Probably just another tax grab ... I think one proposal seeks to abolish references to "low THC" (<1%) strains in favour of "hemp" and/or "industrial hemp."   

A few potential issues: 

There don't seem to be anchor points, so how to prevent it from blowing away in a strong wind? My bigger concern is tree branches (and old fences) from neighbouring properties, falling through the polycarbonate sheeting or bending the aluminium frame. 

There are plenty of gaps (up to around 5cm) where the ground isn't perfectly level -- does the bottom need to be sealed against pests? Or would the added ventilation be a good thing? 

I was thinking of installing a small raised garden bed under the highest point, but it's a tight squeeze. Any thoughts on that, or -- conversely -- planting directly into the ground? 

One thing I might be inclined to do is install a bale of straw or barrel of water, for additional passive solar heating in winter. I'd welcome any thoughts on interior layout and design.

Any greenhouse gurus out there care to offer me some pointers?

Happy to trade arid for (sub-)tropical plants. 

The use of psilocybin mushrooms is legal under regulated conditions in Oregon and Colorado, but to ensure safety, psilocybin-containing products require standardization and production using current Good Manufacturing Practices. However, unregulated products marketed as magic mushroom edibles (eg, gummies and chocolates) often contain no psilocybin and instead contain muscimol from Amatina muscaria, synthetic tryptamines, or other adulterants. During 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 180 emergency cases, 73 hospitalizations, and 3 deaths associated with these products in 34 states.² This study analyzed the constituents of unregulated magic mushroom commercial products.

I have to find more ways to do projects like this, it was the first thing in a long time that improved my mental health

Late last year was the first time I've achieved a longer-term personal goal in a very long time. It's hard for people to understand when the goal-oriented, sequential step-by-step organisation for a longer-term outcome part of your brain doesn't work properly just exactly how hard that is.

In doing that, I managed to take the desolate wasteland of illness and imbued some hope, meaning, purpose and contribution. That process is reflected in the garden pictures below.

It's taken me a long time to start re-investing the illness force, allegiance to the pain, back into healthy things. I had invested a lot of my super scattered ill energy at the community garden and got a medicinal garden out of it through trial and error

It helped me develop a special healing relationship with plants while so ill. The medicinal patch became a sacred healing space for me to start caring for my personal ecosystem and stay connected to the community.

I enjoyed the medicinal patch as growing things was intrinsically motivated and there was no rigidity to an outcome - any success was a win and boost to self-esteem, any failure no big deal

It provided some vital aspects

- something to care for beyond the self
- novelty and seeing things burst to life
- Trial and error approaches, without ANY expectation of outcomes other than giving things a go
- Celebrating any small outcome of success, not "meeting quotas"

Like my life... initially barren, empty, dry

Learning to rise from the darkness by growing seeds

First glimmers of light

Growth

Coming to bloom

Returning full circle.

My lessons in attempting a medicinal patch despite being functionally very impaired:

It's very different going from pots and home gardening and buying lots of plants to community garden plot planting from seed. Particularly going essentially solo and with severe functional impairments.

1. Start simple and get simple happening in the plot first before you go in anyway complicated. If the world of herbal medicinal plants too over enthuses you, pick just a few functional plants to fill a patch initially. Get a feel for it as you go and up your commitment as you see how things fare

2. You'll need so much time if you're starting from seed vs the rapid growth expected from conventional veggie gardening and faster plants etc. Some are slow projects from seed. White Sage, Dan Shen etc

3. Be patient for the seasons. Jumping in early even with a heat mat and greenhouse can just cause issues.

4. Work out weed control and watering options for warm months. For me, despite thinking I got all the soil 'good enough' prepared, weeds were problematic

https://christspiracy.com

Provocative documentary on spiritual traditions, ecology and animal rights. 

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I lived briefly in the NT, where they had only two seasons: Wet and Dry. 

Elsewhere I've lived in Oz, the standard is four - probably derived from European observation. 

But maybe it's an (increasingly?) open question. Along the lines of, how long is a piece of string? 

What happens when species X doesn't return some year?

Any thoughts? 

Mycelium needs a middle ground, a happy medium. 

Oz production on PFAS chemicals, well worth a look. Freely available from the usual suspects. 

Coke bottle tek is a modification of the famous 'take-away tek', which uses plastic bottles for raising cacti and succulents from seed. Coke bottle tek is a set-and-forget technique, allowing plants to become more established with less human intervention, better preparing them for outdoor, in-ground environment and reducing the need for up-potting. Coke bottle tek also represents a more recyclable and environmentally friendly alternative to take-away tek.

This technique being used to successfully cultivate Trichocereus spp., Lophophora spp., Hylocereus spp., Gymnocalycium spp., Astrophytum spp., Ariocarpus spp., Ferocactus spp., and of course many different trees and herbs.

Halcyon and Dr Liam Engel are passionate ethnobotanists and longstanding members of The Corroboree forum.

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Download the tutorial here: https://gardenstates.entheogenesis.org/coke-bottle-tek-a-terrarium-technique/

Bring it, all you haters of plant medicine. 

Propagating citrus trees with a cactus: 

Propagating citrus trees with a 2L coke bottle: 

I'm intrigued: why cactus? Does its flesh contain auxins or other plant chemicals that stimulate rooting? 

https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/aop/article-10.1556-2054.2023.00292/article-10.1556-2054.2023.00292.xml

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34197510/

this is the one iv seen some good things about:  https://www.homebiogas.com

False advertising?