With monsoon in swing (well not really, we're I'm at we've had exactly 3, 5 minute rainfalls. Far more dust storms than anything) and it being August now im looking towards what I'll be growing for fall/winter this yr.
So far ive cleaned out the garden and plan on picking up new manure to top off the established beds soon.
Started doing checks and fixes on temp fence as well as checking my lines. (One busted, pictured below)
Selected some plant varieties, For this upcoming season.
As well I'm looking into how many I need per person, some use/storage methods and planning adjustments to future recipes to accomodate for what's grown.
Started cleaning out the floral bed to toss herbs and edible/medicinal flowers and pollinater attractors in since the heat killed off much flowers this year and the frass took over. Debating on if I will dig up all the tubers, roots and corms to redistribute along the bed differently or just leave them.
The sweet potato vine has gone mad-lad recently. Soon I will pick leaves and vines and try a few recipes out :) I'm hoping they will be as delicious as a sweet potatoes. If so they'll be a perma grow item on my journey of sustainability as I have literally planted, set up a sprinkler and just let it go all on its own.
With the storms going on one of the long term tarps peeled back, for those who saw what I started with this is what it looks like beneath now!
Unfortunatly, I'm not likely to be rid of this grass forever anytime soon as even just tiny bits of it can cause infestation. Part of why for the beds we dug down, tarped/paper/cardboard lined the beds and refilled with entirely new soil material. With cool weather in the future I want to attempt to dig up a few more beds for both household eating and hopefully to trade with a few of the neighbours for some of their produce :)
I'm also going to try my hand at making curtains for around the house this week. The ones at store don't have anything cotton, hemp or otherwise not full of plastic or cute patterns :( plus I've some fabrics I bout for quilting/attempt at clothes making on discount that I've since realised I won't get to using for some reason or another so for now, curtains they will become :)
Short update this week~ I hope everyone is able to get into their garden/farm this week, or able to work on their sustainable, low waste or eco journeys!
🌱☘️Happy homesteading and a great week to all! ☘️🌱
Eat actual food! Freezer meals, sure! Fruit, definitely! Vegetables, yeah! Meat, totally! That random bag of beef jerky you just found between the couch that you don’t remember buying?.. okay maybe not that.
Either way! Eat something! Water may be important but it does not count as food either! Don’t drink water to handle your hunger!
Strongly recommend making yourself blueberry pancakes and piling blueberry jam and whipped cream on top of them. You can do this at any time of day - breakfast, dinner, who cares? It won’t cure depression, but it is fun and tasty and you made them yourself, way to go! Enjoy. 🫐🥞
If your story is just aesthetics, then that's okay! I have been dying to read a very vibey story since the beginning of time get me the link and I will read your aesthetic story. I will EAT your story I will devour it so remember that there's millions of people in the world and there WILL be a person who wants to read the plotless stirred soup story you have made so you have every right to write it.
I’m really proud of myself for cleaning and meal prepping during this crazy holiday season. Asparagus, brussies, onion and garlic tossed in olive oil and spices w a baked potato. Have to cook up protein tomorrow but I’m not letting that kill my mood about it. The garlic is perfectly roasted and Mashable so I’m having fun squishing it into my baked potato :)
i keep gol dang forgetting to make updates about Things
whoopsie!! hello!! you may remember me, from Internet! I've been very busy lately, with things that Aren't Internet! it's probably gonna be another 2-ish weeks or more (depending on how good or bad my finals prep type stuff goes) before I'm back on here streaming and drawing in full force! this is a little bit sad for me because I both miss my friends and streaming with 'em, and because Haha Uh Oh That's One Income Source Down!! but, I will return...
more specific details if you're interested!
if you currently have an in-progress commission with me, I'm working on them whenever time allows! I hope to finish them soon! If you submitted an interest form (which you can do here!) or otherwise talked to me about a commission, I'll be getting back to you as soon as my schedule opens up!
Jay, the hero of my life, has been uploading things on my VODs channel! (everybody say thank you Jay RIGHT NOW.) You can go watch a lot of my cool old streams there, including a bunch of the Luigi's Mansion and PMD vods, some cool one-offs like Smile for Me and Making Guys In Spore, and perhaps most importantly of all, Putt Putt Stream
If you like what I do and have the means to help to support me Not Going Into Even More Debt while I'm not streaming, you can drop me a couple bucks on ko-fi (if you pay $9 or more and leave a request in the comment I'll do a rough ink drawing for you as thanks!) or contribute to various home goods & niceries on my throne! Never required, never mandatory, always appreciated!!
a few Big Things I've been working on to come in the next couple months. please stay tuned :)
Like the strawhats keep commenting that Ace is so polite and restrained compared to Luffy but like. This dude drags himself out of the ocean just to thank them for looking after his brother and offer to help wash dishes. Mans asks "Are these guys bothering you?" and proceeds to blow up an entire fleet with his bare hands. He trips over himself to make sure all of Luffy's crew likes him and no, really, you don't mind that he's a weirdo???? That we, I mean he, are feral little insane guys who take up space and emotional labor and are kind hard to handle? Really???? Cool cool cool hey just a reminder I can help out with anything that needs doing. I got lost in the desert but donnut worry in the 0.6 seconds since you last saw me I have somehow acquired water and provisions for several weeks. Don't ask me how!