L&AHortSoc Plant Sale
In prepration for the Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society Plant Sale on Saturday May 26th, 2012 at the Napanee Farmers Marker, we have planted some items for sale. The first…
Garlic, nematodes and fallow beds
We grow garlic.. lots of it. 40+ varieties in 2011. We attend garlic workshops and seminars. The last couple of years we have been warned about an approaching problem ……
Public Observing Session – Saturday April 14th, 2012 21:00EDT
Yello! This is your monthly funtime reminder for our Open House happening at the Queen’s Observatory. The event will run from 9.00pm to 10.30pm on Saturday, April 14th. Please take…
Napanee Community Food Bank Garden – 2012
There is a work party scheduled for Friday April 12th, 2012 at 4pm for the 2012 edition of the Napanee Community Food Bank Garden. If you have any interest in…
Loving Spoonful Fundraiser Sunday April 22, 2012
Kingston’s Loving Spoonful is hosting an Earth Day (Sunday April 22nd, 2012) Fundraiser at the Studio22 Open Gallery overlooking Market Square at 320 King Street East in Kingston Ontario. Loving…
Grass Roots Growers – Tamworth
(Received 2012 April 6th) Hello Everyone, Spring is here and it will soon be time for our 3rd annual plant sale. Saturday May 26th, 2012 10:00-14:00 Beaver Lake Lions Park…
WD 2tb mybook essential
We picked up a Western Digital 2tb mybook essential with USB2 and 3 capability last week (April 2012), on sale for about $120 from Staples. It is an external USB…
radiojove antenna modifications
Radiojove antennas at 15′ RadioJove antennas at 10′ It’s that time of year (April 2012).. or years, that the average declination of Jupiter is increasing, from a minimum in 2008…
Magnificent ISS Pass
The International Space Station (ISS) made an overhead pass this morning that was caught on 4 frames of the allsky camera. These were stitched together with a small delay into…
Earth Hour Saturday March 31st, 2012
We observed Earth Hour on Saturday March 31st, 2012 from 20:00-21:00. Whups! The real Earth hour was from 20:30 to 21:30. Oh well.. we shut down everything we could, went…
Seed Sanctuary Workshop
Sisters of Providence Heirloom Seed Sanctuary Workshop Saturday April 21, 2012 2-3:30pm – Gentle transplanting workshop + Earth Day All are welcome, refreshments included, no fees but donations are welcome.…
dead file server
2012 March 29 As we’ve written about many times, we have a lot of automated data collection going on that includes but is not limited to: allsky camera images radiojove…
tomato planting weekend
This weekend (the last of March) is tomato planting weekend! We will be selecting our heirloom tomato seeds, planting maybe 10% more than we have space for to allow for…
triple conjunction 2012 march 26
Another nice clear night for imaging the conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter in this 15 second exposure with a Canon Powershot A540 on a tripod. It was very…