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Richard Rollinson

At last! Planting of the sweetcorn has begun, now that there is space on the greenhouse bench again. As always 5 seeds per pot, 33 pots per 40 foot row. Plants will be set in to the ground in about 2 weeks when they are well sprouted and have a good root system. Then we will start the "second" planting and eventually a "third". My toots from last May and June probably have more detailed info.
#BeetBear
#SweetCorn
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#zone6b
@gardening

View looking directly down on a 4 inch/100mm plastic pot filled with potting mix and having 5 corn seeds spaced out evenly waiting to be covered for germination.
Three plant trays containing a total of 33 pots (4 inch/100mm) The pots are filled with potting mix and contain 5 corn seeds each, covered with about 1/2 inch (12mm) of soil. All are sitting on a greenhouse bench waiting to germinate.
A ten inch tall (25cm), light brown teddy bear in green overalls sits looking directly at the camera. His name is BeetBear. He is holding a beet in his right paw. There is a bunch of beets embroidered on the bib of his overalls. He is holding a small rake on his right arm. He is looking out over 3 dozen 4 inch/100mm plastic pots filled with potting mix and each having 5 corn seeds on top, waiting to be covered for germination.
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webcubus

My April dive recap is live! It was a very shrimpy month, with European rock shrimp and zebra lebbid shrimp stealing the show but excellent nudibranch diversity as well. I used my 30mm macro lens for the first two dives and the 60mm macro lens on the third dive. Enjoy the pictures!

blog.briangweber.com/2025-apri

Brian G Weber PhotographyMy April Underwater🚀 Photographer of the sea and sky, occasionally the land.
#newengland#NewHampshire#Massachusetts
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CLM

Early on in my #HistoryTeacher timeline
I had reason to spend time in Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver, #Colorado

#APWorld grading & #NCTA learning about the world thru Asia's lens. I loved the #ColoradoState campus in #FortCollins

Huge planters and beds filled with #ColumbineFlowers
At the time, i did not know such a magical flower existed!! Or that there was a #NewEngland variety

Just lovely memories standing in my garden tonight with these blues and reds

Red upside down flowers with pointy tips catching sunlight
Similar image but red and purple blooms, haning upside down with tops pointed upward
#Gardening
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Richard Rollinson

Well, we could wait no longer. The 10-day weather forecast looks moderately favorable and I need the greenhouse space so the 26 tomato plants went in to the ground today. The peppers and eggplant will follow soon, as soon as I get the energy. Sometime in the next 2 days. Mulching later. While I was planting the tomatoes, #BeetBear took care of planting the pole beans (Kentucky Blue Standard Cruiser). Now we trust in the forecast!😀
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#zone6b
@gardening

A ten inch tall (25cm), light brown teddy bear in green overalls sits looking directly at the camera. His name is BeetBear. He is holding a beet in his right paw. He has a shovel in his left paw. There is a bunch of beets embroidered on the bib of his overalls. He is at the far end of a 12 foot/ 3.5m row of freshly planted bean seeds. The seeds are not yet covered and can be seen as pink dots all along the shallow trench in the ground under the trellis.
A ten inch tall (25cm), light brown teddy bear in green overalls sits looking directly at the camera. His name is BeetBear. He is holding a beet in his right paw. There is a bunch of beets embroidered on the bib of his overalls. In his lab is a white paper seed packet for Kentucky Blue pole beans type Standard Cruiser. He has a small shovel tucked in to his overalls.
Two 40 foot/12m rows of tomato plants in a garden bed. There are 26 plants each plant has a stake and a wire cage for support. In the background is the neighbor's derelict swimming pool, now home to millions of mosquitoes.
A 40 foot/12m garden row containing 13 tomato plants. Each plant has a tall pipe next to it for support. On top of each pipe is an empty plastic pot that the plants just came out of. Background shows several apple trees in a grassy area. Some houses in the distance on the right. Bright sunshine.
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Richard Rollinson

Finally got the fleece over the cabbages, but wrestling 15 ft/4.5m of fabric on a windy day by myself was no fun. It's ALWAYS windy here so it was challenging.Hope it holds up.Got the trellis in for the beans & it looks like the soil might finally be warm enough to sow the seeds. We've declared TOMORROW is plant out the tomatoes day! I've gave a cart load of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant plants to the neighbors, so they'll be busy, too.
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#zone6b
@gardening

Closeup view of the display on a digital soil thermometer. Device is an ovoid shape and is yellow and green plastic with a metal probe out the bottom stuck in the ground. Display reads 69⁰ F/20.5⁰C and bottom of the display shows WET soil conditions.
A 15 foot/4.5m row of cabbage plants completely covered by white agricultural fleece. Row is extending away from viewer. Fleece is supported by an arch of wire fencing material and weighted down by metal fence posts on either side.
A 5 x 12 foot / 1.5 x 3.7m bean trellis made out of green metal fence posts lashed together to provide a frame. In the frame is fastened white plastic netting with 4 inch/10cm spacings. The whole frame is vertical in a garden row with bare soil showing underneath. In the background can be see part of a grey house and several apple trees in a grassy area. Overcast sky.
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Judy Anderson

New England has direct democracy for town government in many towns. Which means that anybody can go to town meeting where we decide on the budget and zoning laws and pretty much anything in the town. There are committees that figure out the important bits, and there's a board of selectmen and various other elected boards, but it's the people who actually get to decide.

It's a bit of a zoo. Because anybody can get up and object to something and make an amendment -- and they do! And then they object to the meeting moderator's call of the voice vote and make us all have a standing vote. But, it is still kind of cool, despite everything taking way longer than it ought to. We were there for five hours on Monday night and four hours on Tuesday night.

Of course, in some ways it's really "non-representative democracy", because a lot of people don't go, because it's not convenient for them to be awake until midnight (it wasn't really convenient for me, but I stayed anyway), or they just don't care enough to spend their evening sitting around the high school auditorium listening to people drone on about this or that planning board initiative.

#TownMeeting#NewEngland#localPolitics
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Richard Rollinson

Another nice, sunny and warm day. Got the onions weeded & cultivated & #BeetBear came out to inspect the beet plants. He pronounced them to be fine & then went to take a nap. One more chilly day tomorrow then we'll be setting out the tomatoes, etc. finally! Need to make space for the starting of the corn, cukes, squash, & zucchini. Beans need to go in to the ground, too. Chores are piling up. No mow May just happens here by default. 😀
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
@gardening

A 40 foot (12 meter) double row of onion plants (Ailsa Craig) freshly weeded and cultivated. Row stretches out directly away from the camera.
A ten inch tall (25cm), light brown teddy bear in green overalls sits lookingslightly to the right of the camera. His name is BeetBear. He is holding a beet in his right paw. There is a bunch of beets embroidered on the bib of his overalls. He is holding a garden rake in his left paw. Next to him is a row of beets that have been freshly weeded and cultivated.
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Ashley Marie
Gaahhh How has it taken me 6 springs to notice this tree blooms so beautifully?!?!?!?!?! In my driveway. My freaking driveway!

Lesson of the day, slow down and really, really take in your surroundings. We live in such an incredibly beautiful world! Right here. Exactly where we are!

#bloomscroll #bloomscrolling #treeblooms #flowers #spring #growth #NH #NewHampshire #NewEngland #northeast #Samsung #S25Ultra #pixelfed #fediverse #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography #photo #photography #amateurphotography
#amateurphotography
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knizer

#BostonWeekend 4/x
This week’s curated list comes from my reviewing various listservs, social media feeds, and bulletin boards.

Here’s some of the web sites i reviewed this week to bring you this thread:
bostonshows.org
cambridgeday.com/events-ahead/
calendar.mit.edu/group/wmbr_ra
wumb.org/calendar/
timeout.com/boston/things-to-d
bostonbikeevents.net
bostonmagazine.com/things-to-d
linktr.ee/bostonimprovcalendar
bostonglobe.com/2025/05/08/art
reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1
thebostoncalendar.com/events/8
thebostoncalendar.com/events/7
mailchi.mp/bostonartreview/wee
mailchi.mp/pleasurepie/may2025
Pride events: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

bostonshows.orgBoston Shows: Live Music ListingsConcert calendar for Greater Boston
#Boston#Massachusetts#MA
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Richard Rollinson

Thanks to @RobotDiver for giving me this tip on cabbage moth protection on the cabbages. The idea is that since they are territorial (haven't read up on that yet) they will avoid approaching areas where one individual is already present. I put two of these in a row of 12 cabbage plants and we'll see what happens. Nothing to loose, since I otherwise use no other precautions since I stopped using BT innoculant a few years ago. 😀
#gardening
#Allotment
#NewEngland
#Zone6b
@gardening

Close overhead view of a young cabbage plant in the ground. Nest to it is a plastic and paper silhouette of a cabbage white moth fastened to a wire support stuck in the ground.
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