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  I want a solid-dish-soap holder that’s a cross between an ancient oil lamp and a ginger grater. Pottery, toothy interior to grip the soap, pouring spout for using soap-drips as liquid soap, and a handle so I don’t put my hands in the soap. Enough roughness on the underside to attach counter-protecting feet. Went looking, did not find, maybe a #pottery enthusiast or potter here makes one. Or could!

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  Sociology, not microbiology: “Diseases of despair differ from diseases of poverty because poverty itself is not the central factor. Groups of impoverished people with a sense that their lives or their children's lives will improve are not affected as much by diseases of despair. Instead, this affects people who have little reason to believe that the future will be better.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_of_despair @oheso@ieji.de @carrideen@c18.masto.host @RachelThornSub@famichiki.j...

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  I’m looking for a reference work on collecting small seeds. How early you can pick pods that shatter easily, tricks for containing seeds that you can’t pick pre shatter, how much a species? genus? is prone to inbreeding depression. book or Extension publication, preferably. My current best is _Creative Propagation_, Thompson. #gardening #botany #MarketGarden

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  How rich am I? Still eating last year’s dried plums While this year’s ripen. What wealth is sure? None; drought, fire, exhaustion, hurt Could still take the crop. #poetry #gardening

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  It’s like having a neighborhood as well as the global connection, and the health of the neighborhood depends on you and the neighbors. @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social

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  @oantolin@mathstodon.xyz And Dover Editions! "This is a permanent book". Just picked one off the shelf -- Introduction to Graph Theory -- it falls open about 3/4 of the way through where the four-color theorem is introduced. *I've* never gotten that far in that book. Treats in store!

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  How dense does wood need to be to be desirable to woodblock carvers? I have a length of plum trunk that grew in the shade and Ivy choked, so, very slowly. The rings look extremely fine and it’s surprisingly heavy to lift, especially for plum. 4” to 6” in diameter, so only small blocks. 3’ or 4’ long? Near #Everett and I could get it to #Seattle if it would definitely be useful. I’d like to chop/glue it into a crazy dense cutting board, but am not a woodworker - merely a vegetable chopper.

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  #Seattle area #vegetable and herb gardeners -- the second Tilth edible plant sale is a few weeks out. Mentioning it now for people who plan ahead; also they usually need volunteers and I met great people when I volunteered. NB, the May sale is INCREDIBLY BUSY and PARKING IS HARD but they are EXTREMELY ORGANIZED ABOUT IT. Go with a friend and treat it like a fun hang, is my advice. https://tilthalliance.org/event/may-edible-plant-sale/ Volunteering: https://tilthalliance.org/get-involved/...

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  I think of the fediverses,not a single fediverse. Seeing all the living things and loving them together is one of the most important fediverses. @Jgbird

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  A black spot in the middle of a chitting potato. Dont plant? Any of the variety? Any of the delivery? #GrowOwnFood #VegetableGarden