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[nanslice]

Sunday we drove to Portland and back (from Seattle) because One Green World was holding a little event to pick out your tree root stock and then pick out what kind of tree it gets grafted onto it. It was a three hour drive (one way) and absolutely soggy (we're under a flood watch) but so much fun. Grafted trees, we got two pear and one peach. But! It was the last few hours of the event so they gave away tree cuttings that you can try to get to root! So we also got multiples of two different kind of varieties of olives, a pomegranate, and a loquat. They're sitting in root hormone in the kitchen sink window. Fingers crossed for the little guys!



Today we worked on the garden beds, cleaning out blackberries and weeding. Should be time to plant some of the cool hardy veggies and flowers!



Lots of good, fertile dirt. <3

Rare Kink Buffet 2025 is happening! I love this kind of challenge so much! It's not an exchange, so I'm not letting anyone down; just picking up prompts that I think might be fun to make. I've claimed nine so far. :D

I have art to share but it's very NSFW so I won't add it to this post. I'll save it for the next one! :3

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[hokuton_punch]

May everything grow well (but not to excess)! ♥

[nanslice]

Thank you! I'm planning on keeping a friend well-stocked with veggies as well, so hopefully everything goes well. :D

[delphi]

Oh wow, what a cool event! (By which I mean both the Rare Kink Buffet and the tree grafting.)

[nanslice]

Haha, yes! Two very different but still very cool events. :D I really like when offline life and online life sync up for good times. <3

[adafrog]

Cool!

[nanslice]

It very much was! <3

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Sunday we drove to Portland and back (from Seattle) because One Green World was holding a little event to pick out your tree root stock and then pick out what kind of tree it gets grafted onto it.<<

That is so exciting! I would love something like that.

>>Today we worked on the garden beds, cleaning out blackberries and weeding. Should be time to plant some of the cool hardy veggies and flowers!<<

This year I'm potting up wildflower seeds early so they can sit outside and sprout whenever they feel like it. Pots can be worked far earlier than the ground -- if I keep the potting soil indoors so it doesn't freeze solid.

Re: Yay!

[nanslice]

This year I'm potting up wildflower seeds early so they can sit outside and sprout whenever they feel like it. Pots can be worked far earlier than the ground -- if I keep the potting soil indoors so it doesn't freeze solid.

I have lily bulbs from a few years ago potted on the back patio. It doesn't get cold enough here to freeze the ground so they get to hang out back there. There's also some potted mints of various kinds that have self-seeded and coming back. :D

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have some potted pinks that resprout. :D Also several pots that reseed the same things each year, including violas and marigolds.

[lassarina]

Dirt! Plants! Heck yeah! \o/

[nanslice]

Someone told me that there's an enzyme or something in dirt that triggers the release of serotonin. I don't know if that's true or not but I like the idea. XD

[lassarina]

You know, I would believe it.