Eizo Kaimai (right) passed away on April 24, 2020, at the age of 90. One of the sculptors of the first Godzilla suit, he went on to form his own company, Kaimai Productions, in 1966. He worked for pretty much every Japanese studio in the monster business until his retirement in 1982: Tsuburaya, Daiei, Toei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, and P Productions. His creations included the Snowman, ‘62 King Kong, Baragon, the Gargantuas, Guilala, Gappa, Guiron, and Jiger. Rest in peace.
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I’ve been meaning to make a whole professional-looking “now’s the time to start growing food!” post for a good few days but honestly this situation isn’t doing good things for my mental health and it just feels exhausting. But anything is better than nothing so here’s a quick summary:
We don’t know how long this situation is going to last or how existing infrastructure will cope with it as time goes on. Regardless of what happens, having extra fresh food to share with your neighbors will absolutely be important going forward. If you’ve ever wanted to grow food, you should do it now
Gardeners are thinning their seedlings and trying to distribute their extra seeds as we speak, and they’ll be thrilled to share if you want to get started. I’ve been doing this myself, giving away seedlings as much as I can. Talk to your friends, look up local gardening groups, visit the house in your neighborhood with veggies growing in the front, whatever. My local mutual aid list even has a urban farming tab for these kinds of offers and requests, with lots of gardeners and local farms offering seeds, advice, even labor. Check your local group, and put a call out asking for them - you might get some offers!
You should also start composting ASAP. I made a post recently with a dead-simple guide to get started - it’s not nearly as hard as you’ve heard, it doesn’t take any skill, special materials, or really much care. There are also resources in that link for getting your organic materials to others who are already composting, if you don’t have the space to do it yourself
I have a whole tag full of gardening resources. There’s soooo much in there. And if you need any more help getting started and don’t have any local connections, DM me and I’ll be happy to answer your questions
Please reblog! It’s vital that we get as many people as possible growing food right now!
Coop Gardens Comission is a project seeking to give people free access to seeds, land, mentorship, etc with a special focus on supporting marginalized and food insecure communities
How tf am I supposed to grow food if I live in a 600 sqft apartment with no yard or even balcony
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That’s not that hard to figure out
If you’re in a situation like this, you have options! There are ways to use almost any materials you have for container gardening. One of my favorites is this plastic bottle tower system, which helps you conserve water and maximize the amount you can grow in a small space, indoors or out, but the linked blog has a ton of resources for container gardening in general for anyone with limited access to land.
You should also look around your local area for unused land that might be suitable for a community garden. While we all need to be following social distancing guidelines and not getting too close to anyone outside of our own households, it’s also crunch time for forming neighborhood connections/organizations for making sure everyone gets fed, and plus getting in some dirt will help keep you sane through this wild fucking ride. Remember, you don’t have to do every single thing yourself, you can start anywhere as long as you START. Guerrilla Gardening is a good resource for cultivating neglected land without waiting for permission, as is Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t.
I also keep tips and resources in the #gardening tag on this blog and general/info/theory stuff under #sustainable food.
Excuse me while I google “the FBI can eat my whole ass” 50 times per day.
Track Me Not is a Firefox add-on (and Chrome extension, but please just uninstall Chrome) that hides your activity in a cloud of noise by googling random phrases. You can modify which search engines it uses, how often it makes searches, and even give it a blacklist of terms to not use in searches.
From Hollywood to independents, the film industry has always been quick to capitalize on one movie’s success with a cycle of imitators, and the horror genre is perhaps more guilty of this than any other. From classic monster movies to the zombie boom to the slasher cycle, everyone wants a piece of the pie. 1991’s Dolly Dearest is a direct result of that mindset, arriving in the wake of Child’s Play and its first sequel.
After an excavation of presumed Mayan ruins in Mexico unleashes an ancient evil, the Wade family - father Elliot (Sam Bottoms, Apocalypse Now), mother Marilyn (Denise Crosby, Pet Sematary), son Jimmy (Chris Demetral, Sometimes They Come Back), and daughter Jessica (Candace Hutson, The Land Before Time) - relocate from Los Angeles to reopen a nearby doll factory where the malevolent spirit is dwelling.
