Saturn 20251006
A very long night and into the morning for the last Titan shadow transit of Saturn for another 13+? years. It worked! We Got One! The transparency was poor with…
SCGO allsky2 fireball 20250910 04:31:30 UTC
A really really nice fireball overnight. attached is the nightly summary image, the event image and if not too big, the 8 second video 20250910 04:31:30 UTC = 00:31:30 EDT…
Its BLT season!
The first Bacon Lettuce Tomato Sandwich of the season… and the first of about 20… take advantage of it while you can! This was a Kellogg’s Breakfast heirloom tomato sliced…
who puts in an OSB floor?
We noted over the last year that a portion of the popup trailer floor was soft. So we opened it up to discover that instead of plywood, orient strand board…
Shed venting project
Sheds with a metal roof tend to be cooler than one with shingles.. but still sometimes too warm. So we added two 4″ fans powered by a small 30w solar…
Perseids 2025 August
These are the summary images from the UWO/SCGO Allsky2 fireball camera from the nights of 2025 Aug 11/12, 1213 and 13/14. Even with the large moon through most of the…
Ariane6 fuel dump 20250812
This is a 9 image animated .GIF from the SCGO Allsky1 camera system of the Ariane6 rocket fuel dump that many saw Tuesday evening from 22:32-22:38 EDT in the East…
Has it been hot?
From our weather station stats. This is the 6th heat wave (our definition of more than one day at 30C or above), this summer and the current one will be…
Saturn Titan shdows transit 20250702
Up and out early last Wednesday morning (2025 July 02) around 04:00 edt (008:00 utc) to catch the shadow of the Saturnian moon Titan transitting across the surface of Saturn.…
Garlic Harvest 2025
The 2025 Garlic Harvest has been complete. Records were kept but not yet transcribed as to the total amount. They are now hanging up to dry in a cool, dark,…
The Newer Greenhouse
The Greenhouse is Dead! Long live the Greenhouse! Or words to that affect. So.. the old greenhouse was demolished over the course of 3 weeks, cut up and disposed of…
Old greenhouse falling down, need new greenhouse
Our old (2005 September) greenhouse is falling down. After investigation most of the south side joists were totally rotted out. We did a critical evaluation and came to the decision…
Science Rendezvous 2025
Science Rendezvous Kingston is a FREE, annual science festival for Southeastern Ontario families hosted by Queen’s University. Our 2025 event will take place Saturday, May 10, 10 am – 3…
L&A Horticultural Society Annual Plant Sale
On Saturday May 10th, The Napanee Garden Club aka the Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society held its annual fundraising plant sale. This year again it was held at the Historic…
soil too basic
After over 20 years of gardening onsite, we have finally gotten the soil tested. To our surprise (all right.. a little surprised), our soil has a pH over 7.4 to…