After piano, Alvin and I headed out for our daily garden session. No watering needed today (thanks, rain!)—just planting.

Potato Pot #2: Sticks, rocks, soil, compost, two little potatoes. Alvin planted them. 4-5 minutes. His hands are black. 😄

Lettuce Flower Box: Grabbed a hanging flower box, filled it with dirt, poked holes, and planted tiny lettuce seeds with my wet, dirty fingers (they stick to you!). 1-2 minutes.
We’re getting efficient at this. The dirt pouring takes longer than the planting now.
Alvin’s already eyeing the garden for tomorrow. That kid loves getting dirty! 🥬🥔

#gardening #outdoors

Today, another beautiful day, but not for the weather.A rainy day, but will be a simple day.

I will read a few chapters in my latest book The Visitors : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Visi…

I will find a project in the house to work on and also practice some piano.

This is a simple day for me. I need these more often:)

#Reading #Montreal #lazydays #Rain

Drove 2 hours to Ottawa for Matisse’s first game of the season. (Pro tip: the field was off-campus—took us a minute to find it!)

Brought my digital SLR and captured different moments: pre-game huddle, Matisse on the sidelines, action shots, post-game talk.

Then came the surprise: After the game, the coach invited us all to Red Lobster! Didn’t plan on it, but Matisse convinced me. About 6-7 kids and 5 adults went to Hump at the Wind. Everyone got shrimp—all-you-can-eat, fish-in-a-bag, or like us: shrimp tacos. The coach even picked up the bill!

Two-hour drive home (tired but made it), got in around 11:20. Long day, great day. 🦞

#soccer #Ottawa #Team

I have my basic instal up and running.

I want to open it up to other users. But, I want to make improvements.

I know that there are many features in friendica. Where to start?

My site has virtually no traffic. How t you add relays, and also mix organic posts and get them to grow?

How to make and nurture forums(maybe wrong term here). I want create topics that might be of local interest, but also ones that might be country or world wide interest.

Just trying to get ideas of what to look at and work on.

Thanks

Joseph

@Friendica Admins @Friendica Support

I am using docker and I want to upgrade my friendica.

My site uses 2024.12

I have seen before version 2025 on different sites, but I only find 2026.01 as the oldest version.

I need a suggestion as to what version to upgrade to. The latest stable version? Or, only 2026.01, and then upgrade to the latest after?

Thanks

Joseph
@utzer @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins

Grabbed another pack of onion bulbs at the nursery. After school, Alvin and I got to work.

First: watered all the previous plots (4-5 cans of water). Then: onions round 2. We drew the lines, planted the bulbs, covered them up. This pack was better quality—saved an extra 10 bulbs compared to the first day. Quick work together.

Then we set up another potato pot for the driveway. Sticks, wood chunks, stones—layered it up the same way as before. Will it work? No idea. But we’re trying it!

Garden experiments in progress. 🌱

Had a plan for the long strip behind the smart blocks, but then a better idea came to me—why not plant onion bulbs instead? Grabbed a pack and got to work the next day.

Here’s how we did it:
• Drew three lines with a stick
• Planted bulbs about 5-6 inches apart (finger-measured depth—not fancy, but it works!)
• Covered everything up
• Big douse of water
Simple, straightforward, and now we wait. Anyone else growing onions from bulbs?

We are just trying simple things to have a successful garden:)

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#gardening #onions #Summer

Spinach & Green Onion Shade Garden

We planted three rows in the shaded corner plot behind the hostas—spinach and green onion seeds. Evening garden work has a nice rhythm to it—clean, prepare, plant, cover. Timing really matters.

Potato Pot Experiment

Trying something new: container potatoes! Here’s the setup:
• Layer of rocks + sticks + compost in the bottom for drainage
• A couple of fingerling potatoes
• As they grow, we’ll keep adding soil to the pot (gives them more room to develop)
• A few sticks on top to discourage animals from digging
It’s an experiment, but the theory is solid. Small space, potentially bigger yield?

More updates as things grow! Anyone else trying container gardening?

#potato #spinach #green onion

Our new landscaping meant reworking everything, so I mapped out all the potential spots and made a plan. Yesterday, my son and I got to work.

Plot 1 (against the house): Beets and different kinds of onions. We drew lines with a stick and planted seeds along them—way more efficient than individual holes. We planted densely and will thin them out later (finally learning that’s the key to a good harvest!).

Plot 2 (back yard): Lettuce, beets, and three mounds of zucchini and cucumbers. Bush beans coming soon once I figure out the space.

First week down. Here’s hoping the thinning actually works this time!

Anyone else starting their garden this season? What are you planting?

#garden #montreal #relaxing

I am back after my Minnesota trip.

Spring has sprung. Warm weather he here.

I am now looking forward to my outdoor activities. Biking, hiking, rollerblading.

Looking for off island adventures to spend my time outdoors. Looking for new ideas and new people to go outdoors and take advantage of what Quebec has to offer.

#Quebec #randonee #rollerblade #Velo #Nature #pleinair

I had the opportunity to go back to my roots and return Minnesota to see family.

While the weather is not perfect, it is decent enough to enjoy outdoor activities.

Almost time to go home, but will enjoy my remaining days:)

#Quebec #Minnesota #Family

Things are warming up. I think of bike rides, frisbees and food hikes through the woods.

I do not get out as much as I'd like but will try again this summer meet others re get out on the trials.

I am in Montreal and have slowly visited various trails in the Greater Montreal are and beyond. Ideas?

Joseph

#Quebec #hikingadventures #Hiking

Hi there

I've been trying to rearrange my piano routine to come up with a recipe that gets me to where I want go. I've played and practiced just for the sake of practicing. Now, I want to build up a catalog of songs that I can use when with others. Small family gatherings or with friends, or other events.

Does any one else play for fin like this? I like playing piano, and this will allow me to have a few songs ready all the time, as I learn/relearn my favorite music.

My other goal is to find others with whom I could play duets with. This have been a challenge, but hopefully this will happen.

#Piano #Music #Classical #PianoSolo #Duet #pianopractice #Montreal

Hello @Friendica Developers

I was off line for a bit and seem to be slowly restoring activity.

I just want to check that my messages are reaching this group.

Thanks

Hello @utzer

I am testing my email on my friendica. I was offline for a bit and trying to get working again.

Let me know if you get this.

Thanks

Joseph

@Friendica Support @Friendica Tips

I was looking at the directory and was wondering how does someones profile end up in there? Is i the friendica network "sees' you after a certain amount of time? Individual server "report" their users?

Also, how does a profile get listed as organization or group? I'd like to put a business and group on our friendica.

Thanks

Joseph

Salut! Je suis à Montréal. Je m’intéresse à la nature, Linux/serveurs (homelab) et je recommence la photo. Si tu veux, présente-toi et partage 1–2 sujets qui te passionnent.

Hey! I’m in Montréal. I’m into nature, Linux/servers (homelab), and getting back into photography. Say hi and share 1–2 things you’re into.

Joseph

Local: #Montreal #Montréal #Quebec #Québec #Canada
Tech: #Linux #SelfHosting #Homelab #OpenSource
Photo/nature: #Photography #Photo #Nature #Hiking

While it is still new, the site is slowly taking shape. I was able to- set up the outgoing email server so the site can not send messages to reset passwords, and also to create new accounts.

I am looking to maybe start a new Freindica discussion group, and also maybe improve the landing page for the site. I might also look at adding a relay. I read some where that for small sites,up to 5000 users, there might not be enough local traffic to have enough to read. After that, they you likely you not need a relay.

The other day we had an upcoming freezing rain warning. We've seen the bad effects of them in the past with downed trees and power outages for days and weeks.

Here is a local article:

montreal.citynews.ca/2026/03/1…

This was was expected and the authorities planned well in advance. We were expecting power outages. But, while there were outages, a lot less than expected.\

We were al happy about this:)

@utzer

Hi there. How have you been?

I remember long ago, back when I had my old friendica server, you post an idea or code about how to modify the long in page.

Is this code still round, or do you have any helpful advice to modify the log in page? I will ask the groups, but I recall your idea back them.

Thanks

Joseph

Winter is coming to an end, but Jack Frost is dragging his heels. Plunged back to -15 last night. Rising to -13 today:) Heat wave:)

Looking forward to spring:)