Your ferns are beautiful! What maidenhair is that first photo cos its huge and I love it

Yea I love those both too, another of my favourite are shield ferns, for their beautiful brown and dark green colours, unfortunately I wasn't able to keep mine alive which was sad.

Anyways here's an update with more of my ferns I'm growing:

My family heritage staghorn (originally my grandads):

Some NZ native maidenhair (Adiantum aethiopicum) and another native fern I forgot the name of (bottom left)

Some wild native Rasp fern (Doodius australis) looking lovely and pink. Who's growth I've been encouraging:

There's lots of wild ferns around to, including giant tree ferns. These photos here are just the ones I'm currently somewhat cultivating.

Yea we can grow lùcuma here to (my uncle grows some), but Im not a big fan of it. Though I haven't tried one since a kid so I should try it again (lots of my other food preferences have changed). How do you like to eat them? I've heard they are best in smoothies?

I've sowed corn lettuce and rocket, ready for the quickly approaching winter.

They taste like watered down sour, you will know it when you taste it.

Crystal apples and Port Albert only go sour if left on the vine way too long (they also get a very tough skin and sometimes go bitter if left really long). So you're unlikely to find sour ones at the store.

I should have said it before, but you still get a lot of seediness before they go sour. I think all cucumbers go sour eventually, if you don't like it just pick them early enouph and there will still be plenty of seeds. (For port Albert and crystal apples the more yellow the more sour)

crystal apple cucumbers seem to be a variety of lemon cucumber.

Crystal apple cucumbers are spherical and can both go sour if left to long, they also go yellow as they age on the vine making them look like lemons so that's probably where the name comes from. there seems to be other varietys of lemon cucumber as well but I have not tried others.

Both would be kin to port Albert, I prefer port albert as they are a bit larger making them have a bit more seed per flesh.

You said you got it from online so i did a quick search for matching images and the photo comes from Trees South africa (the watermark that is partly cropped out in your image says this to) according to their website it is Harpephyllum caffrum.

https://trees-sa.co.za/tree/harpephyllum-caffrum/

Higher resolution image is on this sight which further back up it being Harpephyllum caffrum (leaf shape and arrangement match) def not karaka as karaka leaves are shaped differently.

Edit: red --> resolution (stupid auto correct)

Yes but I suppose life by its simplest definition could also be described as an effect from a reaction, rather than a thing, making the living object (the thing) simply a vessel for the reaction. So I suppose the whole fire system would be "the thing" in this scenario.

Trying now, thank you!

I really don't understand the allure of Kiss launcher, but I guess its not for me.

I'm trying out heliboard since everyone is recommending it. It does seem very good. Might be my new main keyboard.

And I will definitely try out antenna pod as you give it so much praise

Don't finish one thing before you start another. instead keep a special list of things you want to do and loop between them, as you get board of one move onto the next one. As long as you are determined to get everything done. And make sure the list is short enough so that you can actually get things finished after a couple of loops.

I find this makes getting things done much more enjoyable for me, and stops me procrastinating. just make sure none of the tasks on the list are procrastination's in disguise.

And of course, rest when you need it. proper rest, not exhausting yourself thinking you're procrastinating. Just rest, then carry on.

I would choose a nettle, as Admiral Butterflies do. There flowers aren't extravagant but the poison tipped spines are very good protection.

Which nettle you may ask (as there are many)

Ideally Urtica sykesii for its beautiful triangular leaves perfectly embellished with triangular edges which itself have beautiful spikes (one of my favorite plants).

For added protection the most dangerous nettle Urtica ferox a nettle so big it has become a woody tree with thick spikes as long as your nose, loaded with enough poison to kill a dog or leave a man limp for weeks (I would make sure no dogs are harmed). The beautiful red admirals favorite choice.