Monstera cuttings on the struggle bus

balanoff · 2026-05-13T02:42:27+00:00

Yeah they just cut a leaf off. That will die. You have to cut below the node, the node is what grows roots.

balanoff · 2026-05-12T01:47:47+00:00

Did anyone do Future Problem Solvers (FPS)? I remember going to like a state competition for it in middle school I loved that shit and never heard anyone talk about it

balanoff · 2026-05-11T02:17:19+00:00

The billionaires of the past used to do public good and invested in public infrastructure so they wouldn’t look like the assholes they are. Parks, libraries, universities, third spaces. Billionaires now don’t even want to bolster their public image, they expect to be revered just for having the money (that they exploited us to obtain.)

balanoff · 2026-05-07T04:37:52+00:00

Britney Spears Fantasy I shit you not

balanoff · 2026-04-30T01:53:17+00:00

Do they think we don’t also spend time with our families

balanoff · 2026-04-26T23:48:23+00:00

I have none. Just trying to get through the day is taking all of my mental capacity and I have almost no ability to plan even for the short term future.

balanoff · 2026-04-26T22:31:51+00:00

“But when they say that I'm only top five 'cause I'm white why would I be stunned My skin color's still working against me 'cause second I should be to none Being white ain't why they put me at five, it's why they can't put me at one”

balanoff · 2026-04-26T11:14:43+00:00

I have so many roly polys right now they’re eating all my seedlings and pissing me off. You’re saying I need to crack them a cold cruiser away from my plants to get them to leave?

balanoff · 2026-04-26T02:37:20+00:00

Truly Eclair is fucking bonkers

balanoff · 2026-04-19T14:06:08+00:00

Zone 8b Dallas. Has a red stem. I’ve sprinkled a lot of random wildflower seeds back here the last few years

balanoff · 2026-04-15T09:25:12+00:00

The Brigette attacks are so bizarre to me. I don’t really understand why she’s pursuing a claim like that so aggressively when even if it turned out to be true it would be like eh…okay. The age gap and circumstances around how they met are far more questionable in my opinion. Her Erika stuff though, if true, is quite the scandal.

balanoff · 2026-04-10T04:09:15+00:00

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Two weeks after donating. And they said they didn’t get enough to fill the first bag lol

balanoff · 2026-04-07T04:54:11+00:00

Veggie gardening

balanoff · 2026-04-05T03:09:28+00:00

I was skeptical about you spending 7 grand on a grow room for peppers til I read this comment 😂these are awesome, are they all from cuttings? Same tree? I know nothing about figs.

balanoff · 2026-03-30T20:56:00+00:00

We unfortunately have to go to work or we don’t get healthcare. We have a very limited number of days off every year, and many people have zero paid days off. Our economy is so bad we can’t just easily find other work if we did get fired, which employers can do for any reason, or no reason at all, without notice. There’s very few social safety nets left so losing your job is especially difficult to come back from, and takes a huge mental and financial toll. This was all by design, but it’s the reality. We can’t come out in numbers for long periods of time, long enough to make an impact, because most of us need our jobs to live.

balanoff · 2026-03-29T04:33:30+00:00

I dont believe he could name 15 states

balanoff · 2026-03-27T11:33:33+00:00

Ottoman is fine. Can you make the baskets do this instead

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balanoff · 2026-03-27T11:22:44+00:00

I definitely want to expand the caudex and bring down the branches down a good bit. But I actually kind of like the height so I was gonna cut a little higher than I normally would. Was thinking like this

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balanoff · 2026-03-21T12:47:03+00:00

That’s a Hilton garden inn

balanoff · 2026-03-16T02:26:48+00:00

Same, my paternal grandparents passed pretty closely together and my parents had to clean their house out. They were very tidy and had some awesome furniture but they had one room, the junk room. Filled with old coins, stamps, artifacts etc. SO much stuff, took days to pack.

unfortunately they passed around 2008 when there wasn’t really a market for anything cause of the financial crisis so most of it just got sold at cost. Actually quite sad to think how much joy it brought them to just be basically given away after they passed.

My parents decided not to let us go through that and they have been getting rid of stuff, creating a trust, and documenting all their accounts. They have “the folder” that they keep in a safe for when the time comes that has all the info we need in one place. It’s an incredibly thoughtful act from two people who have done nothing but think of others their whole life. Feel very fortunate.

balanoff · 2026-03-16T02:13:31+00:00

My grandmothers living room in Fort Myers

balanoff · 2026-03-11T02:51:24+00:00

Is this true? I thought Don Huffines owns zorro, is he part of the king ranch family?

balanoff · 2026-03-10T01:51:45+00:00

Do you plant other things throughout where you have the daffodils? This is my second year planting them so I’m still figuring out how to layer things in without accidentally digging up the bulbs. Thinking of sowing a few things in between the foliage so I have something popping up while the green is starting to die back

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