June is still cool
Kim reports no scapes appearing on the garlic… it has been cooler than normal and I think we might finally be free of the frost. We did end up adding…
cool growing
In the last two weeks since we transplanted from the greenhouse into the garden, it has been cool, cold, windy, frosty and even a little hail. Many plants (tomato) have…
Planets in the morning
This is one of many images from Tuesday morning, watching Venus rise in the east just after 4am and Jupiter already well up in the southeast. We went out that…
raccoon menace
Two weeks ago all of the baby robins and eggs disappeared from the nest overlooking the back deck. A week ago we found a young raccoon up our back tree…
need a holiday from the holiday
Another (2009) spring week off from work to catch up on the yardwork. 8 of 9 days we worked to the point of insanity prepping the yard, the gardens, the…
may long weekend
The long weekend in May is fast approaching, the traditional time to move the plants out of the greenhouse and house and into the ground. The portable heater combined with…
packed weekend
Wow… Friday night was busy prepping for Saturdays May 2nd Astronomy Day… and then we spent 8 hours down in Market Square showing people the sun with a Coronado solarmax…
ubuntu 9.04
The Linux Ubuntu distribution was released yesterday and I just happened to have a workstation with 1/2 a hard drive empty and waiting for something just like this. It’s an…
Greenup!
Sunday saw the Greenup! festival at the Kingston K-Rock centre. We barely found out about it a couple of days in advance but luckily were able to change plans in…
A Bench and a few good chairs
Friday April 17th had us drive down to Picton Ontario and the Crystal Palace to see “A Bench and a Few Good Chairs” County Garden Show. It was our first…
Garlic Galore
Garlic, planted in the fall of 2008 and covered with straw. All organic, originally from Beaver Pond Estates- Paul Pospisil – http://www.garlicfarm.ca/garlic-growing-pospisil.htm StarlightCascade Gardens: Korean Purple Musical -porcelain Cesnock Red…
busy astroweekend
Saturday April 4th was supposed to be a three hour public solar observing session down at City Hall in Kingston… we got clouded out. Later that night we held a…
Great Saturday
warm, sunny and a little bit of sunburn while re-roofing the greenhouse. The original roof was plain plywood and paint and that didn’t last too long before it started leaking.…
Earth Hour
As if you have not been inundated enough with Earth Hour 2009 news, here is another attempt to encourage you to participate. Saturday March 28th from 20:30-21:30 EDT is Earth…
Gardening with Ed Lawrence
Last Thursday March 12th, we attended a lecture by Ed Lawrence, a master gardener with a regular call-in program on CBC Radio. Maybe 30-35 minutes of the time was spent…