Me @ Rachel Smythe After The Lore Olympus Finale

The Water-Purifying Storm Drain

Some trees in the municipality have come down, which means free wood chip mulch! I am glad to finally start covering up the newspaper mulch layer around the swale.

I have been picking up urban concrete waste, rocks, shells, and ceramic waste, in order to make a drainage layer in the water reservior. It’s all coming together in bits and pieces of recycled materials. As with the clay extraction project: a little bit of collection and recycling each day adds up to a lot of raw materials.

This water-collecting and filtering project has been a few months in the making: building a wood hügel, digging a swale, planting an edible tree and shrub border, planting pollinator-feeding erosion control seed mix on the berm, and planting semi-aquatic irises that filter water and hyperaccumulate pollutants like heavy metals. 

Once finished, this crescent-shaped drain should relieve flooded conditions on the grass plane and patio, while providing a space for the disposal of local concrete waste and broken ceramics.

In a few years, it can be mulched over and turned into a rain garden.

I based the idea on things I read while learning about landscape stormwater management, phytoremediation and phytomining: I wanted to use largely botanical, recycled, or self-harvested components to build a drain that also functions as a place to process waste, and as a habitat and source of sustenance to local wildlife. It’s modelled on a bioretention water processing/groundwater recharge cell.

VIRGINIA DEQ STORMWATER DESIGNSPECIFICATION No. 9     BIORETENTION

A number of the drainage elements – especially shells and concrete – are also meant to catch small amounts of water, in order to provide drinking water for the beehive I am currently installing.

Seeds are germinating on the berm, so soon the whole thing will be covered in flowers, and yet again virtually unrecognisable!

The whole project has been free of cost, and made with recycled, collected, or traded materials.

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animation of charmander makin some pancakes

Dad: No dog in my house! 

Also dad:  

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Hordak smiling and being happy with Entrapta is honestly heartwarming. When Hordak finds out Catra lied, there will be a reckoning.

hordak when he finds out catra lied 

pick your filter ~ jimin and his hair through the years 🌈

happy jiminday! thank you for always putting your blood, sweat, and tears into everything you do. you’re stage presence and talent is as great as your heart is kind. you are truly one of the most beautiful people to grace this earth, both inside and out. ❤️

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Namor already enamored I must say 🤭

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(The way his eyes shifted from looking at Queen mother then to Shuri then he couldn't help but smile lmao simping on the very first day. Checking her measurements from head to toe for a royal dress full of jade that he would make for her later lmao)

‪“I almost lost you.”‬

‪“Then hold me. Don’t leave me.” ‬