Life In The Slow Lane
Posted in Gardening on Feb 13th, 2010
Last month I wrote about the seedlings I started for our March salads. I thought I would give a little update on how they are doing.
The seeds were started in this 200-cell plug tray. After one week, they were up and growing and ready for transplanting.
I transplanted most of the seedlings into cell paks a [...]
Posted in Gardening on Feb 11th, 2010
I love petunias, always have. I remember growing red multiflora types from seed years ago so I could have lots of them for the hummingbirds. They seem to love petunias too, especially the red shades. In fact, they like them so much that they often poke holes in the flowers as they go flying around [...]
Posted in Nature, Photography on Feb 10th, 2010
Posted in Nature on Feb 6th, 2010
My dad loved to feed the birds. He even made a special pole-mounted feeder to discourage the tree squirrels from eating all the bird seed. He also fed his squirrels to keep them away from the feeder. At least, that was the excuse he used. I suspect he really just had a soft spot for [...]
I think I have mentioned before that both my wife and I like gadgets. When we combined our households a few years back, we found that together we often had 3 or 4 (or more) of every kitchen gadget ever invented. So it should be no surprise to anyone that I have a few gardening [...]
Posted in Gardening, Misc Rants on Feb 2nd, 2010
It’s hard to go a day without running into something, somewhere that claims to be “New and Improved”. Supermarket shelves are loaded with such items, which in many cases are the same old sad, tired products repackaged in smaller containers (but selling for the same price).
And software designers just can’t resist the urge to add [...]
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