These volunteered to join my garden and are so good, hardy, delicious and productive. Thanks garden. :)
What should I name this weird little alien creature?
I think it's a Mammillaria spinosissima ssp. pilcayensis
Mammillaria are generally native to Mexico, so maybe a name in Spanish, Nahuatl, or another language spoken in Mexico would be neat. Or maybe a leftist historical figure from Mexico, or a cactus-related Aztec deity. But don't limit yourself to that, if you have any other ideas you should definitely share them!
Maybe a feminine name this time, since I named my last succulent Herbert
My potted indoor bird of paradise had its only remaining stem snapped off in the wind the other day, now it is totally bare above ground except for a few old stems… is there any chance it will recover or should I just throw it out? 
Been cooking this idea for a while and finally got all the equipment for it. Took me all day but it's finally done! Just gotta plug it into a timer once January comes around.
Context: I love gardening but my place gets exactly zero natural light inside, so I had to devise some way of germinating seeds indoors in the cold months before spring rolls around when I can move them all outside. Last year I just put all my plants on a counter top and pointed some lights at them, but that quickly became very messy and I ran out of space. This way, everything is up and out of the way and I'll have ample space for all my plants 🌱
Btw I don't know why there are those black streaks across the picture something to do with how the lights refract I guess I dunno.
For those curious, the equipment:
Just needed a 4" and 1.5" hole saws to drill the holes required to install it all. I know I'm not getting the maximum voltage for those fans (5V rather than 12V) but I'm not to worried about it, should work just fine to get a little breeze going in there.
hydroponics is so fuckin cool.
yes the plant is still alive and very healthy in its new home.
Another gardening lesson in not giving up: The progression of pictures here are 3 of the same plant, a Trepadeira Werner pepper, taken over the course of this year.
1st pic: I grew them from seed indoors and a few days after putting them out in early April, I found the local deer had visited and eaten the plant down to the stem. I considered it a loss but didn't deal with it or pull the plant up. I just walked away, then went out of town for a bit the next day.
2nd Pic: When I came back into town it had new leaves so I figured I'd let it try again for kicks. It had fallen over under its weight so I staked it up. I did try a few things to keep the deer away, I think with moderate success.
3rd Pic is from last week. I see some evidence of deer nibbling but I believe the heat of the pepper may be keeping them away from it now. I'm still blown away remembering this thing when it was eaten to the stem.
Maybe someday they'll even put out flowers 
Here's the basic design:
2 tomatoes, 2 cape gooseberry, 2 ghost pepper
My first attempt at outdoor hydroponics
The tomato plants are an eldritch horror
but growing some lovely fruit
Cape gooseberries have some flowers but I don't think they usually bloom until later in the year. The ghost peppers have been drowned out by the obnoxiously large tomatoes, I don't expect any peppers from them I'm afraid.
So far I'd say my first attempt has been a modest success.
EDIT: Here's an earlier pic showing the plumbing:
Just doing a walkabout and looks like Mr slug has gone to town additionally a lot of the first blooms are looking a bit ropey. Am I ok to do a decent dead head and prune Based in uk
10 pounds in total I'm guessing. Biggest haul in 3 years.
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In the original the text is the bland "He was so pleased with the garden that season."
I'm growing the seeds from last year, although only 1 has survived my attempts to keep them alive.
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