1970. How Is This Still Relevant? Fuck You, Supreme Court Reactionary Dickheads.

Beautiful photos. Looks like true happiness springing from your work and effort.

I learnt recently that a lot of women have not heard of mastitis.

I figured it could be nice to just share a little bit about my experiences. I had it twice with my first born which I was told ment I would likely get it again.

Mastitis starts due a blocked milk duct or nipple which makes you boob turn into a red hot rock! Causes a lot of pain and you feel like flu hit you you faster than ever before, fever and all the aches and pains in your joints.

Unfortunately the only way to unblock is to keep on working very hard to get the milk out of your incredibly sore breast. Heat is amazing to help you soften the hard lumps and massaging as you either breastfeed or pump. I used hot water bottles, showers and had Antibiotics are normally given if you get mastitis. I did actually use cabbage leaves the coolness was lovely and it actually helped with pain in my nipple and helped with engogment.

A few reasons can cause mastitis from misshapen milk ducts, pumping and not getting all the milk out each time and also engorgment. (Breast tissue overfills with milk)

Hats of to the women that just keep on going with breastfeeding, I have stopped but...my boys are happy and healthy so if you ever need/want to stop breastfeeding don’t beat yourself up!

https://uquiz.com/xq4jYC

I made a uquiz because I’m bored! I may update it eventually but here it is! Try it out and lemme know what you get 🥰

A little beginners help to herb collecting. part 1

I'm preparing to collect quite a lot of herbs this summer. this video is about how I plan on doing just so. This is vedeo 1. need to fugure out how to fuse v...

another 3 part wideo :)

Beautiful post.

I love the natural feeling and the sense of accomplishment felt when we as humans spread/plant life and give back to nature as was intended.

probably the thing I’ve done that’s closest to guerrilla gardening is planting a bunch of shit in my backyard and refusing to consult my landlord

I’m making it better. When I moved in it was nothing but a patch of hot dirt (rocky clay, to be precise) with three sad 4′x4′x6″ raised beds. After almost two years of gardening and “letting the weeds grow” the difference is astonishing.

At first my “weeds” really were weeds: nonnative and invasive plants. But it is the nature of these plants to grow on disturbed ground, so I let them, and as time passed, my “weeds” became unfamiliar to me. These had to be the native plants, I thought. I have yet to get confirmation on that but increased biodiversity is always a good thing. Plants want to grow and the fact that I let them, that I have allowed this, brings me endless joy.

I planted a tree and didn’t tell my landlord. The local electric company subsidizes trees because it’s in their interest to shade the city. (They don’t nearly have as many native trees as I would like but it’s something at least.) Presently my tree is but 5 ft tall. I will not benefit from its shade, but I planted it for the future. It will save electricity in the future, after I have likely moved away. When it is larger, birds will flit among its branches. Hummingbirds and bugs will sip at its flowers, they already do. Give me flowers now, and my tree has done so.

There are so many more birds in my back yard, and bugs too. Foliage increases the humidity, it is not as hot and dry as it once was. Of course, there is always so much further to go in my vision of a lush desert garden but I can sit at the bench I built and watch birds visit my feeder or the flowers and know I have made something that provides for myself and the world around me.

Homesteading tips!

Homesteading is rough and a lot of labour, but there is a lot of rewards that come from it, so here are some tips that can help you start and make it through.

Be realistic. Adapt to your place rather than adapt it to you. Start small and learn what best grows where you are.

Use what you have. Be resourceful. You don’t have to spend thousands or put yourself in debt in order to start. Selling some of what you get - eggs, for example, can help make your home life more sustainable. With that said, it can help to lower initial expense until you start generating a more disposable income - I recommend attempting to save by utilizing cold water rather than hot, taking advantage of solar energy and cutting down on non-necessities such as TV or AC. Look into using a clothesline to save energy and money and you can even make your own soap!

Be patient. When you first start out, it’s not going to look the same it does in your head, and that’s ok! Your hard work will pay off in time. It’s a slow process that requires patience, and this lifestyle is often unpredictable!

START A COMPOST ASAP! You can even begin a compost in an apartment building in your kitchen. Coffee grounds go great in them as well! Familiarize yourself with what can and cannot be composted before starting.

Freeze your eggs and build your own nesting boxes and brooding boxes if you have chickens. A great way to build nesting boxes is cutting up old buckets and filling them! Make sure to predator-proof always.

Speaking of animals, if you plan on keeping goats I recommend an electric fence if you can manage it. Goats need strong fences.

Begin making the most of weeds! You can use nettle to feed animals (and people) and dandelion has many uses as well.

Keep yourself prepared for emergencies like power outages!

Consider making your own drip irrigation system.

Educate yourself on the plants you are keeping and how to look out for plant disease.

Learn how to create and sharpen your own tools!

Learning how to dehydrate food and plants is important for preservation.

Prepare for winter ahead of time!

Sun spots in “white” light and prominences and “surface” in red H-alpha wavelength light.

For the suspots (group AR3007), the telescope was a 80 mm f6 refractor with a Herschel wedge, ND 3 and 540 nm continuum filter (8 nm bandwidth). Video camera uses Sony IMX290 monochrome sensor. Telescope mount was Takahashi EM200. For the two H-alpha photographs, a 40 mm Coronado etalon was used and the Herschel wedge was replaced with a BF10 diagonal. These images are the result of processing the best frames from three 1000 frame 8-bit video sequences using Autostakkert!3 and Registax 6 software. Some further processing in Gimp.