greenhouse roof repair
A big construction /repair job had to be completed real soon now as it is time to start the pepper plants from seed. Lack of room and lack of southern…
KAON session
On Saturday March 9th, 2013 we held another Kingston Astronomy Outreach Network Open House and Observing session at the Queen’s University Observatory on Ellis Hall. The talk was on “Heavenly…
Cool Clouds
The approaching herringbone cloud formations coming in just in front of a large low pressure system that will give us a lot of rain. Not a good thing when the…
Shadow of Freedom
This is the latest in the Honor Harrington series of books from David Weber. Muchly anticipated, preordered early and waited and waited for the shipping date and then the delivery…
Tree Care Workshop
March 20 Join certified arborist Eric Weese for a Tree Care Workshop on Wednesday, March 20 2013 from 2 to 4 pm at St. Albans Hall in Odessa, Ontario. Eric…
Long Winter?
It seems to have been a long winter. Do the winters get longer every year strictly because of psychology? Last year this time we were just about out of firewood.…
SID2 analysis
sid2-2013feb25 (pdf) We had time to sit down and take a good look at the data coming out of the Sudden Ionospheric Detector 2 today and it matched up pretty…
Canadian Organic Growers Eco Farm Day 2013
We had a great time at the Canadian Organic Growers Eco Farm Day 2013 this past Saturday February 23rd, 2013 in Cornwall. The theme was Water Management and we were…
Tamworth Grass Roots Growers event
GARLIC: A DIFFERENT APPROACH Tuesday, March 19, 2013 7 p.m. Tamworth Public Libarary The GRG (Tamworth Grassroots Growers) invites you to an presentation by Canada’s Garlic Guru, Paul Pospisil, on…
Seed Saving Workshop Tuesday March 19, 2013
Saving Seeds for Sustainability workshop series: Tuesday March 19, 2013 7-8:30 pm for Starting Seeds at Home. At the Heirloom Seed Sanctuary barn behind the Sisters of Providence Motherhouse, 1200…
Seedy Saturday 2013 March 16th
Seedy Saturday Date: March 16, 2013 Location: Kingston Unitarian Fellowship – 206 Concession St, Kingston Ontario Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Cost: $2 admission Schedule: ATTENTION KIDS!!! 10:00 am…
new summer construction project idea
You may have seen that we are big Doctor Who fans… and I like to build things… here is the best of both worlds: We wonder if it is refridgerated?
L&A Horticultural Society Meeting
The Lennox and Addington Horticultural Society (based out of Napanee Ontario Canada) met Wednesday Night, February 20th, 2013 at 7pm at the Napanee Firehall Community Room. One of the innovations,…
New code to review allsky2 camera images
We completed new code to process all of the nights imagery from the allsky2 camera system. Not only does it run in the current “last nights run” but also can…
12 hours past the russian meteor
It’s been a good 12 hours since the world has seen the nearest near-miss since Tunguska in 1908. A very large meteor on the order of 15 metres and maybe…