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October 28, 2006
Reseeding
The reseeding is going much faster than I thought. After several hours of raking and preparation, a large part of the backyard was ready to be reseeded. I used lawn soil from Home Despot that has fertilizer in it. Now it just needs watering 2-3 times day.
I did much less preparation in the front yard, and it reseeded quickly, so this should too.
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October 26, 2006
Winter Coming
I returned from Sri Lanka's tropical weather to 30-degree nights here in Utah. We've already had our first snow. The daikon (Japanese radishes) survived and were ready to harvest. (Yes, we lost half of them to voles, but there was still plenty for us.) I made daikon salad and two kinds of pickle.
Meanwhile, the chickens are now 9 weeks old. They'd outgrown their brooder cages, so as soon as the first stall on our barn was complete we moved them out of the house. They love the extra space-- but immediately began sorting out the pecking order. Roosters bumped chests and chased each other. They were quite fun to watch, but seem to have worked it out now, Here, one of the roosters sits on Suellen's foot.
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Getting ready to move
Part of moving is fixing up our house now to get it ready to sell. While we've done huge work in the back yard, it's been a work in progress. Now we need to finish it.
Part of that entails making a nice lawn where bare spots and thatch are now. The best way to get rid of thatch, and I've researched this, is old school. Use a rake. It's tedious work, if good exercise, and the yard should be ready for reseeding in a week or so.
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October 25, 2006
We're moving
Sometime in the next few months Sue and I will be moving to Connecticut, far from the unending traffic jams and stratospheric housing prices of Los Angeles. We'll be moving to the Hartford area, where I grew up.
Maple trees, winter snows, we won't be able to garden year round ("wahoo", says Sue), but as we'll be out in the country a bit, there will be lots of forests, hikes, maybe the occasional bear in the backyard like my sister, who lives in the area, sometimes gets.
The cats probably won't be able to go outside - coyotes are there now too.
More on the move in future posts.
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October 24, 2006
Sunsprite
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October 22, 2006
Mermaid Rose
AKA the barbed wire of the rose kingdom. It has long, sharp thorns that grow at a slant from the branch, not straight out like most roses. Thus, it is very easy to get snagged on them.
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October 21, 2006
Perfumed Delight
Spectacular, isn't it?
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October 20, 2006
Society Garlic
A beautiful plant that smells a bit like garlic. Reputed to keep bugs away.
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Serrano still producing
These serranos are quite hot, and a habanero plant next to it is about to put out flowers - in October!
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October 18, 2006
Tropical Rain
It's been raining a lot recently here in Sri Lanka, a heavy, warm, tropical rain that encourages plant growth as well as mosquitoes. It's amazing how fast things grow. Trees I saw planted five years ago now tower over buildings. The flowers around my doorstep have overgrown the steps. This is far different from my home where, I was informed, it snowed yesterday morning.
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Mystery pepper
Unusual shape for a hot pepper. No idea what it is.
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October 17, 2006
Water Hyancinth
Only blooms once a year, and for only one day. It's in Malo's little pond (he's our turtle.)
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October 16, 2006
Welcome
While reviewing the stats for this blog I was startled to discover that this month we're averaging over 2,000 visits a day, a big jump from previous months.
Couldn't tell from the stats where the new hits were coming from, so, whoever you are - Welcome!
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Earthbox rat nest
Tomatoes really do grow all over the place!
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October 15, 2006
Still ripening
A late harvest this year. Pruning obviously isn't our strong point. There's five species of tomatoes in this rat's nest.
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October 11, 2006
YAMR
Yet another mystery rose...
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October 09, 2006
Another mystery rose
Not sure what this one is. Quite spectacular, isn't it?
(We almost moved then suddenly didn't, hence the absence of posts these past few days.)
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October 06, 2006
Not sure what it is
Well, it's some kind of pepper. But the tag identifying it is long gone. Guess we'll have to wait and see what it becomes!
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October 04, 2006
October harvest
Not sure what species...
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October 02, 2006
Bob & Sue on Vacation
Far horizons & then some
I'm planning a semi-secret vacation for Bob -- he knows we are going, but not where.
Hint: lots of water to stand in ... trees to hug ... and, yes, high-speed internet access.
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