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RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jul 23

I've started my summertime nightly tomato plant patrol with my UV flashlight. The hornworms are so much easier to spot this way. 🌱 #AmGardening

A photograph taken at night with an ultraviolet flashlight shining on a tomato plant with a tomato hornworm on one of the leaves. The hornworm fluoresces against the deep purple color of the leaves.

A photograph taken at night with an LED flashlight shining on a tomato plant with a tomato hornworm on one of the leaves. The hornworm is slightly lighter in color than the green leaves.

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jul 22

I got a late start, but my tomatoes are coming along nicely. I've been busy pruning them, and clipping them to support lines. 🌱 #AmGardening

A photograph showing a backyard garden with rows of tomato plants, most of them tied to overhead supports

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jul 12

Fake is fake.

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jul 7

I'm lagging behind, as usual, but I have some blooms on my tomato plants. I'm much more organized this year. #AmGardening 🌱

A photograph showing parts of three garden rows of tomato plants, with posts in the rows holding conduit overhead that supports tied twine, to which the tomato plants are clipped. The plants vary in height from several inches to two feet. Chipped wood mulch surround the plants.

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Mar 28

I finished the basic wooden framework on my seedling station. 🌱 Athena makes a guest appearance for #caturday

A photograph of a steel shelf unit with grow lights hanging from the shelves, and a wooden framework around its edges. A cat can be seen on the floor in front of it.

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Mar 8

For #caturday here is Athena napping next to me.

Photograph of a small lynx point cat, sleeping while lying on a person's leg

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 6

I need help clearing a health hurdle. My Jardiance prescription is $600 to meet my 2026 deductible. This covers a 90-day supply and makes the rest of the year affordable. Venmo & PayPal: @RelUnrelated Even if you can't donate, a repost is incredibly helpful. Thank you! #Crowdfunding #MedicalHelp

Screen capture showing a Meijer Pharmacy page listing a prescription for Jardiance with a cost of $606.75

My chemotherapy drugs are covered under Medicare Part A & B. Because of the Anti Kickback Statute, I am not eligible for the Jardiance manufacturer's discount program (commercially insured individuals only). Nor do I meet the requirements for their other assistance program.

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Dec 31

Let's kick cancer's ass — again! #HodgkinsLymphoma

Photograph of a bandage-wrapped arm with the blue tip of an intravenous line poking out from under the bandage

Photograph of an intravenous pump on a stand with two small bags of fluid hanging from its upper hooks

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Dec 20

Thank you, Marty! Athena says hello.

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Aug 28

One must be cautious when walking in the garden at night. Almost walked through this. #AmGardening 🌱

Photograph of a circular spider web at night in the author's tomato garden

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Aug 10

I've been pruning my tomato plants regularly this year, in the hope that I can keep them somewhat under control. They're finally starting to ripen. Started harvesting today. #AmGardening 🌱

A photograph showing a garden with orderly rows of tomato plants

A photograph showing a tomato plant with several green tomatoes

A photograph showing several green Tomande hybrid tomatoes on the vine with a human hand shown for scale

A photograph showing a harvest basket with dill flower heads, a few cucumbers, various small tomatoes and a jalapeño pepper

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jul 5

Today I harvested the garlic flowers that I allowed to go to maturity. The little bulbils inside will be planted this fall. Next spring I'll harvest the scapes, then dig up the small bulbs for re-planting the following fall. #AmGardening 🌱

A photograph of a small bunch of freshly harvested garlic flowers

A close-up photo showing garlic flowers, some burst open to show the bulbils inside

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jun 24

I've been watching the leaves on the garlic since I harvested the scapes, and this afternoon I decided it was time to start harvesting the bulbs. Tomorrow I'll get the rest of them out of the ground. #AmGardening 🌱

A photograph showing several freshly harvested garlic bulbs, stems and roots still attached, next to a small garden trowel, all atop a weedy section of lawn

A photograph showing several freshly harvested garlic bulbs, still attached to the stems and roots, one bulb being held by a human hand

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jun 17

There appears to be more garlic back here than I first thought. I left a dozen or so to flower and spread more seeds. I've never attempted garlic cultivation before today. 🌱 #AmGardening

A photograph of a hand holding a bunch of curly garlic scapes

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Jun 16

I can't understand why we get a bat or two in the house each spring with so much garlic around. Please note that we've lived here for three years and never planted any garlic. #AmGardening 🌱

A photograph showing a lawn in the background with a curling garlic scape getting ready to flower

A photograph of a small area of lawn with many garlic plants beginning to flower

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· May 26

We're getting the garden ready for the seedlings that are in the grow tent. 🌱 #amgardening Thank you for your attention to this matter.

photograph of a back yard garden showing raised beds and tomato trellises

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· May 9

I love how incredibly purple the dame's rocket flowers are.

Photograph of clusters of bright purple flowers of the plant called Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· May 9

Some plants are ready to go into small pots. We planted two more 72-cell trays tonight. Tomatoes, peppers (sweet and hot), beans, peas, cauliflower, broccoli, cantaloupe, and pumpkin. Writing out the tags is the tedious part. #AmGardening 🌱

Photograph of shelves with reflective insulation on three sides, grow lights above each shelf, and domed trays on some shelves

Photograph showing young plants growing under domes on two trays

Photograph showing a seed packet for hot pepper seeds, a plastic tag reading ‘pepper hot mix’, and a small plastic container with tiny seeds soaking in water

Photograph of a seedling tray with a plastic dome over it, small red and pink tags placed in each cell of the tray

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Apr 6

I've never welded anything before. There are things I want to make that require welding. I might as well learn how.

Photograph of a small welding machine, orange and black in color

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Mar 21

If my direct deposit fails to materialize, I'm coming to your front door, motherfucker.

Lutnick, a billionaire who recently gobsmacked conflict-of-interest watchdogs by promoting Musk's Tesla stock on Fox News, added to the controversy, telling the "All-In in DC!" podcast: "Let's say Social Security didn't send out their checks this month. My mother-in-law, who's 94, she wouldn't call and complain. She just wouldn't. She'd think something got messed up and she'll get it next month."

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Mar 15

It's right on top of us now.

A screenshot of the web site lightningmaps.org which shows an area centered on Homer, Illinois, with a broad swath of electrical activity and rain moving across east-central Illinois

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Mar 15

The storm is approaching. #lightning

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 26

There are a whole lot of starlings around the other feeder in the front yard.

Photograph of a bird feeder with many starlings flocking around it, and on the ground nearby

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 26

Happy to see the goldfinches in the yard today. The sparrows are always hanging around.

Photograph taken through a window showing two hanging bird feeders. There are four female goldfinches on the left feeder, and several sparrows on the right feeder

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 24

Thanks! Still a couple days till the day, but I'll celebrate whenever i can. It's so very strange to see someone like Emil Bove and realize he's sixteen or seventeen years younger than I am. I feel pretty good for my age in comparison.

Photograph of “acting” Attorney General Emil Bove

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 23

The reverse side of the mug

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 23

A birthday gift from one of my daughters. 😁 She gets me.

A photograph showing a thermal drinking tumbler with a faded rainbow text block that reads “Weird being the same age as old people”, and in the background is a computer monitor showing a programming interface

RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 20

It does my mental health good to see some things.

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RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 20

I'm certainly not one to claim to speak for anyone else, but this probably isn't the kind of social media that's yearning for that kind of connection.

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RelUnrelated@relunrelated· Feb 16

They turned out delicious.