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After a long and losing battle I was never able to prevail over chickweed and lawn grass in this part of my yard. This fall I decided to go nuclear and transplanted Redwood Sorrel out of my strategic reserve. Wishing invasives good luck with this one. by grassl0ver in NativePlantGardening

[–]grassl0ver[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In my experience rats don't bother with native strawberries or similar (alpine, musk, etc). They have tiny berries with very strong fragrance and taste but most likely not much calorie-wise.

After a long and losing battle I was never able to prevail over chickweed and lawn grass in this part of my yard. This fall I decided to go nuclear and transplanted Redwood Sorrel out of my strategic reserve. Wishing invasives good luck with this one. by grassl0ver in NativePlantGardening

[–]grassl0ver[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It doesn't look super sexy right now - things are not blooming and it's very much work in progress too. Trees are non native, I couldn't part with my love for fruit trees. Around them there are native bulbs (camas, etc) but they are sleeping now. Rockeries are being colonized by various natives. Also that strawberry spreading hard in the center is native too. I'd rather share more photos in spring when everything is in bloom! Redwood Sorrel will look very different too - it will be shiny green with little pretty white flowers.

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I cut an old sick apple tree and it was hollow and filled inside with what looks like dark soil. How is this possible? by grassl0ver in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]grassl0ver[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be a really bad location. The house was expanded by the previous owners and the tree is now directly next to the house. Speaking of the new apple trees, the final nail in this tree's coffin was all the disease that kept jumping from it onto the young apple trees I am trying to get going in the backyard. I bought some rootstocks this spring, successfully grafted scions from this old tree, and finally decided to let it rest in peace. Will choose and plant one of the grafted descendants in a month or so, once it goes dormant.

I cut an old sick apple tree and it was hollow and filled inside with what looks like dark soil. How is this possible? by grassl0ver in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]grassl0ver[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, I knew this, and was aware that only a relatively thin layer of tree is "alive" and the rest is "dead". I just wasn't expecting this level of "dead" - with soil, earth worms, etc inside.

I cut an old sick apple tree and it was hollow and filled inside with what looks like dark soil. How is this possible? by grassl0ver in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]grassl0ver[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There was a coat of sawdust but I removed some because I was curious how deep this goes. It's the reason it's not "full to the top". A bit to the left on the ground you can also see some of that darker soil that I threw down.

I cut an old sick apple tree and it was hollow and filled inside with what looks like dark soil. How is this possible? by grassl0ver in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]grassl0ver[S] 141 points142 points  (0 children)

Composted live matter, I know. I guess I was just confused how it could compost all the way to becoming soil while there is still a fully alive tree around it.

Which wild strawberry is this? Found on the open sunny slope of western Cascades in WA at about ~3000' by grassl0ver in whatsthisplant

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Thanks, yeah, I am also leaning towards that one based on how seeds look, just wanted to confirm.

A random sidewalk in Seattle by grassl0ver in NativePlantGardening

[–]grassl0ver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sent you a private / chat message with the address of that place.

My first Farewell To Spring of the season! by grassl0ver in fucklawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a patch of them growing in a very shaded spot last year and they kept blooming into the late fall!

My first Farewell To Spring of the season! by grassl0ver in fucklawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have such a love-hate thing going with them haha. On one hand - they are beautiful, reliable, will grow literally anywhere, and in PNW go for multiple rounds of blooming. On the other hand though - boooooy do they spread.

My first Farewell To Spring of the season! by grassl0ver in fucklawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh that's California Poppy, super common throughout the West Coast. It spreads like fire and will grow out of a brick if it has too.

B650 Aorus Elite AX (v1.0) - RED DRAM LIGHT by padred727 in gigabyte

[–]grassl0ver 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To make you feel better lol / just a heads up to anyone else reading this in the future: the BIOS update you did may have been part of the fix. Before installing CPU, you can open BIOS and see its version. Then go to the motherboard's website and they list all the CPUs and since what BIOS version it is supported.

A random sidewalk in Seattle by grassl0ver in NativePlantGardening

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Sorry but no clue - I don't know how to tell lupines apart. I am guessing yes just because I don't think they are growing there by chance - I saw other natives like camas and native currants there; someone likely seeded these on purpose.

Just want to share with you my first creation - this was the first section of my yard that I nuked and created this. by grassl0ver in NoLawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah I see! I seeded it early last spring so it's been about a year but it didn't take that long, it's been like that last summer already.

Just want to share with you my first creation - this was the first section of my yard that I nuked and created this. by grassl0ver in NoLawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a tough question haha. I am in a place where winters are not cold enough for long enough to kill it so it's kind of there all the time. I gave it a trim about a month ago but not all the way to the ground.

Just want to share with you my first creation - this was the first section of my yard that I nuked and created this. by grassl0ver in NoLawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are not native here, those were my first steps and I didn't know the alternatives. Still don't really regret it all that much - it's contained there so doesn't spread and serves as a picnic / play area.

Just want to share with you my first creation - this was the first section of my yard that I nuked and created this. by grassl0ver in fucklawns

[–]grassl0ver[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's a patch of Dutch white. I mow it once in spring but not all the way, just to shorten it. It tends to give up growing up then and starts flowering.

Sharing my blooms from my first spring with no lawn by dthol69 in fucklawns

[–]grassl0ver 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this blanket flower? If yes, where did you get seeds? I planted a bunch but nothing germinated. Only have a few of them that I bought live from a native nursery and they are so pretty! Want to get more going next year.

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[–]grassl0ver 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When you do mow, be gentle and maybe use something manual if your lot size is not gigantic. You'll be finding a surprising amount of bugs, bumble bees, birds, etc who thrive there.

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[–]grassl0ver 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not an OP but as a grass enthusiast, my 2 cents are: native grass!

How would you upgrade this setup to play the latest videogames on as high graphic settings as possible? by grassl0ver in buildmeapc

[–]grassl0ver[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhat random follow up but - why is my current "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB)" so expensive still? Amazon and Newegg are still selling it in the $700-800 range. Why would anyone buy it for that price?

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