quercus
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Nice! It took me a couple tries too, but I got one soon after a big storm uprooted a bunch of trees.
quercus@slrpnk.netMto Food@slrpnk.net•what are your favorite ways to prepare tofu?English2·14 days agoTofu ricotta, scramble, and fried hard cubes used like croutons.
As soon as I saw the purple, I knew where this belonged lol.
Found it linked on a page about poetic faiths.
quercus@slrpnk.netMto Food@slrpnk.net•‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard ofEnglish3·3 months agoThe varieties they grow:
https://todolicitrusfundacio.org/en/the-citrus-collection/varietal-groups/
This list includes varieties of Citrons, Mandarins, Pummelos, Lemons, Limes, Bitter Oranges, Sweet Oranges, Grapefruits, Kumquats, Papayas, Australian Limes and citrus related varieties, including some hybrids.
quercus@slrpnk.netMto No Lawns@slrpnk.net•Beautiful "messy" yards as they should beEnglish4·3 months agoFor wildlife gardens with native plants, leaving the stems is best practice if not in a fire prone area. From the National Wildlife Federation:
Leave seed heads and flower stalks. Like fallen leaves, the stems and seed heads of perennials can be essential habitat for insects—especially some overwintering native bees—long after flowers have faded, says Mizejewski. Come spring, “cut the stems down to 10 or 12 inches, and native bees will nest inside.” If you prune back shrubs such as forsythia or blackberry, whose stems have hollow or pithy cores, bundle those on your property for more bee nesting sites, says Cane. Mizejewski points to an added bonus of saving seed heads until spring: “They will attract goldfinches, chickadees and other songbirds you can enjoy watching all winter.”
There is nothing that stands out to me as unmaintained, only not maintained in the way people are used to. During spring cleanup and throughout the growing season, invasive species can be removed (and many tend to stick out in the winter as well).
Awesome, I’ll add you now!
quercus@slrpnk.netto Meta (slrpnk.net)@slrpnk.net•SLRPNK Community Discussion - December 2025English0·4 months ago!food@slrpnk.net is looking for additional mods! First-timers welcome.
If you’re interested, comment on this post.
Become a 🌻 Social Justice Druid 🌿
quercus@slrpnk.netOPMto No Lawns@slrpnk.net•[How to] KILL YOUR LAWN — Crime Pays But Botany Doesn'tEnglish11·7 months agoHappy to spread the gospel 🙏 I’m surprised it wasn’t already posted here!
quercus@slrpnk.netto Podcasts@slrpnk.net•If You Watch This, You Are Gay LMAO - Party GirlsEnglish4·7 months ago🥳 I was hoping they’d get on the fediverse after being booted off youtube.
quercus@slrpnk.netOPMto No Lawns@slrpnk.net•Food Not Lawns: the official site for the international movement of folks who want to grow Food Not Lawns!English0·9 months agoMaryland passed a bill doing just that:
quercus@slrpnk.netto Lunarpunk@slrpnk.net•Saw the URL for a Lunarpunk blog on Reddit and wanted to share here too0·10 months agoCool find 🌛 Looks like they’re accepting submissions for the next issue until end of August.
quercus@slrpnk.netOPMto No Lawns@slrpnk.net•re:wild your campus webinar with Less Lawn More Life!English0·10 months agoAwesome! Sometimes all neighbors need is to see it in action, to not be the first on the block. Like it gives people permission in a way 😊
quercus@slrpnk.netto WomensStuff@lazysoci.al•New Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriously19·11 months agoSame, had one inserted over a decade ago. No one said anything about pain medication. Drove myself home and felt every imperfection in the road. About a week of severe cramping.
Went for the follow up and the gyno adjusted its position without warning. When I cried out, she told me the pain would subside in a few days. It didn’t, so I got it removed a month later.
Glad to see the tides are changing 🙌
quercus@slrpnk.netto Vegan@vegantheoryclub.org•Statement on "Negative Utilitarianism," "Efilism," and "Antinatalism,"English3·11 months agoThese, or their cousin “we could lose a few billion people,” pop up on my instance from time to time. I’m not amenable to either, but I do understand the feelings of grief behind them. Myself, I adopted a secular practice in order to stay grounded, because it’s easy to fall into the pit… comment sections with debate lords proclaiming why whatever is futile, people raging and posturing or possessed by long dead philosophers, all while the machine gobbles up the world. Soul crushing.
Grief and its companions fear, anger, despair, are blinding and consume the larger liberatory project. The sense of powerlessness these states foster breeds the need to control, and it’s easier than people want to admit to slip. I feel similarly about the tendency to dehumanize. I always try to be empathetic, reminding myself that those thoughts once crossed my mind, the visceral frustration I once felt, but it’s disheartening.
quercus@slrpnk.nettoBotany@mander.xyz•Atlanta, Georgia : Sunny Balls and Granite Outcrops2·11 months agoI’m going to think of a live, laugh, love sign when I pull privet now 😂
I’m with you, but I do stress the optimistic and hopeful part given the utopian nature of the solarpunk movement. I’m not talking about toxic positivity, that’s gross lol and leads to inaction. Moreso on replicable activities, collaboration, brainstorming, sharing successes, not dehumanizing others, and rejecting despair.
A lot of your posts are in line with what I mean about keeping the focus, like those about biodiversity loss and deforestation. Definitely not saying that’s all that fits here or all this place should be, but those do fit more than what feels like advertisements.
Maybe it’s because I’d like to see each vegan community on the fediverse have their own flavor… Like blahaj highlighting the intersections of queer and animal liberation, or lifting up queer activists. Or .ml discussing veganism through a communist lens, .ca focusing on Canadian concerns and movements. Right now, it feels so homogeneous.
Thank you for the last bit 😂 Killing your lawn is vegan!
Given the nature of the fediverse, bringing this community more in line with the Solarpunk instance:
A place for hopeful vegans and curious folk, focused on the climate crisis.
Solarpunk is an anti-capitalist movement against the status quo. Apolitical means status quo. Capitalism will not bring about liberation for any earthling, nor will the NGOs who do the bidding for the state. We can’t rely on our institutions. We need a grassroots movement from below.
More discussions about activism and community organizing. Posts about art, music, and creative works. Optimistic or thought-provoking essays aligned with Solarpunk values. Zero waste recipes or DIY dupes. Projects we can support or take to our own communities. News about everyday people working towards a better world.
Less about corporate offerings, consumption, and processed foods wrapped in plastic. Less inflammatory missionary work, less debate bros, and less worrying about scaring off conservatives.
There are numerous vegan communities across the fediverse on generalist instances more in line with the mainstream movement, let it be those who get that type of activity. Or in the discussion community which could use some love: !discusswithvegans@slrpnk.net
quercus@slrpnk.netto Gardening@vegantheoryclub.org•New perennials we are trying out this yearEnglish2·11 months agoAwesome choices 😍 Prickly pear is my absolute favorite. Gorgeous flowers, but weeding around them is tricky. I’m a few years in with them and have some glochids in my fingers right now lol.
Sea oats are beautiful, too. I have a patch in sandy soil in partial sun and another in clay in full blazing sun, mid-Atlantic 7b. Love watching the seed stalks sway in the breeze.
Huh? https://storyseedlibrary.org/art/commando-jugendstil-panel-and-tomorrow-sunrise/