akaKatboy W-H
@soundofmatt.bsky.social
Husband, dad, software engineer, gardener, musician, suburbanite, reformed hillbilly, atheist, moderately liberal, Boomer-X cusp, tired ... no ... not tired ... WEARY.
Life is good. Sure beats the alternative. 4.9/5.0 stars.
http://www.akakatboy.com
Life is good. Sure beats the alternative. 4.9/5.0 stars.
http://www.akakatboy.com
Flirting with a light freeze tonight, and there are plants in the kitchen garden we want to save for a few more weeks. So I improvised this cover from old tarps, 1x10s, and twine. Thanks to BSA for the old lashing skills, and my kids for the "hold this while I tie it" help.
#yardening 🌱 #dadding
#yardening 🌱 #dadding
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Flirting with a light freeze tonight, and there are plants in the kitchen garden we want to save for a few more weeks. So I improvised this cover from old tarps, 1x10s, and twine. Thanks to BSA for the old lashing skills, and my kids for the "hold this while I tie it" help.
#yardening 🌱 #dadding
#yardening 🌱 #dadding
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Late season basil trying to dominate the peppers, oregano, thyme, tomato, and lone leek.
What a jerk.
#yardening 🌱 #gardening #herbs
What a jerk.
#yardening 🌱 #gardening #herbs
October 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Late season basil trying to dominate the peppers, oregano, thyme, tomato, and lone leek.
What a jerk.
#yardening 🌱 #gardening #herbs
What a jerk.
#yardening 🌱 #gardening #herbs
I know this as Snow on the Mountain, and am a bit surprised to see it in N. Tx.
🌱 #gardeningfeed #yardening
🌱 #gardeningfeed #yardening
September 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I know this as Snow on the Mountain, and am a bit surprised to see it in N. Tx.
🌱 #gardeningfeed #yardening
🌱 #gardeningfeed #yardening
Cukehedge!
Tis a magic place
Where the bees doth rise with a pollen face...
#yardening 🌱 #vegetablegardeninginthesuburbs
Tis a magic place
Where the bees doth rise with a pollen face...
#yardening 🌱 #vegetablegardeninginthesuburbs
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Cukehedge!
Tis a magic place
Where the bees doth rise with a pollen face...
#yardening 🌱 #vegetablegardeninginthesuburbs
Tis a magic place
Where the bees doth rise with a pollen face...
#yardening 🌱 #vegetablegardeninginthesuburbs
June 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
May 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hello blosson end rot my old friend
We're low on calcium again
I'll hit the beds up with some meal of bone
So I can grow some tasties for my home
And the squash and zucchini will be growing up the trellis
wall
For us all
This is the sound
Of #yardening
(Props to simon & garfunkle)
🌱
We're low on calcium again
I'll hit the beds up with some meal of bone
So I can grow some tasties for my home
And the squash and zucchini will be growing up the trellis
wall
For us all
This is the sound
Of #yardening
(Props to simon & garfunkle)
🌱
May 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hello blosson end rot my old friend
We're low on calcium again
I'll hit the beds up with some meal of bone
So I can grow some tasties for my home
And the squash and zucchini will be growing up the trellis
wall
For us all
This is the sound
Of #yardening
(Props to simon & garfunkle)
🌱
We're low on calcium again
I'll hit the beds up with some meal of bone
So I can grow some tasties for my home
And the squash and zucchini will be growing up the trellis
wall
For us all
This is the sound
Of #yardening
(Props to simon & garfunkle)
🌱
The volunteer wild blackberries under our Bur Oak tree are trying hard to give us some tasties. Gonna have to beat the mockingbirds to them, tho...
🌱 #yardening
🌱 #yardening
April 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The volunteer wild blackberries under our Bur Oak tree are trying hard to give us some tasties. Gonna have to beat the mockingbirds to them, tho...
🌱 #yardening
🌱 #yardening
Even a Spiny Sowthistle can be pretty. 🌱
April 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Even a Spiny Sowthistle can be pretty. 🌱
April 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Don't give up on butterfly bush just because it "burned up and died" the previous fall. Shes a hardy little gal, and might just surprise ya in the spring!
#yardening 🌱
#yardening 🌱
April 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Don't give up on butterfly bush just because it "burned up and died" the previous fall. Shes a hardy little gal, and might just surprise ya in the spring!
#yardening 🌱
#yardening 🌱
I hope the other plants in my garden beds don't take up too mushroom.
#yardening #plants #mushrooms 🌱 #gardening
#yardening #plants #mushrooms 🌱 #gardening
March 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I hope the other plants in my garden beds don't take up too mushroom.
#yardening #plants #mushrooms 🌱 #gardening
#yardening #plants #mushrooms 🌱 #gardening
Beans. I hope. My kiddo sprouted these as part of a class project. I hope they take.
March 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Beans. I hope. My kiddo sprouted these as part of a class project. I hope they take.
I am gambling that our hard freezes are done. Time for the (9!) pineapples to come forth into the sun.
#yardening #plants #gardening 🌱
#yardening #plants #gardening 🌱
March 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I am gambling that our hard freezes are done. Time for the (9!) pineapples to come forth into the sun.
#yardening #plants #gardening 🌱
#yardening #plants #gardening 🌱
Someone Trump-rolled me into watching that gawdawful Gaza video. Here's a snap from the middle.
I know Barad-dûr when I see it.
I know Barad-dûr when I see it.
February 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Someone Trump-rolled me into watching that gawdawful Gaza video. Here's a snap from the middle.
I know Barad-dûr when I see it.
I know Barad-dûr when I see it.
My wife (who isn't on bsky, but I wish was) made bread. Just a simple white loaf. Baked in a dutch oven to get crispy crust, fluffy innards. Flour, water, salt, yeast, and a dash of sugar to amp up the yeasties.
Baking is magic to me. And this. is. AWESOME!
Baking is magic to me. And this. is. AWESOME!
February 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My wife (who isn't on bsky, but I wish was) made bread. Just a simple white loaf. Baked in a dutch oven to get crispy crust, fluffy innards. Flour, water, salt, yeast, and a dash of sugar to amp up the yeasties.
Baking is magic to me. And this. is. AWESOME!
Baking is magic to me. And this. is. AWESOME!
We got our little bit o'snow.
January 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We got our little bit o'snow.
2 truisms:
1. No matter which direction it starts, as soon as rake touches leaf the wind is in your face.
2. If you rake them, they will jump.
❤️
#yardening #dadlife
1. No matter which direction it starts, as soon as rake touches leaf the wind is in your face.
2. If you rake them, they will jump.
❤️
#yardening #dadlife
December 21, 2024 at 8:13 PM
2 truisms:
1. No matter which direction it starts, as soon as rake touches leaf the wind is in your face.
2. If you rake them, they will jump.
❤️
#yardening #dadlife
1. No matter which direction it starts, as soon as rake touches leaf the wind is in your face.
2. If you rake them, they will jump.
❤️
#yardening #dadlife
October 20, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Back yard morning glories I planted 5? years ago for my wife. They have struggled mightily. This is the first year they've put on an appropriate show.
Good on yer, flowers!
🌱 #yardening #flowersonbluesky
Good on yer, flowers!
🌱 #yardening #flowersonbluesky
September 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Back yard morning glories I planted 5? years ago for my wife. They have struggled mightily. This is the first year they've put on an appropriate show.
Good on yer, flowers!
🌱 #yardening #flowersonbluesky
Good on yer, flowers!
🌱 #yardening #flowersonbluesky
Bees on garlic chives. 🌱🐝 #yardening #flowersonbluesky
September 7, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Bees on garlic chives. 🌱🐝 #yardening #flowersonbluesky
September 5, 2024 at 8:21 PM