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teacamelpyramid t1_j9avac8 wrote

I went through my seed stash and put them into a spreadsheet and I’m up to 150 different kinds. I’ll probably plant about 70 varieties(10 tomatoes, 10 cucumbers, 10 kinds of peppers, 15 kinds of herbs, 10 kinds of flowers, the rest will be random vegetables). I usually just keep 1-3 of each for myself and have additional plant starts that I give away at the Magee community center or adopt out to friends.

If anyone wants some plant starts comment below about what you like and I’ll try to plant extra to share.

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[deleted] t1_j9aol1w wrote

Rents are going up like in most of the country but if you like the area enough to buy a house here at some point you can get in really good neighborhoods for a significantly lower cost than you could in comparable neighborhoods in other major cities

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simple_syrup t1_j9amtk6 wrote

I grew loofa two or 3 years ago (the Guerilla garden nearby grew them last year and unfortunately did no research). Our season is just about too short for the necessary process (then drying out on the stalk), though I was able to pull it off and netted about 10 good loofah. I’m a soso gardener and like experimenting but my loofah project was able to succeed due to my experience with cucumbers and existing equipment for other garden projects. I don’t think I would’ve been able to pull it off semi successfully without doing extensive research - and I did most of mine on the internet .

My novice tips from experience:

(1) Start germination early inside - heating pads and automatic lighting helps. I think I started them some number of weeks before the frost. (Aka: start yesterday, lol)

(2) You’ll (probably) need only one plant. If your plant is happy it will be a prolific producer and you won’t need two plants. You can eat the young ones, and prepare to do so, as not all of them will make it to size for their fibers.

(3) If you do end up with multiple plants (hell, it was a struggle with the one plant I had) make sure you have adequate support for them! My neighbor who tried growing them last year is a seasoned urban gardener but the trellis he had was not strong enough to support his two plants.

(4) The season is too short here - so I had to quickly utilize the garlic curing/drying racks, our sunroom, and two fans to dry out the 20 or so that were big and seemingly fiberous enough too make it through to the end.

*Excuse any weird formatting & typos as this was typed up on my phone.

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StupidOldAndFat t1_j9alrq7 wrote

Car salesman here. Not gonna make a recommendation, because I’m clearly biased. Values are dropping but interest rates are climbing. Are you looking for a sub-$10k cash purchase or 2-3 year old with low miles? The sub 10k market is rough. Mostly 10+year old or well over 100k miles. If you’re going that route, Toyota or Honda. Later 2-3 year old car, buy Certified. To your actual question - Research dealers as well as cars. Dealerrater is a nice resource for reviews. I have had customers come to me specifically because of my ratings.

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RemindMeBot t1_j9alfwx wrote

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