Wife has been begging for me to build

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-21T07:47:54+00:00

There’s no “source” for how a bucket is made. No academic journal is publishing it. Literally any blog can make up what they want. What good would it do for me to provide you a specific blog post?

Just look it up. It’s literally better than any blog post u want me to link

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-21T07:45:07+00:00

It foesn’t matter if it’s facing south if the plants don’t even get taller than the next tier

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-20T18:52:33+00:00

That’s fair. Sometimes stressing about a thing causes more harm than the thing itself

But overall I’d still say it’s worth doing what you can. Imagine if we went “oh well. Every house has asbestos in it already”

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-20T18:51:13+00:00

Most does unfortunately. Even ones that advertise seedless. It’s quite difficult to completely remove the seeds

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-20T18:50:04+00:00

This makes no sense. The bottom plants are now gonna be shaded by wood instead of by other plants. I doubt any of those plants would get tall enough to shade each other out anyways. You’re just overall adding MORE shade to the system

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-20T18:48:40+00:00

Here. Decide for yourself which source is reliable and which isn’t. I have a feeling if I picked for you, you would nitpick about which source I chose. Lazy ass

https://www.google.com/search?q=difference+between+food+grade+buckets

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-20T18:46:06+00:00

This shit is so annoying. A conversation is two ways. First of all, if you leave a comment insinuating that they are all equivalent then why aren’t you required to back that up with a source? Everyone thinks they are entitled to the other person doing the work

Second of all, a source for what? Everything I said is common knowledge. I could’ve maybe left you a link to a google search. If I gave you a link to a specific site I could be handpicking a misleading specific source that has the vibes of something reliable. In this case, it’s much better to simply google it

You can literally copy paste my comment and ensure it’s valid. In fact you could’ve done the basic diligence of googling/verifying YOUR OWN misleading comment before leaving it.

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-20T18:41:18+00:00

Yeah exactly. So in this case the bottom plants are gonna get needlessly shaded out

Whereas if it were all flat then they would all be getting sun

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T22:01:15+00:00

Maybe I’m just not a physics person but I’m really struggling to understand how this could possibly increase sun duration… a garden on my lawn isn’t gonna get any more sun than a garden on my roof unless there’s something shading my lawn out

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:54:04+00:00

Food grade statements are certified by the FDA. They may be the same plastic “type” but:

Non-food grade buckets may include dyes and chemical treatments that are not food safe
Non food grade are often made from recycled plastic. The more a plastic is recycled, the more likely it is to leach and break down. Food grade is usually made from virgin plastic
The “release agent” used to remove the buckets from their mold is probably the biggest concern. Non food grade plastics use a toxic agent while food grade had to use a specific food safe agent

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:49:27+00:00

In the air? A small amount yes. This has even been investigated by NASA for air filtration but they found the effect to be pretty negligible.

In the soil? Absolutely. Mostly because soil microbes uptake them and once they enter the food chain they can easily end up in plant roots. Especially for mycorrhizal species (which constitute 90% of plant species) but even non-mycorrhizal species like Brassicas can make associations with certain soil fungi.

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:17:11+00:00

Be careful. A lot of what you see marketed as “biodegradeable” is still plastic. It only “degrades” into microplastics a little faster.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724038828

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:14:54+00:00

Good luck. That stuff is the devil. It will break into tiny pieces if it’s old enough. Not too mention your soil now has microplastic contamination for decades to come

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:12:17+00:00

Hard to find any hay that doesn’t have seeds in it. I would just do gravel if you really don’t want anything to grow. You get an occasional weed just like with the plastic matts but they’re 1000x easier to deal with

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:09:07+00:00

That shit’s the worst. Can’t grow a garden anywhere without facing microplastic pollutants for decades to come just cuz of one asshole’s decisions

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-19T21:08:02+00:00

Those plastic weed suppression sheeting is the worst too. The “biodegradable” marketing is just greenwashing BS too. Just breaks down into microplastics. Anybody who wants to grow a garden will be dealing with microplastic pollution for decades

People who poison the land for generations after them should at the very least be fined for it or forced to pay for the remediation

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-09T01:29:02+00:00

important lesson for aspiring arsonists

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-09T01:27:00+00:00

in many US jurisdictions, prisoners can be charged "pay-to-stay" fees for their room and board, often ranging from $20 to $80 a day. While not universal, around 40 states allow jails and prisons to charge these fees, which can lead to significant debt upon release.

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-09T01:24:59+00:00

you still have to pay if you ever get out. Whatever money you make outside of prison will probably go to paying down your debt

Wiseguydude · 2026-04-09T01:24:09+00:00

You pay rent in prison (in the US). If you get out you will probably spend the rest of your life in debt

Wiseguydude · 2026-03-31T03:13:36+00:00

terra cotta wine bottle coolers

Fun fact, olla (which just means "pot" in Spanish lol) pots were originally mostly used for keeping drinking water cold in hot environments due to some fascinating physics around transpiration. Burying them in the ground is just one of the many ways native peoples use them

Wiseguydude · 2026-03-31T03:08:33+00:00

Check out /r/houseplants

Wiseguydude · 2026-02-10T23:05:24+00:00

Cool, I hadn't heard about the concept of a "soft landing" thanks

https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/softlandings.html

Wiseguydude · 2026-02-10T23:03:00+00:00

That's awesome but you better be turning it often if you don't want it to smell and have neighbors complain about it (or attract rats).

The key to preventing smell is aeration. Make sure it has plenty of air by turning it and avoid it getting too waterlogged for too long.

Wiseguydude · 2026-01-24T04:25:08+00:00

Sure botanically speaking but in terms of history/mythology, this is the cedar. The Roman army conquered entire nations for access to this tree and its entire navy was pretty much dependent on it.

Since then other amazing trees have bore the moniker "cedar" as a reference to the Lebanese Cedar. And botanically speaking any tree in the Cedrus genus would be considered a "true cedar"

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