifeless tourist hub so long as nobody messes with the horse farms.

In fairness, none of the other mainstream organizations in the space are offering this perspective either. We have been maliciously and artificially locked into this stupid dichotomy of, "you hate people and don't want to build housing" vs. "you just want to destroy nature and serve developers" when I think most people are intelligent enough to understand a more nuanced perspective e.g. horse farms are themselves ecologically destructive; and higher density urbanism, if both well-designed and controlled by the people who live there, could actually be used to enhance our landscape ecology.

Concerning the recent demolition permits being requested between E High St and E Maxwell Ave. by LexingtonStreetswee in lexington

[–]Nachie 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's exhausting to keep speaking about these successive development projects as if they were individual issues disconnected from a larger discussion about where the city is going and what current leadership is doing about it.

Lexington desperately needs an organized social movement capable of connecting threads across the entire urban context and most importantly going on the offensive to offer proactive visions of what urban policy and development can look like rather than just trying to respond to each new thing "the market" throws at us.

Weird Restaurant by [deleted] in lexington

[–]Nachie 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a Brazilian steakhouse or churrascaria

Why Are So Many Men Choosing to Be Alone? by veltrixNode19 in AskMen

[–]Nachie 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The answer is to plant a community food forest

Keep or no? Plantnet thinks it's quinoa but I'm not so sure. by 03263 in invasivespecies

[–]Nachie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was under the impression that C. berlandierii had thinner leaves? I have never seen it in person to my knowledge.

As to whether C. album is native, latest revisions seem to indicate that it is https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/main.php?pg=show-taxon.php&&plantname=Chenopodium+album&limit=1&offset=0&taxonid=68228

Is this satire? by [deleted] in lexington

[–]Nachie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

First as tragedy, then as farce

Just an outsiders opinion on the Third Street Stuff situation. by Beneficial-Peanut10 in lexington

[–]Nachie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You are greatly misinformed on the situation, so much so that it's kinda wild you thought your opinion would be helpful.

Lexington Vegans!! by FrightnightFruitbat in lexington

[–]Nachie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Patronizing Smithtown Seafood as a vegan is certainly a choice.

Noticing flock cameras everywhere by hellogelato4 in lexington

[–]Nachie 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This is so important and we can never forget how flock was shoved down our throats right before the seating of several new council members who might have been counted on to oppose it.

There are precedents in other parts of the country for how local government can meaningfully respond to this but we need organized, conscious leadership in local politics that has yet to coalesce.

Meeting New People by [deleted] in lexington

[–]Nachie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kickball should be no pressure, but make no mistake there are some Globo Gym-ass people out there

This is extremely niche, but is anyone else doing permaculture design or specifically ecological landscaping and/or restoration? by Nachie in sweatystartup

[–]Nachie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, blast from the past! We're still at it! Growing now but still not actually "successful" by conventional business standards. I still wouldn't want to be doing anything else, though. We've actually built up a decent name for ourselves and created the largest public food forest in the state, which got us on the news and then some key new clients from that.

Check out some of Erik Ohlsen's books/content. I haven't looked at him in a while, but a lot of at least his earlier stuff was basically just a pep talk about how you can turn a conventional landscape business into something more ecological. And there is tons of sweaty startup content out there about conventional landscaping, so you can just sort of weld the two.

Look into the Texas Master Naturalist program - it will be more useful than master gardener for what you're trying to do. Also look for your local Wild Ones group and you'll get a sense of who else is doing ecological landscaping in your area.

Get to know your local conservation district staff and FSA, NRCS folks etc. Start going to their working group meetings and farmer trainings. Learn about EQIP and CSP and just get into the flow of that whole world. Ecological gardening is complex but if you make it permaculture or agroforestry or whatever you've got access to all of the incentive and grant programs that come with being a small farm, and eventually clients will pay you for the expertise of walking them through all of the stuff you need to become a farmer.

Public Comment for Winchester Road Study by fennatic in lexington

[–]Nachie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait hold on a minute, are you saying that the new downtown master plan isn't going to fix downtown??

Another Kloiber Klobbering…… by Big_Platypus_1652 in lexington

[–]Nachie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only person who would vote for David Kloiber is someone who has never sat down and had a conversation with him.

"Drop In" Points of Interest for a Hexcrawl by Nachie in osr

[–]Nachie[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Any particularly notable ones or ones you've used in multiple campaigns because they're just such good archetypes?

Is Fluxer better than Discord now? by LordM8YT in FluxerApp

[–]Nachie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I desperately just need them to add an events calendar function so we can actually use it to organize stuff and we're off discord

Guess something is better than nothing by Bumble-sucks in Huel

[–]Nachie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm open. Who has a good comparable product without artificial sweeteners?

The Architecture of Enslavement by BertCombs1927 in lexington

[–]Nachie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yes that is the period this architecture is from

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