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…
Old Man Winter just won’t leave
The calendar say’s its spring, the daffodils coming up, the sounds of the frogs which showed up on April 3 say its spring,but the temperatures and the wet snow that…
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…
Spring has sprung
At 7:44 am 11:44 UT Spring officially came, and asked Old man winter to leave. The skies were clear and the moon hung in the SE like a Christmas tree…
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…
Comet Lulin
2009 We were up very early this morning taking our last look at Comet Lulin for a couple of days… snow on the way… Here is a 15 second exposure…
New scope on display
This is our new Meade DS90 refractor on display at the last months Public Observing Session. The finder battery died pretty quick so we are waiting to replace that before…