It was slow and incremental. You can’t boil a frog by tossing it in a fryer.

👊🔥

Oh, I should have mentioned that the majority of it is growing on rubber mulch, which I found interesting when it started.

There is also a lot growing in the gap I clear next to the rocks bordering the stonecrop and that is growing on bare earth. You can see that in the 2nd photo, to the right of the row of rocks.

Something else to note is that this is on the north side of the house and gets full sun from midday on.

I think this might be liverwort.

As for creating the right conditions, we had an evergreen bush in the spot where the big red rock is. Moss likes acidic soil, which the evergreen would have helped foster. When we removed that bush and put it in the rock I had a small patch of moss volunteer. I’ve hand weeded yellow wood sorrel, yellow nutsedge, bittercress, and crabgrass to keep it clear. And kept leaf litter off of it to prevent mold. Other than that I make sure it gets watered to keep it spreading even though it is drought tolerant along with the surrounding stonecrop.

These are from today and with the last month or so. The red and dead looking stuff are sporophytes.

This is a picture from 3/3/2024 when it was just starting to really spread.

And 25 days later on 3/28/2024. You can see the sporophytes here when they’re new and green.

I think I have some of this growing in my little moss garden. Will take a pic and post it when I can.

Dunno where that fuckin’ book is, mate.

There’s a lot of them about!

Google

I am not surprised to see they’ve already been trying. I am glad to see there is already organized opposition to the privatization of the FAA. https://nbaa.org/advocacy/legislative-and-regulatory-issues/faa-reauthorization-and-modernization/truth-atc-privatization/

wonder how long till we start seeing state level run ATC

They’ll find a way to move it to the private sector before that.

Some are trying

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People can’t recur.

You’re not the boss of me!

I live 2.2 miles/3,5 km from my childhood home but have lived as far away as 4,383 miles/7.053 km away. Yes, I would consider my hometown as my current home.

As someone who just last week attended a wake for the suicide of an 11 year old who lived two houses down from us and was one of my child’s friends :thank you for saying that.

generally, no

According to https://nchstats.com/average-cost-of-hospital-stays-in-us/#google_vignette the average is $3.025 per night. 4 months = 120 days = $363,000 = €313.307,21

So you would teach kids that bowing to social pressure by buying overpriced fashion items is ok?

To each their own indeed.

The only thing slowing down the transition from fossil fuels to renewables is the same impediment it has always been: oil money protecting itself.

Costa Rica is definitely on our list.