@ifrit Bit of a hitch in the plan there, I'm afraid, as the three tomatoes have already met a culinary demise

@efialto

@Frantasaur The solar irrigation system sounds really smart. I hope it works well for you.

Good to learn that the pervert glasses are being restricted and regulated in plenty of places. Thanks for the info and link, @TrueNorthSpice

https://mastodon.world/@TrueNorthSpice/117106420762650475

@TrueNorthSpice Good to see, good to know! Thank you

@snaprails That sounds like a perfect solution.

@snaprails That's a fabulous crop! I am happy for you. I am actually quite happy even with my three - it's only motivated me to keep trying. I was fairly hands-off, I may need to give liquid fertiliser a little more often. Enjoy your tomatoes!

A citizen petition has been started to ’restrict the use of smart glasses in municipal buildings and institutions in Aarhus.’ If it gets 1,500 signatures, the city council is required to discuss it.

Core reasons given:
- Citizens could be filmed without knowledge or consent
- Safety; the risk of harassment
- Lack of regulation; ’legislation hasn’t kept up with technology’

I wonder if other councils have already done this, in Denmark or elsewhere.

https://deltag.aarhus.dk/node/1507

#SmartGlasses #Aarhus

@constantorbit If we are going to lose fruit and veg, losing them to deer is at least a cool way to do it. My trio stayed green for a weirdly long time, I assumed they'd given up and would never ripen, then suddenly they did. I hope yours redden nicely for you soon

@TrickTim We shall keep trying! I hope yours do a bit better in the future. Fertiliser and hope, as you say!

@Frantasaur Thank you! Although I have no idea why the rosemary has been so resilient - pure happy-amateur luck. I tried sage once but it gave up quickly. Good tip about the tomato irrigation, thanks - I kept it watered and cautiously fertilised, but tried not to kill them with over-attention. The plants may like a *little* more active care.

@dusk @kimlockhartga Thank you, and the same to you

@glutto Oh dear, then there'll be no crop next year because all three tomatoes have already come to a culinary end.

@steph_szostek Interesting - that fits with the pattern I noticed. My three tomatoes emerged and then just remained the same size and remained green for what seemed like a disproportionate length of time. Weeks and weeks and weeks. Then suddenly ripened red, all three. And a few flowers appeared. That fits with the period of worst heat ending. Good to know. And thanks for the tip - I should probably fertilise them more often. I've been nervously cautious.

@dangerousbeans I will absolutely not give up. It's fun trying. Interesting that your crop swung so widely from one year to the next. Unpredicable yokes, tomato plants!

@Frantasaur A rooftop greenhouse sounds great. A pity there wasn't a better crop this year for you. Interesting that the basil is thriving. On my balcony, the rosemary is ridiculously thriving. Even after being fully exposed all winter, including weeks under a metre of snow, because relentless gale winds defeated my attempts to protect them with winter fleece covering.

@Kerplunk I have no intention of giving up on tomatoes - it's fun trying. I'll skip the fish tip, though. Too many nosey noisy seagulls around here, we're trying to keep them off the balconies

Edited to add: I thought, but forgot to actually type: Thanks for the tips and the names of those varieties!

@bodhipaksa

"talk to the couple down the road who have a huge and apparently abundant garden" - that's a great idea.

Lovely that the okra grew, especially when you just planted it on a whim. Nice result.

@joepie91 Haha - it would require some reverse-engineering, if seen alone out of context first, I suppose

@GracelessHippo Thank you! They did actually taste quite good. I'm happy anything grew at all, really. An exclusive crop of three

@rurudotorg Oh, that's a pity! So many, but then not so tasty.