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Signs of life in the greenhouse. First tomatoes and ginger poking out.
A seedling tray with a few tomato sprouts emerging from potting soil. A seedling tray with a ginger sprout emerging from the potting soil.
March 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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A vinyl Lp: “Un Saludo - Mexican Soundsystem Cumbia in LA”.
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Popping peppers 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ Cap.chinense varieties coming up now. I love seeing the divergent germination speeds and rates of the different varieties next to each other in the strip trays.
Rows of peppers sprouting in a seedling tray.
March 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Sunday morning vibes
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A vinyl LP: “Alejandro Duran interpreta a Escalona”.
March 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Bee Balm and Backxwash
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A clump of bee all seedlings midway through transplant into a seedling tray. A screenshot from iTunes: the song is “9th Heaven” by Backxwash.
March 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Seeding some things listening to this new one from Time Cow.
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Three seed packets on a seedling tray: wild garden fennel, diablo cosmos and huacatay. A screenshot from iTunes: “Million Leg Millipede” by Time Cow.
March 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Potting up these Rudbeckias, listening to Organic Pulse Ensemble
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A hand holding a clump of rudbeckia seedlings above a tray they are being transplanted into. A screenshot of the album “Ad Hoc” by Organic Pulse Ensemble.
March 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Mint seeds are tiny and take a long time to germinate. These ones on the right were seeded three weeks ago and the little sprouts are just popping now
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A strip tray with different types of herbs and flowers germinating - it is sitting on a heat mat in a greenhouse. Tiny mint seeds germinating in potting soil in a strip tray.
February 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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A cassette tape: “Boys on the street”.
February 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A vinyl LP: “Vivo Contento : Enrique Díaz”.
February 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Sunday morning vibes
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A vinyl LP: “VA - The magnificent 7”.
February 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Seedling season is here. Mixed emotions.
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Three strip trays in a greenhouse on top of a heat-mat. Seeds are beginning to germinate in the rows on the tray. Some stuff emerging like marigolds, lavender, echinacea, rosemary and rudbeckia.
February 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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A vinyl LP - “Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto: Dub de Gaita Volumes II & III”.
February 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Nice little lunch break cd haul picking up what I missed last week
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Four cds on a table: “extreme live vol 1”, “baby cat #1”, Joe Arroyo 20 Aniversario”, “MAP never die”.
February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Truelove always with the beautiful packaging.
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Six seed packets from Truelove seeds: uvilla, Palestinian molokhia, white velvet okra, Palestinian kusa squash, smooth bitter melon and plate de Haiti tomato.
February 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Got Ginger and Turmeric ready to cut and pre-sprout in the greenhouse 🫚 🫚 🫚
Two red mesh bags on a table. The top bag is filled with Turmeric, the bottom bag with Ginger.
February 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Reggaeton tapes too
Four cassette tapes: “Power Mix Fever 2” “Dj Adam’s Mad Jam” “La Misión” and “357 The Criminal Mind Clan”.
February 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Some nice finds at the thrift store today 💿 💿 💿
Four CDs on a table: “Nuvo Reggae Festival Volume I”, “Charles Salcedo - Orquesta la Realidad”, “Fatal Xtassy” and “Super Reggae Hits”.
February 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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“The Best Ambiance”
A vinyl LP sleeve: Bibi Den’s Tshibayi dans “The Best Ambiance”.
February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Snowy Sunday morning vibes
A vinyl LP: “Emakhosini” by Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness.
February 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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A vinyl LP sleeve : Santa Rankin “Ruff Neck Chicken”
February 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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A vinyl LP sleeve: Carl Campbell’s “Zion Dub”.
February 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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A vinyl lp: “Agrovators Meets the Revolutioners at Channel 1 Studios”.
February 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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This was a gift a friend brought back from Colombia. So many great albums on Felito Records-super happy to add this to the collection!
A vinyl record: “Petrona Martinez y Los Tambores de Malanga”.
February 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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New 45s from Talacha landed in the mailbox today!

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Two 7” records on the Talacha label: Grupo Mijez “son calenda b/w monte alban” and Banda del Sur “cumbia chapolera b/w la última palabra”.
January 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM