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I finally got a new Eye-Fi card, which is a super handy thing in that it lets me skip the exact steps where I always get hung up when taking and uploading photos. Getting them from the card to the computer and then to the internet is hard for me for whatever reason. The [...] It was FREAKING HOT here today. I didn’t get around to unpacking the thermometer we bought today until about 6pm, at which point the thermometer still read 80°. Too hot for Laurens! Every time we go to the farmers’ market, I come home with more starts. I think Garth is becoming frustrated with this, [...] So, whilst cruising craigslist for livestock, I came across the following ad for a Purebred Delaware Rooster. Being me , I misread the ad, first interpreting it as an ad for a “Self-propelled Delaware Rooster” and the for a “Purebred, Self-aware Rooster.” It could just be the Battlestar Galactica talking, but I do *not* [...] I got dropped off at the market today, fortuitously! Co-workers were going downtown to see Iron Man (I was jealous but too busy to attend) and they pointed out at 5:45 that if they drove me to the ferry, they wouldn’t have to pay for the 15 minutes of parking they would owe if [...] I came home from work early today and put in the ground one caribe potato, three all blues and five swedish peanuts. They went in the ground in a row 18″ apart with ~4 feet^3 of compost and a quart of complete organic fertillizer (COF). Half of the potatoes I planted in the second [...] It turns out that a garden cart is significantly less than $400 when purchased directly from the factory. Who knew? The decision was spurred by an anecdote from a friend whose father passed away from a heart attack that resulted from poor health and inactivity after he injured his neck and back carrying a [...] This is for archival purposes; sorry for the delay, the listification, and the brevity; more posts, which I hope will be more interesting, coming soon. All row feet measurements are approximate. 14 feet of Mokum carrots 10 feet of Merida carrots 8 feet of beets 16 cauliflower starts from Persephone Farms 3 Brussels [...] |
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