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And if you want to be inspired (whether or not you own a microscope) take a look at Journey to the Microcosmos on YouTube https://youtube.com/c/microcosmos/

What level of magnification would you consider decent in a microscope?

you really only need 10x or 25x.

https://www.tiktok.com/@madscientistken

This guy does live streams almost nightly and I've found myself entranced more than I'd like to admit.

This rocks. I wood chipped a portion of my lawn and now grow fruit/berries there. Every morning after the kids get on the bus I walk around, pull some weeds and dig into the chips and dirt to see what's going on down there. Very relaxing.

This article and tiktok make me want a microscope.

The LIDL sold me one 70euro a few years ago and it works marvels.