Ontario electricity
We’ve been on time-of-use electricity use billing for some months now, and subscribed to the HydroOne account system where we can monitor power usage on an hour by hour basis.…
Spindletree Gardens near Tamworth
After a year and a half of planning to, we finally were able to visit Spindletree Gardens just south of Tamworth on county road #4. It is a gorgeous 20…
Napanee Fair
We went to the Napanee Fair again this year (2011) and although it seemed a little smaller this year (fewer sheep!), fewer entries in the photo contest and home goods…
severe rainfall
Kingston suffered through a severe rainfall on Friday July 29th, 2011 and here is an image of the event at the Hospital The shear amount of rain (77-100mm) in four…
Approaching new moon
Kim captured this thin crescent moon during sunrise on a Thursday morning, July 28th, 2011, two days before new moon.
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 5
This was our 5th week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 5 visit…
Garlic harvest complete
Kim spent another 6 hours early Saturday morning to complete the garlic harvest. Good thing too as we are in for two days of rain today and tomorrow. Each type…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 4
This was our 4th week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 4 visit…
Garlic harvest starts
Some of the garlic was ready to harvest, showing some of the lower leaves turning brown and dying off. So we started a little bit of harvest, cleaned them up,…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week 3
This was our 3rd week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. These images are from our week 3 visit…
robodome goes home
It is with a sad heart that we took the robodome to its home today. We are very disappointed that we were unable to make the entire system work as…
Greenhouse reno
Last tuesday we plunged ahead with a project that has been on the books for a few years now… insulating the north wall of the greenhouse. We use the greenhouse…
radio jove results
Whenever you set up a new data collection system, it is necessary to verify or calibrate it against some other standard to make sure that it is actually working. Yesterday…
hard working cat
While we work and slave away in the gardens for hours each day and more on weekends, to earn our food, this is how the other occupants of our home…
Napanee Food Bank Garden Week2
This was our 2nd week since we were assigned rows 6,7 and 26 to look after in the Napanee Food Bank Garden. This is the Garden’s 2nd year and all…