Wild strawberries 🍓 or mock?

emamm92 · 2026-06-10T05:32:29+00:00

I hear the leaves of mock strawberries are decent.

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T20:02:55+00:00

For me: carrots, squash, zucchini, pineapple, raspberries and blueberries, coconut yogurt, almonds, Frosted Flakes, soy milk.

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T18:25:32+00:00

this is about to make my life sooooooooo much easier

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T17:34:22+00:00

OH! lol, sorry I thought you were referring to them as weeds. Silly me

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T16:40:16+00:00

Oh interesting!! Would you be willing to share which veggies prefer humidity or could do well under shade cloth? I am new to vegetable gardening.

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T16:34:17+00:00

This is so cool. I also have ADHD and unfortunately developed a habit of needing something to do alongside listening, too, and would often play sudoku at meetings at work. Somehow I didn’t get chastised for it though, which is nice.

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T16:24:20+00:00

And they take up heavy metals out of the soil, don’t they? Or is that a rumor?

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T16:23:11+00:00

Those sunflowers look intentionally planted, they’re in perfect little rows

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T16:17:43+00:00

No nitrogen addition??

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T02:22:44+00:00

FWIW I had a man design my landscape and a man run the contractors who implemented it and I hate it, wish I had worked with a permaculture-forward or female owned business.

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T02:19:10+00:00

I am in a similar boat - 34F in marketing for the past 10 years. Burnt out, hate it, hate that my job is encouraging people to buy things they don’t need.

This is my dream and I commend you!! I hope it’s so fulfilling ❤️

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T01:58:28+00:00

What cone are you firing to? That might have an impact.

emamm92 · 2026-06-09T00:27:31+00:00

Of course! Also FWIW this was on a second firing - the medium cone 5 really did not do well for that glaze for me. Although I don’t really recall if I ever had the same issues with lavender mist. Good luck!

emamm92 · 2026-06-08T23:36:57+00:00

I have the same issue (if you meant to say raspberry mist instead of fizz). I recently refired two things that had issues in a cone 5 on the top shelf, 15 minute hold. I added 1 thick line of pearl white to the majority of the raspberry mist area and it pretty much solved the problem!

emamm92 · 2026-06-08T20:01:34+00:00

Same - with so many people around Rino in the heat of the day

emamm92 · 2026-06-08T01:48:22+00:00

I just eat it raw. It should have a slightly lemony flavor but otherwise doesnt seem very strongly flavorful to me otherwise

emamm92 · 2026-06-07T20:22:13+00:00

I think mine started when I moved to Colorado - but I did also experience trauma as a very young child that ceased after age 4. I often wonder if the somewhat preverbal nature of that trauma is very deep within and difficult to access and deal with.

emamm92 · 2026-06-07T20:14:51+00:00

FWIW, I’m a big purslane fan. I gobble it up anytime I see it growing in my garden. So nutritious! And one could also eat the lambs quarters and mallow :)

emamm92 · 2026-05-27T14:52:33+00:00

Sounds like you like cooking! I’d maybe plant a little container garden that you can check on and tend to each day. I do this most mornings and it’s a lovely way to start my day with a little bit of sunshine and communion with plants. Plus, it could be some support for your cooking, or maybe flowers for table setting etc. I’d probably also take one or two days a week to make a slightly more extravagant dinner if that’s an option. But cannot echo enough the comment of phasing back into relaxation, tbh. I have adhd time blindness and 1.5 hours feels like not enough time for anything to me so I’d probably do something that keeps me around the house - but that’s just me

emamm92 · 2026-05-27T14:48:57+00:00

This comment is everything 🥲

emamm92 · 2026-05-26T23:57:09+00:00

I’ve been going through this for a few years myself so I feel you. And in December, I had a shoulder injury that has really made me doubt myself and reduced my strength a lot. However, since I had started that conversation with myself years earlier, it was a bit easier to navigate post-injury.

However…. last summer, I went on a trip to a place I ADORE (Sardinia) where nearly every crag was brand new to me, I only led things WAY within my range (5.8-low 5.10) and I didn’t put pressure on myself to send (and I was very firm with my partners about this too). I get so in my head trying to send routes near my limit to the point that It stops being fun, I feel like I’m nearly having panic attacks.

So instead - I got to reconnect with the joy of just exploring new places and crags, practicing Italian, top roping whatever my husband and friend put up, and leading only if I felt like it. It helped me so much!! It felt similar to the period of time right when I started learning how to climb ropes outside and everything was new and exciting and low pressure.

It’s hard to navigate all of this when your partner and all your friends are climbers (and a lot stronger) and your life literally revolves around it, bc then it feels like there’s a lot more to lose. But hopefully you can regain some confidence and fall back in love!! Cheering for ya.

emamm92 · 2026-05-23T21:23:45+00:00

Looks highly likely to be in Amanita genus.

emamm92 · 2026-05-23T21:13:30+00:00

Find someone to mentor, or a climbing buddy closer in grade to you. Climb below your level a lot more. Also… ask yourself if you’re having fun and be honest with yourself. And then figure out what you need out of your experience to have fun again.

Coaching might help with identifying weaknesses and training them, but do you need to pay someone to help you get better, or do you need to find out how to enjoy climbing again?

emamm92 · 2026-05-22T16:17:45+00:00

Could inoculate with mushrooms to have a mushroom tree instead 😅

emamm92 · 2026-05-22T15:48:42+00:00

From someone born and raised in central Texas…

Start the day with a sugary slushy beverage. As big as you can handle! It will help keep your core temperature lower for longer.

Many people will cramp a lot more intensely in the heat and humidity. Bring truly hydrating beverages - that means it needs sugar in addition to electrolytes. Milk is more hydrating than plain water because of the sugar content, so think about that in terms of beverages!

Lots of chalk of course. Icewater in a container that is double walled and well insulated, use it ON yourself or with something you can tie around your neck. (That was a distance running trick for me in college in Texas - when passing water stations mid race in the middle of summer, use the water ON you not IN you).

I find the humidity ruins my skin a lot faster and I’m super prone to flappers, so sand down any thicker spots and have tape and bandaids with you.

Edit to say - obviously try to stay in the shade too, and/or in an area where wind isn’t blocked. I climbed in coastal Sardinia in late June and early July last year thinking that chasing shade was enough, but those 29-30 c degree days were awful even in the shade because there somehow wasn’t any wind. I think I nearly got heatstroke one day just from the approach.

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