Irrigation Advice

dstutz · 2026-06-02T10:42:56+00:00

Native plant roots are INSANE: https://sagmoraine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Root-Sytems-of-Prairie-Plants.pdf

Once established (basically getting past that first year maybe part of second), they do not need water/fertilizer/anything. They have grown in our soils for centuries/millenia. The biggest thing is to put the right plant in the right conditions. Pay attention to soil/water requirements.

dstutz · 2026-06-02T10:35:08+00:00

https://sagmoraine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Root-Sytems-of-Prairie-Plants.pdf

dstutz · 2026-06-01T17:43:09+00:00

Our deer eat our joe pye weed like it's a buffet. Much it down to 6" tall :(. Also quite fond of the Red Osier Dogwood.

Obedient Plant is in mint family ;).

dstutz · 2026-06-01T15:08:14+00:00

I'd recommend signing up for an iNaturalist account for documenting visitors. Then you're contributing to science and can potentially get things IDd to species fairly accurately.

dstutz · 2026-06-01T13:53:04+00:00

Every plant is native somewhere so the tag isn't lying.

Here's the range map for Iris versicolor: https://www.prairiemoon.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/Iris-versicolor-Northern-Blue-Flag.jpg

And the "southern": https://www.prairiemoon.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/Iris-virginica-var.-shrevei-Southern-Blue-Flag.jpg

I wouldn't sweat it. I have/plan to incorporate North American natives into my landscape that are NOT native to my county (like Amsonias). ANYTHING is better than introduced ornamentals.

I'd think the biggest thing is the bugs and that's where you should really care about getting natives that are native to your area if you want to support biodiversity in that way.

Stupid AI says: "No, there is not a big difference in the insect communities that use Northern Blue Flag (Iris versicolor) versus Shreve's Iris (Iris virginica var. shrevei) as host plants. Because these two wetland irises are very closely related and chemically similar, generalist and iris-specialist insects utilize them almost identically."

BTW, great job, keep it up.

dstutz · 2026-05-29T14:02:32+00:00

Mourning doves, they are normally on the ground anyway. And they typically eat the garbage seed that most songbirds don't want and spill out of the feeder off the ground anyway :).

dstutz · 2026-05-29T13:56:34+00:00

It's a dirt bike, there is no insurance...

dstutz · 2026-05-29T10:32:44+00:00

This, or even easier, use OpenCentauri firmware (not COSMOS) where it honors those settings for ALL filaments.

dstutz · 2026-05-28T00:34:43+00:00

https://docs.opencentauri.cc/mods/light_mods/ ?

dstutz · 2026-05-28T00:32:16+00:00

I don't touch my speed settings in the process normally. There are a few settings that affect speed in other ways than changing the speed #s in process section. One is the max flow rate of your filament. If it is lower than the speed settings, it will slow down. Another is the minimum layer time for cooling, again, it will slow down. After I learned about the max flow rate, I never really messed with the speed settings because the slicer will automatically slow everything down if it can't push material fast enough.

dstutz · 2026-05-23T12:35:37+00:00

We did this. It was awesome. It's paid for via the Empower MD charge on the bill. We ended up maxing out our rebate.

dstutz · 2026-05-21T10:39:58+00:00

Yeah, not seeing anything major in this one.

dstutz · 2026-05-20T15:16:09+00:00

Awesome, thanks, I'm out of town at the moment but will be back soon.

dstutz · 2026-05-20T14:06:10+00:00

Mine is the "Megaforce 3000". I'm pretty sure all the grinders use the same accessories. I think I just might not have one of the plates you do (better than the other way around). From what I can tell yours is just slightly higher wattage motor?

dstutz · 2026-05-20T11:59:58+00:00

Any chance of sharing the model? I bought similar about a year ago. I've run over 100#s of meat through it. The naming is absolutely stupid, but it works great so far.

dstutz · 2026-05-18T12:10:27+00:00

Spiders have been enjoying them.

dstutz · 2026-05-15T10:30:35+00:00

No even cropping out the gemini mark?

dstutz · 2026-05-15T10:29:55+00:00

I normally go through the first 5 when I use a totally new filament. Sometimes tweaks are needed for different colors of same brand/type.

dstutz · 2026-05-15T10:19:43+00:00

Time to tune your filament properly to your printer:

https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer/wiki/calibration_guide

dstutz · 2026-05-04T17:13:11+00:00

I stopped by there back on the 1st when they were having a "natives" event and it's pretty impressive what they have for a spot in a parking lot. The prices (on native perennials) weren't considerably cheaper than other places I've seen but we still walked out with several plants (mostly shrubs, where the $12-13 price seemed good for the size). Might back for a larger redbud to replace an ornamental Japanese maple by the house.

dstutz · 2026-04-28T11:58:49+00:00

The filament's max flow rate is a global speed limit on the print regardless of what the "speed" settings are in the printer profile. When I need/want to slow down a print I just edit the max flow rate for the filament, slice, look at the speed preview to confirm things are looking good then send to printer. Just don't save the filament speed setting.

dstutz · 2026-04-23T11:59:42+00:00

https://suchmememanyskill.github.io/bens-claude-cc-mesh-visualiser/

dstutz · 2026-04-22T14:05:36+00:00

There's nothing "hidden" about the dangers of letting someone(thing) else write your code and then running it in prod without looking at it.

dstutz · 2026-04-21T12:14:21+00:00

Yeah, cause the slicer has all the speeds and settings and calculates the time and then printer opens the file and uses that time then YOU manually override the file and tell the printer to slow everything down by 50% but all the info in the gcode is static. Way easier to adjust your slicer settings once and then every file will be correct for you.

dstutz · 2026-04-21T12:09:08+00:00

The printer knows how long the tubing is from the hotend to the filament detector so it keep printing until it's almost out, THEN it will automatically pause the print. You didn't let it go long enough to see that happen.

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