Kastana and the Whispering Garden
Every seed needs time.
#A Leaf’s Job Is to Be Green#Kastana#children’s story#Pumpkin Village
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Ten Years to Travel Five Kilometres
A gentle story about finally visiting a German drive-in cinema five kilometres from home, with radio sound, rollerblading staff, and a little regret.
#life in Germany#drive-in cinema#Autokino#everyday life in Germany
Read moreGrowing grey oyster mushrooms from a supermarket mushroom
Notes from my small experiment using the inner stem of a supermarket grey oyster mushroom to regrow mycelium on fresh coffee grounds.
#grey oyster mushroom#coffee grounds#mushroom growing#mycelium
Read moreGrowing lá lốt in Germany
How I grow lá lốt in Germany from stems bought at an Asian grocery store, root the cuttings, keep the plant in a pot, and bring it indoors for winter.
#lá lốt#gardening in Germany#Vietnamese vegetables#cuttings
Read moreGrowing rau cần in Germany
How I regrow rau cần from supermarket stems in Germany, keep it in a water-filled container, and watch it return after winter.
#rau can#water dropwort#gardening in Germany#Vietnamese vegetables
Read morePropagating F2 mushroom spawn on wheat grains
Notes from the time I used a healthy grain spawn jar to make new F2 mushroom spawn on wheat grains, from soaking and sterilizing to waiting for white mycelium.
#mushrooms#grain spawn#wheat grains#mycelium
Read moreLanzarote - The Trip I Barely Prepared For
A quiet note from Lanzarote: a trip booked with almost no planning, and an island of lava, wind, sea, and white houses slowly opening itself.
#Lanzarote#travel#Canary Islands#Spain
Read moreGrowing mushrooms at home (Part 2): from grain spawn to the first Mushrooms
Notes from moving mushroom spawn onto straw substrate, incubating it in buckets, bottles, and freezer bags, then waiting for the first oyster mushroom clusters.
#mushrooms#mushroom growing#straw substrate#oyster mushrooms
Read moreWant to Fish in Germany? First You Have to... Study
A small story about learning, taking the exam, applying for a fishing licence, and buying permits before fishing in Germany.
#life in Germany#fishing in Germany#fishing licence#everyday life in Germany
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