Sim G
@sim.bsky.social
Nature, gardening, permaculture, design, localism, data commons, community building, organic business. Less abstraction more action (LAMA).
Building permapeople.org & cultecon.com to help people feed themselves, their families, & their communities.
Building permapeople.org & cultecon.com to help people feed themselves, their families, & their communities.
Doesn't look like much, but this is gold: Did a plant swap with someone new in a nearby town. Got perennial Korean celery roots, lovage, comfrey, perennial leeks, and garden dock.
The food forest is going to be FLOURISHING this year.
The food forest is going to be FLOURISHING this year.
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Doesn't look like much, but this is gold: Did a plant swap with someone new in a nearby town. Got perennial Korean celery roots, lovage, comfrey, perennial leeks, and garden dock.
The food forest is going to be FLOURISHING this year.
The food forest is going to be FLOURISHING this year.
It still looks messy but it’s sorted enough. I’ve a great collection of saved seed going—many are 5th generation and meant for this spot.
Pest-proof squash is a goal for this year. What’s your favourite moschata?
Pest-proof squash is a goal for this year. What’s your favourite moschata?
December 31, 2024 at 11:37 AM
It still looks messy but it’s sorted enough. I’ve a great collection of saved seed going—many are 5th generation and meant for this spot.
Pest-proof squash is a goal for this year. What’s your favourite moschata?
Pest-proof squash is a goal for this year. What’s your favourite moschata?
Winter project: making a green wood ash bow. Following a few YouTube videos for technique as I’m new to this.
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Winter project: making a green wood ash bow. Following a few YouTube videos for technique as I’m new to this.
Is your business house-sitting?
Wanna come house sit here in February?
Wanna come house sit here in February?
December 19, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Is your business house-sitting?
Wanna come house sit here in February?
Wanna come house sit here in February?
I’m a big fan as well. His sea life work is impeccable!
November 26, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I’m a big fan as well. His sea life work is impeccable!
Doing a bit of post-growing-season seed sorting and saving. It’s messy but I can just zone out and break pods with a podcast playing.
I owe a few of you some of these — I haven’t forgotten. Will get to you before next growing season!
I owe a few of you some of these — I haven’t forgotten. Will get to you before next growing season!
November 23, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Doing a bit of post-growing-season seed sorting and saving. It’s messy but I can just zone out and break pods with a podcast playing.
I owe a few of you some of these — I haven’t forgotten. Will get to you before next growing season!
I owe a few of you some of these — I haven’t forgotten. Will get to you before next growing season!
Never thought I’d be so amped over a pile of decaying shit and plant scraps, but thanks to this lady, I’ve got a very large compost mound going into the winter. Leaves, rabbit waste/litter/hay, garden clippings, urine. Should have plenty to spread in the spring!
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November 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Never thought I’d be so amped over a pile of decaying shit and plant scraps, but thanks to this lady, I’ve got a very large compost mound going into the winter. Leaves, rabbit waste/litter/hay, garden clippings, urine. Should have plenty to spread in the spring!
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Gonna try hanging out here again a little more often. And I want to play this game.
Choices subject to change weekly, but these are all in my top 5.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One TV show 📺
Choices subject to change weekly, but these are all in my top 5.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One TV show 📺
November 9, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Gonna try hanging out here again a little more often. And I want to play this game.
Choices subject to change weekly, but these are all in my top 5.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One TV show 📺
Choices subject to change weekly, but these are all in my top 5.
Introduce yourself with:
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One TV show 📺
Flower dump!
Lupines, giant oriental poppy, weigela (say it aloud, it’s fun), thyme.
It’s a hot summer so far and my 3rd season for many of these plants and I’m loving the vigour.
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Lupines, giant oriental poppy, weigela (say it aloud, it’s fun), thyme.
It’s a hot summer so far and my 3rd season for many of these plants and I’m loving the vigour.
🌱
June 3, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Flower dump!
Lupines, giant oriental poppy, weigela (say it aloud, it’s fun), thyme.
It’s a hot summer so far and my 3rd season for many of these plants and I’m loving the vigour.
🌱
Lupines, giant oriental poppy, weigela (say it aloud, it’s fun), thyme.
It’s a hot summer so far and my 3rd season for many of these plants and I’m loving the vigour.
🌱
You can literally grow unlimited fruit trees from seed and nobody can stop you.
Found this plum sprouting in a bag of soil in the cold room, leftover from last year’s germination experiment. She’s ready to roll!
Only a couple weeks of growth here. 🌱
Found this plum sprouting in a bag of soil in the cold room, leftover from last year’s germination experiment. She’s ready to roll!
Only a couple weeks of growth here. 🌱
February 13, 2024 at 6:51 PM
You can literally grow unlimited fruit trees from seed and nobody can stop you.
Found this plum sprouting in a bag of soil in the cold room, leftover from last year’s germination experiment. She’s ready to roll!
Only a couple weeks of growth here. 🌱
Found this plum sprouting in a bag of soil in the cold room, leftover from last year’s germination experiment. She’s ready to roll!
Only a couple weeks of growth here. 🌱
🌱 fall garden coming into its own. Expecting frost tonight, but I think most of these beings will survive.
Few radishes harvested already, but will be able to harvest a salad any day now.
Few radishes harvested already, but will be able to harvest a salad any day now.
October 27, 2023 at 11:29 AM
🌱 fall garden coming into its own. Expecting frost tonight, but I think most of these beings will survive.
Few radishes harvested already, but will be able to harvest a salad any day now.
Few radishes harvested already, but will be able to harvest a salad any day now.
I know Bluesky likes cute shit so here’s the Flemish giant rabbit we’re fostering. Her name’s Bionda.
She’s a big girl and loves to snuggle. Has a personality like a dog. She follows us around and gets zoomies & jumps on her house or crawls through her cat tunnel.
She’s 2.5’ long stretched out!
She’s a big girl and loves to snuggle. Has a personality like a dog. She follows us around and gets zoomies & jumps on her house or crawls through her cat tunnel.
She’s 2.5’ long stretched out!
September 29, 2023 at 11:28 PM
I know Bluesky likes cute shit so here’s the Flemish giant rabbit we’re fostering. Her name’s Bionda.
She’s a big girl and loves to snuggle. Has a personality like a dog. She follows us around and gets zoomies & jumps on her house or crawls through her cat tunnel.
She’s 2.5’ long stretched out!
She’s a big girl and loves to snuggle. Has a personality like a dog. She follows us around and gets zoomies & jumps on her house or crawls through her cat tunnel.
She’s 2.5’ long stretched out!
Harvested some aralia nudicaulis from the back forest, AKA sarsaparilla. There’s a large patch back there and I’m gonna make another batch of root beer this fall. It’s prime time to harvest sarsaparilla — right before the leaves and stems fall.
September 23, 2023 at 11:15 AM
Harvested some aralia nudicaulis from the back forest, AKA sarsaparilla. There’s a large patch back there and I’m gonna make another batch of root beer this fall. It’s prime time to harvest sarsaparilla — right before the leaves and stems fall.
Looks just like green zebra!!
September 15, 2023 at 4:35 PM
Looks just like green zebra!!
My giant tomato. It was a poor year in the raised beds due to general laziness, but this guy (herb garden guy) is flourishing.
Haven’t trimmed much, but the stem on the right is over 6’ and the “plant” on the left is actually another arm from the same plant - about 5’ long.
Haven’t trimmed much, but the stem on the right is over 6’ and the “plant” on the left is actually another arm from the same plant - about 5’ long.
September 1, 2023 at 11:23 AM
My giant tomato. It was a poor year in the raised beds due to general laziness, but this guy (herb garden guy) is flourishing.
Haven’t trimmed much, but the stem on the right is over 6’ and the “plant” on the left is actually another arm from the same plant - about 5’ long.
Haven’t trimmed much, but the stem on the right is over 6’ and the “plant” on the left is actually another arm from the same plant - about 5’ long.
Fun garden finds: Giant katydid, bloody rudbeckia, dog stinkhorn.
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August 31, 2023 at 12:21 AM
Fun garden finds: Giant katydid, bloody rudbeckia, dog stinkhorn.
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More garden 🌱 buddies!
Black and red milkweed beetle on a dill plant.
A tomato hornworm after eating half a Roma (moved with some sacrificial tomato branches).
Ssssnake in the grass. Biggest garter snake I’ve seen!
A performing green tree frog, stretched between two branches.
Black and red milkweed beetle on a dill plant.
A tomato hornworm after eating half a Roma (moved with some sacrificial tomato branches).
Ssssnake in the grass. Biggest garter snake I’ve seen!
A performing green tree frog, stretched between two branches.
August 20, 2023 at 9:43 PM
More garden 🌱 buddies!
Black and red milkweed beetle on a dill plant.
A tomato hornworm after eating half a Roma (moved with some sacrificial tomato branches).
Ssssnake in the grass. Biggest garter snake I’ve seen!
A performing green tree frog, stretched between two branches.
Black and red milkweed beetle on a dill plant.
A tomato hornworm after eating half a Roma (moved with some sacrificial tomato branches).
Ssssnake in the grass. Biggest garter snake I’ve seen!
A performing green tree frog, stretched between two branches.
Found some yellowfoots! Will be eating these for dinner tomorrow.
August 17, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Found some yellowfoots! Will be eating these for dinner tomorrow.
Not sure what's going on here, but these are double seed pods from a giant red mustard. I grow a ton of this, often as ground-cover wherever I plant something new, as it's resilient & fast.
I wonder if it's double seeded too? Maybe a good candidate for pod production? 🌱
I wonder if it's double seeded too? Maybe a good candidate for pod production? 🌱
August 9, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Not sure what's going on here, but these are double seed pods from a giant red mustard. I grow a ton of this, often as ground-cover wherever I plant something new, as it's resilient & fast.
I wonder if it's double seeded too? Maybe a good candidate for pod production? 🌱
I wonder if it's double seeded too? Maybe a good candidate for pod production? 🌱
Had the privilege of watching this pretty lady check grabbing some nectar and drinking from the echinacea I planted from seed last year.
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August 8, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Had the privilege of watching this pretty lady check grabbing some nectar and drinking from the echinacea I planted from seed last year.
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Beans are going off. There will be dilly beans!
~5% brine, green/flagrano beans, fresh garlic (incl stems), dill leaves + flowers, peppercorns, jalapeño slice.
Plant for diversity, and you’ll always have *something* to eat.
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~5% brine, green/flagrano beans, fresh garlic (incl stems), dill leaves + flowers, peppercorns, jalapeño slice.
Plant for diversity, and you’ll always have *something* to eat.
🌱
July 24, 2023 at 11:56 PM
Beans are going off. There will be dilly beans!
~5% brine, green/flagrano beans, fresh garlic (incl stems), dill leaves + flowers, peppercorns, jalapeño slice.
Plant for diversity, and you’ll always have *something* to eat.
🌱
~5% brine, green/flagrano beans, fresh garlic (incl stems), dill leaves + flowers, peppercorns, jalapeño slice.
Plant for diversity, and you’ll always have *something* to eat.
🌱
Possible dill-muncher sighting. I don’t think she will make it, but hopefully can lay some eggs before moving on.
Must’ve escaped a bird or frog.
Must’ve escaped a bird or frog.
July 24, 2023 at 11:53 PM
Possible dill-muncher sighting. I don’t think she will make it, but hopefully can lay some eggs before moving on.
Must’ve escaped a bird or frog.
Must’ve escaped a bird or frog.
Garden 🌱creatures
1. spring peeper
2. Canada darner (I think?)
3. Giant f***Ing fishing spider (3.5” across!)
1. spring peeper
2. Canada darner (I think?)
3. Giant f***Ing fishing spider (3.5” across!)
July 22, 2023 at 12:59 AM
Garden 🌱creatures
1. spring peeper
2. Canada darner (I think?)
3. Giant f***Ing fishing spider (3.5” across!)
1. spring peeper
2. Canada darner (I think?)
3. Giant f***Ing fishing spider (3.5” across!)
Multiplier onions are a win! Bought these after learning about them from SkillCult. Did not disappoint. Started from sets 2 months ago. Harvested sustainably for gronions as they grew, and each single set tripled or quadrupled.
Anyone else growing multipliers / potato onions?
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Anyone else growing multipliers / potato onions?
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July 18, 2023 at 12:54 AM
Multiplier onions are a win! Bought these after learning about them from SkillCult. Did not disappoint. Started from sets 2 months ago. Harvested sustainably for gronions as they grew, and each single set tripled or quadrupled.
Anyone else growing multipliers / potato onions?
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Anyone else growing multipliers / potato onions?
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