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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Well if you want to really help pollinators putting in a little more care than zero will pay big dividends.

    I’d say build or buy a planter, 4’ ish or smaller, lug some good dirt up, and use an ollas in the center. An ollas is an unglazed terracotta pot that you bury in the centerof the planter with the spout sticking above the dirt. then fill with water once or twice a week or so and the water slowly leeches out and waters the planter.

    Pick out any plant that flowers that you like thats labeled as a perrenial and full sun. Some will be labeled as pollinator friendly. But the bees in my area go nuts for anything, cucumber pepper I had a hummer go for bell pepper flowers once.

    Get like 4-6 plants for a 4’ planter, depending on how big they get. Plant em. Water em real good for two weeks to get the roots established. Like every day water em for two weeks. Then you can go to using just the ollas every so offen and some extra water in heat waves. After 4-6 months sprinkle in some fertilizer to help keep the nutrients in the soil good.

    Over winter, take the ollas out to avoid a freeze. Put back in spring. Probably a 2L ollas or small is all you need.

    If you really can’t be bothered, try hardy hens and chicks. They are small plants that come in lots of variety and make small baby plants. You can pinch off a baby plant and stick it in a random rockwall and it will probably survive. They aren’t gonna help a pollinator though, more ornamental. Or get into cactuses.








  • I saved someone’s life in the back woods while backpacking.

    We tried to cross a water crossing we should NOT have tried to cross, whitewater and way too fast. A few folks came down the other side of the trail and we eventually rigged our bear ropes into a hand hold across the river, maybe 40’ wide. Took about 10min to cross and I almost got swept away. First one from their group to cross got stuck, lost her footing, and was holding onto the rope with like 3 fingers. I rushed out and grabbed her pack. Not sure how I got back there so quick but hauld her back up and helped the rest cross. When I got back to the other side my legs were cut TF up from the rocks.

    I dont cross white water now.