We're back from vacationing in Alaska, where the only projects I accomplished were hiking all over the place and not getting eaten by a bear. Among many other things, we explored a glacier cave, which was literally awesome and only slightly dangerous. I'm very glad to have experienced it, but I was also thinking "If [...]
Get excited: it's motherf'ing lettuce week. Our garden has exploded within the last two weeks: the photo on the left was taken on May 13th, the one on the right on May 27th. Now it's time to start eating the bounty. The lettuce/kale/spinach in particular needs to be consumed before it goes to seed. So, [...]
Breaking garden news! The crime spree has ended thanks to this sweet net situation I rigged up. A friend suggested that my vegetable predator could very well be birds (instead of or in addition to rabbits), and seeing as how that stray cat had turned the bed into its litter box (I scooped out the [...]
The law of diminishing returns reigns supreme around here. Every minute over 30 spent making dinner, for example, leads to 5 diminished units of consumption enjoyment. (For the record: Taco Night yields the optimal ratio of minutes spent-to-units of consumption enjoyment.) Projects I find most satisfying, like the catio portal, come together with minimal hassle [...]
One of the good things about knowing our future downstairs neighbors is that today we were able to help garden in our future backyard. Jarrod, Kateri and I went to work while Cora supervised. Before: Why are those bricks in the middle? Why are there ceramic tiles at the end? Why did someone plant marbles? Who [...]
Project Palermo 