See if your city has compost pickup. It’s usually located where brush and yard waste gets dropped off in the early spring. I load up on gallons of it each spring for my gardens.

Native seeds (assuming you are in North america) are harder to germinate. Most need to be cold stratified for at least 30 days and then they have a low rate. The best method is either directly sow in the fall (which is what I do in my wildflower section) or winter sow in a container. I usually buy mine as starters except for my wildflower section which I do from seeds.

Gardening is a long term project so it’s going to take time. Spring is the best with the anticipation and potential in the air

U-haul lesbians?

Being intimate with someone is always a vulnerable experience. Sometimes this vulnerability pays off and sometimes it does not. This encouner may have been fine for portions but overall negative. When something like this happens its best to learn from any mistakes (if there was any) and understand that sometimes we take a risk and it doesn’t work out. You may learn that you hate staying over at someone’s place. There is nothing wrong with doing something that isn’t in your character. You don’t know what is in your character unless you try something different.

You can try to continue to chat with him but that might not work. He might be embarassed that he couldn’t stay hard or could be million different reasons. At some point you will need to cut your losses and stop responding but that depends on you. We are all human and make mistakes and you should treat someone how you want to be treated.

My one real piece of advice is if you see him again at your professional organization is to act cool, professional and friendly. Its a sign of real maturity and a good life skill to practice being around people who you might feel awkward around. Also you don’t want someone to take something valuable from you (in this case the org). You shouldn’t feel ashamed for what you did because this is something that happens between two consenting adults. You did nothing wrong and should be ashamed for it

I bought my house in 2021 and its been so fun to take care of the yard, garden and everything else. I have been doing sheet mulching (composting in place) in my garden for a few years now and it turned from terrible soil with potential into something wonderful. I am doing a large scale native install in my front yard this year after getting a grant from the state. I am so excited.

I have been waiting for flowers for months now. We still have snow on the ground but we have 70 degrees projected for this weekend.

A friend made a birdsong flashcards. They were cards with RFID that attached to a speaker that played the bird’s song for the listed bird. It was so cool

When I see a butterfly I get really excited. I usually try to get a picture and try to look up what it is and what it eats. I have been trying to plant host plants and can’t wait to see the butterflies they all feed.

I own the HP LaserJet M15w. I hate it less than any printer I have ever owned and it has lasted almost 5 years. It is still a HP so I hate it but it works most of the time. I used to have to restart it to print when I was on Windows but since I switched to Linux it prints almost always.

Miss Piggie is just a DIVA. It’s gold

Miss Piggie is pure comedy gold. Everything she does is hilarious.

That or Tim Curry

If you haven’t tried Thistle and Spire they are amazing. High fashion Slutty for sure

What an odd wonderful thing to do. I love it

If a guy doesn’t want to use a condom and insists he shouldn’t wear one you definitely know you need one. This is obviously a standard move for them so you need to make them wear one. Being fluid bonded is a big commitment and risk for both parties involved regardless of hormonal birth control.

If you are a man who wants to not wear a condom stop it. You need to ejaculate responsibility and not cause potential harm to the wonderful women who are letting you in. Please read Ejaculate Responsibly and see what dangers your semen can cause and use this power responsibility. And if you think it feels different just put the condom on earlier so it gets up to body temp before PIV. It’s not that hard guys

Are you implying that a lifestyle where you do the same thing everyday and never have to meet new people would attract autistic people? Crazy

I think it’s funny that dog DNA tests are more accurate than for humans. That is because someone defined a breed and then started tracking that for years. Since these breeders have almost complete control over the mating behaviour of their dogs we can define a breed. Humans are not like that. We move and mate everywhere we want

Homeschooling feels like an act of hubris. The idea that you and your partner know the same or more about education than trainer professionals is crazy. Each teacher has at least a college degree, most have a master’s and they all go through yearly refreshers on how to best teach on top of their on the job experience. How can one (or two) people do more than that?

On top of that your child will be exposed in their home life to things you know and think are important to understand. School can show them things you know you don’t know as well as things you don’t know you don’t know. I want my daughter to know things I don’t know and to expand her worldview beyond mine. Homeschooling limits their knowledge that what I know. (Which is usually the point to shelter a child from scary ideas which is not doing them any favors).

Can homeschooling be okay? Sometimes but not often enough and most people who do it aren’t prepared or qualified to do it

I think there’s is a lot of value in a short term relationship especially if it ends well without lot of resentment or drama. That being said the best short term have a defined end date. For something like this it’s more nebulous communication will be important. At some point both of you will need to find someone that would work long term. You might both agree that you can casually date other people while dating

The younger you are and the newer this relationship the more time you have. If you are young there’s more time in your life to find a different partner and you don’t know what you want and same with him. If you’re relationship is new there is plenty of time for something else to break you up. There are other deal breakers out there

Here is a Time article about it.

In my head the closet part involves someone jumping out of bed and hiding in the nearest place to hide. A closet.

I’m not going to buy one because I have a Pixel 9a but it’s good they are making one