Welcome to summer 2013
Summer is finally here… arriving at 00:04 EST or 01:04 EDT. I recently came across a folder of scanned slide images from the past, so I thought it might be…
newer smaller cheaper computers needed
We have more than a few computers spread around. And seeing that they run at the very least $200-300 for the smallest netbooks, it soon gets very expensive to dedicate…
Notes from Monday June 17th 2013
It’s been busy again.. and promises to continue to be busy for another week or two. Note: rain. lots and lots of rain. We were camping in Bon Echo Provincial…
why are the bird feeders on the ground in the morning?
Mr. Raccoon is the answer to the question. There were actually two feeders up, one on either side. It looks like he has gotten so good/fast the first one gets…
University of Guelph workshops & Local Garden Tours
www.uoguelph.ca/arboretum runs one day workshops this summer on a variety of topics. If you have the time, money, and ability to travel log distances to Guelph, these may be for…
Close one this morning
It was a close one this morning (Friday 2013 May 24) … a low temperature of 1.2 deg C out back from our weather station in Veg4. We actually had…
Napanee Food Bank Garden 2013
2013 sees the Napanee Food Bank Garden garden move from its previous spot to a new spot, right beside the old spot. Spot on! Easy access from the road with…
Name that(those) tree(s)
Can you name the type of tree this is? We think it is a type of maple… but which type? Here is another tree (#2): I think I have already…
GrassRoots Growers Plant Sale
GrassRoots Growers Plant Sale Saturday May 25th, 2013 10 am – 1 pm Lions’ Beaver Lake Park, Erinsville Spring has officially arrived and it’s time for the annual GrassRoots Growers…
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Kingston Centre met
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada – Kingston Centre met last night, Tuesday May 21st, 2013 in MacCorry Hall Room B201 at Queen’s University. We were bumped from our regular…
Instabench
Instabench.. kind of implies it was a quick build, no? What was supposed to take only an hour took a couple of weeks, most of it with the wood, drawings,…
Bean Collection growout
On Sunday May 19th, 2013, a novel experiment took shape on a Heirloom & Seed Growers of Eastern Ontario members property. The entire heirloom bean collection was planted to be…