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Personal musings from a gardener. Bringing a slice of nature to nostr. Preston Bitcoin Meetup Organiser.

Preston meetup @ Lupo in Freckleton. Jan 15th, 7pm

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So weird that humans thought to get on a piece of wood and ride a wall of water. Wft?😂 This was my first lesson in El Salvador 🤙

Hell yea man

🥴 Gradual lowering of standards continues as we circle the drain

There's a couple great health maxxers? (hate that term) on youtube that talk about natural hair health.

They suggest raw egg yolk (no whites) instead of shampoo. Gave it a whirl today and got to say it works magnificently.

Applies really well, doesn't smell & leaves a great finish to the point you'd think I used shampoo.

I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea but you get all the benefits of regular shampoo with no harsh chemicals and beneficial nutrients for scalp & hair health 🤷‍♂️

Nature knows best!

(P.s. dont use warm water for obvious reasons 😂)

He has a small book called 'myths and misconceptions' where he outlines these common tales told as truths!

Worth a read.

Gardening has lots of myths that get accepted as fact.

A common one from a customer today, talking about the need to rotate crops.

You do not need to rotate crops.

Charles Dowding has trial beds in his market garden where he plants the same thing in the same place every year with no impact on yield.

In fact for some crops he has the best yield in say the 8th year in a row!

Soil health is paramount before all else. Once you have that down you can make your own rules! 🌿

Pond maintenance earlier this week. Clearing out pond weed to help the pond breathe a bit better!

Does anyone use Olas anymore? Seemingly hasn't been updated in ages..

Is there another instagram esque client for easy uploading of media?

#Asknostr

Attended Nostrshire at Bitfest today and I figured I should share some more pictures from my work as a self employed gardener.

Doing my bit to give some different content to the nostr timeline!

If you dig this feel free to follow and I'll try to post more regular updates and gardening tips 💜🫡

Nostrshire/Bitfest bound 🤙💜

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For our November meetup we return to Lupo on the eve of Bitfest.

Come spend sats at a Bitcoin accepting restaurant ⚡️

Had great service at the restaurant last night & some of our guys set up wallets for the waitresses and barman.

If anyone wants to send them some sats to show them the beauty of the Bitcoin community here's the addresses 🤗

frontvinyl23@walletofsatoshi.com

cleverdolphin32@walletofsatoshi.com

headcharles87@walletofsatoshi.com

The power of the Bitcoin meetup.

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This week they hosted us!

#BitcoinBeachRetreat

Good morning from Bitcoin Beach Retreat.

Going to be scorching 😎

Replying to Avatar The Bitcoin Chef

I’m on a bit of a mission to remove all seed oils and ultra-processed foods (UPFs) from our baked goods at my family bakery.

Back in the 1960s (before I was born!), lard was the go-to fat—great for baking, readily available, and widely used. Then vegetarianism gained popularity, so we switched to palm oil, which, at the time, seemed like a perfect alternative due to its similarity to lard. However, concerns about deforestation and the impact on orangutans led us to adopt “sustainably sourced” palm oil—whatever that really means. It made us and our customers feel better, at least for a while.

As the movement to remove palm oil gathered pace, new products emerged, including palm-free baking fat, which is essentially a mix of rapeseed oil and emulsifiers. We transitioned a lot of our bread recipes that contained fat to this new product. Then I discovered Bitcoin, and from there, fell down the rabbit hole of learning about everything—including seed oils!

So now, we’re making the shift away from seed oil-based fats toward something better. We already use a lot of butter, but since we also cater to vegans, it’s not always a viable option. Olive oil, while great, can be too strong for certain breads. That led us to testing coconut fat, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how well it works—it doesn’t make everything taste like a piña colada! It’s a single-origin ingredient, and hopefully, a step up from rapeseed oil.

My hunch is that, in time, the market will shift again, and we’ll find ourselves back at lard. That might be a step too soon for our customers right now, but it’s where I see the best long-term solution.

The food industry is a fascinating place to work, but it has its fair share of bad practices that don’t always put customers first. At our bakery, we’ve always tried to go against the grain (pun intended!), and I’m incredibly grateful to the Bitcoiners who opened my eyes to better alternatives. I’ll do my best to steer our family business in this direction! 🫡

fwiw from what I've read the unscented coconut oil is actually healthier/more tolerable for most people. I've got the biona cuisine version which removes the scent naturally through steaming I believe.

I like to add quite a bit to my coffee so having the benefits without the scent is a bonus, and supposedly not as harsh on the body.

Might be something to think about if you do find it alters the taste at all! 👊

Elderly customer of mine recently bought a reclining chair.

He told me he paid more for it than he did for his first house (£1500)

Safe to say hearing this threw me for a loop 😵‍💫

Incandescent red light lizard gang 👏

This bulb pumps out heat for fun 😂

Going to get a thread together of products I bought as a cheap DIY red light therapy setup.

Some guys on X have put the idea out there but they just suggest the bulb and don't suggest fixings etc.

I'll show what I've done thus far (only applicable to the UK) soon.

Got myself this gadget which re pressures tennis balls.

I always find it so wasteful when you have a couple hits and they lose pressure by the next time you go to use them, so hopefully this will work and less balls will go to waste.

Neti pots are slept on.

Being able to rinse your nose out when you're stuffy does the world of good.

They should be a staple in every home, especially if you get allergies.

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Tiramisu affogato featuring homemade vanilla ice cream and a dash of Madeira

A celebratory pint(s) to Ross being free will be had tomorrow.

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Many moons ago Lyn Alden put out a question on X asking what everyone's favourite reads are.

Someone compiled the responses into a handy link which I bookmarked.

Sharing it here incase anyone is after a reading list for inspiration.

https://rentry.co/n9a2hwa8