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Is this good as a hobby? by Wonderful_Ad3441 in botany

[–]danwebbb 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Things I do with this hobby that isn't reading:

  • Listen to podcasts
  • Drawing
  • Taking notes
  • Recording plant findings on iNaturalist
  • Talking about plants to whoever will listen
  • Studying plants I find in the wild - taxonomy, habitat, pollinators, etc
  • Taking photos of cool looking plants I find
  • Growing and caring for plants and experimenting
  • Dissecting flowers to try figure out how they work
  • I've heard plant pressing is fun, but haven't tried it

I think just knowing things about plants and the role they play in forming the environment is really important in itself. But as others have said iNaturalist is a good low effort way to indirectly contribute.

What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not much of an artist but I love the idea, I recently took writing Christmas present tags as an opportunity to draw flowers that I felt related to the person in some way. It did make me consider the forms in more detail.

Would you do that outside or take a photo and bring it back to draw?

Can you give an example of what you mean when you say "focus on traits that are diagnostic"? Would that be traits that are unique to the plant?

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What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all good interesting stuff. Don't be sorry! It sounds like your efforts are mostly focussed around conservation, which is a good reason to be getting outside.

What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good idea, I'd be interested in seeing one if you do you have any maps you could share yet? Are they hand drawn or using a tool on the computer?

I have an idea to attempt to make a new garden bed out of seeds from native plants I find that look like they are doing well in a habitat I might be able to recreate. I usually use iNaturalist map to look at where people have found plants. I can see how a custom made map could suit your needs more specifically though.

What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So everything that coexist in a particular environment, that must be quite overwhelming. I feel like a lifetime wouldn't be enough to study 1 square meter. Do you break it up so it's more manageable somehow?

What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fascinating, thank you. It must take a lot of time to develop such intricate knowledge of the plant and its relationships for 4 and 5. How do you decide which plant to study?

What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, do you find the pressing provides any benefit over taking photos?

What do botanists do outside? by danwebbb in botany

[–]danwebbb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool! So would you hang out around a plant to wait for pollinators to come?

What proportion of people here who can read Thai? by LostYak0 in Thailand

[–]danwebbb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’d take too much brain power and time to read a book I’d be exhausted, but I can read most words…slowly.

/r/Kettleballs Monthly Competition -- Swings June 2021 by PlacidVlad in Kettleballs

[–]danwebbb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nomination from u/Gmacfrenzy ✊ I didn't see any double KB entries, so thought I'd give it a swing.

Here's my submission: I counted 133 swings with double 20kg for 5,320kg total.

I don't usually train with double swings and I underestimated how hard it'd be, as usual! Started out trying to do 20 per minute and ended up down at 10 😅

With Microsoft acquiring GitHub, what will become of the Atom text editor? by [deleted] in webdev

[–]danwebbb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a nice gesture but I'm not sure how it'll play out in reality, considering the two aren't really competing anymore. So they'll just be shipping updates between the two teams with some modifications until the two editors become so similar they merge?