I've got a normal compost bin going as well, but I'm trying the anaerobic method for the first time on this bucket. Just filled it up with invasive plants and water, added some leaf mold, put the top on and stuck it in a sunny spot. We'll see what happens!
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Not growing in my yard, fortunately, but I realized that the interesting looking shoots I had been seeing come up in the patch of woods on my way to work are actually japanese knotweed.
I know it's not going to kill the plant, but those shoots are pretty satisfying to kick over, they just go flying... between the knotweed and the garlic mustard I've got plenty of invasives to deal with if I ever feel like going on a plant murder rampage. I've already pulled up a 5 gallon bucket full of garlic mustard in my yard which I'm turning into a gardener's revenge liquid fertilizer.
My shelves were pretty crowded with the onion starts and I just waited a few days too long before rearranging things to make room. I thinkt eh bigger issue now is poor soil, though, I'll need to top them off with compost, or honestly just plant them out sooner.
A fan is definitely something I'm missing - will have to set something up
Two 4x8 raised beds from reclaimed wood turned into two raised beds + 4 ground beds when we had some leftover compost... the extra beds will probably be purely experimental / chaos gardens, gonna throw some nitrogen fixers like chickpeas in and see what happens.
Most of my summer vegetable starts have germinated, which is exciting, though I think I'll need to replant the brassicas because they got leggy and the old soil I put them in wasn't great... the pumpkin seedlings look great though!
Next step is to finish the anti-rabbit fence and finally plant out my onions.
It's been kinda depressing to learn how many of the plants in my lawn are Eurasian invasives, but at least I'll get to make lots of garlic mustard pesto!
VCV rack is awesome, if not the easiest to start from scratch with. For those who haven't heard of it, it's basically a virtual modular analog synthesizer. You can build your own sound generating machines out of a huge selection of modules, including oscillators, filters, sequencers, etc. Some of the modules are based on real hardware modules that you can buy, but there's a huge variety.
It's fun to play around with, but if you're new to modular synthesis then I recommend limiting your module selection to just the built-in ones to start because the full selection is pretty overwhelming if you don't know a VFO from an ADSR evelope generator.
This is a great presentation, thanks for the link!