I mean giving hormones to a young child is pretty far out there as far as I know. Its like letting a young child get tatted up with hot wheels and barbie dolls. They might regret it later so best not to let them.
I don't see the harm in a child deciding their gender and expressing themselves as their preferred gender without medical intervention. Live and let live.
Forcing a child to give birth however is cruel, unjust and potentially life threatening regardless of circumstance
Wow this app is also available for my Linux computer AND its open source according to their website. I'm in love!
I got a telescope for christmas that I took a break from for personal reasons but want to get back in it now that we are heading toward a less humid time of year.
Is there an app or blog that you use to keep track of these events? I feel like knowing when certain things are coming up will help me plan a little better.
I live in bortle 7 and I've learned from this spring that bortle 7 and 6 is not dark enough for certain targets with a 4 inch refractor lol. I have access to bortle 5 and 4 areas within an hour and 3 in just above an hour. I would just need to plan going out there in advance, if the weather cooperates.
Anyway, do you guys have any favorites? TIA!
I cannot drink anymore due to a medical condition. Tbh I don't think I really started having fun until I stopped
How did you get multiple pictures in this post? 😮
Basically the title. Despite being interested in plants as a teen and trying to germinate exotics under my first grow light, I didn't get into natives until much later...completely on accident.
I stopped growing anything for like 6 years. Climbed out of the hole I was in and felt the itch to watch a plant from seed the first year in mostly shade. I decided on a variety of impatiens and anise hyssop for the pollinators (pretty much randomly decided on this too, just because)
The impatiens didn't like it at all when I didn't water for 2 days and they died. But the hyssop didn't care at all. Over the course of summer I forgot about them a lot, they drooped some but never died in the summer heat in these containers. I was amazed. Some natives are built different!
When they started to flower it was really cool. But when I saw bees and butterflies buzzing those small plants...it just hit different. It really warmed my heart. I was amazed by how many bugs were attracted to otherwise small and unassuming plants. I was just hooked.
It wasn't long afterword that I dug a couple of small beds to experiment with other species. I've learned so much this year from the failures and successes of all this. It really feels like this is going to last a life time for me. Observing the relationships these plants have with their environment is endlessly fascinating. I wouldn't have it any other way!
I rent, so I got a limited space to work with. That said, I counted 12 bees buzzing my 3 anise hyssop plants (Two are 2 years old in the ground, 1 in a container from seed this year) and my (Monarda Citriodora) lemon bee balm! This is the most I have seen in my yard so far!
Walking conservation areas around here I've noticed they show extreme preference toward common milkweed and butterfly weed, and somewhat to nearby mountain mint. I have seen a few buzzing my salvia as well.
What other native species have you seen bees go crazy for?
This is a bit personal, but after I lost my job a couple years back. I was missing work because my newly diagnosed illness was getting worse. Got fired in the parking lot (over the phone) of the doctors office that prescribed me the medication that would allow me to go back...was scrolling reddit later that day and saw an article that insurance companies could start denying coverage based on google searches alone, internet searches are not protected by HIPAA. That kicked me right in the gut. I promptly started figuring out how to be more private in the digital space. Haven't looked back!