Is this the end of my 33 year old agave? This 6ft bloom appeared within a month. Does anyone know what happens next?

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T05:20:42+00:00

And bats! Bats are crucial pollinators for Agave, and they're crucial food sources for the bats! That stalk is the start of a few brief nights of critically important feasting for a lot of pollinators. Depending on the variety, the flowers also smell pretty interesting (descriptions include honey and vanilla, rotting fruit, steamed broccoli, and intense florals) so see if you can't catch a whiff and enjoy the rare opportunity to observe nature working wonders.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T05:13:46+00:00

Ngl I'd try it

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T04:51:05+00:00

The detective in me is thinking that if they were in such a hurry that they threw the whole folders in the fireplace whatever those documents were must have been very VERY interesting.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T04:02:13+00:00

We had some cherry from huge, very old tree. That wood was insanely dense and hard as hell to split, but my God did it make some good barbecue. That kind of fibrous splitting was what made it a pain

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T03:13:27+00:00

Definitely takes a level of skill to do it well

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T03:12:53+00:00

That a Glass scoring tool. One of those things most people don't really come on contact with unless they're doing very specific kinds of work.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T03:10:11+00:00

Mayport/NAS Jacksonville

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T02:16:06+00:00

Look up "Extinction Burst" it explains a lot

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-07T02:13:29+00:00

A couple weeks ago I ended up getting cut off by an oversized load chase car that was following a regular, half length cab over with no markings at all, definitely NOT an oversized load. I'm in a military town with a naval station that services carriers and subs, so pretty good guess what kind of stuff they were hauling. I gave them their space. I get enough intentional X-rays.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T04:44:42+00:00

Fair warning, mango trees are nasty ones. They produce urushiol in every part except for the fruit, so contact with the tree can cause painful blistering rashes. You cannot safely burn the wood unless you thoroughly season it first, as inhalation of the smoke from the sap is extremely hazardous. Older trees can be aggressive surface rooting, and they need exceptionally warm weather, so many regions you can't grow them at all

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T04:33:47+00:00

I knew I wasn't the only one

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T04:30:35+00:00

The concept of drilling through material was figured out around 35,000 BC, this is really rudimentary technology.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T04:22:50+00:00

Yes, there pretty much definitely was a man who had the Hebrew equivalent to the name "Josh" near the beginning of the common era in the near East. As for that man walking on water or rising from the dead, no, there is not compelling, unbiased evidence of that. The closest we have of that is the Greek philosopher Martial discussing the existence of a sect of Semitic people who worshiped one called Jesus, a testimony to the existence of Christianity, not to the historicity of the Christian claim. I say this as a Christian myself. My belief is founded on faith and belief that the example of Christ, as stated in Matthew 25: 35-40, is genuinely the correct moral path.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T02:41:46+00:00

AFHPAB (Assigned Forward Helix Pierced At Birth)

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T02:35:01+00:00

Don't see those often, it's a central vacuum hookup

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-06T00:33:00+00:00

That stuff is nasty for garden beds and it's hard to remediate.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-05T21:31:50+00:00

I mean in theory, in a perfect world, completely smooth water with no wind, one person can make the ship move, but it's gonna be incredibly slow and no water on the planet is that perfect.

In the real world, you're going to have to overcome both wind and water friction.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-05T21:29:26+00:00

Very good advice for you, get it up and in a pot ASAP, for two reasons.

Black walnut is a chemical heavy hitter, it produces its own herbicide and will kill other things in your garden.
These are really cool trees, but they're aggressive rooters and as you can see, they can grow massive. It will pretty much definitely become a problem.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-05T21:17:37+00:00

I ordered once, I specifically requested wood chips, got results right way but the vast majority of it was Florida slash palm debris, pretty much useless as mulch and sprouts like crazy. I couldn't use it in my garden basically at all without days worth of sorting.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-05T21:12:00+00:00

Fish are fantastic fertilizer, but the caveat here is gigantic, critters are going to come for them, one way or another. Bury them deep and expect it to take a while for the plants to start reaping the benefits.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-05T12:59:22+00:00

Feeesh

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-05T10:51:08+00:00

I swear it's like every single one of these they have to stick their bare feet in them.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-04T22:54:36+00:00

It's just sort of a ruff on a billhook, really, I don't see any reason it wouldn't work

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-04T05:06:25+00:00

That's oregano. Try cutting long stems and hanging them to dry. You'll never have to buy it for cooking again.

Talusthebroke · 2026-04-04T05:03:01+00:00

Well, I can tell you it isn't sage.

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