The Beetle Battle
I go on and on about this on Twitter, so I’m sure those who follow the airynd Twitter account are sick of it, but I tell you what, man – these critters are consuming roughly three to four hours of my day, so I think about them quite a bit. While I take no pleasure [...]
The Time, My How It Flies
Holy wow, people – there’s been so much I’ve wanted to share, but so little time to do it! Maintaining this garden could easily be a full-time job, but I already have one of those, so it has to take a sad little back seat. The truly frustrating thing right now is I’m spending about [...]
Quick Peek at the Girls
They’re all doing well. Gia: Cricket: Henry: Nox: Chickenhead: I still haven’t managed to get a good chicken arabesque photo. If we don’t get a proper coop built soon, I suspect I’ll be crawling through the nasty doghouse for eggs. Posts at least a little bit like this one:*Now* it feels like spring, man.Optimistic FridayAnd [...]
More Photos
I love these tiny, perfect little tomatoes: Bronze arrow lettuce: The cosmo romaine lettuce is starting to head up: Bunch o’radishes: Overview: Burpless cukes, now flowering: Yukon potato plants: So many tiny little hairs: Kind of a chaotic nightmare: Future zucchinis for Shawno: Weeds in between corn rows about to get the smackdown today: Gratuitous [...]
A Quick Garden Tour
The state of the growy-things, at least as of a few days ago. [EDIT: Ok, I went and took new photos tonight to emphasize the insane growth. There are current photos, too.] We’ve been having fresh-picked salads pretty much every night, and the lettuce plants are keeping up nicely thus far. Garnishing with basil, oregano, [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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