#additives for sustainability

[thestudentfarmer]

Anyone else enjoy thrifting and thrift shopping?

It's one of my favorite ways of keeping stuff out of the garbage heap.

And Sometimes you just need something. Sometimes, it might be cheap pants, shirts, "new" cookware or eating utensils, ridiculous decorative stuff. A ton can be found through thrifting and i don't necessarily have to feel guilty in buying some stuff I might not have gotten otherwise (or needed). Mostly because while it's already had 1 life, why not another while it's still functional and keep it out of the dump longer? 🌱💚 🌱 no need for new for everything if it's already made and here :)

I haven't been able to for a long time as I like to carpool or have donations to bring with, was able to recently go with some friends and wanted to share some of the neat buys I found.

I don't usually get lucky with pretty homemade quilts being available when thrifting, but I found this one and am pretty excited about it, (this was my top find this time)

To me, it looks hand stitched entirely, there's a few small tears that will need minimal repair and a few spots that will need some reinforcement as theres a bit of thinning. Otherwise it's quite beautiful and I know it must have taken the maker a bit of time to do. Also i must admit, im kind of inspired to get my hands back to quilting again soon from this beauty.

A sweet deal on this embroidery floss and tool(?)

To be quite honest I'm not really sure what the tool being pointed at is, if anyone knows please share your knowledge! I'll likely use the floss on some hat projects for gifts this year.

Also, I found a bag with all these bobbins and thread. I've been looking for more bobbin containers cause I like to have a full one for the common colors I use when I'm sewing. These colors I'll probably use for binding smaller quilts (dog, cat, baby, and lap quilt sized) or for attempts at making clothing if fabrics are similar colored.

I also found

A set of ceramic measuring cups with handles,

kitchen knife,

2 crocheted blankets, lap/single sized,

2 nice new picture frames (still wrapped),

A book (fun reading material),

And what I thought was a ceramic pancake 🥞 or tortilla holder/warmer for breakfast, but I think it is actually for something else? I'm using it to store fresh ginger tubers at the moment (later, mayby garlic bulbs)

I was hoping for some nice fabric to try my hands at skirt making and some interesting quilting fabric, but nothing in the selection really caught my eye this round. Lots of pretty kitchen ware and nicknacks, though. Unfortunately, there no time to even look at the clothes before we had to head off, no big loss though.

That's it for now,

🌱🌻Happy Homesteading and sustainability efforts!🌻🌱

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[lesbiancolumbo]

always a crazy whiplash when someone you know who you assumed was in the same tax bracket as you just casually drops that she got her wedding written about in the vows section of the fucking. new york times.

[bogappreciation]

the more I read about current efforts to restore biodiversity the more I believe that north america should be eating primarily bison and elk/deer meat. While conservation herds and wild bison are important, the vast majority of plains bison (420,000 as opposed to 20,500) are in commercial herds.

If we are going to get that number even close to what it used to be (millions!), it is going to be because of an increased demand for bison meat. An increase on our reliance for bison would likely see more effort put into bison genetics, which would serve conservation efforts.

Eat bison.

[anticapitalist-dokja]

post epilogue headcanon where yoohankim are well into their late 30s and early 40s and somehow han sooyoung managed to convince kim dokja and yoo joonghyuk to have a movie adaptation of their late 20s journey to save the world

“dokja-ssi, ahn hyoseop is a bit …”

“yeah, it would be inaccurate to cast him as dokja-ssi.”

“it’s inaccurate because dokja-hyung is more handsome than that actor anyways!”

“ahjussi, maybe you can just play yourself?”

nonplussed, dokja turned and pointed his finger at yoo joonghyuk. “and you think lee minho is a good actor to play this sunfish bastard?”

“that’s true. his filmography has mostly been male leads with a particular personality. although personality wise i can see some resemblance with yoo joonghyuk-ssi being rather … like that sometimes.”

“yoo sangah, it’s okay you can say it. he is a tsundere.”

[getosugurusbangs]

every time i go to draw geto, it takes every fiber in my being to resist the urge to give him a million piercings

[definitelyimportantpost]

Made it through Ginnungagap floor 3 in EO2U and I cannot believe how NASTY the Axolotls were!! I killed one (1), saw a message along the lines of "The party's force has disappeared!" and thought "oh the force guages probably just emptied right" NO. They meant disappeared disappeared. Gone. Vamoosed right the hell outta there.

Axolotls are nasty and deceitful and I no longer trust them. They wear the face of angels yet pull such devilish tricks. Just terrible

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Fuck it, we're joyblogging now, went to the beach for a few hours and swam for the first time in literal years, walked along the shore a bunch, and now I'm gonna make Japanese curry for dinner with some vegetables I pre-chopped + some chicken, and might watch some eva while I have my curry

[ruslangazizov]

domi being SO SAD that he couldn't put home alone 2 in first is so incredibly me coded i adore him

[chamerionwrites]

Things I can smell today:

-honey

-garlic

-the iris part of my iris-and-mineral soap, notable because the floral is not typically the dominant bit of that scent

-rosemary (faintly) but NONE of my other herb plants including the mint

-that burning crumbs toaster smell for the first time in three days

-vinegar but only that sort of dry/bitter component of the scent without the sour/fruity ones? which is frankly pretty unpleasant on its own

-banana if I hold it RIGHT up to my nose

Believe it or not this is an improvement and I'm choosing to consider it a positive sign

[dragqueenpentheus]

i love having a brain that goes into meltdown mode for seventeen hours with no evidence so i just have to dangle car keys and distracting youtube and shiny things in front of it like a toddler

[thestudentfarmer]

Quick reply to a few questions I saw on the last post~

@tinyshe I've heard of this before, but haven't really seen that in the flocks we've kept. I do keep a few wooden eggs in the nest box daily and switch them out for ceramic ones if I notice any potential signs of purposeful egg eaters in the flock.

If that doesn't work, ive had luck with a combo of the ceramic eggs and some cooked scrambled eggs or other protien source (bugs, scrap meats, leftovers) given to them for a few days tends to eliminate the issue. The wild birds around here tend to get all the protien crumbles or pellets. 🤦‍♀️the hens just ignore it when I put it out.

Great additives for eggshell use! I think i may need to see about finding or making a little eggshell spot for the local parrots I keep hoping to attract as visitors!

@themightyfoo I like to bake them just to be sure I don't accidentally spread potential germs or general yuckiness (like salmonella) when im moving stuff around. Baking the shells before giving to the chickens specifically, it's to deter egg eaters in the flock.

I usually use a bit of bone meal and a lil Epsom salt in the hole when I plant tomatoes and peppers. But I didn't think of using eggshell, instead of bonemeal.

[datastate]

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[pampermama]

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[timlncomic]

its been a hard day. please take care of yourselves

[carpathxanridge]

just realized i had a fully vegetarian day of eating without trying, which i’ve probably done before but this is the first time i feel like i actually got enough protein too without being like intentional about it. im pretty excited even though it wasn’t all vegan, one meal was and the other wouldve been easily veganize-able if i had vegan cheese. and like as someone who used to be such a picky eater i had a list of foods i’d have to introduce into my diet before being able to even THINK about eating vegan, it’s exciting to see i’ve done enough of that introduction that i can have a day of low-effort eating that’s unintentionally vegan-approaching. like i forget how limited my diet used to be until i actually examine what my current diet looks like and go whoa i wouldn’t have eaten like 2/3rd of this even just a year ago lol. and tbh i dont know if i ever intend on going fully vegan but my goal is to limit myself to maybe cooking with meat and/or dairy only once or twice a week, and the only animal product to keep a staple would be eggs (i want to have my own chickens.)

[ghostzzy]

i’m fully aware that it’s my hormones making me insane but like. does it ever seem like everyone else is allowed to get better and you’re not.