Peas please
The peas are coming up strong this spring. This image of the peas in raised Vegetable Bed #2 is from this morning (Tuesday 2014 May 13th). Note yet another experiment…
Farmers Market changes in the local area
Always good news to hear about local food markets adjusting and becoming more visible and hopefully more successful! From: http://www.frontenacnews.ca/index.php/south-frontenac-news/item/8349-two-new-locations-for-the-frontenac-farmers-market Regular vendors at the Frontenac Farmers Market (FFM) braved a…
Damien Peach
At the Astrocats trade show in Hamilton this past weekend (2014 May 3-4), one of the guest speakers was the foremost amateur astrophotographer in the world today, Damien Peach. His…
April Showers? May Showers!
Some random notes about May: * peas are starting to come up in raised veg bed #2 with the new pea stands * the grass went 3 shades more of…
Rogers. hmmpph.
Earlier this year, Rogers Communication notified the Township of Stone Mills council that Rogers would be putting up a 106 metre tall guyed cell tower. About 400 metres away from…
peas and lettuce
It’s April, it’s not freezing as much as it did, and the ground has thawed. Yesterday 300kg of composted sheep manure stopped by and we started putting it into the…
Now you see them now you don’t!
What a difference a week makes! On the left you see the crocuses that were coming up on April 13th, beautiful colourful blooms were such a delight after such a…
Ontario – coal free! since 2014 April 15th
Ontario has become the first jurisdiction in North America to fully eliminate coal as a source of electricity generation. The Thunder Bay Generating Station, Ontario’s final remaining coal-fired facility, has…
L&A Hort club met last night
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (Napanee’s Garden Club), met on Wednesday 2014 April 16th at the Napanee Fire Hall community/training room. The guest speaker was member Judy Bullock who…
Jupiter with Orion Starshoot camera
This is the last clear night for some time now… Friday April 11th, 2014 with Jupiter well past zenith, using the 20cm LX200GPS and a x2.5 barlow giving an f25…
Wednesday: Jupiter and Mars
Jupiter Another nice night (Wednesday 2014 April 09) with relatively warm air, relatively clear skies to image under. We did the last benchmark runs with the Olivon (USB 1.1) camera…
The Grassroots Growers of Tamworth/Erinsville proudly present ‘SpindleTree Gardens: A Story in Pictures
Susan and Tom give a great talk. We last heard them 3 years? ago at a L&AHort meeting. SpindleTree Gardens: A Story in Pictures Tuesday April 22nd, 7 pm Tamworth…
Jupiter, night #4
Sunday 2014 April 07 was another clear night, so out I went to do another imaging run of Jupiter, hopefully the last on the 20cm with the Olivon camera. Focusing…
L&A Hort met 2014 March 19th
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (Napanee’s Garden Club), met on Wednesday 2014 March 19th at the Napanee Fire Hall community/training room. The guest speaker was all about tools and…