From the monthly archives:

April 2003

Compost Temps

April 18, 2003

I’ve left the thermometer into the compost pile the last few days. After a few days of sitting right at 40, it finally started moving today. It was nice to see it almost get to 50. I stuck the pitch fork into the other pile, and found ice four or five inches below the surface [...]

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Gingrich the Newt

April 16, 2003

It looks like the only living vertebrate in the pond at this point is Gingrich the Newt. (I think he’s the same one that moved in last summer. And what else would you call a newt anyway?) I’ve fished out 6 or 8 dead frogs by now, and most of them look crushed. We are [...]

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Walk About

April 15, 2003

We did a walk about after work today, just to see what’s coming up. There are definite daffs and species tulips all over the place at this point. The cats all had a great time following us around, though mostly they enjoyed playing around with me on the front porch deck, dashing around the sawmill [...]

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Cold-weather crops

April 13, 2003

I started some veggies up on the upstairs balcony today. Last year, I did lettuce, garlic, and onions. The garlic never did anything, the onions were great as scallions, and the lettuce was a hit with everyone, and lasted deep into the summer. So this year, since the veggie patch is going to take a [...]

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Another busy day

April 12, 2003

We both kept ourselves busy with gardening tasks today. We went up north this morning, looking for breakfast and grow bulbs. Breakfast was good, but neither Walmart, K-Mart, nor the pet store in Claremont had a single grow bulb for our shop light fixtures. We should have stocked up better when we saw them all [...]

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Half-way there

April 11, 2003

I was really busy down in the basement today. I definitely wore myself out again, but felt like I got a lot accomplished. I’ve been gone all week at a tradeshow, and Frank did a great job keeping everything watered well. It’s amazing how much the plants in the boxes I did last week grew. [...]

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Retreating snow, mark two

April 10, 2003

There’s quite a bit of bare ground out there again. We’re back to mud and puddles, and the pond is completely clear today. Frank says it looks much better but that it doesn’t smell that much better. He turned the pump back on today. We clearly left too many dead leaves and stuff like that [...]

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