derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026turns out the key to germinating Opuntias is saying fuck it and leaving all the fruit junk on the seeds 001
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 29/09/2026looking forward to having a few dead tree yuccas in a couple years 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm glad someone else is growing doomed Giant Sequoias in Iowa so I don't have to. This is some classic internet energy sequoiawithboris.blogspot.comsequoiawithboris.blogspot.comGrowing a Sequoia in Zone 5A blog about growing Giant Sequoia from seeds. Seedlings. Секвойя. セコイア Sekoia 红杉 Sequoiadendron giganteum secoya Mammutbaum 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thing has so many leaves now I can’t even tell if the caudex is growing damn 100
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Gentianella quinquefolia (agueweed) prefers calcareous soil, and I spotted this in a former quarry spot without topsoil. Calcareous areas are somewhat uncommon in Iowa but inat has observations across the state, guess it pays to have the wind disperse your seeds 111
Reposted by derek arnold✨️Angel Facts✨️ @angelic.style · 15/09/2026its been a minute since i said this so i gotta remind yall: strat shape guitars are boring and overplayed, please make ANY other shape, the body shape does not affect the sound of an electric guitar so you can literally do anything i cant believe we're stuck on a design from the fucking 50s 4522720
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 10/09/2026People who go around adding a third Danaus plexippus supporting identification on iNaturalist are like those people who give three star reviews to individual McDonalds on google maps 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 08/09/2026You can make planters out of anything. Like a destroyed mall’s landscaping wall 110
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I will murder three thousand moths driving at night and spend five minutes safely capturing a single tiny moth without killing it 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 31/08/2026unsung.aresluna.org/i-just-chose...unsung.aresluna.org“I just chose words carefully.” – UnsungA blog about software craft and quality 010
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 29/08/2026be free, my cacti children. The snow and ice shall be harsh but some of you will survive 020
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I may not have great interpersonal skills but I know what the hobo stick with all your worldly possessions gathered into a handkerchief is called 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 17/08/2026God Damn I can’t wait to take a big bite of this 011
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The corpse flower lawyer has informed us that we need a warning! So.. if you are under the age of 18 or find th1s photograph offensive, please don't look at it. Thank you! 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Cholla budding. The iPhone’s macro mode looks like shit. 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I made it this long in life without knowing what jesuits are so I just go about my life assuming they are catholic ninjas 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 16/07/2026me: inaturalist.org: Iͯṭ́'͕̲͖̺ͩ͑ͣs̢̫̘̙̏̂͒ͥ M͢_̯ȏ̸̭̞̳̌ͪ̀̋̉͛t̡̩͙͈̟̦͘h̡̖ W͇̟̖ͥ̇ͮ̕ĕ̠ͧe̷̩̣͙͑͌̀ͥͣ̕k̜ͮͧͨ́ 010
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 04/07/2026maybe JWs are right and we shouldn’t just reward people for existing for an increasing amount of time 100
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Required listening youtu.be/mE2kpA0jAaw?...youtu.beAnother Fourth of July... RuinedYouTube video by Big Business - Topic 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Every time I see the words “diatomaceous earth” I imagine a character named Diatomaceous Earl, a clonal colony being made of pure algae 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The scourge of the Mountain Dew donuts has clearly impacted the standard vanilla variety. No box newer than two days old and they have a different taste. The Strategic Kwik Star/Trip Reserves are clearly depleted in favor of donuts nobody eats more than once 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 28/06/2026fuck honeybees I guess? bees.cals.iastate.edu/should-you-k...bees.cals.iastate.eduShould YOU Keep Bees?There are many great reasons to become a beekeeper! Honey bees are fascinating animals! For some people it is a rewarding hobby and for others it can develop into a small business. However, there are ... 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I forgot I took this picture. Ancient Nikon D50 with a Helios-44-2 2/58 I borrowed from my Zenit-E 100
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Not enough people on here who strive to remember they really only exist as a volatile self-organizing fart on a deep timescale. The reflecting pool should be converted into a sphagnum bog ringed by drosera 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 20/06/2026thing I’m finding with plant stuff is it’s like cooking but you’re like “this brown shit doesn’t have enough sand in it yet” 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Remember when everyone was freaking out about disappearing honeybees despite them being completely non-native to the United States and also the whole thing was fake? 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 12/06/2026this thing fell on the ground, barely has any roots, and has been in the shade for weeks and it still gave me a bloom 000
Reposted by derek arnoldChat Pile @chatpileband.bsky.social · 11/06/2026discourse about God’s Country, an album recorded with two SM57s ran thru a 2 channel Scarlet interface in my spare bedroom, being overproduced or not 814810
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I use to buy nice ken onion pocket knives until I got so tired of losing them after a year that I bought a $12 little folding utility knife that I thought I'd lose instantly only to still have the stupid thing five years later 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I was gonna flippantly make a joke on here about being in a cancer cluster because of living next to a hospital until I read that turbine powered helicopters don't use leaded fuel 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 08/06/2026there is nothing more useless and grotesque about modern society as how someone decided that the finder face, already friendly enough, had to be completely funko popified into this disgusting shit extruded from a disney adult's mind 020
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I don’t usually shopdrop but when I do I do it outside 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 02/06/2026There are those that build cairns and there are those that kick them over 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If you like bugleweed you’re probably a fascist 000
derek arnold @derekarnold.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The new Boards of Canada album Inferno is in for the running for best Coil album 020
Reposted by derek arnoldRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The world just a decade ago was full of so much possibility that has now been foreclosed upon and we have all but forgotten it 8448113
