Archive for August, 2006
Posted: Thursday, August 31st, 2006 in outside in the garden | 3 Comments »
One of the worst things about moving is leaving your garden behind. I wanted to take mine with me. Unfortunately I had some pretty dire conditions to work against, such as 100-plus-degree drought weather and moving them over a hundred miles in a U-Haul. When we sold our house we added a clause […]
Posted: Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 in nature and environment | 3 Comments »
Tricia and I were enjoying Sunday dinner in a local cafe when suddenly everyone rushed to the windows. Rain! Not just a light sprinkle either but a real gully-washer, as my Dad used to say. None of us really minded that we had to run outside to our cars without umbrellas.
Turned out there was not […]
Posted: Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 in blogging and technology | 1 Comment »
A few of my regular readers have been participating in a discussion about early garden blogs at Cold Climate Gardening. The first blogs I remember coming across were political. Possibly the first gardening blog I read was Erica’s. For sure though it was one of the participants on Kathy’s panel. They gave […]
Posted: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 in blogging and technology | 7 Comments »
Now that we are out of the metropolitan area we can’t get DSL anymore. Also there is no cable. I am not sure we can handle reverting back to dial-up. We have been on DSL almost since it became available.
One possibility is satellite. Does anybody have any experience with Hughes (aka […]
Posted: Monday, August 21st, 2006 in something about me | 6 Comments »
Pam at Digging challenged me to this meme. Cowtown Patty published her choices recently too. Either of their lists is more interesting than mine.
One book that changed your life?
The Encylopedia Britanica. I read constantly as an adolescent. I had many favorite novels but I can’t say that any one of them […]