It looks a lot like a zucchini but it’s more likely to be an alien. I like it. It provides a nice natural camouflage for the composter and keeps us from knowing what alien plans are being hatched from within it, which I don’t want to know. It’s one of the few things that are [...]
And it’s not easy for a natural pessimist (I prefer to be called realist) to be optimistic. On the plus side – I finally started shooting today. Hurray!!! I started with something easy: a grey card. And then a shot using the double slit aperture sitting on a rotating lazy susan. This makes me happy. [...]
It was gruelling. My back hurts and one of my knees has given out. I started the day feeling young and now I’m feeling very very old. But it’s (90%) done. My boys went shopping at the hardware store, checking out the latest in push mowers. I was thankful to have a whole uninterrupted (almost) [...]
My seedlings are getting a brutal introduction to life. First the killer heat, then yesterday a pounding by hailstones. Being sequestered in a windowless room for a course I completely missed the event. My husband says it was intense. Still – of all my seedlings only one was snapped and I propped that one up [...]
A long weekend and unbearably hot weather made for little no progress. It wasn’t that long ago that we had a freak snowstorm (30cm, I think). About all I can offer here is a dull predictable complaint about squirrels. Why do they make a sport out of destroying things! I was thrilled one day to [...]
My plants have been spending their days out on the deck. It might be time for for them to sleep outside too but I’m mistrustful of this seemingly nice weather. My goal for today is to finish writing up a report for the conclusion of a grant for this project. After that I can get [...]
I’ve added an images page for a sampling of some stills. Meanwhile, in gardening news – I’ve begun the arduous task of clearing the future flower beds of weeds and while envisioning the dandelion hoards invading the hard won clear patches I decided that a preemptive tackle was appropriate. As it turns out, I was [...]
I had a bit of time today to prepare another load of milk flats (10!) for all the transplanting that’s to come. The Venidium and Aster have already thanked me. I’ve found milk cartons to be the most convenient container. I can pack in between 2 – 8 plants in one container, making it easier [...]
The real estate under the bedroom window is maxed. I’m starting to take over dining room table territory. The basement, of course, has been fully occupied since the beginning. If it weren’t for the sudden freak streak of cold I’d have set up a clear plastic tarp on the deck and sent them all out [...]
Everything has grown so quickly. Just as I’ve planted the last of what’s to be started indoors much of everything else is tearing at the sides of their little containers begging for more space. So I’ve begun transplanting things today – complicating the logistics of rotating all those containers under the light. Did I mention [...]