#spaw2020

I planted hard neck garlic and Egyptian walking onions

I also harvested some of my swamp water for the pumpkins. It actually just smells like vinegar this time instead of the putrid stench like usual. Also it is purple because I had some beets in there 😂

also scattered a good couple handfuls of wildflower seeds (native ofc) and bought a big bag of spring bulbs to plant out maybe tomorrow or the day after

Sunday:

Signed up to volunteer with grocery shopping/delivery to local elderly

Thrifted some clothes with the fam. It’s an annual event, and we had a lot of fun going out.

Had tea with my grandparents. I brought some vegan butternut squash soup, and my grandmother made some vegan coffee cake. A lovely time :) We talked about ageism in relation to recent developments in her job.

Monday:

Beat back an overgrown bush that was engulfing our gas tank

Started an herb garden! So far I have rosemary (my favorite), fennel, chives, and mint.

Mended some clothes. A few loose buttons, a few patches, and experimented with bleaching

Tuesday:

Added infosec extensions to all my family's computers. They’re loving not having so many ads, and the next step will have to be educating them about basic infosec.

Foraged for whatever I could find on my walk (wild grapes, viburnums, acorns, chicken of the woods) and spent some time ID-ing new plants.

Wednesday:

Purchased a binder for my friend’s birthday!

Attended my first “Ready for 100” virtual meeting

Thursday:

Read more Leftist theory and group organizing zines

Made some acorn flour and viburnum tea from what I foraged on Tuesday. Hoping to make some acorn bread, and the tea is for cramps.

Friday:

Was planning to start a Buy Nothing group in my area, only to be pleasantly surprised to find out that one had already been started just two weeks ago! Eagerly offered some old kitchen appliances that we no longer use.

Had a conversation with friends and fam introducing them to the concept of “Land Back”.

BLM protest

Saturday:

Helped one of our elderly neighbors move TVs out of her house for our town’s E-waste Collection Day

Helped clean out my parents’ garage for the winter and donated a few bags of old good clothes we found

Started Hugelkultur garden for next year

Fixed our toilet!

I didn’t really do planning very well but here are some things so far:

- Planted lettuce and arugula seeds

- Made signs out of scrap wood for my compost piles (they’re v cute)

- Ordered worms for my compost piles

- Shared SPAW info and solarpunk books with friends who didn’t know about it!

- Bought a new solarpunk anthology from a local black owned bookstore

Plans for next few days:

- Propagate the ginger that is sprouting in my cabinet

- Jar-test my soil to find my balance of sand-silt-clay

- Scout locations for guerrilla gardening

I recycle all the clean paper products that come through my home, but my recycling program does not accept soiled paper. That means pizza boxes cannot be recycled because they always get greasy.

So I have been creating a path with them!

-collected some wildflower seeds and tried to plant some bulbs but the ground is bone-dry so i will postpone that to the weekend after we've hopefully had some rain. 

-did remember to leave a few painted stones along the way and put up more stickers where people had the nerve to scratch them off 

-got some soil and shredded a big thing of old paper (by hand) for my compost