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Do both varieties again! - Galapagos were easy, gave harvest despite mistakes along the process. Taste is OK. Nothing special. - Further develop techniques for Black Prince. They just narrowly made it now. With some improvements, we can get a bigger and more secure harvest. They’re delicious!

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The Black Prince variety VERY narrowly made it. We had to pick them half-ripe to save them from the frost, but they did manage to ripen fully off the vine. The harvest was okay-ish per plant. But, they taste amazing! Most intensely sweet and umami tomato I have ever eaten. So, next time …

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Well, narrowly, sort of! The Galapagos did make fruit and ripen in time before frost, so they were a success. I made some mistakes with them in the early summer, leading to smaller plants and lesser harvest, but save for the user error, YES, they do work and can be successfully grown outdoors! …

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Also, a study of tomatoes! I wanted to see if it’s at all possible to grow tomatoes outdoors (no greenhouse) in our very short season. We tried Black Prince (red-brown ones) and Galapagos (yellow small ones) varieties, both heritage varieties allegedly good for cold climates. Did they succeed? …

The temperature now goes below zero at night, and only the hardiest plants survive any longer. If our kale hadn’t succumbed to weeds earlier in the summer, it would still be green and fresh. It’s time for the garden to sleep, to wake up next spring. 🍂🛌

Päivän annos @paivanannos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Okay, a final harvest of zucchini and pumpkins before the night frost kills them! The angry zucchini plant alone made ~15kg of fruit, and the others a few kg each. Pumpkins… the first generation was eaten by wild animals. This is the second gen, that only had about a month to grow.

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Päivän annoksen suolaa saat syömällä 57,5 kg punaviini.

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Anfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

With the big news of the Bayeux Tapestry being displayed in the British Museum for the first time, English Heritage has been making little short vignettes of the events leading to the battle of Hastings, from the perspective of the regular people who lived it: www.youtube.com/shorts/_De02...

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#1066: There's a new king in town

YouTube video by English Heritage

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Feed them the infamous TPS-report (Office Space) only obtainable from a hostile printer for unpredictable but powerful effects

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Can you feed office paperwork to the reindeer? Select paperwork item, use on reindeer, get a little string of text about how the reindeer chews it up while staring at you with a blank expression?

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are you making a retro dungeon crawler with reindeer? That’s awesome :D

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I Me Mine-lo @hawgle.bird.gay · 19/08/2026

"You're familiar with Aristotle, right?" "fis" "You would know that Aristotle speaks of this." "fihs" "You're telling me you've never even read Ethics? How about Plato?" "fisp" "You are genuinely the most horrible person I know" "fish"

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One suggestion for a romantic autumn evening together with your husbando: Get all muddy together harvesting one wheelbarrow full of potatoes!

A wheelbarrow full of potatoes and an assortment of muddy gardening tools

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ILLBRAD 🔞 @blasternation.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

CHANGE MY PIK UP SMACK MY BULB ORP

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Geckoworks Fursuits @geckoworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We're preparing something much anticipated! Our next commission opening will be SOON, and will feature *drum roll*... ✨ A prototype opening for fullsuits/bodysuits! ✨ Yes, that's right, we're finally going to dip our claws into something much requested!

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’m guessing they have fallen into obscurity because of their unusual taste. If they’re even slightly unripe, they taste awful. They get sweet and nice when ripe, but still quite astringent and will dry your mouth. They’re common in cities as decorative hedgerows or on yards or parks!

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

They’re also known as ”aronia”! Apparently they have been cultivated in Scandinavia and Russia for some centuries as a cold-resistant fruit, but nowadays they’re mainly used as a decorative bush, at least over here. Very few people even know the berries are edible and quite healthy!

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

An absolute beast in our rather harsh soil and climate: the black chokeberry! The bush has spontaneously grown in our garden, perhaps from a seed dropped by a bird. The yield is huge and easy to pick! The berries have an exotic flavour combo of being both very sweet and astringent at the same time.

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Shrooming it up with two very different forest mushroom dishes: Stewed chanterelles with potatoes. Very subtle, creamy and gentle flavours. Peppery milk cap with raw onion on bread. Very intense, punchy and spicy flavours. This mushroom is a particular favourite of mine with its peppery taste!

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Please excuse the terrible quality image, but… No. Nope. Absolutely not. I do not want it. Go away. Even more reason to be happy I started the de-googling process some time ago.

Image of a new landing screen for Gmail loudly announcing that gmail is entering ”the Gemini era” and stating ”AI-powered email for everyone

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Fairly easy! My sona was originally just an unspecified bird, but I later started liking the idea of it being an osprey. So: osprey. I’ve seen one just outside the house. 😁 (Modifying my sona a bit to make it more osprey-like has been on the to-do list for several years now. xD )

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This looks like something I would have seen on the internet in 2011 when I was asking myself many questions, and seeing it would have intensified the asking of questions

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is what my nightmares are like after I take too much cough syrup

A bunch of YouTubers doing the o face for GTA6

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 24/08/2026

Niels made a cartoon especially for me and it's so good :) www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So far I’ve also tried gently boiling it, and pan frying it. Boiling made it flavourless but with a nice firm texture, meh on its own, but a good filler or blank slate for seasoning. Frying it was great, turned out like a hybrid of bok choy and kale. Very tasty! We’ll see what more we invent! 😁

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It thrives despite being completely neglected and having to compete with very aggressive garden weeds, it grows very fast (could prob do 2 harvests in one season), and is easy to harvest. Now to do some product development in the kitchen! Below is an experiment, fermenting it as if it was cabbage.

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Turns out the forage rape (cultivar of brassica napus, ie. turnip and canola/rapeseed) we grew as a cover crop for soil improvement, with no ambitions of any real harvest, is EXTREMELY productive and resilient, moreso than any vegetable I have *ever* grown or seen in veggie gardens!

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Pink potatoes, golden chanterelles and dark green kale. A colourful harvest from our garden!~

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The best possible apple texture is not just crunchy, but brittle. As in, it’s so crunchy that when you bite into it, a large piece cracks off the apple with a distinct pop. The worst possible apple texture is so soft it’s mealy, almost like biting into a boiled potato with tougher skin

By this we can conclude that sourness amplifies the texture experience. Crunchy texture = positive points Soft texture = negative points Sourness: increases both positive and negative points from texture Sweetness: reduces both positive and negative points from texture. 🍏🔍📋🐦

I have a very particular taste in apples, consisting of two scales, flavour (sweet-sour) and texture (crunchy-soft) Crunchy & sour: the best! Favourite type of apple Crunchy & sweet: Also very good Soft & sweet: Mid-tier, not bad, not great Soft & sour: Unpleasant, good only as cooking apples

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The amount of times I repeat ”kiitos” in a customer service interaction feels ridiculous Me: Yksi X, kiitos [one X, please] Them: *hands me X* Me: Kiitos. [Thanks] *pays* Them: Kuittia? [Receipt?] Me: Ei kiitos. [No thanks] Them: hyvää päivänjatkoa! [have a nice day] Me: Kiitos samoin! [you too!]

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I guess cucumbers are meant to be tough and badass, not smooth like the ones you find in stores! I guess it’s a good thing our harsh and hostile garden makes vegetables grow up into their full, natural potential… xD

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Even the cucumber vines I thought were too scrawny to give fruit have started making rather angry looking cucumbers. Look at these thorns! I know outdoor cucumbers can have sharp hairs, but these are proper SPIKES! What is this, a garden of angry and evil fruits? :D

Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The angry zucchini plant we designated as a seed producer is really, really growing and conquering. Look at the size of this fruit! We’re going to have some angry zucchini indeed next year.

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Wind-Bird @windthebirb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Despite having been into RPGs my entire life, I don’t think I’ve been particularly interested in the lore or story of any game, ever. I don’t care about The Prophecy or the details about [fantastic name of place/person]. Just let me immerse myself in the world in my own way and make my own story.