Literal Banana
@literalbanana.bsky.social
a very serious person who is definitely a real person
I finished this new shawl which is really different from the techniques I usually use but looks just like everything else I make somehow lol
April 14, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I finished this new shawl which is really different from the techniques I usually use but looks just like everything else I make somehow lol
(plant gangster voice) some guys are going in the ground this weekend
April 12, 2024 at 10:44 PM
(plant gangster voice) some guys are going in the ground this weekend
being extremely fatigued is kind of like being super cold or super hot in that it sucks if it is forced upon you but if it's chosen it's kind of a pleasant bodily experience (cold plunge, sauna etc.)
April 11, 2024 at 8:57 PM
being extremely fatigued is kind of like being super cold or super hot in that it sucks if it is forced upon you but if it's chosen it's kind of a pleasant bodily experience (cold plunge, sauna etc.)
hurriedly half-assing a path with random pavers I found in the garage one hour before 23 plants get delivered all at once and need to go in the ground in between and around them
April 11, 2024 at 5:20 PM
hurriedly half-assing a path with random pavers I found in the garage one hour before 23 plants get delivered all at once and need to go in the ground in between and around them
this hop is one of the guys I am hoping will want to climb up all the trellises (also trying sweet peas)
April 11, 2024 at 2:29 AM
this hop is one of the guys I am hoping will want to climb up all the trellises (also trying sweet peas)
it's weird that "grass roots" has positive connotations like they are pretty bad actually
April 10, 2024 at 3:22 PM
it's weird that "grass roots" has positive connotations like they are pretty bad actually
what it looks like at different scales (indigo-dyed lace weight linen, 2mm jute twine, cobweb shetland wool)
April 10, 2024 at 2:24 AM
what it looks like at different scales (indigo-dyed lace weight linen, 2mm jute twine, cobweb shetland wool)
don't know who needs to hear this but plant trellises knit up super fast on size 15 needles with 2mm twine - use (yo, p2tog) throughout on any multiple of 2 stitches for a fishing net effect
April 10, 2024 at 2:14 AM
don't know who needs to hear this but plant trellises knit up super fast on size 15 needles with 2mm twine - use (yo, p2tog) throughout on any multiple of 2 stitches for a fishing net effect
beware - unethical sellers are marketing these as "crocus bulbs" when they are clearly little dudes with ponytails
April 8, 2024 at 10:31 PM
beware - unethical sellers are marketing these as "crocus bulbs" when they are clearly little dudes with ponytails
I turned a bunch of earth before I gradually realized my favorite gloves are still impregnated with tiny cactus spines from molesting windfall cactus fruit last fall
April 6, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I turned a bunch of earth before I gradually realized my favorite gloves are still impregnated with tiny cactus spines from molesting windfall cactus fruit last fall
I'm too excited to sleep I'm just waiting for it to be light out so I can figure out where I'm going to plant everybody
I have ambitious plans for a hops trellis I knitted out of indigo-dyed linen months ago
I have ambitious plans for a hops trellis I knitted out of indigo-dyed linen months ago
April 5, 2024 at 11:27 AM
I'm too excited to sleep I'm just waiting for it to be light out so I can figure out where I'm going to plant everybody
I have ambitious plans for a hops trellis I knitted out of indigo-dyed linen months ago
I have ambitious plans for a hops trellis I knitted out of indigo-dyed linen months ago
the plants I started in winter don't understand what last frost is they just want to go outside
April 5, 2024 at 5:12 AM
the plants I started in winter don't understand what last frost is they just want to go outside
last frost isn't for a month and a half and it's snowing tomorrow but I have Spring Onset Garden Mental Illness
April 5, 2024 at 5:11 AM
last frost isn't for a month and a half and it's snowing tomorrow but I have Spring Onset Garden Mental Illness
How true is it that brandywine variety raspberries don't spread as much as normal raspberries? I got one on a whim and want to put him in the ground but I've heard horror stories 🌱
April 4, 2024 at 11:40 PM
How true is it that brandywine variety raspberries don't spread as much as normal raspberries? I got one on a whim and want to put him in the ground but I've heard horror stories 🌱
maybe it's the new batch of alum I got?? I'm doing more experiments to see if I can recreate it but I think chemistry might be so dependent on little contaminations and uncontrolled variables that it might just be magic
actually they combed out incredible I just wish I had any idea how this happened like how is there PURPLE in there??
January 17, 2024 at 8:01 PM
maybe it's the new batch of alum I got?? I'm doing more experiments to see if I can recreate it but I think chemistry might be so dependent on little contaminations and uncontrolled variables that it might just be magic
actually they combed out incredible I just wish I had any idea how this happened like how is there PURPLE in there??
January 17, 2024 at 7:58 PM
actually they combed out incredible I just wish I had any idea how this happened like how is there PURPLE in there??
these came out so beautiful like patinated copper, I wish I could use them like that somehow but they won't look anything like that when I comb them up
January 16, 2024 at 5:08 AM
these came out so beautiful like patinated copper, I wish I could use them like that somehow but they won't look anything like that when I comb them up
I can't believe it worked
January 6, 2024 at 11:00 PM
I can't believe it worked
for months my goal was to have my office smell like flowers and tomato vines and it's finally come to fruition almost literally, so cool that it happened so spectacularly on new year's day! also I read gardenia jasminoides fruit is a good yellow dye
January 1, 2024 at 8:29 PM
for months my goal was to have my office smell like flowers and tomato vines and it's finally come to fruition almost literally, so cool that it happened so spectacularly on new year's day! also I read gardenia jasminoides fruit is a good yellow dye
this would be so much cooler of a picture it it would snow ONCE in the WINTER in the gol dang SIERRA VALLEYS
January 1, 2024 at 8:06 PM
this would be so much cooler of a picture it it would snow ONCE in the WINTER in the gol dang SIERRA VALLEYS
new year's gardenia
January 1, 2024 at 7:17 PM
new year's gardenia
my current level of pettiness is being mad that people don't know the difference between darning and knitting but also not explaining it because nobody cares
December 31, 2023 at 12:48 AM
my current level of pettiness is being mad that people don't know the difference between darning and knitting but also not explaining it because nobody cares
I got closer to princesse charlene with just brazilwood though
December 29, 2023 at 11:01 AM
I got closer to princesse charlene with just brazilwood though