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1. Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 23:16:49 JST Flick 🇬🇧

   I’d decided to take a chance and put a magnolia in the garden: I love them, beautiful trees.

   A big factor in that was that a local (if lower altitude) nursery, which keeps all the plants outdoors so that they’re used to the weather, sells them.

   I was going to pick one up yesterday, as I was passing (ish), so I phoned to check that they had them in stock. No, they didn’t. They buy them in rather than raising them themselves, and wouldn’t have more until spring because that was they don’t need to worry about getting them through the winter.

   Ok, maybe I’m not going to take the chance after all.

   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 23:16:48 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick damn they are beautiful. I have one that's almost as tall as my house. Right now there aren't any flowers but I usually get at least 2 flushes a year. It's right outside of my office window so when it's blooming they are right in my face.
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 23:31:40 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere Oh, lucky you! They are lovely trees, I’ve always wanted one but never lived somewhere with a suitable microclimate.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 23:31:40 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick no flowers now but it's also evergreen which is cool because it's still full when everything else is bare. A bit of extra green in an otherwise pale landscape
   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 00:12:30 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     @thatguyoverthere I think even the deciduous ones tend to have a lovely shape.

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 00:14:24 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @Flick I have wanted to try and extract the scent for soap for a few years because it smells great. I have some olive oil I tried to use but I think it smells too much like olive. I have to try a later press (my only option when I tried was extra virgin)