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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 19:30:15 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   This week has been an exciting one for weather. One Monday I was so hot in my office that we decided to turn the ac on, but it's been raining ever sense and we turned it off a day later because it hasn't been above 70 degrees. We've had at least an inch of rain a day for the past few days. I have done a bit of work to elevate certain walking paths and make the ground more absorbant over the past few years, and it's working so that the ground doesn't turn into a mud puddle immediately, but after 4 days the effects of my effort are less noticeable.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 19:30:55 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     The predicted high for today is in the 60s. Totally reasonable for June
   • Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies (ashchapelsghost@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 19:59:06 JST Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies

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     @thatguyoverthere Maybe in Argentina...
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 20:04:28 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies
     @AshChapelsGhost Yeah thankfully the ground is doing a decent job of absorbing most of the rain, but we're at a point where the ground is like a wet sponge so every step your feet end up surrounded by water in a lot of places. Over the past 2 years I've been burying dead wood underneath of patches of regularly traversed ground which both increased the absorption capabilities and elevated the areas I most frequent. Before I did that it took about 20 minutes of rain in those places to do what has taken 4 days. I also have been working on a pond which is at a low point so where it can run off it has a good chance of finding it's way to the pond instead of just pooling up.
   • TinyHouse4Life (tinyhouse4life@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 21:23:27 JST TinyHouse4Life

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     It's a muddy soggy mess here. It has been raining since Monday. I think we are at 10 inches now. My beautiful flower bed has been destroyed 😭 I have the sads big time over that

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 21:41:35 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • TinyHouse4Life
     @TinyHouse4Life that really sucks with the flower beds. Are they raised or ground level?
     
     yeah we started seeing an uptick in rain last week (maybe the week prior), but starting Monday afternoon we've been getting a pretty steady fall with a few breaks in between. I am guessing when I say an inch a day based on very crude measurements (guessing the depth of a tray that is out in the rain), but it seems like it's at least that much. For the first few days we absorbed everything. Yesterday I started to notice the sponge effect when walking around in the chicken area. There is a good bit of their pen that gets moved in and out of use (moving the fencing around), but the coop is stationary so the front, back, and sides are piled up with bedding and straw regularly.
     
     So far my plants seem happy. My raspberries are getting a little tired of the extra weight and have started to slouch a little bit, but they seem ok. I might need to add a little more support to them to keep the berries up off the ground. Birds are catching on that they can reach them without flying :ablobweary:
     
     I don't know at what point things will start to be negatively impacted. I'm hoping drainage is sufficient that my plants do alright. The potatoes are in a raised bed and I think they'll drain fine. Most of my food is either in a container or a straw bale (raised) which should drain without issue.
     
     One thing I am a little bit concerned about is the sweet potatoes I planted last weekend. I used a galvanized water trough for some of the plants and I'm concerned that water might not find it's way to the drain. I didn't drill any extra holes, but I left some more aerated material in the bottom and it's got more than enough depth for the potatoes that even if it does build up a little bit it won't matter, but it's hard to know. According to what I found the sweet potato wants about 10 inches below the soil and I've got them planted into more than 2ft of soil. I left the drain plug open so any standing water at the bottom can escape.
     
     I have some direct sown grasses and stuff at ground level for the birds, but other than that and my various bushes and trees, the only ground level area I have planted this year is in the front of the house, and it's slightly elevated from the spaces around it so it can run off excess thankfully. I don't think the sunflowers want to go for a swim.
   • Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies (ashchapelsghost@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 21:51:46 JST Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies

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     @thatguyoverthere Sounds like your landscaping is going fairly well. I've been having trouble with the drain pipes (culverts? Is that the term? It's big enough for a man to crawl through) under my mother's property collapsing and causing massive fucken holes in the middle of her yard. Last winter, I climbed into one and shored that motherfucker up as best I could. But until the city digs up the broken ones and replace them, this is just a stopgap. I'd replace them myself, but technically, that busted shit is city property and I can get fined for fucking with it, even to just do some repairs.
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 21:51:46 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies
     d@AshChapelsGhost@poa.st Yeah it's been a lot of gradual improvement. Big rain storms like this are a period of observation so I can learn where I need to focus attention. The first few days were making me feel fantastic about last year's work. Being able to walk around on wet but not soggy ground after a substantial amount of rain was great. We've exceeded those levels at this point.
     
     If the pipes are collapsing do they not obstruct the water that should be flowing through them? I imagine that would mean a lot more water for you to have to handle in addition to the depression caused from the collapse. Do they have an easement on the property for those? My house predated the sewer system around here so there is nothing fancy under our house (other than caverns which network throughout the area). I do have an ancient sewage pipe (made of terracotta) which has been damaged somewhere 16ft below the surface, but it still gets the poo to the sewer so I'm not trying to drop the thousands of dollars it will cost to repair for now. Even though it's not city property they have very strong opinions about that kind of work and I can get in a lot of trouble if it's not licensed work.
   • TinyHouse4Life (tinyhouse4life@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 21:52:23 JST TinyHouse4Life

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     The flower beds that are in the worst shape are raised beds. The flowers have been beaten down with rain and most are laying on the ground now. I will need to stake then up if the rain ever stops.
     It's been a very weird season. It's so chilly still. I am still wearing hoodies and socks. Usually by now I'm barefoot and half naked

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 21:55:19 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @TinyHouse4Life oh damn so it's the abuse from above that's killing them not the roots being water logged? Good news I guess is a lot of plants seem to recover from surface damage better than root rot.
     
     I don't know if you saw this, but there is a bunch of weirdness with pressure systems causing both hot and cold weather across the country. I am like you in that I am not used to being able to wear a hoodie comfortably in June.
     
     https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Oca-qcU5zoQ
   • Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies (ashchapelsghost@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 22:23:18 JST Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies

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     @thatguyoverthere The neighbor abandoned their property about eighteen months ago, and the water that would normally be flowing under the property here is flowing over the property there. So at least there's that. And the house came after the drainage was installed. The property was built in the early 80s, which included added earth give some space between the house and the drainage.
     
     There was a massive flood in the area back in the 70s, so they did a lot of drainage after in an attempt to mitigate flooding on that scale again. It's worked for the most part. But that stuff's old, and it's NEVER been properly maintained except when it collapsed under the road or filled with debris.
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 22:26:15 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Ash Chapel's Holly Jolly Tiddies
     @AshChapelsGhost I am lucky in that while I live in a valley, I do not live anywhere near the lowest point in that valley. The particular area I live in has not flooded in over a hundred years (probably longer). The house is ~120 years old. There are people who live on the river that have to deal with those problems a little more.
   • Zealist (zealist@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 22:26:34 JST Zealist

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     @thatguyoverthere where i am at is under drought but it only just started, given the plant boys a good drink every day till it rains.
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 23-Jun-2023 22:30:12 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Zealist
     @Zealist we had a slight drought earlier in the year, but most of the plants I have that were growing at that time are pretty drought tolerant. I was giving the fruiting plants a daily watering (some stuff got 2 waterings a day for a while there), but now I'm just letting things grow. When I saw what was coming I did take the opportunity to throw out some new seed for clover, rye and alfalfa in some bare places. I don't expect to let them grow to maturity, but if I can get them to sprout and start forming roots they will help improve the soil until they are large enough to feed to the birds (at which point I Just need to move the fencing).