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  • Slatlun@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzHappy 420
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    8 days ago

    You can look at wildlife/pollinator gardening. There are different focuses like rewilding or even restoration. There are also a lot of companies willing to sell incredibly invasive plants while calling them nice things, so buy from a reputable source if you do buy plants or seeds.



  • Refreezing is fine for safety (if you thawed it correctly). The main reason not to freeze and thaw things multiple times is that tiny ice crystals do damage to the structure of the food each time freezing happens.

    In meat, that damage makes your meat dry out easier when cooking. That’s normally a bad thing, bit it might actually be a good idea for making jerky.

    In short, I would have no hesitation using refrozen meat to make jerky











  • I’m not from Austrailia, but the general rule for pruning is that up to 30% of the crown is ok, so I wouldn’t worry at all about 10%.

    This might already be your plan, but the best branches to prune are the ones with the most leverage. Those are the tallest and longest ones. The least effective will be the shortest, lowest, and closest to the trunk.

    Unnecessary info: Trees need leaves to make food, but leaves use water and other soil nutrients. Trees need roots to gather water and other soil nutrients, but roots don’t make food. The balance in pruning is between these two things. Cutting off branches in the hot and dry will probably actually help the plant survive because you are reducing water demand during a time when food is plentiful. The trick is to not overdo it and starve the roots. That’s where that 30% idea comes from. Almost every plant will tolerate that amout of cutback without taking root damage.