Garlic harvest
We’ve started to harvest our garlic crop two weeks ago with the earlier varieties. This weekend we pulled up most of the rest, leaving maybe 6 types in the ground…
Public Lecture in astronomy Wed July 23rd 8pm
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 – 20:00 to 22:00 ET Special Event Speaker: Prof Bob Benjamin (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) A Three-Dimensional View of the Milky Way Location: Ellis Hall Auditorium, Queen’s…
SCGObservatory updates
The StarlightCascade Observatory has a carpet on plywood on styrofoam insulation floor. Because it is fairly small, telescopes need to be stored away when not in use, to get out…
pollinators
Pollinating insects have been in the news a lot lately, which is both good and bad news. Good news for the awareness, bad news for the reasons why, that of…
In support of butterflies
This is an image of our first butterfly and pollinator garden, located on the north side of the house. It contains a lot of perennial plants that are known to…
A little early this year – hornworm
This tomato hornworm made an appearance in our swimming pool yesterday. Come to think of it, we had an early worm appear last year as well. From the evidence (hexagonal…