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SE WI zone 6a. I don’t know much about native grasses beyond that they’re super important ecologically. I’m planning on planting my hell strip next spring and I’d love a mini prairie feel.

Land prep: spring 26 I weeded, removed extra soil, and sheet mulched with 4 layers of cardboard topped with about 5” of wood chips. Planning on leaving that exactly as is until spring 27.

Site parameters: city ordinance says nothing over 3’ tall. There is one tree (not yet mature so it will get bigger) in the center that creates partial shade throughout the day. The strip isn’t overly wet or dry.

I’ll be starting a few flowering plants from seed indoors this fall, so grasses that grow well with them would be ideal. Flowers are lavender hyssop, smooth blue aster, wild hyacinth, black eyed susan, stiff coreopsis. Undecided, but considering also old field goldenrod and dwarf blazing star.

There were aggressive weeds in the hell strip and I’m sure there’s still a healthy seed bank, so anything that grows aggressively or readily self seeds is ideal.

Pretty much the title. I love reading non fiction because the world contains so many interesting, weird, sad, funny, fucked up multitudes and I. Want. To. Know. Things. I’m not picky on genre provided it’s non fiction: in the past year I’ve gotten engrossed by auto/biography, social history, plant science, psychology, urban design, escaping religious cults, niche professionals talking about their day-to-day, broad scope books on a general topic or a really deep dive on a singular topic + more, you get the idea. But the world…is what it is right now, and I would love if I could sit with something that regularly makes me keel over laughing while I learn about a new thing.

Edit: posted this, promptly fell asleep, and I’ve now woken to a bunch of suggestions! Thanks everyone, I’m frantically adding books to my to-read

PT inside warehouse for almost 6 years. Planning on quitting in the next few days to start school (I only got notified that I got accepted into the school one week before it’s supposed to start, so this is a short timeline because of that).

I know I need to call the union hall and get my union withdrawal card, is there anything else? Can I quit online or do I need to notify in person? I also have a bunch of uniforms from when I was probationary driving 3 years ago. I didn’t make probation and still have all the uniforms + my ID and clock in card. Do I need to give that stuff back/how do I?

I have 2 weeks of vacation scheduled later this year that I won’t be taking, do those get paid out in a separate check or will it all be combined with my last paycheck? Also, I saw some comment here about a separation fund or something like that for when you leave and it sounded like it pays out based on the years you’ve worked. Don’t remember exactly how that user had phrased it. Is that a thing and if it is, how do I get it?

Winter was rough and my bike needs some work. I’d like to try doing it myself, but with supervision since I’m only just starting to learn bike maintenance and repairs. Has anyone used the hands on workspace at Vulture Space? How was your experience? Would I be a fool to try to walk in on Saturday given it’s the start of busy season right now?

I’ve been trying to look this up and it’s driving me crazy, all the bike chain-related results I get are for using it as a lubricant and why that’s a bad idea. To be clear I am not using it as a lube, I have actual bike chain lube that I’ll be using on the chain after I’m done.

I just washed and degreased my drivetrain, but because it was particularly grimy I did a couple rounds each of washing with soapy water and then actual bike chain degreaser. I rinsed with water in between. I’ve dried it all as best I could with a clean rag, but obviously there’s still going to be small amounts of water in the chain where the rag can’t reach.

My question is, given that WD stands for water displacement, does that mean if I spray it on the rinsed chain it’ll displace the little bits of water still in there, eg I can use it to fully dry out the chain so it’s good to go for chain lube? If not, how do I fully dry out the chain before relubing?