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The Sunny Gardener - May 2026

A close up of the head of a cross peen hammer sitting on an anvil. The wood handle is blackened by fire and has been lightly oiled. The hammer head is blackened, typical of forged steel and iron. In the middle of the hammer head, there is an impression of a fireweed flower, the maker’s mark. – Cross peen hammer forged by @dustin

Mastodon Updates

A couple of small Mastodon updates were released this month v4.5.10 and v4.5.11, mainly consisting of backend and security fixes.

Summary

59 new users, 616 active users, 96k interactions, 37 reports opened, 37 reports resolved.

Hosting Costs

Hetzner recently increased their storage prices, which has resulted in an ongoing increase in the cost of our backups.

Cost spreadsheet, text follows.

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sunny.garden May 2026
Main Server 12-32GB-512GB -$90
Worker Server 2-2GB-40GB -$7
Media Storage 368 GB -$17
Media Bandwidth Free $0
Backups 892 GB -$22
Domain Name $68/yr -$6
DNS $50/yr -$4
Email -$5
Donations One-Time $50
Donations Recurring $86
Monthly Totals
Previous Balance $62
Total Expenses -$149
Total Donations $136
Balance $49
Canadian Dollars

As always, thank you to everyone that has donated on ko-fi! There’s no obligation or expectation that you donate in order to use the server, and I’m still able to cover any shortfall myself if needed.

– Brook