L&A HortSoc aka Napanee Garden Club
Last night (Wednesday September 18th, 2013) the Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society held its first regular meeting after the summer break. The turnout was 15 people and we enjoyed presentations…
1st Fall Frost!
The 1st fall frost of the season occurred overnight Monday night/Tuesday morning. It went down to -1.6 C in the vegetable patch. This was close to our shortest growing season…
OS Upgrade success
The operating system running this web server was upgrade today from Linux Fedora 17 to Linux Fedora 19 in a little under 4 hours, including 1 hour to make a…
Crescent Moon and Venus
Sunday 2013 September 8th, showed a beautiful 3 1/2 day old crescent moon conjunction with the planet Venus. This first image is a wide angle view to establish the scale,…
Web Server Maintenace
The web server that this site sits on is tentatively scheduled for maintenance on Monday 2013 September 16th, from about 07:30-12:00 EDT (or 11:30-16:00 UT). It will be offline during…
That time of year
It is in fact that time of year. Harvest Time. The tomato plants have been dying off for a few days now and all of the tomatos are being harvested.…
Fall’N’Stars 2013
The 14th annual Fall’N’Stars Star Party was held this past weekend (Friday to Sunday 2013 September 6-8) at the Boy Scout Camp Sagonska near Thomasberg Ontario. 25 people attended and…
HSGeo Bean Project update
The Heirloom Seed Growers of eastern ontario group had a “grow-out-all-of-the-beans” project this summer (2013). There were some initial images of the planting way back in May.. Here are some…
Great Beer Store!
We visited a microbrewery last weekend and it was one of our favourites! We bought some for friends.. but drank them! I think we will have to go back and…
BBQ
Last Wednesday August 21st, 2013 we hosted the Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society to a BBQ at our home. 22 people were there, and that was a good turnout. Not…
Prince Edward County Wine Tour 2013
Another wine tour of the Prince Edward County region yesterday (Saturday August 25th, 2013). Our aim is to visit new ones and a couple of old favourites every year. After…
Maitland Gardens of Hope
On Saturday August 10th, 2013 we visited the Maitland Gardens of Hope, just east of Brockville. We joined with the Cornwall Horitcultural Society group tour and had a very good…
Avenstone Gardens
Another garden we have been wanting to visit for year is Avenstone, just between Camden East and Newburgh. We finally made it there a couple of Sundays ago. What I…