Monday, March 31, 2008
Finnish Snowman?
Friday, March 28, 2008
Tom Douglas Mania
Because I want all of my readers to have the highest quality of life possible, I'm sharing this discovery: TomDouglas.com
Go to his radio page and subscribe to his podcast and his recipe of the week:
http://tomdouglas.com/radio/index.html
Hear me now, thank me later. ;)
Go to his radio page and subscribe to his podcast and his recipe of the week:
http://tomdouglas.com/radio/index.html
Hear me now, thank me later. ;)
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Seasonal Changes
Last fall, Jamey and Arthur planted quite a lot of garlic cloves in the raised bed we made from Lief and Angela's old deck material. Yesterday I counted 48 of those emerging, robustly from the bed. A few weeks ago I noticed that several of the cloves appeared to have been plucked from the ground by their new shoots and left to lie on top of the soil. So I sunk them back in cozily in the ground and fetched some 17 gauge K-Lath to cover the bed. Now they are looking happy and oh, so healthy.
The garden construction is coming along. We're using 12 foot treated 4x4 posts so that we can mount fencing well over 7 feet high, which we understand is roughly the limit of a deer's leaping ability. The garden dimensions are 25' x 19'8, with a hypotenuse of 31'8 inches.
Jamey and I just came back from a dual mission: a) collecting "manure" from chickens, rabbits and deer to create a "tea" for fertilizing our garden. b) collecting the tops of new nettle shoots to dry for nettle tea (in this case we plan to drink it).
We had a tea made from the fresh nettle leaves and all three of us boys enjoyed it. Heidi is far from convinced that nettles should be consumed in any form.
I'm seeing the first flush of Alder "flowers" emerging in the distance. The cause the shape of the tree to become visible in a flush of rusty pink. Seeing this causes me to look hopefully to the days ahead, as it won't be long until the pink is followed by the spring green.
The garden construction is coming along. We're using 12 foot treated 4x4 posts so that we can mount fencing well over 7 feet high, which we understand is roughly the limit of a deer's leaping ability. The garden dimensions are 25' x 19'8, with a hypotenuse of 31'8 inches.
Jamey and I just came back from a dual mission: a) collecting "manure" from chickens, rabbits and deer to create a "tea" for fertilizing our garden. b) collecting the tops of new nettle shoots to dry for nettle tea (in this case we plan to drink it).
We had a tea made from the fresh nettle leaves and all three of us boys enjoyed it. Heidi is far from convinced that nettles should be consumed in any form.
I'm seeing the first flush of Alder "flowers" emerging in the distance. The cause the shape of the tree to become visible in a flush of rusty pink. Seeing this causes me to look hopefully to the days ahead, as it won't be long until the pink is followed by the spring green.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Hall of Fame
Leonard Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
And, now it sounds like he's going on tour! Although perhaps mostly in Europe.
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2008/03/11/4972506-cp.html
And, now it sounds like he's going on tour! Although perhaps mostly in Europe.
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2008/03/11/4972506-cp.html
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