I’ve seen much faster growth in gardens before. Mine’s limping along slowly, though. I thought that I’d post an update to my previous post about planting a garden, about 4-1/2 weeks ago. It seems that for over 2 weeks since that date, we’ve had the risk of frost nearly every night – in June! It must have been more than a risk because some of the seeds didn’t grow at all. I attribute that to the frost, as I hadn’t seen any birds feasting on the garden.
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I took this picture yesterday before the rain came yet again. With all of the rain that we’ve been having, there is no shortage of hydration. Now, if it would only be sunny for a few days, perhaps the poor plants would grow. My rain barrels have been full for well over a week and I’ve not needed to use anything from them. I sure wish that I could share with some places around the globe where there isn’t water.
So, the waxed beans, squash, pumpkin, zucchini, and herbs didn’t make it, so I replanted them. They seem to be growing now. The carrots are poking out of the ground with their first feathery tops and the red onions are, for the most part, growing as they should. As you can see, the tomato and pepper transplants are thriving, as are the second plantings of beans, despite the slugs that plague this area. The peas are looking healthy but small. They’ll come along. So have the weeds, as you can likely see.
The replants are showing already, so they warmer weather has done its trick. I am hopeful that everything grows as well as the lettuce seems to have been. We’ve already had some baby greens from what I thinned out of the row. Here’s hoping.
Go snag this album if you’re looking for some jazzy tight playing that seems to perfectly accompany a great vocal.
The singer reminds me a bit of a gentler Grace Slick crossed with Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth (if that’s possible to say). I wish that I could say more about this band, but their home page is their Jamendo page and their myspace page points back to Jamendo for more info. Perhaps after their 3rd album, they’ll let out some of the secret.
Remember when you went to school? If you live in an industrialized country then you probably went to school on a bus if you lived any distance away. I remember when I was in my first year of school. I rode the bus for a few months – I think that it may have been until the winter was over. The only thing that really stopped me was a bully who decided to pick on me. Rather than wait for the bus and be harassed, I hoofed it home and have since.
Our children live a bit too far to expect them to walk to their school now. Ange and I walk about 3/4 of the way and it takes us nearly an hour round trip and we walk quickly.
This morning, the bus stopped for our children at the end of our driveway, picked them up, and took off – about 15 metres (50 feet) – and stopped. Caleb’s friend, who had come from next door to get on the bus with him, had noticed antifreeze dripping from the engine and had told the driver. o, she stopped the bus and put out the requisite trouble signs. Another bus was brought right away and the children were whisked off to school after a short 15 minute delay. Kudos to the school system and the bus garage for their swift action.
I remember (vaguely) that we had a break down in the school bus when going on a field trip. I also remember that it was quite a bit more than 15 minutes. For the first little while, it was kind of exciting because it was a break from the routine. After a while, it got a little tired, but we were on our way within a few hours with no harm done.
What would you get if you crossed the musical styles Franz Ferdinand, The Tea Party, and Trooper? Well, I don’t really know, but I think that it would come out a lot like the sound of Kismet. This band from Utrecht, Netherlands can really keep a tight set. They’ve been together since 2002 and released this album in 2007. Get this album at Jamendo or Beep Beep.
“Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court” is the headline on all of the US television stations that we get on our Cable offering, except one – Fox!
Ange was watching a TV show that was interrupted by this nomination announcement. Its common in the US for their President to interrupt daytime television for these types of things.
That wasn’t stopping Fox, though. Apparently, a Jerry Springer rerun was more important in their eyes. “I’m cheating on my third cousin” beat out President Barak Obama for airtime. Gosh, could this be politically motivated? Let’s ask Bill O’reilly.
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