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I’ve spent about $85 on plants in the last few months but I went from 3 plants to 27
#the plants are so cheap#I don’t have the willpower to pass up a plant AND a deal#probs another $20 on goodwill pots#and $20 on soil and fertilizer and stuff#I’m okay with this#i got a lot of nothing to say#plantcrazed2k23
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So anyway you repeatedly say we only feel corn husks and similar inedible parts to cattle but Never add a source to back it up. Having worked on farms I’m afraid for the most part the feeds I’ve seen have been parts entirely edible to humans. And like fuck man 5% of all grown soy is fed to humans or however the stat goes, do you really think the remaining 95% is inedible? really?
Anyway yeah I’m asking for a source here cause I don’t want to add this on to months old post
Ingredients such as “grain by-products” are referring to the husks, stalks, and other “green” parts of the plant that we humans don’t actually have the digestive capabilities to eat. The breakdown of most livestock feeds looks like the above when you actually take a look at it.
Different cattle feed, similar ingredients. Still primarily things that, and I have to stress this, you cannot eat. This one is slightly higher in quality and does indeed have actual grain products included. Some of those are edible to humans. Some are not. Generally cattle are fed cattle cubes with supplemental mineral licks and hay. Some also supplement with whole corn, but I can gladly assure you that corn is not in short supply and even if all the corn sold to animal feed was donated to the poor, you can’t actually live off of corn because there’s very little nutrition in it. Hence why in both human and animal food it’s typically seen as a filler ingredient. Keeps the mouth busy with a meal without making your stomach feel full and you end up eating more without feeling satisfied.
Soybeans are really only often used in feed for pigs because they’re a great source of protein for these animals. I would state that soy is also a terrible option to use as an emergency food for humans in need because while, yes, it is indeed a healthy bean, it’s also one of the top eight foods that humans are frequently allergic or intolerant towards. I’d also ask you for whether your 5% of all grown soy statistic is referring to the beans or the entire plant because yeah the beans are the edible part. The rest of the plant isn't especially healthy for humans to eat. I would say the beans are around 5% of a mature soy plant sure.
#No offense anon but when you come here with ACTUALLY MOST OF WHAT FARM COWS EAT IS HUMAN FOOD and bring up SOY in the discussion of COWS#I somewhat doubt you actually have much experience farming#because no actually cattle benefit from the green parts of the plant more than the bean parts in most cases#corn is used as a cheap supplemental feed because it’s cheap and it’s cheap because there’s so so SO much of it#And corn isn’t grown in special livestock only plantations when it’s used as feed as opposed to human food either#corn is grown en masse and processed and then sold to various companies which use the corn for various things#if animal feed companies stopped buying corn and that corn was instead bought by human food companies#that doesn’t mean corn would be any more or less accessible to the hungry#because it would go to grocery stores and TV dinner companies and sauce companies and soda companies and so on#and it would still be sold same as always#world hungerTM isn’t caused because people can’t afford corn#corn is dirt cheap and most people can afford it#it’s just barely a step above eating sand and you can’t live off of it#I’ve gone a few days only eating corn products because they were cheap#and shocking no one I had no energy and felt just as hungry after each bowl as I had before the last#people cannot survive off of that#giving corn to livestock isn’t taking away any resource of value from humans#sorry it just isn’t
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so, i've turned the jungle downstairs into a workspace! (well, it's both now i guess dsjghsd)
#cmdr's log#interior#plants#plantblr#art#IM SO HAPPY WITH HOW IT TURNED OUT!!!#that one extra chair that was sitting in the corner FINALLY has a use jdghsd#also cheap ikea desks my beloved#its so light too..
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nothing gets me like a character with overt flower symbolism ESPECIALLY self-inflicted
#this post is about#lyney#choosing to use rainbow roses instead of lumi bells for his magic tricks from now on#bc he finds out lumis represent farewells. and rainbow roses represent passion. and he wants to hold onto his connection with#the main character who he's hopelessly gay for (either in the homosexual way or the bisexual way depending on the gender of mc)#but pla tag other characters and ocs and tell me their flower symbolism so i can be unwell about them too#snowswords#Genshin Impact#flower symbolism#i will tag my ocs now#onphora#gets daffodil bc ofc. they are lethal to everyone who isn't (found) family. even then they are stingy w trust/affection ...#tam#tammy#choses lilies bc she holds them at the funeral for a man she hated. flower of fuck you. flower of i do whatever i want especially now#flower of ... doing the right thing. i will mourn you but not bc you deserve it. alsooo lilies can be speckled (: like tam's freckles#elis#hmm i would give elis carnations. white ones w purple dye (: fun n cheap n accommodating n kinda tryhard flowers. but you love em for it <3#i should assign more flowers to more OCs. i'll add them as i come up w them#OH i assigned#relin#who belongs to#cosmic#magnolias. ancient plants (relin's lineage is important) that represent endurance. that man sure endures ...#OMG I FORGOT I ASSIGNED#senjuro#SUNFLOWERS BC HE IS A SUNFLOWER. HIS LOVE WOULD BE TOO MUCH! HE WAS LEFT IN THE DUST ... and bc he's a sunshiny kid. my poor boy ...
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went out to get plants to attract hummingbirds since i've seen several looking for flowers on my balcony, and i was hesitant to get one plant until a hummingbird literally starting feeding on it in front of me lol. it even came back once i put the plant in my cart. can't wait for them to frequent my garden (':🌱
#also got a huge basil plant for cheap i'm so happy#flowers haven't been my thing when gardening but now i'm trying#solstice's♡prophecies
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in my own home again 👍 and my salad kit didn’t even go bad so i even get to have big salad tonight queen !!
#chatpost#i know i should be excited to be home but i mostly just feel so sad. i’m so tired of being scared of my roommates. whatever#my plants didn’t do so good while i was gone i should have asked someone to water them#might lose the little peace lily in the bathroom but it might bounce back 🤔 it was new & pretty cheap tho so no big loss#i’m glad about my salad though. i really regretted leaving it here & wasting it#but it’s not wasted bc i can eat it tonight :)
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went mad with power at the local nursery (bought four ferns, a slightly monstrous spiderwort, and a PITCHER PLANT)
#about to never have a fruit fly problem again 😌#I may get some others. they had a GREAT range carnivorous plants. and we do get an annoying number of fruit flies in the kitchen here.#also IT WAS SO CHEAP#really fucking won today actually#now I gotta try to repot the pitcher plant into my empty hanger. without spilling the plant stomach acid on me.#the person at the nursery said it was fine if it spilled it was just sticky. i am just Anti-Sticky lmao.
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Now we wait :)
#mutantenfisch tank#<- my new tag for my aquarium endeavour#i got this 60 l cube for cheap on ebay and it's going to house some shrimps and about a dozen small fish in the future#thinking about a school of 5 to 7 of either Otocinclus or Corydoras pygmaeus about 9 to 13 celestial darios and about a dozen red shrimps#can't remember their exact name just now#but before the critters move in there i want this baby to boot itself up and the plants to grow in#so there won't be any fish there before next year :)#still waiting for the literal dust to settle that i stirred while planting the background plants#let's hope they take root!!!#also yeeeee moss ball algae my beloveds!!!#still thinking about getting some nylon strings from grandpa to turn them into floating balls though :)#or pull the big one you can see apart to attach it to the root
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hey does anyone know if there's any way to reap generously without sowing generously? i'd really like to reap generously but idk i kinda feel like it would be easier to sow sparingly lol
#i know i have to make an effort to see the fruits of my labor but i dont wanna!!!!#also im irl ordering crops for spring rn ��#and im being thrifty and cheap by ordering the smaller trees bc they're easier to plant and im broke rn lol#even tbo im wondering if i should also get 100 of the bigger ones they were so hard to plant last year 😖#but they look amazing this year ngl#anyway certified farmer post#this has been a shitpost#its not really a big deal bc i was advised to go w the smaller ones by a more experienced farmer due to the rocky soil#and he's right#but i want the immediate rewards of watching my trees get big faster :)#lol#also we keep sowing clover seed and its not really taking over the field as hoped so i need to order more and do tbat in the spring too#alas#fourth times the charm
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LARGE POT ACQUIRED
#WHY IS MARSHALLS SELLING GIANT POTS FOR SO CHEAP#HAD TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I DONT HAVE A CAR AND HAVE SHORTISH ARMS#OTHERWISE WOULDVE COME HOME WITH 3-5 GIANT POTS#FOR PLANTS I DONT CURRENTLY OWN#LOSING MY SHIT#THEYRE PRETTY TOO??#LIKE FANCY GLAZED TERRA COTTA?????#GONNA GET MYSELF A FANCY PLANT FOLKS#personal
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The plant shop of my choice has a Monstera Thai Constellation for only 25 bucks 👀
#*villainii#for anyone who doesn't know:#this plant used to be extremely expensive!#with prices that made you question humanity...#it's 20 cm#on the other side#IS it that plant??#it's so cheap i'm not sure....#it says monstera deliciosa thai constellation variegata 🙃
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Who's been spending my money???
#me#on sims city build#and textbooks#and i ran out of a bunch of toiletry type things#and too many iced lattes#and canva pro#i also bought a shit ton of clothes at the end of August/start of september so that probably ate up 900 since I'm too big and picky for#really cheap things#thank god my big and i are both in the arts and i have so many plants#so my little can get a cool basket
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every day this week i have gone to set up my classroom and somehow that involves spending way more time there than i thought (9am - 6pm) and also an average of $250 a day
i’m already over this year
#my classroom library was PITIFUL#i taught primary for over a decade and last year i borrowed books from my friends and teammates#so i spent about … $400? on books alone#then of course i don’t have nearly enough space so i needed shelves#and target had those cute disc chairs on sale so they’re also in my library now#the school didn’t add headphones to the supply list and i found some on sale so i picked up a few of those#we have to use an online component for math and like hell am i going to listen to 25 computers during that time#plus new bulletin board paper and borders (okay those were very cheap)#now i really want to get some plants but lord i’m so broke
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today i planted pansies and jasmine and put fairy lights on my balcony <3
#pansies are my fave flower and i love the smell of jasmine#i have a new long trough pot too since the last one caught on fire and melted#whatever will i do#haha i will just put more potted colour#cottage flowers may die but they are so cheap and pretty <3#i cant wait to plant lobelia and marigolds in the spring
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I botched making pasta sauce so hard that my OCD convinced me I somehow poisoned myself so yeah that’s pretty much how today’s going
#it’s so bitter#so like#cheap tomatoes#or#this basil plant having gotten too old?#too much basil cause I’m not used to fresh?#It is what it is ig#actually ocd#beating my head on the wall
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me, a former homestuck cosplayer, seeing all the other alastor cosplayers at the con wearing gray facepaint:
#this is purely a joke y’all looked amazing#HOWEVER it did give me flashbacks to unsealed paint on fucking EVERY goddamn thing#also I definitely should have worn a wig but I think if something (except like two specific hats) touches my head I will explode#I looked weird with my normal hair but it’s fine it’s fine don’t worry about it#going to a con in November and tbh I may just dye my hair red rather than wear a wig#idk how I would do the black tips impermanently lol I do not actually want to have the fuckass bob in real life#maybe hair wax or something idk#I used that once and it was a sensory hell but if it’s just on the ends maybe it would be okay#the perils of playing dress up I guess man idk#I have some Plans for my next alastor cosplay though (rubbing my gay little hands together)#once I’m not in crisis mode I want to work on it so bad#bc man. I have Ideas.#v excited to do a masquerade al#time to do something overly ambitious babeyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!#got a Definitely Not Questionable deer skull mask a while ago and stripped off all the feathers and beads and stuff#found some extremely cheap restoration grill cloth on ebay that I’m gonna glue onto it#I wanna get some fake Spanish moss or something to drape over the antlers#I have a list of possible designs to make in glitter/sequins to make the mask more masqueradey too#so far it’s mostly just bayou plants that have names that are juuuust close enough to something alastor-related to be funny to me#no one else will get it or find it funny but that’s okay 👍#trying to think of a way to incorporate a kind of jazzy motif without resorting to like. notes and clefs bc that’s a bit on the nose idk#maybe I’m just thinking too hard about this#also thinking of a stylized superhet circuit diagram (or part of it lol)#yes I have 500 ideas no the mask isn’t big enough to accommodate even 5 of them probably#I also have an old burgundy cloak that would be perfecttttt#I think underneath it I will just wear the normal attire to not venture TOO far from canon lol#so like the red shirt with the cross and the black pants and his lil deerprint dress shoes#I gotta fix the bow tie from this last con bc I forgot the middle was red and ended up cutting up a christmas decoration to sew on lmao#I wanna use something satin so it matches the texture of the rest of the tie lol#idk!!!! I am just excited about this :>
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