Garden ⁽¹⁰⁵⁾

Brian Bilbrey July 17, 2016

17 July 2016

A long week, and not much in the way of exercise, either. I only got one proper day of exercise in, on Tuesday. The rest of the days were too busy, too hot, or both. But there was some good news: Yup, first salsa! Huzzah! Still no jalapeños, so here's the ingredients: That made a mighty fine salsa! * * * Of note, I went to a CALUG meeting on Wednesday, where Berend Tober spoke on his PostgreSQL-based trading game, Fairwinds. Interesting stuff, because I know less about PostgreSQL than several of the other database systems extant. Now I know…

Brian Bilbrey July 10, 2016

10 July 2016

Let's work the week backwards, just for fun. Today was all about the mowing. The weather was not as hot as most of the week, so I had that going for me. But it was still a miserable sweatball of a day. But the lawns have been sheared, and I did some weeding as well. Bell peppers out of the garden today, a few tomatoes, and a couple of cucumbers. Here's how the garden looks as of today: * * * Last night, we went up to Annapolis to see ASC's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, presented outdoors in…

Brian Bilbrey July 3, 2016

3 July 2016

Nearly happy Fourth of July, USAn's! * * * In the garden this week, I pulled out some zucchini and broccoli on Tuesday. Yesterday, I hauled out half-a-dozen large zucchini, and weeded out the pepper bed. During that latter exercise, I made a horrifying discovery: I managed to plant a box full of pepper plants, and not a single Jalapeño among them. (I rectified that today.) Also today, I harvested another couple of zucchini before they got gargantuan, and ditto for a pair of cucumbers. And joy: The first tomato of the season. Being a reasonably nice guy, I gave…

Brian Bilbrey June 12, 2016

12 June 2016

My heart goes out to all affected by the terrorist attack in Orlando. * * * Four days ago it was 47° F on my drive in, before 7 AM. This morning before 7 AM, it was 30 degrees warmer than that, and consequently a lot warmer today. Still, I got a few chores done. There wasn't a need to mow this weekend - we'd had no rain in the last week, and so the lawns pretty much stopped growing. I got some weeding done in the garden beds. And today I got the front automated watering setup working, and…

Brian Bilbrey May 29, 2016

29 May 2016

Exercise this weekend was due entirely to yard work. The Fitbit reports that I managed nearly 32,000 steps in the two days, and based on activity, gave me nearly an hour of heart rate + activity actual exercise time each day. So that counts. The garden itself has really appreciated a week of sun and warmer temperatures. I lost a couple of squashes and all of the cantaloupe to the month of rain and lower-than-normal temperatures. The cantaloupe I replaced today, but here's a snap from yesterday afternoon: The tomatoes have gained a lot of ground in the last week…