Joshua States

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since Feb 19, 2021

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I spent most of my life on one adventure after another. I've studied classical ballet, music, and driven truck OTR. Rock & ice climbing, mountaineering, and bow hunting have been my primary outdoors pursuits. I have spent most of my professional life in the building trades and recently retired from my job as a building code guru. My wife and I have a metal working business where we do a lot of forging, welding, and creating. I also do a bit of woodworking. My primary focus in metal work is knives and other bladed tools.

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6a Alpine Southwest USA

http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com

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Some days, it's just necessary

I have taken a liking to a genre of music called "Pagan Folk".
This is a German Band named Faun

Faun video

2 days ago

music

Winged Beans

My brother sent me a video on these winged beans. After watching it I came here to see what else I could find. It seems the only posts are several years old, so I am raising this one from the dead (necro-posting).
Although these are tropical, they theoretically can be grown in temperate climates. I may try these in my green-hoop-house this year.

Here's the video: https://youtu.be/6tmM3lYSE5E?si=xY6DgKzgyghNHuaS

Interesting YT channel as well.

2 weeks ago

beans

a college degree in 2025/2026/2027 ... don't

How I feel about AI......

3 months ago

paul wheaton's pseudo blog

Tomato weirdness

Nancy Reading wrote:It's late in the season, I suspect magnesium deficiency.

Do you intend to keep the tomatoes going much longer? A dose of Epsom salts is the quickest/available source for a pick you up. If the frosts are due soon I wouldn't (personally) bother as the plants will die then anyway.

I do plan on keeping them until they croak. We have below freezing temps every night, but the greenhouse is staying pretty warm, so the tomatoes and a couple of holdout peppers are still hanging in there.
My wife came home today with a quart bag of Epsom salt from one of her yoga students who has a fabulous garden. I'll see her tonight and ask how to apply it. If you have any suggested methods, I'm all ears.

3 months ago

plants

Tomato weirdness

May Lotito wrote:Do they look like these:https://permies.com/t/165424/Ack-brandywines-dragon-scales
How about the newer growth? Are leaves and flower clusters getting smaller with uneven fruit maturity within a cluster?

Yes! That's exactly what they look like. I'll go out tomorrow and cut all the affected stems & leaves off.

3 months ago

organic

Tomato weirdness

Anne Miller wrote:I would try this:

1 gal water, 1 T dish soap, 1 T baking soda.

I put it in a spray bottle to make applying it easy.

Some recipes call for adding oil. I have never found a need for the oil.

What ailment is this supposed to treat?

3 months ago

plants

Tomato weirdness

C. Letellier wrote:spotted wilt virus?

go to the second picture down.spotted wilt

It does look very similar, but the articles did not have any treatment ideas or plans.

3 months ago

plants

Tomato weirdness

Nancy Reading wrote:It's late in the season, I suspect magnesium deficiency.

Do you intend to keep the tomatoes going much longer? A dose of Epsom salts is the quickest/available source for a pick you up. If the frosts are due soon I wouldn't (personally) bother as the plants will die then anyway.

These are all inside the greenhouse and most of them are heavy with fruit. I still haven't had that rush of harvest one would expect by this late in the season.
So, I was expecting to keep them going for a few more weeks.
I'll see if we have any Epsom salt.

3 months ago

plants

My green/hoop-house thingy build

I never did update this during the year, and the truth be told, I kind of forgot to take many pics along the way.
This building worked very well for growing stuff. Almost too well actually. The tomatoes grew completely out of my control.
I had poor luck with beans and most of the squash, but I put that down to poor planning on my part.

Here we are in late October.

4 months ago

greenhouses

Tomato weirdness

Okay hivemind.
What is this stuff on my tomato leaves?

Some of it is purple on very green leaves.

Some of it is getting purple on yellowing leaves

4 months ago

plants