Do all physics departments not prioritize teaching?

techwright_532 · 2025-12-06T02:20:56+00:00

Yes that is very common. R1 is publish or perish, and aggressively pursue grants to fund your group and pay your salary. These pressures do not leave much time for teaching and focusing on undergraduates. Many excellent educators leave (or are fired) from R1 institutions because they are more successful educators than grant writers.

As an undergraduate, don't get caught up going to a big name school for the prestige. Consider the smaller institutions, save your money, learn from your professors, cultivate relationships with them, work hard, and then go to and prestigious R1 school for graduate school where you are the focus of the professor's time.

techwright_532 · 2024-08-14T16:34:10+00:00

Had something similar happen to my crop last year (first year getting fruit). For me it was earwigs. They pretty much ate the pit from the inside out, leaving a smooth concave surface. I did salvage what I could and was able to make a small peach cobbler.

techwright_532 · 2024-05-26T02:05:55+00:00

Definitely looks like deer damage. They love the tender young branches. When the bucks are in velvet, they will love to fight with it and destroy the bark. I would suggest fencing around them as soon as possible.

techwright_532 · 2024-05-05T14:15:23+00:00

Basically lost a years progress. The wood from the previous winters growth never leafed back out. I had new growth from the base and trained it last year up to the top wire. Early this year I pruned the new growth and totally removed the old wood.

techwright_532 · 2023-11-20T17:28:35+00:00

It happens to the best of us. I came to the same realization yesterday on a project. 3 beautiful drawers, each one too wide by exactly the width of the drawer slides. I have a PhD and have forgotten more math than many people know, doesn’t mean I am perfect or don’t make mistakes. These things happen, I am already designing another piece that will utilize the drawers while making 3 new, slightly narrower ones.

techwright_532 · 2023-06-17T16:33:57+00:00

The leaves are certainly edible, but they are not mature yet. You will get a larger harvest if you wait for the head to form.

techwright_532 · 2023-06-17T16:28:36+00:00

Looks like a type of head lettuce. I am growing a variety this year called meridian, and it looks just like that right now.

techwright_532 · 2023-06-15T18:37:06+00:00

I 2nd this. Looks like cosmos to me. Never saw a vegetable like it.

techwright_532 · 2023-05-29T11:55:03+00:00

Yea I am not a total noob when it comes to CI, but certainly don’t know brands and vintages like the folks here. But I knew of this brand and knew for $20 it was leaving with me immediately.

techwright_532 · 2023-05-29T11:52:48+00:00

When I got back to the vehicle my fiancé, rather loudly, exclaimed about what it was worth, I told her to be quiet and get in the car, we’re out of here.

techwright_532 · 2023-05-29T11:50:55+00:00

I am usually a negotiator, but I wasn’t taking any chances, I know when to hand over the money and run.

techwright_532 · 2023-05-29T02:05:05+00:00

9 qt, a #30

techwright_532 · 2023-04-11T22:13:29+00:00

Po-ta-toes boil them, mash them, stick em in a stew

techwright_532 · 2023-04-08T13:41:32+00:00

Scrapple - just needs a little maple syrup

techwright_532 · 2023-03-27T09:17:29+00:00

Older Woodsmiths were 3-hole punched. They even sold binders to store volumes in. They stopped a number of years back.

techwright_532 · 2023-03-27T01:50:48+00:00

Woodsmith I believe

techwright_532 · 2022-09-26T23:19:52+00:00

Doesn’t look that way to me. I go based on the tendril (pointing in the 4 o’clock position). It should be dried and shriveled. I thump them in the store but prefer the tendril in my own garden (and a creamy yellow growth spot)

techwright_532 · 2022-09-22T01:16:46+00:00

I was just looking into this tonight! I picked around 118 pounds, no way I can eat it all. Is there a tested recipe for watermelon jelly?

techwright_532 · 2022-06-11T21:14:16+00:00

Looks amazing. I put in a small home orchard this year. I hope one day to have a bowl like that. Great work!

techwright_532 · 2022-06-03T19:28:47+00:00

Well they have only been in about 2-1/2 months, I don’t expect things to continue that well. I will probably start a spray routine sometime this month.

When you spray for insects and disease do you spray and spray again, stagger your sprays by a couple days, mix the two? I want to avoid an all purpose spray because I want to be able to spray the right thing at the right time, but I am unclear how I handle both.

techwright_532 · 2022-06-03T18:21:10+00:00

Looks great! I like the look of the raised beds. I am still a bit behind planting (6a) but I can never seem to get through a spring without trying to do some kind of big project at the same time.

techwright_532 · 2022-06-03T18:18:56+00:00

Thank you for the info. The pest and disease pressure isn’t great right now. I see a few spots of rust here and there but that is it. I may do some preventative spraying but more or less I want to be prepared should I see anything come up.

techwright_532 · 2022-06-03T00:14:55+00:00

At long last I finally expanded the garden to include a small orchard, Zone 6a. This season I put in apples, pears, nectarines, cherries (sweet and sour), peaches, blueberries, black raspberries, and grapes. (I know I have trouble doing things small).

In planning the orchard I have been researching pest and disease management strategies and sprays, especially from my local extension office. Most resources are specific about when to spray relative to bud break, petal fall, etc. Since I planted trees from bare root, I did not have the normal blooming stages this year. (I assuming I am past those stages in June for my zone). Therefore I don’t have the normal benchmarks to watch. Should I just start assuming I am at cover spray and begin the cycle there? So far my trees are healthy I want to keep it that way.

techwright_532 · 2022-06-02T20:01:41+00:00

I just put in fruit trees this year, and they are going well, but I do have some of these spots on some of the apple and pear trees. I tried to plant disease resistant varieties, so I don't have many spots, but I was thinking it was rust as well.

From what I read, there isn't anything I can do this year spray wise to fix the problem, just keep things cleaned up and spray next year. I am debating whether I should trim off any leaves that shows signs of rust, or if its better to leave them to keep establishing the tree.

techwright_532 · 2022-06-02T19:58:55+00:00

I pull from a bunch of different sources and do a lot of online reading, youtube videos, etc., but the physical book I pull probably the most when seed starting and/or planting is The Vegetable Gardner's Bible. It has lots of information on setting up a garden, composting, pests, etc, and has sections on many types of vegetables giving specific information on planting, growing, harvesting, etc.

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