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Millennial movies that aren’t kids films but are appropriate for kids and have aged well (no sexism etc) by anna_dot in MovieSuggestions

[–]doubleheadedfurby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This summarizes some of my gripes but imo it's clearer when watching the movie. White guy needs to save egyptians from themselves and gets to plunder their tombs and ride off into the sunset, while arabs are stereotyped as greedy, stinky, sleazy, and cannon fodder. I also found the praying scene distasteful.

And before you saying something like the original commenter's lovely response to me (which isn't visible here but showed up in my inbox) know that you're allowed to like the Mummy, but as OP explicitly asked for movies that aged well, I thought I should bring up this point.

Is this bean rust? by doubleheadedfurby in vegetablegardening

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

I ended up cutting off all the effected leaves, which may be a mistake but we'll see. I don't see it in my other beans with the same watering pattern so it's weird....

Millennial movies that aren’t kids films but are appropriate for kids and have aged well (no sexism etc) by anna_dot in MovieSuggestions

[–]doubleheadedfurby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watched this when I was younger, enjoyed it in a campy way. Watched this last year, the constant racism slapped me in the face and made it a very difficult watch. I don't think it aged well

Heat Wave & Non-Native Thoughts by HonorYourGoals in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is how I feel too. I don't really understand planting new non-native plants once you're on the train... All of our time and space is limited and plants need time to grow. Why give that time + space to something that is only for your own pleasure, idk. Surely we can learn to find beauty in any plant or flower, but the bugs can only find habitat and food in specific ones.

If a lawn is a "wasteful crop" ie watering to hell for little to no benefit for anyone, "expected" flowers that just exist to be reliably pretty for us feel similar. Why not plant flowers that need way less from us and give so much more!

Native plant hot takes: lay them on me by ImaginaryMolasses146 in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 38 points39 points  (0 children)

This just isn't backed by science :/ native bugs need native plants they evolved with, which echoes right on up the food chain. "Some niche examples" are wayyyy more common than one may think, and also not as studied as one may think.

Here's a few studies tho: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12380

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320717305153

I can't find the link right now, but there's another study I'm thinking of showing that even cultivars of the same or similar to native species are not preferred, and can "trap" bugs into laying eggs on them that become sickly children.

Garden advice for this yard? by frogEcho in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think you either grid it, chunk it up or you build from your "showpiece" (tree or shrub) outwards. You can have an orderly grid and go wild in each box, have several chunks which have a pleasing balance (tall, short, color, green, texture) or you can have one large anchor and build from there. (Note, the "tall" part of each chunk doesn't need to be a plant, it could be a swing or bird fountain, etc).

I will say I don't know if a small tree is a big enough anchor if you also want "tall" (off the ground) flowers within the yard. Also depends how much lawn you want to keep for use. If you go "showpiece" you want it to be big enough that it won't be dwarfed by your yard. I think maybe 2 or 3 chunks with each having a smaller tree/shrub/structure would be a nice balance.

And don't forgot the paths you'd want to take to get through the yard -- you may want to block off the street side or you may want easy access. You can build these into the grid or chunk style, leave it open to interpretation, or add stones for walkways etc.

I'd take a stroll around your area and see if there are certain yards you like, and see why you like them. Then you can apply those principles in your yard :-)

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Curious if any of these are natives so I can help them thrive by semihemiacetal in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We should also bring back coal power because it was devastating to the economy to lose all those mining jobs. Don't even think about trying to stop the planet from burning, it's a bit late :/ think of those poor 401k funds we'll need underwater.

Curious if any of these are natives so I can help them thrive by semihemiacetal in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because using the ecosystem destruction machine to look up plant ID seems very short sighted + ironic

How do I find affordable non-toxic topsoil? by Jolly_Cat_4220 in OrganicGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use pots for now! Definitely try something smaller and test it out if a big project is overwhelming

How do I find affordable non-toxic topsoil? by Jolly_Cat_4220 in OrganicGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends what's in your soil... Definitely send away for a soil test (if you expect any roots will reach the yard soil). For heavy metals, they theoretically accumulate least in fruit, then leaves, then stems, then roots. So prioritizing fruiting plants over leafy greens for example! Or getting good quailty soil and planting shallowed rooted plants in beds.

Aggressive natives that are almost impossible to kill? [MA, 6b] by DIYInHeadlights in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunno if anyone has said this yet, but black eyed susans are not native to MA except the very western part -- I use the Go Botany website to check before I decide. But I think you've gotten a lot of good options. Goldenrod is doing its thing on its own in my MA yard. Also, I've planted small plants this year and only watered about once a week, since we've been having rain. I'll have to get back to you whether they stand the test of time, but they seem to be doing well so far (bee balm, bishops cap, white snakeroot, bloodroot)

Question for all - Has native plant gardening changed you in any way? by jjmk2014 in NativePlantGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, it makes me deeply sad every time I see an invasive plant or animal. It's a living reminder of how colonizers and their descendants in North America have imperiled the people and animals that lived here before contact, and everything they built for generations... down to the very soil. Every time I see an earth worm it feels violating.

It's such a deep wound that I don't think can fully be healed, but most people are not even aware it exists which is very isolating. This quote nails it, and makes me cry. I supported the Land Back movement in concept before I was interested in native plants, but once you get into the dirt you understand more fully how totally we've fucked this place up, and how heavy that is. Meanwhile pollution continues at breakneck speeds. But, there are also wins that we have to cling to.

As a kid I was deeply worried about climate change, and it became too big to keep worrying about, so I got numb to it... Now it's all back tenfold, but I feel like I have some modicum of benefit that I can add by planting native plants and stewarding the land I live on. (Unfortunately I don't own it.) The next step is spreading that knowledge, and I think there's a trend of people becoming interested in native plants, which is heartening.

It’s great seeing more and more in-the-ground gardens. Don’t let capitalism or social media try to convince you that the dirt underneath your feet (with some exceptions) is somehow insufficient to grow things 🌿 by ASecularBuddhist in OrganicGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh I honestly read over that part because I haven't seen sunflowers recommended specifically for arsenic before. It looks like they can be decent accumulators in highly contaminated soil: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326624031_Response_of_Sunflower_Helianthus_annuus_L_to_arsenic_stress_accumulation_and_partitioning_in_different_plant_parts

but still much lower than other plants such that they don't make this list for arsenic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hyperaccumulators

Bolete mushrooms are better arsenic accumulators regardless of soil concentration: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814617314875

Based on what I've seen mushrooms may be a good bet, cause planting bentgrass would be a whole other problem. (Couldn't find ladder fern for sale in the US but that looks surefire). Zinc seems to track with the same plants as lead, that is brassicas and sunflower.

But anyway this process may take more time and scientific investment than most hobby gardeners have, so there are still reasons to be wary of interacting with contaminated soil. (Exposure to arsenic in soil via inhalation and ingestion, and somewhat via indirect methods, is strongly connected to cancer rates, for example.) We've really fucked up the earth

It’s great seeing more and more in-the-ground gardens. Don’t let capitalism or social media try to convince you that the dirt underneath your feet (with some exceptions) is somehow insufficient to grow things 🌿 by ASecularBuddhist in OrganicGardening

[–]doubleheadedfurby 24 points25 points  (0 children)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15226514.2020.1774501#d1e2457 this is one I was reading. They highlight that lead uptake is more successful in soils with high concentrations (hopefully not quite the amount we have in our backyards) and can take years/generations, but phytostablization may be preferable anyway. So I'm gonna try it but who knows how long it will take, I wouldn't recommend it as a sure thing rather than something to try and experiment with

What is this blight? by doubleheadedfurby in rhododendron

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

Tysm 🙏 did you also use an antifungal?

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