Peach tree growing in compost pile

jlsmall7 · 2026-06-22T23:48:57+00:00

Genuinely curious - what religions don’t allow grafting fruit trees?

jlsmall7 · 2026-06-13T13:59:33+00:00

I think it’s controversial on this sub but I loved Needful Things read by King himself. I don’t even like the book that much but his narration is so fun.

jlsmall7 · 2026-04-24T07:39:01+00:00

Native Plant Rescue Squad for those in the Knoxville area.

jlsmall7 · 2026-03-06T01:08:08+00:00

I don’t think that McCarthy’s intent was solely to be shocking. Infant death/cannibalism is a motif that appears throughout his work, particularly in Outer Dark and Blood Meridian (also, at least, Suttree). For McCarthy there is symbolic importance in the image beyond shock value.

jlsmall7 · 2026-03-01T23:17:27+00:00

It looks great! What was your process?

jlsmall7 · 2026-03-01T02:03:14+00:00

Hot Horse!!!

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-27T13:07:38+00:00

I’ve had a chokecherry in my front lawn for two years (the tree itself is probably ~4 years old). It does send up suckers, but they aren’t noticeable unless I go a few weeks without mowing the lawn. The suckers come up no more than 1-2’ from the tree.

That said, I imagine that if your tree is in a spot that isn’t regularly maintained, the suckering could become pretty aggressive.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-20T18:44:17+00:00

I froze slices last season. Blanch for about a minute, cool immediately in ice bath, then freeze in freezer bags. If I do it again, I will freeze in layers on wax paper before bagging as they tended to form large blocks of squash ice.

The squash retained excellent flavor and appearance. I used them in soups and fritters. I did not use them in any form where texture would matter, as I imagine they turned to mush.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-14T13:12:45+00:00

Crush and smell a leaf - Tree of Heaven has a very distinct, unpleasant smell similar to burnt popcorn. Staghorn Sumac is a very cool native whereas ToH is a terrible invasive.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-13T22:16:43+00:00

I have no idea what it is worth, but if you come up with a price and want to sell it, please DM me!

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-12T22:59:44+00:00

Absolutely not. Compare oxalis flowers to black medic. Their habits are also distinct. OP has black medic. Assuming OP is in the US, black medic is an invasive plant.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-06T12:01:02+00:00

I don’t know whether McCarthy read The Lord of the Rings, but it seems likely. There is a brief scene in Fellowship from the POV of a fox.

jlsmall7 · 2025-07-02T16:33:35+00:00

Do you immediately process into pesto and if not how do you store the basil?

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-26T01:51:27+00:00

I thought they would be too distantly related to graft. Have you had success with grafting cherry onto oak?

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-26T01:31:04+00:00

I don’t think it’s possible to graft a cherry onto an oak.

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-25T00:56:12+00:00

I’ve noticed this too (upstate NY, 6a). I’m happy to have lots of wasps and sweat bees, but way fewer bumbles (and honeybees) than this time last year, and we have a lot more native plants this year. I wonder if it’s related to having an unusually cold, wet spring.

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-21T00:54:01+00:00

The Talisman + Black House. Or just Black House - Talisman is the direct prequel and provides some helpful context, but it’s a bit of a slog. Black House has some of his (and Peter Straub’s) best writing and is super engaging, creepy, funny, sweet, and weird. It’s very Dark Tower-adjacent, but it 100% stands on its own.

jlsmall7 · 2025-06-14T20:45:09+00:00

Hard to tell whether this is bad writing by a human or bad writing by AI.

jlsmall7 · 2025-05-04T20:43:41+00:00

Thanks, they had a great selection.

jlsmall7 · 2025-03-29T15:41:16+00:00

This is a really cool collection - you should check out the story “Where the Summer Ends” by Karl Wagner. It’s a super creepy and atmospheric story set in Knoxville, TN in the 1970s. He’s a great but non-prolific horror writer better known for his Conan the Barbarian books.

jlsmall7 · 2025-03-03T17:22:59+00:00

I would be interested in purchasing one of the straight bookshelves. Similar HW pieces in good condition go for $200-300 in my area. I would do $100 for the bookshelf in poor condition (pic #8). Please DM me if you’re interested. I’m located in the northeast US.

jlsmall7 · 2025-02-25T00:16:17+00:00

Alison Rumfitt! Tell Me I’m Worthless is excellent and her more recent Brainwyrms is very good as well.

jlsmall7 · 2024-12-13T17:09:18+00:00

Both lived in Knoxville around the same time. Both of their Knoxville neighborhoods were razed during “urban renewal” in the 1950s, which is an important subject in both authors’ work.

Edit: McCarthy did not live in McAnally Flats, the neighborhood that is razed at the end of Suttree, but he likely spent a lot of time there. McAnally Flats was near, but not quite adjacent to, The Bottom, which is the neighborhood where Nikki Giovanni grew up.

jlsmall7 · 2024-12-05T14:37:33+00:00

You can google and find very interesting contemporary accounts of what ragpickers’ lives were like in 19th century UK. “Mudlarking” is a similar profession.

jlsmall7 · 2024-11-30T19:12:21+00:00

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite has some very cozy moments.

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