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Brian Bilbrey July 4, 2011

Garden Ka-boom

First things first: Happy Birthday, USA! * * * Okay, not *really* ka-boom in the Mythbusters C4 sense, but more like the garden is exploding with growth and veg. I took this shot right after harvesting out a bunch of cucumber, and before applying the weekly dose of Neem Oil to discourage bugs and disease. The output of the garden seems like it's going to be prodigious this year. Just look at two days worth of cucumber harvest, plus a couple of zucchini that did not make it into last night's supper: Now I've got more chores to do, and…

Brian Bilbrey July 3, 2011

In the style of Jepoardy

It is pumped from the ocean bottoms to the top of the spill mountains. * * * Zidane is dead. Today we (and by we I mean Greg) has finally had the plug pulled on the third (or second) iteration of a box that we (and by we, I mean both of us) hosted assorted sites for us and friends and associates. The take barely paid for the box, but overall it was both a worthy and worthwhile endeavor. I know I became a better system administrator through working on the system, and got a fair taste of the joys…

Brian Bilbrey June 28, 2011

More bonanza from the back yard

Hey! We just got 6/100" of rain! It's been bloody dry around here - the only green grass is near the flower and garden beds. Isn't that a nice-looking bowl of potatoes? I sliced up one of those, a zucchini, some garlic, and a pepper out of the garden, sautéed all of that in olive oil, and called it supper. Yum! I also have already roasted a pound of some Kenyan coffee beans this evening. The roaster lives in a vent hood I built that exhausts out the basement window. The exhaust is mobile; It doesn't stay in the window.

Brian Bilbrey June 21, 2011

When there are no tomatoes

When the tomatoes are still two or three weeks away, eat what's coming out of the garden. So, some potatoes and zucchini, a couple of small serrano peppers, and an over-grown green onion (all that out of the garden) with a chunk of garlic and a bit of left over pork, all simmered together ... well, that makes supper and two lunches. Yow, and those peppers are HOT! What? No, I used just two of the smaller zucchini, and about 1/3 of the potatoes. Going to have to think of more stuff, because unlike salsa, I don't see zucchini as…

Brian Bilbrey June 17, 2011

Zucchini

The zucchini - the smallest is 3/4" diameter by about 5" long, and the cup measure partly visible in the upper right corner yields more scale for your eyes. Good to harvest out so that the plant keeps working at new veg, rather than making monsters (which we've done in the past). Not much else to say - school work this evening after spending some of yesterday at work, and the balance of the day helping the folks from Cottonseed Glory set up Marcia's new Handi Quilter machine into the evening. Marcia == v.v.happy! Ciao!