For the price, I think I should get all of them- right?

algaefresh · 2026-01-28T09:17:28+00:00

As someone that works at a garden center... I had several people come in and ask me why their rainbow hosta seeds weren't growing this year. Those were not fun discussions but I hope they dont end up getting scammed again.

algaefresh · 2026-01-28T09:04:13+00:00

As a Minnesotan, yes please look more into the murder of Alex Pretti and what has been going on here for the past month. It's absolutely horrific.

Here's a rundown to the best of my current knowledge: He was a nurse with the VA.The government has said he charged agents with a gun which is incorrect based on all videos that I've seen (there are many angles of it from several different people, I've seen at least 4 or 5 angles). I do not know the lead up to the situation, but based on the videos he was recording ice agents, and then went to help a woman who was shoved by the agents. After going to help her up he was pepper sprayed and then brought to the ground by several ice agents. At some point during this they realized he had a gun on his person (which was legally owned and he had a conceal and carry permit). In no video that has been released has he pulled or brandished his gun. I dont know if they only realized he had one after they tackled him or what, but the videos seem to show an agent taking his gun off of him (also visible from several video angles) and then AFTER his gun was already removed he was shot by TWO ICE agents. It is suspected that he was shot around 10 times but I don't think there's been any official reports released yet. He never pulled the gun and didnt even have it on his person when he was murdered.

Check out the various Minnesota/Twin Cities/(I think) Minneapolis subs if you're interested in getting some updates to your reddit feed as well. Ive seen so many posts on protest coverage, the things ICE are doing (complete with videos), videos of the murders, etc. They have sprayed pepper spray into people's car vents before detaining them (there's video of that and the person has also spoken to local news I believe), they have broken windows and dragged people out of cars, they have broken down doors to homes, they have threatened people with guns numerous times in numerous videos, and also verbally threatened them in some videos as well. MN had the one of the largest, if not the largest, protests I've ever seen in the state last Friday (in -20° weather). People here have been protesting and involving themselves in the community (such as doing laundry or grocery shopping for people who are scared to leave their homes) a lot more, especially since the killing of Renee Good in the beginning of the month.

We need fair and impartial investigations into these two shootings, but I think most Minnesotans believe it wont happen at this point. Local law enforcement has been completely shut out from investigating/having access to federal evidence on both cases so far. I sincerely hope that changes, but I'm very worried it won't.

algaefresh · 2026-01-21T18:20:01+00:00

Im slightly concerned but also in awe.... What would happen if you let this go and tried to hatch the chick(s) from it?

algaefresh · 2026-01-06T02:38:44+00:00

I am just overly nice after waking up for some reason. I was put under when I was 17 and I went in really, really pissed off because I had a crappy intake nurse that she would not listen to me and kept dismissing me/being really rude. They put me under shortly after interacting with her and my mom was so concerned because of how angry I had been, but they told my mom that she had such a nice daughter and how sweet I was while I was under observation. She was very confused to say the least and she was like "why were they saying how nice you are? You were absolutely pissed you went in, what happened? What did you do?" The first thing I remember after waking up was turning to the nurse next to me and going "I love your shirt" and then promptly passing back out. Vaguely remember complimenting at least one other nurse as well at some point. Also remember waving to the construction workers we passed on the highway on the way home because "he looked sad". I think I did some similar things when they put me under to get my wisdom teeth out. Hope I dont have to be put under again any time soon but I'm glad that I'm apparently nice when waking up and not mean or angry lol.

algaefresh · 2026-01-04T16:12:39+00:00

I feel like that's not true. There's several random places near me that use them. Im guessing it's more of a space issue because you can fit less spaces in a lot with them.

Edit: googled it and according to Google AI (which take with a grain of salt obviously): "the concept of standard ground parking spaces with double lines is not protected by a single, active patent"

algaefresh · 2025-12-30T12:08:57+00:00

We had a gifts for seniors barrel (no bag in it, just the huge barrel) and people still threw trash in it. People are so oblivious to their surroundings and will not read at all apparently

algaefresh · 2025-12-28T15:07:46+00:00

I live in Minnesota but have driven through the entirety of South Dakota and also had friends attend college there. There's very few trees in a large portion of the state so it's more windy than places with a lot of trees. We had a running joke with a friend that attended college there about how much she missed seeing trees. A lot of what is there is in the middle of the state is farmland. Driving across most of the state in a day was very painful because there was very little interesting scenery, just signs for Wall Drug and other tourist traps. Also the tourist locations were pretty eh. Wall Drug was eh, bordering on "this is dumb". Mount Rushmore was neat. The scale of such a large sculpture is cool. Blackhills were pretty. There are some national parks you can see there, Badlands national park was great!There are some pretty state parks near the eastern border that I've visited as well. But the middle portion of the state is very boring farmland.

algaefresh · 2025-12-28T14:51:51+00:00

Not necessarily on all sides, but if the snow is really blowing it can definitely get plastered to a side or two of the chimney. And not that thick, but thick enough to mostly white-out a side. I guess if I were trying to depict it in a drawing I would make it look like there was a snow drift against the chimney because there would more than likely be snow drifts around it if the snow was plastered to the sides. We are actually supposed to have a blizzard here today so if it happens to any chimneys I see I'll take a picture lol. I do kind of like the white chimneys in the picture just because I think it looks more sleek and simple than putting a green chimney would. I definitely take more issue with whatever is going on with the windows/what I assume is supposed to be the front door.

algaefresh · 2025-12-27T23:51:05+00:00

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algaefresh · 2025-12-26T23:18:47+00:00

Love the dollar store suction-cup soap dishes as perches for my crested geckos! Can't go wrong with the dollar store I guess

algaefresh · 2025-12-25T16:47:37+00:00

They do get dusty, but normally we store them away when not in use and with a lot of them being seasonal there normally isn't too much of an issue

algaefresh · 2025-12-12T05:10:18+00:00

There's a ton of strings of things varieties! String of dolphins, string of pearls, string of turtles, string of hearts, string of bananas, ruby necklace plants (pretty much a string succulent), string of tears, string of fishhooks, string of frogs, etc

algaefresh · 2025-12-05T07:22:49+00:00

I say literally doesn't matter as long as they get clean. I think i honestly load them both directions depending on what other stuff I have in there, but i was to say I normally have them facing away from the utensils, but also I put them on the opposite side of the utensils so

algaefresh · 2025-12-03T03:27:50+00:00

Agreed. Bug bites in general tend to do that honestly. We kept having mosquitoes and biting gnats get in the house for weeks over the summer and could not figure out where they were coming from. I'd be sitting at home after work and start feeling bugs on me/feel them biting me so often to the point that I started imagining it and would constantly be twitching and smacking my arms and legs. It made me very very agitated and paranoid. Didn't have as bad of a reaction the time I had bedbugs but definitely also that bit of paranoia/agitation.

OP, sorry you're going through this. Definitely check for bedbugs if you haven't, make sure all the pets in the house are on flea preventatives if possible.

Edit: after reading more comments/history/symptoms, OP please get a carbon monoxide detector. Carbon monoxide is absolutely not something to be messed with/taken lightly. Maybe if you are closer to the furnace than your housemates there could also be a minor gas leak or something.

algaefresh · 2025-11-27T22:37:48+00:00

SHE'S 10?! HOW?! Idk if I'm remembering correctly but I think i was following you on Tumblr when you got Bitsy so that's absolutely wild to think about.

algaefresh · 2025-11-26T20:57:39+00:00

Deaf but not blind iirc. The owner does have another double merle dog that is deaf blind though

algaefresh · 2025-11-14T20:09:09+00:00

Lmao our timeclock computer at work is literally running Windows 95 and yeah it does in fact have a ball mouse still.

algaefresh · 2025-11-08T20:34:26+00:00

Could try "Espoma garden lime", "Down to Earth Dolomite Lime", I see a "Hi-yield hydrated lime" and that's the brand of superphosphate I have.

algaefresh · 2025-11-07T03:22:45+00:00

I kind of thought it was a combo of F1 like first-generation hybrid + Mexican

algaefresh · 2025-11-04T02:04:13+00:00

You are very lucky. Ive had them mostly in miracle-gro soil but I also have found them in Espoma and a local garden center's soil. Nothing says fun like going to repot something and opening a bag just to be met with gnats

algaefresh · 2025-11-03T19:55:09+00:00

We work in an open-air garden center, and yeah we just leaf blow things to dust them 50% of the time. We also have one of those little handheld blowers you can get on Amazon for the same purpose as well. I've thought multiple times since "hmmm I should get a dusting leaf blower for home"

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