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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Software
This is a great, configurable app, so far. I just got it a few hours ago or so. You can even change the pitch of the beep, and configure what it says. You can have multiple chime configurations/schedules.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.hourlyreminder/
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Announcements
You can now use the equivalent of hashtags, which I just call tags. You'll notice a Tag button when composing messages. Just use that on some text, and it'll insert code that makes it work like a hashtag. Don't remove the underscores, or it won't work.

This is pretty exciting for me, especially as you can add lots of tags at once, and the feature shouldn't slow the site down.

I consider the idea of how to do it miraculous.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
I can definitely imagine that olive powder would be a great thing, as a culinary spice. See this site:

http://www.olivepowder.com

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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
It's well-known that epazote is said to reduce flatulence from bean dishes.

Bean dishes don't tend to give me gas, but they feel a lot more nutritious to me if I add epazote. I get a stronger feeling of well-being and have more of an appetite for the food. I don't know if it affects anyone else that way. I noticed that I got such a feeling with sweet potatoes in a soup, too (which soup had epazote). Anyway, I tolerate sweet potatoes okay (not perfectly), but they feel much better with the epazote! I wonder what kinds of sugar they contain. I similarly don't know if epazote helps anyone else with sweet potatoes.

sweet_potato
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Announcements
I moved the lists of forums to the Links forum for easier access (and to reduce clutter in such as the Plant forum).

I added lists of links for greens, herbs, and livestock.

I've begun to implement my version of hashtags (which I just call tags). Nabble doesn't come with this functionality, but it does allow us to create it ourselves. See the new Tag button. Hopefully I'll improve it today (so users don't have to worry about formatting them properly). Whatever the case, it's still good to have. However, in retrospect, I'm glad to have had a significant amount of time learning how to do things without hash tags, before the idea of how to do this struck me.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Rules and Information

How to create hashtags:


Tags (as used on this website) are essentially the same thing as hashtags. The only difference is that all tags contain at least one underscore, and tags do not begin with a #.

When composing a message, press the Tag button and type in a tag. If you type spaces, they will be converted to underscores. If you only type a single word, it will put an underscore on the end of it. The underscores let searches recognize them as unique. Without them, it would often include things without the specific tag.

Selecting text and pressing the Tag button also works.

If you select multiple lines, it will make a new tag out of each line. If you add commas or semi-colons, it will treat each space between them as a new tag.

Only use alphanumeric characters in your tags.

Here are some example tags:

tag_
example_tag

Tags are just text and links to search results for your text. They don't slow things down. Use them as much as you want.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
I wonder if this would work for the folks in areas like Florida and Texas, for when they plant tomatoes and other crops:
https://www.outsidepride.com/seed/herb-seed/Mustard/mustard-seeds-white.html

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Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
There's a huge rumor on the Internet that tomatoes taste better unrefrigerated, and pretty much everyone who says anything about it on the Internet believes it.

I've tried both, of course, and here's my opinion:

Tomatoes don't taste better or worse when refrigerated. They taste different. When refrigerated, they tend to be firmer, and have a nicer taste/texture for dicing and such, in my opinion. For eating fresh, I'd suggest keeping most unrefrigerated (and eating them sooner than later). For tomatoes you'll be storing for a while, I think they tend to taste better refrigerated (unless maybe you're going to cook them afterward or something). Unrefrigerated tomatoes continue to ripen faster (and get softer faster, which is fine for juice, but not the best for dicing and literally slicing).

Refrigeration may reduce certain flavors.

One variety I think tastes better refrigerated is called Valencia (a medium-ish orange tomato).

Tatiana's says that it is claimed that Black Pearl F1 (developed by Burpee), when refrigerated, develops "a unique extra sweet, 'Concord' grape flavor". She seemed skeptical to me, though. I'm not terribly skeptical, personally, but I understand why someone would be skeptical.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
This article about the edible qualities of nasturtians says that they contain vitamin D. That's a rare claim when it comes to reading about plants, in my experience. The only other plant I know where someone has made the claim about it is the Cape Gooseberry ground cherry; of course, the amount isn't said to be a lot for the ground cherry (not sure about nasturtians):

https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/4112/

The article says that the flowers have a peppery, zippy taste, and that the leaves are also edible (and it implies that the buds are edible).

I wonder if you can eat the seeds, too.
Radishrain by Radishrain @ in Life
How to Grow Tree Collards:
https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/guest-bloggers/john-jeavons-tree-collards/

You can grow them from seed or from cuttings, apparently. They're perennials.
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