MaeLikesMoss @maelikesmoss - Tumblr Blog

This is a blog for moss, bugs, plants, fungi, and other things down in the forest where I'm singing a chorus written probably by tyler joseph or adam young.

I'll probably post largely about nature and moss, and probably also music/poetry/Thoughts/crafts such as jewelry and cool little things from the antique store.

any oc art i post ever will probably be here

find my stuff about not plant stuff at my other blog:

tags for other things I'll post i guess?

I was gonna eat a nice fast dinner than draw clancy more but no.

Tonight we feast

On hopefully not bugs

BECAUSE ITS MUSHROOM SEASON LADS

They grow... like... right by the road and come back every year and every year the bugs arrive first and I eat them anyway 🙃

Theyre The Best Mushrooms I've had, aside from shaggy manes and the prince mushroom

#I picked them a bit carelessly oops #Ideally you cut them off above the base to avoid disturbing the mycelium as much as possible but I didn't have a knife #inexcusable #it will not happen again #Hopefully #mushroom foraging #Violet chanterelle #eating wild mushrooms #wild fungi #foraged food #I'm gonna draw them later 🥹

greater-than-the-sword

If I sit on the lawn after dark a massive beetle the size of a cough drop will come charging up to me. I think it's the same one every time.

maelikesmoss

I want to hold him

klapollo

if youre in the US (especially the northeast + michigan) i would avoid bagged salads/greens and generally wash your produce very thoroughly unless you want the diarrhea parasite

klapollo

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

there are UNVERIFIED rumors that the greens have been linked to a company that sources to taco bell. some locations have been actively pulling fresh ingredients like lettuce, avocado, and pico de gallo to mitigate the threat, so i would avoid any products from them just in case. considering how vast supply chains are, i'd be wary of any fast food greens in general for now.

klapollo

sharing this infographic for eating produce

maelikesmoss

But I like veggies T.T

At least the strawberries in my yard are safe

#I wish my cucumbers had grown

maelikesmoss

Theres a special kind of pain that comes from watching a cactus die

Like you're a cactus

You're immortal

You survive everything

What did I do???

How'd I mess up so egregiously that you're dying???

maelikesmoss

The messed up cacti from home depot had mealybugs

maelikesmoss

*bites plants*

nom

@helpimstuckinhomedespot

helpimstuckinhomedespot

*Screams incoherently while trying to figure out what plant it is and if you're going to die or not*

eep

maelikesmoss

Its mushroom season now

lawn alternatives ?

Moss

Wild strawberries

A regular lawn, but like, you don't kill the flowers and native plants

Chamomile/pineappleweed

The Wild (tm)

Rocks

Literally just an alpine mini biome

Some more random pictures

#This is basically just all my lawn #Now the backyard is all wild strawberries #In 2023 there were a lot less #lawns #The strawberries are winning though #nature #lichen #moss #Strawberries #I like strawberries #I like dandelions #dandelion

At last, it's mushroom season

#mushrooms

*bites plants*

nom

@helpimstuckinhomedespot

Theres a special kind of pain that comes from watching a cactus die

Like you're a cactus

You're immortal

You survive everything

What did I do???

How'd I mess up so egregiously that you're dying???

#Oh #It's the overwatering #To be fair #Most of them are babies #Or succulents screwed up by home depot first #Like #THESE ONES ARE under WATERED WHAT DID YOU DO HOME DEPOT?? HOW ARE YOU KILLING CACTI WITH WATER LOSS??#cactus #houseplants #growing things #planting seeds #succulent

greater-than-the-sword

Please guys I do not care how crunchy you are, feeding a baby less than 1 year old raw honey WILL cause them to get infant botulism, which is not like adult botulism because it doesn't come from food contamination or from food being expired, it is because the baby's digestive tract cannot pass things quickly enough to prevent the botulism spores from developing in their digestive tract. This is not a conspiracy. Baby can wait.

authortobenamedlater

Check labels on yogurt and graham crackers as they often have honey in them!

corvusherpestidae

Will honey in graham crackers hurt the baby?

authortobenamedlater

Yes, cooking/heat doesn't neutralize the spores.

greater-than-the-sword

Oh fr? I would have assumed so, aren't they living?

maelikesmoss

Botulism spores are, I believe, pretty much indestructible.

I think there's some way to kill them, but i dont think the quick baking of a graham cracker would cut it. (As I believe canned non acidic food NEEDS the botulism to die so the consumer of said can doesn't but idk if im right about this or how exactly its done)

Some bacteria spores can survive just about anything on this planet (and a few things that aren't probably)

#Science ig