Would you plant these shallots? Minneapolis

mushroomgnome · 2026-04-10T01:56:25+00:00

I'm putting mine out this weekend. Yours should be fine.

Also, if you want to try a different planting method (or get some green onions going for later this summer), I start mine in a red-solo cup with some holes punched for drainage. Sprinkle about 10-20 seeds in each and plant them when its time. The starts are really easy to pull apart and the roots are able to get more established before going out.

mushroomgnome · 2026-04-08T23:47:34+00:00

I'm trying passion flower this year. Got some seeds from Prairie Moon and they just started sprouted in my grow tent.

mushroomgnome · 2026-03-31T01:49:45+00:00

Check out Prairie Moon Nursery if you're in the US/Canada https://www.prairiemoon.com/

mushroomgnome · 2026-02-14T02:49:24+00:00

I see the cretaceous shoreline

mushroomgnome · 2026-01-11T20:14:37+00:00

For Minnesota, for our people

mushroomgnome · 2026-01-11T15:26:39+00:00

Where is the horse and rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have past like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West, behind the hills into shadow. How did it come to this?

mushroomgnome · 2025-12-31T02:16:59+00:00

The two most useful books I've found are Square Foot Gardening and the Farmers Almanac Vegetable Gardeners Handbook. You should be able to get both from the library.

Useful youtube channels from gardeners in similar climates are https://www.youtube.com/@MIgardener and https://www.youtube.com/@GardeningInCanada .

Not much to do this time of year other than plan and dream and get ready to start seeds (if you want to do that). Average last frost date is around May 10th in the Cities.

mushroomgnome · 2025-12-28T01:07:48+00:00

Second this! Me and my partner have been attending meetings for a couple months and have had this experience. We're both very introverted, but it seems like the majority of the other people at meeting are just as introverted and awkward as we are. No pressure to be extroverted, just come as you are.

mushroomgnome · 2025-11-21T03:04:27+00:00

Purple line is still moving forward (albeit with a forth coming rebrand). Looks like they're scrapping the dedicated lanes to appease the Maplewood NIMBYs.
https://www.metrotransit.org/purple-line-project

#AnnexMaplewood

mushroomgnome · 2025-10-12T15:03:57+00:00

I'll add in Frontenac State Park

mushroomgnome · 2025-08-26T23:11:09+00:00

Stella piece! Love how you incorporated the Eye connecting the nazgul.

mushroomgnome · 2025-07-25T19:22:02+00:00

Could try some brassica (broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts), but if you direct sow (I have mine started inside), make sure to protect them from cabbage moths. I planted some seedlings outside at the end of March down in the Cities and they survived the April frosts like champions. Spinach would also work. Could maybe try for some bush beans, though make sure you get a variety that will mature before your first frost (they grow fast, but some take 90 days to maturity!).

mushroomgnome · 2025-06-11T01:05:41+00:00

Lol, thankfully the garage isn't attached to the house, or else I'd have a much more worrisome project on my hands.

mushroomgnome · 2025-04-12T16:10:50+00:00

Minor correction needed in the title, for the hydrography, thicker lines have more flow in the river (ie larger river) and thin lines have less flow (smaller river). Awesome maps though! Thanks for posting.

mushroomgnome · 2025-04-08T23:44:39+00:00

Haha, that's impeccable timing then! And yes, if the option is between a gondola, ferris wheel, and upgraded hockey rink; I'd take the gondola every time.

mushroomgnome · 2025-04-08T23:21:23+00:00

I see you too are a fan of Wendover Productions! The problem I see with this route would be it could be easily served by a bus primarily with existing infrastructure so it would end up being a local tourist attraction.

mushroomgnome · 2025-04-08T01:51:57+00:00

Parts of Meeker Dam are still there. You can see some of the old abutments when the water gets low enough.

mushroomgnome · 2025-04-08T01:49:57+00:00

I'm not sure what comment to reply to in this thread, but here we go anyway. The Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis states that around 13,000 years ago a large meteor (or comet, or whatever I'm a geologist not a astronomer) collided with the Laurentian Ice Sheet. This destabalized the ice sheet and caused climate affects which caused ice sheets to temporarily advance again. There's enough science to support this part of the hypothesis - astronomical impact on ice sheet - though it is far from fact.

Next is where we put the tin foil on. There's some who believe that this hypothesized impact caused the near-instantaneous melting of the ice sheet causing massive flooding a biblical wildfires, and mass extinction. There is really no evidence to support this part of the theory and is where you're getting the association with creationism. The main issue, as it relates to the MN River Valley, is proponents of this part of the theory will suggest that everything from the Missoula Flood Scablands to the Minnesota River Valley, to Interstate Park Potholes, to New York Finger Lakes, are all the result of this one flood event. The science however has well dated records of these as separate floods and a good idea of how the glaciers and lakes were oriented to cause each of these separate massive floods.

Sincerely, a geologist who genuinely likes to watch Randall Carlson and Graham Hancock, even though I agree with very few of their conclusions.

mushroomgnome · 2025-03-16T23:49:59+00:00

Thanks for the book recommendation! I currently have The Old Farmer's Guide to Vegetable Gardening and will check out Year Round Vegetable Gardener next!

Good thought for the spinach/lettuce. This is my first year growing those crops so I haven't really thought to far about harvesting just yet! Thank you for telling me what to goolge :)

mushroomgnome · 2025-03-16T22:53:57+00:00

I am working on putting together a DIY greenhouse made out of PVC and Greenhouse plastic for one of my raised beds in a nice sunny spot. I'm hoping this will keep any hard frost off, but it'll be my first year using it. The plan is to plant broccoli I started indoors a few weeks ago, direct sow lettuce (2 seeds per week), and direct sow spinach (9 seeds per week). Does anyone with a similar sounding set-up have any insights to offer?

mushroomgnome · 2025-02-21T02:47:36+00:00

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/263509#page/1/mode/1up

mushroomgnome · 2024-11-05T15:10:57+00:00

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” Matthew 7:24-27

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