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Fall Garden 2011: The Beginning

This picture in no way reflects the hard work it took to plant all that

We tore the Spring garden out three weeks ago and put in the winter garden last week. That week in between where the plot had nothing in it? That was a bad idea… Why? Well, because the soil dried out and before we could sow any seeds or transplant seedlings we had to water, and water and water. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. We went to Ace hardware to pick up seedlings in the morning only to find that much of their vegetable stock had already been sold. The only seedlings they had that we wanted were bok choy and cabbage so we picked those up and two bags of steer manure.

This is the good shit
This picture is more exciting than it looks

After we spread the manure we turned the hose on and sat there for fifteen minutes or so, it might have been longer. The soil had really dried out and in order to turn it over and incorporate the manure we needed a lot of water.

I work too, it's just that D doesn't take pictures of me...

After the ground was thoroughly saturated we planted the seedlings and sowed the chard, kale, arugula and spinach:

One of the joys of gardening: getting your hands dirty

After everything was planted, we sprinkled sluggo pellets down and we were done.

Just the other day the arugula and spinach broke through the surface. We’re still keeping our fingers crossed with the chard.

 

ACK?! Here is a video about Cephalopods, Everyone loves those!

Keeping a schedule can be hard work, especially when you’re being hammered by work and have numerous other personal obligations. Spent the end of last week and the weekend back home in the desert where I was a groomsman for my best friend in high school. I didn’t have a lot of time for writing, or anything else really.

So, sorry about the filler post. Except it isn’t filler it’s a short, fascinating video about how camouflage in cephalopods works and how their ability to do it so well reveals that our ability to percieve the world, as it “really” is, is an illusion. Neat, huh?

Back to that wedding story; three piece black tuxedos in 100+ degree weather for over an hour? Not ideal.

New Bicycle

2010 Marin Hamilton 29er
2010 Marin Hamilton 29er

Last week my bicycle was stolen from my workplace’s parking lot. It was locked to a bike rack with four or five other bicycles. The other bicycles had u-locks mine had a combination cable lock on it. At the end of the day their bikes were still there and mine was gone. Luckily, the bike that was stolen my wife picked up for $20 at a garage sale in Santa Cruz so, it wasn’t a large financial loss. It was a nice bike though and its theft meant I’d have to find a replacement, during my work’s busiest time of the year, because I use the bike to commute to and from work.

I did some looking on Craigslist and made some calls but nothing really clicked. So, last weekend I went to a local bike shop that had some sales. The bicycle pictured above, aMarin Hamiltion 29er, was on sale and I didn’t want to spend all day or weekend looking for other/better deals so I sprang and made the purchase. While there I also picked up a new lock:

square chainlink wrapped in kevlar

I’m told bolt cutters will not work on this at all. I’m hoping this is a big enough deterrent to keep opportunistic criminals from the bike. I’m not taking any chances though when it comes to leaving the bike out for multiple hours with no eyes on it. So, for now I’ll be taking the bike up to the office with me until I can get a spot in the bike cage over at the Capitol that has camera monitoring (there’s a waiting list…) Hopefully, this way the bike won’t be stolen for many years to come after I’ve wrung all the value out of it.

Now, for some more gratuitous shots of my new bicycle (GO, GO, Go Consumerism!)

Single gear, not a "fixie" (though I do have that option...)

 

 

This picture offers contributes nothing. I took it though, and by God I'm going to use it in this post

Maybe, I’ll have time over the coming weekend to write (I really want to tell you about my upcoming Let’s Play and other stuff.)

 

2011 Goals: Half-year Review

What does this have to do with New Year's resolutions? Not much...

So, at the end of last year I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish in 2011, you can find that list here, or you can just continue reading as I’m going to be self-evaluating how well I’ve done accomplishing the items on the list here.

Here’s the list: Continue reading “2011 Goals: Half-year Review”

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