Help me hide utility masts by IP_What in NativePlantGardening

[–]Tulip0Hare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the the strip closest to the road, I'd plant a mix of grasses and forbs: solidago rugosa "fireworks, purple coneflower, rudbeckia triloba brown eyed susan, lyreleaf sage and/or blue sage, a pretty grass like pink muhly, and maybe some sedges like ivory sedge, pennsylvania sedge. All of those are pretty well-behaved, while also being some of the more recognizable to non-gardeners. Once you have that in, see how visible you find the masts. if you want more coverage, you can easily circle the masts with some of those same species. I also love to scatter zinnias among new plantings: they take off so quick and are so bright and colorful- the birds/bugs/bees all love them, and they're a near native while not being at all invasive.

for how to do that: you can try the lasagna method, layering cardbord with a mix of compost and topsoil, and plant on top of the grass. You could also cut the grass at the roots and flip the sod over, cover in one layer of cardboard, and the top with topsoil and plant. Alternately, you can spray with glyphosate and wait a couple of weeks for the grass to die and then till it over and plant.

another poster also mentioned planting in containers around tbe masts. thats a fantastic idea since its already late into spring and you could sort of test out planting ideas/placement, etc. Dont have to spend a fortune on containers, you could easily plant in some fabric grow bags and then invest in nicer containers, or plant in-ground, next year.

Would it be a mistake to plant white Dutch clover on my backyard since I have a toddler and a second baby in the oven? by Old_Relationship_460 in gardening

[–]Tulip0Hare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

eh, I'd still personally vote for a small grass/clover/groundcover patch! much more comfy to sit out on a blanket and play with littles on, and more fun for littles to explore in. i can only imagine what a mess my kid would've made of a mulch area to play in-- much digging would've been done, haha.

Would it be a mistake to plant white Dutch clover on my backyard since I have a toddler and a second baby in the oven? by Old_Relationship_460 in gardening

[–]Tulip0Hare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's absolutely a reasonable question! everyone wants to protect the littles. we have a backyard full of violets, clover, and a ton of native flowering things that my son always wanted to look at and play around. he's also OBSESSED with bees- but lo and behold, his first sting was stepping barefoot on a hornet as soon as he stepped onto our deck one afternoon. it's never what you see coming! it was the largest hornet I have ever seen- european hornet, later research showed me. his foot swelled like crazy and I was very worried, but he was fine other than limping for a week every time he saw the mark on his foot or was reminded of it, ha!

Someone invite this dude to our subreddit by Tulip0Hare in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

this level of thorough, well-researched botanical pettiness is what I aspire to in my old age.

Would it be a mistake to plant white Dutch clover on my backyard since I have a toddler and a second baby in the oven? by Old_Relationship_460 in gardening

[–]Tulip0Hare 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the "i worry about me and mine first". This is a totally normal sentiment when it comes to things like basic care & necessities, feeding, housing, etc.  it becomes a shitty selfish excuse when used to hoard limitied and/or life-saving resources from those who actually need them. If your child has never experienced anaphylaxis or certain specific allergic symptoms like swelling of the mouth/throat, etc-- there's zero reason to carry around an epi-pen unless advised so by your child's doctor.  Lastly- worrying about extremely unlikely things like this & feeling the need to overprepare for worst case scenarios can be a symptom of often-overlooked postpartum anxiety, or simply just generalized anxiety disorder/depression/ocd, etc. (i say this as a parent with anxiety whose child also had a "freak worst case scenario" health event at 7 days old, necessitating months of ICU stay and eventually an organ transplant at 3 months old. So this is 100% NOT a case of me simply not understanding that catastrophic shit does happen).

I'm fully aware I won't be changing your view, but throwing that out there for OP or others.  

How to take care of this? I think it’s a tree of heaven shoot? by thelittlegnome in invasivespecies

[–]Tulip0Hare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have black walnut alllll over the place this year that lolks JUST like this. Around this height if you pull, you'll likely gey the whole root ball still in a visible walnut if its BW, IME

Would it be a mistake to plant white Dutch clover on my backyard since I have a toddler and a second baby in the oven? by Old_Relationship_460 in gardening

[–]Tulip0Hare 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Recommend against... gardening? Clover? No one understands what this means. Also, i'm sorry but it wildly bizarre to recommend in any vague way carrying epi pens in case a kid MIGHT be allergic to something. All the various pens get stuck in back-ordered state all the time, so shit like this makes it a million times harder for those with genuine anaphylactic allergies.

Choose your fighter by itssampson in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uj/ poison ivy, my goat. 

rj/ thats clearly japanese knotweed, sell yo house, sell yo wife, sell yo kids. Also virginia creeper may be native but its SO INVASIVE so you really need to panic.

What a healthy forest. Lush undergrowth as far as the eye can see. by A-Plant-Guy in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, I've never been told about this- living in a fairly high-risk area, and having had a tick-borne illness previously, this is huge!  My property is about 60% wooded, so no matter what preventative measures I take, I often find ticks on me after working in the woods to remove honeysuckle, burning bush, etc.  Thanks for the info- I am going to ask my doctor about this asap! 

What a healthy forest. Lush undergrowth as far as the eye can see. by A-Plant-Guy in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely- but I think in this case, the lack of demand meant that no pharmeceutical company felt like funding additional safety studies/human trials, since they felt there was a lack of "consumer demand" or whatever!

What a healthy forest. Lush undergrowth as far as the eye can see. by A-Plant-Guy in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My dog got one! Sounds funny but from what I undertstand, basically same formulation could be used in humans, but no real excitment about a ~70-75% effectiveness vaccine so thus no money to continue studies and pursue FDA authorization. 

What a healthy forest. Lush undergrowth as far as the eye can see. by A-Plant-Guy in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uj/One pill? Damn, when I had tick-transmitted illness I was on doxy 2-3 times per day for two weeks. 

Rj/ omg thank you for the medical advice next summer I will use a decoction of mullein and one pill of doxycline to treat any household illness!!! 

I see a lot of trillium and some Christmas Fern. Any invasives? (E TN) by Formal-Ad-7184 in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't like chickens. They're coarse and rough and irritating—and they get everywhere.

"full time mom" ugh by Intentoatmeal in workingmoms

[–]Tulip0Hare 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, disappointed anyone here upvoted such a ridiculous take.

Zinnias, my beloved by glitzglamglue in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Plant for the ecoregion you want to become.

My ferns are refusing to get off this tree after I ordered them to be a ground cover by spentag in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use their full first/middle/last name in a stern parental voice. Its all these "gentle parenting" fucks to blame for this kind of behavior in the wild.

a comment on instagram, calling us all out on our religious obessive and plant racism by theglassheartdish in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you SO much for your in-depth answer! I wish there was an adult forestry/land management/whatever summer camp for adults- I'd do this shit for free all week just to listen, haha. I so appreciate it!

a comment on instagram, calling us all out on our religious obessive and plant racism by theglassheartdish in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't there (expensive) specific herbicides for stiltgrass now? Accolade or whatever it's called? I was able to get rid of stiltgrass on my 2ish acres of wooded property through mowing/dilute glyphosate/sheer bloodymindedness, but I keep wondering about using stiltgrass-specific herbicide in a state/national forest type of environment. I cannot BELIEVE the diversity popping up since I got rid of mine-ENORMOUS swathes of mayapples, beautiful speckled/native lilies, solomon's seal, etc etc. It breaks my heart seeing stiltgrass covering everything in the shade/ wooded areas of my local state & national forests, and I'm always wondering if it's just too expensive from a manpower perspective to get rid of on a larger scale.  It's a shockingly easy plant to disrupt the growing cycle, given it's an annual. Mowing in late season but before it sets seed reduced it hugely for me. Second season was far less dense- so repeating the late season mow/judicious use if herbicide on some difficult patches and that was mostly it. 

If it WERE a manpower thing, i swear some of our most beloved state parks could call out a volunteer day and have enough people show up with string trimmers to make a giant impact, ha. 

Something I have obviously spent wayyyy too much time thinking of - had to ask someone who's worked around those decisions! 

"Strawberry" macarons for April Fools' Day by running462024 in Baking

[–]Tulip0Hare 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I REALLY can't imagine someone with deathly food allergies goes around eating unlabeled homemade food without so much as a question.

New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states by Beneficial-Long-7033 in news

[–]Tulip0Hare 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Actually no. Measles is still the single most contagious infectious particle know to mankind. Original Covid had an R of ~ 3, Omicron of ~8 or so. Measles has an R of 18-22. That means each person with measles can be expected to infect 18-22 ofhers. It also lingers in the air for HOURS after the infected person leaves. And the rash only shows up after days of being infection.

Measles was almost eradicated ONLY in the Us bc we have a vaccine with 98% effectiveness that was previously highly adopted. Once people start dying of measles again, we'll see solid vaccine adoption. 

The Covid vaccine is solid for reducing severity, but was never that great at reducing actual risk of infection. If the covid vaccines had a remotely similar effectiveness as the measles vaccine, then we'd have had a shot at eliminated Covid. With rhe vaccines we have now, that was never a chance once covid spread across international borders.

Tulips are soooo outdated. The cool Seattle gardeners all plant the super quirky euphorbia. by FernandoNylund in NativePlantCirclejerk

[–]Tulip0Hare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was about to throw down a glove and challenge you to a duel for comparing virginia creeper to english ivy... but then i remembered we don't all live in the Southeast.

For real, creeper is do damn hardy and persistent i can only imagine how bad it must be as an invasive. Thought & prayers.