The mainstream religions we have now grew somewhat organically to that status over a long period.

Mormonism stands out as being deliberately cut from whole cloth, for purpose, as a cult from day one, just as Scientology was.

I guess I need to dig it up and replace it.

Yes I am afraid so, but in the event of future sudden freezes just find something to cover your small tree for the event, almost anything will do even an old bedsheet or blanket, tarpaulin etc. Wrap that thing up lol.

Noble effort. Needs more Tim Minchin.

I, for one, welcome our new melony overlords. Hail!

Every person is born 'atheist', we get inculcated into the religious space, then some of us find our way home again.

The rootstock is from a wild variety that has bitter, thick-rinded fruit with little juice, and also has large, nasty thorns. It is used for grafting as it has natural resistance to cold, the tristeza virus, and the fungus Phytophthora parasitica (root rot).

Cultivars grafted onto the rootstock grow better and produce more fruit than if they used their own roots. If you let the rootstock take over it will take resources from your cultivar and possibly outcompete it altogether.

Yes. You can see the 'trifoliate' (three-leafed) rootstock growth, that needs to be removed or it will overwhelm the graft.

2 Corinthians 1 Cup. Blessed be.

I've had a rough day today but this has saved it a little bit.

I have a friend who is autistic who works in developing vaccines (livestock research) and we joke that in this case autism causes vaccines.

Poor guy just needs some a dat walrussy

NNN mfers on 1st December

Oof. Ouch. Bonicular dissolution inevitable.

Yep, I keep rewatching it just for that moment. So good. Just thinking about that sound is cracking me up.