tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31614246556893804732024-03-18T04:36:27.354-05:00Green Roof GrowersBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.comBlogger473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-50692419221166709542014-10-10T18:03:00.003-05:002022-04-15T13:03:14.228-05:00Trip to Wisconsin - Farm picsGot back a couple days ago from a 3 wk trip to my Dad's farm. Will probably head up there in a week, staying for a couple weeks to work on bldgs and help with harvesting beans/corn. Having a blast.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drove this tractor, pulling the orange grain cart, shown 3 pics down, for a bit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">rebuilt a concrete block wall that someone had run into with a tractor many years ago...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jacked up, then replaced, a lot of rotted support posts that hold up the roof in the red mechanical shed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The orange grain cart is used to haul soybeans/corn/grain from the
field, where it's harvested by the combine, back to the farm. Then it's
transferred to a larger truck to take it to the grain elevator in town.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">next trip up there I'm going to work on winterizing the old farmhouse.
I'll stay there while I work. Wood stove, running water, electricity, a
basic toilet - don't need much more!</td></tr>
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Update: I went back up and did a lot more work. Really enjoyed myself.<br />
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About the only pictures I have of the work I did are of the new electrical service (the wires that go from a main panel up the side of the house to connect to the wires coming from the pole) and a new main electrical panel. This took the place of the old wires and fuses which seemed really fragile and frayed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old wire, with it's service cap hanging down, is on the left. The new cable is on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dad did almost all of the combining.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd drive the truck the 15 miles, back and forth, to the elevator where the grain was stored until a decision is made to sell it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The elevator had long lines as everyone was bringing in grain at the same time. I'd usually have to wait an hour or two to unload.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spent a lot of time driving this old truck. It had a hard time making it up the hills when loaded. We finished at about 4am the last night. Had to get the corn off the field and into the elevator before a big snow storm hit.</td></tr>
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<br />Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-21094988951783138652014-06-29T07:42:00.000-05:002014-06-29T22:21:09.831-05:00Hoops for Hops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Hops grow like crazy--here are some from last year on our roof. </b></div>
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Could <a href="http://rootsandrays.weebly.com/">Roots and Rays</a>, a community garden in Pilsen, bring a hops planting under some sort of artful control? It's certainly looking like it. Bruce <a href="http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2014/04/bending-metal-for-community-garden.html">wrote about the beginnings of this project here</a>. <br />
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<b>Sam and Marc from the community garden</b></div>
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These structures are massive. The group has one hoop finished, a second almost there.</div>
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After first bending the tubing by hand in a jig, it was heated and bent in spots with an oxy/acetylene torch to form a perfect 10-foot circle. <br />
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<b>to the hens, happy for greens</b></div>
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Rebar will be welded to the footings and the paired hoops moved to the garden. Then the rebar will be sunk into concrete to anchor the trellis to the ground.</div>
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The first piece of tubing Sam and Marc bent on the jig was misshapen. Practice makes perfect.<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>This finished hoop</b></div>
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The slotted tabs that, when welded on one side to the paired hoop and the other to the long arm shown above, will allow each of the three paired hoops to be bolted together. </div>
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Beautifully done. Hours of work/play learning some basic metal fabrication techniques will surely pay off in a perfect marriage of structure, form, and growth. (And ultimately homebrew.)<br />
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Late pic from Bruce at end of Saturday...</div>
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<b>Look at the perfect arc,</b></div>
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<b>the car suggesting the project's scale </b></div>
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<br />H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-49005503492681318492014-06-08T22:12:00.000-05:002014-06-09T10:36:14.263-05:00Dirt Shop: A Session With Nancy KlehmOur friend Nancy Klehm is conducting a seminar that might be of interest to our blog readers in Chicago.<br />
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From her PR Dept:<br />
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DIRT SHOP! - a hands-on composting intensive w/ Nance Klehm<br />
Join us to learn how to re-build your compost pile!<br />
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Nancy will review basic composting principles and then dive deeper into the why and how as well as the differences between mesophilic and thermophilic compost technologies.<br />
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We will examine, trouble shoot and rebuild two existing compost piles using carbon and nitrogen sources from on-site. We will also learn how to finish off and cure compost so that it is a stable material you can use directly or in compost tea applications.<br />
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Please bring your questions, your gloves and pruning shears and if you have one, a sample of your garden’s or back yard’s compost pile. <br />
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where? Earnest Earth 2917 West Armitage<br />
when? 4-7pm<br />
how much? $25<br />
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Register <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/dirt-shop-an-in-depth-composting-workshop-with-nancy-klehm-tickets-11894525847?aff=es2&rank=0" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Great interview of Nancy <a href="http://www.occupy.com/article/animal-first-citizen-second-talking-bodily-politic-nance-klehm" target="_blank">here</a>. Also, that's where I found the photo at the top of the post. She's an amazing person/resource - sign up! <br />
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<br />Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-32909415754063204062014-05-22T14:00:00.003-05:002014-05-22T14:09:56.916-05:0099 Gram Egg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Laid by one of my three year old hens today. More than 70 grams is a "jumbo".<br />
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Time for a little light reading in front of the computer with <a href="http://ohtarzie.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/what-a-fucking-asshole-ggreenwald/" target="_blank">Tarzie</a>.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-6972728308959730592014-05-20T22:41:00.001-05:002014-05-20T23:01:18.600-05:00Community Garden Trellis: Initial Fitting and WeldingOnce the pieces were bent around <a href="http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2014/04/bending-metal-for-community-garden.html" target="_blank">the jig</a>, I laid out my arc and began fitting and welding.<br />
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Unfortunately the jig didn't give repeat bends "exactly" the same. So I used a oxy-acetylene torch to gently heat, then bend, the pieces until they conformed exactly to my layout lines.<br />
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This is the first of four pairs of hoops. They'll then be stood up on site and joined by 3.5 foot long straight pieces of tubing to form a tunnel roughly 15' long.<br />
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More later.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-58454854729781332952014-04-22T11:19:00.000-05:002014-12-16T10:04:18.739-06:00Bending Metal for a Community Garden TrellisH2's nephew asked if I'd help build a trellis for their community garden, <a href="http://rootsandrays.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Roots and Rays</a>, in Pilsen. They wanted to make it out of metal but had no idea how to do so. It will serve as an entrance to the garden as well as a support for hops, which they plan on using to make beer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rough sketch. We've modified the design by adding another pair of hoops as well as more cross pieces to stabilize the entire structure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm bending a piece around a jig to get the desired finished radius of 5
feet. I made and tested several sized jigs before finding the right one. The metal tubing is 1"x1" square and the walls are 1/8" thick.</td></tr>
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There are a group of gardeners who want to learn some fabrication skills and will be helping me put it together. We'll weld the pairs of hoops together, strap them on the side of my work van and drive down Ashland Ave to the garden. It should all happen in the next couple months.<br />
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For a good tutorial on how to bend metal tubing by hand, check <a href="http://www.metalgeek.com/archives/2005/05/01/000047.php" target="_blank">out this post</a>.<br />
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A short helpful <a href="http://video.handymanclub.com/video/Hand-Bending-Metal-Tubing" target="_blank">video is here</a>.<br />
<br />Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-57160037582118180382013-12-11T16:02:00.003-06:002013-12-11T16:02:31.213-06:00Nelson Mandela – Prisoner, Rooftop Food Gardener<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“A garden was one of the few things in prison that one could control. To
plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it and then harvest it, offered a
simple but enduring satisfaction. The sense of being the custodian of
this small patch of earth offered a taste of freedom..."<br />
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Via <a href="http://www.cityfarmer.info/2013/12/08/reposting-story-from-2008-nelson-mandela-prisoner-rooftop-food-gardener/">City Farmer</a>. H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com99tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-19624409131510633852013-12-06T09:30:00.002-06:002013-12-06T11:14:37.821-06:00How to Raise Chickens Without Buying GrainI've had chickens for 3 years and have always fed them "chicken" feed, which isn't all that cheap, or practical.<br />
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I like the solution in the video but wonder how I could adapt it to my urban setting.<br />
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<br />Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-74373038843706592722013-11-29T20:52:00.001-06:002013-11-29T21:57:15.570-06:00HoshiGakiI saw <a href="http://www.rootsimple.com/2013/11/hoshigaki-season/">this post</a> on Hoshigaki by our friends at Root Simple and knew what I wanted to do when I found persimmons at our local veg market -- I bought 6 and started making it (them?).<br />
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The left and right ones in the top row are a little mushy. Not sure if they're going to dry properly.<br />
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This <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/HoshiGaki/?ALLSTEPS">Instructable</a> has even more detailed, well, instructions.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-81915813940645430092013-11-09T12:56:00.000-06:002013-11-09T13:01:16.392-06:00Do It Yourself<br />
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(<a href="https://twitter.com/camerontw">via</a>)Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-13362632590781949802013-10-04T11:00:00.000-05:002013-10-04T11:00:03.966-05:00Making End of Season Fermented Vegetables<br />
Using basil and tiny eggplants from my rooftop, along with green plum tomatoes and grape leaves from the community garden, I'm trying Sandy Katz's recipe from his book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Fermentation-Flavor-Nutrition-Live-Culture/dp/1931498237" target="_blank">Wild Fermentation</a>".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clockwise, starting from the upper left corner: Dill seeds and black pepper, green plum tomatoes and baby Green Thai and Little Fingers eggplant. Garlic, grape leaves, basil and one little hot pepper.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All packed in a plastic container. Not having a glass, or ceramic, crock, Katz's advice was to use a "food grade" plastic container.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The brine poured in and the veggies held under with a plate. I'll check for mold, skimming it off the surface if present, and wait 1-4 weeks for them to cure at room temperature.</td></tr>
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Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-91309198398104657552013-10-03T16:30:00.001-05:002013-10-03T16:32:22.072-05:00"Symphony of the Soil"<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/K5QYZ-LRXW4?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>
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Although I have seen a number of very good documentaries on organic
farming, “Symphony of the Soil” is the first to ground them (excuse me
for the bad pun) in soil chemistry. The first half of the film is a
guided tour of various locales by some of the world’s leading soil
chemists, ranging from fjords to rain forests, with an emphasis on how
soil becomes fertile. Like most people, I suppose, the idea of listening
to a scientist explain the differences between different kinds of soil
might seem dry as dust (excuse me for another bad pun) but it is almost
impossible not to be swept along by their passion. In some ways the film
is a throwback to the classic Disney nature films of the 1950s like
“The Living Desert”. If you loved those films as a kid, you will find
“Symphony of the Soil” impossible to resist. If you have kids, this is
the quintessential family film.</blockquote>
<a href="http://louisproyect.org/2013/10/03/three-environmental-films-of-note/" target="_blank">(via)</a>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-47476310100118120282013-09-30T20:31:00.001-05:002013-09-30T20:33:01.756-05:00"Today"<!-- This version of the embed code is no longer supported. Learn more: https://vimeo.com/help/faq/embedding --> <object height="186" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=67658154&force_embed=1&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=67658154&force_embed=1&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="186"></embed></object><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/67658154">TEY-Today Trailer for US release..</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1863097">Guetty Felin</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Saul Williams' comeback to cinema is in the form of a beautiful, sensual, humane tale, directed by Alain Gomis.<br />
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In a village outside Dakar, the gods – or the stars, or destiny, have spoken: Satché must die by the end of the day. Until nightfall, the film follows him making his goodbyes to those around him – his family, his friends, his lover, his children, his wife. Initially fêted by his community with an enthusiasm tainted by melancholy, Satché, the one chosen to disappear, soon finds himself set apart from those closest to him, in beautiful scenes that seek to show those elements of friendship, desire, sadness, affection and anger that are usually left unsaid.<br />
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Also staring Djolof Mbengue, Anisia Uzeyman and Aîsa MaîgaBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-28896975717576184502013-09-19T19:33:00.002-05:002013-09-19T19:33:41.788-05:00Dance While the Music is Playing<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ERbvKrH-GC4?rel=0" width="400"></iframe>Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04901484046810490059noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-38730345167168844282013-09-18T20:29:00.001-05:002013-09-18T20:29:22.291-05:00Ten Recipes Every Kitchen Gardener Should KnowVia <a href="http://kgi.org/blog/roger-doiron/10-recipes-every-kitchen-gardener-should-know?utm_source=Kitchen+Gardeners+International+List&utm_campaign=165aa9e372-KGI_News_September_20139_17_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_db7f55b98b-165aa9e372-240481965">Kitchen Gardeners International</a>...<br />
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H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-78435917163441505452013-08-05T15:48:00.003-05:002013-08-05T15:48:49.249-05:00Koi Fashion AlertIt's outta control, this <a href="http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2013/08/story-of-sidewalk-koi.html">koi obsession</a>. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>say happy birthday</b></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"> to the koi artiste</span></b></div>
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As he tells it: I saw <a href="https://twitter.com/MrJamesReeves/status/353953019953549313">the koi image</a> first in my twitter feed and went looking for more. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Jeremy+Novy+koi&client=firefox-a&hs=KMw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=r7X7UfOMFIOY2AWB_IHgCg&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=977&bih=589">Jeremy Novy painted them in San Francisco a year or two ago</a>. I like their calming effect. Combined with the view not in a pool, but in concrete. Some kind of cognitive dissonance going on. Plus they're cool.<br />
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I wanted to bring a bit of that to my block (<b>and now to ours</b>). Serendipity, playfulness.<br />
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Slightly risque, as in a little illegal. (H2 notes: but maybe not as risque as looking up pressure cookers online.)<br />
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T'was an engaging process and a fun afternoon. People stopped to talk, one couple preparing their baby's nursery pondering wall-swimming koi. <br />
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The koi are turning up everywhere. Here on a scooter Bruce garbage-picked and repaired for a young neighbor friend. Classy, that. <br />
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<br />H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-87601476519121120682013-08-01T08:43:00.002-05:002013-08-03T11:15:19.586-05:00Sidewalk KoiHow does this...<br />
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<a href="http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2013/08/story-of-sidewalk-koi.html">Stay tuned</a>. (and <a href="http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2013/08/story-of-sidewalk-koi.html" target="_blank">click on through</a>)H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-15620153499454934082013-07-31T09:06:00.000-05:002013-07-31T09:06:34.261-05:0062 Years Of Earth Warming in 13 SecondsVia NASA, a heart-stopping 13-second animation that shows how temperatures have warmed up since 1950. More <a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/watch-62-years-of-global-warming-in-13-seconds-15469.html">here</a>.<br />
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Nestled in with three pounds of food, including a Cosmonaut Volkov tomato at top. A bountiful time of the season.<br />
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Cleared out a pile of half finished projects and put a nice ping pong table out in the shop. Just enough room to have a decent game. <br />
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We bought a floor model from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-ping-pong-chicago" target="_blank">Mr. Ping Pong</a>, who is about 1/2 mile away on Chicago Ave. Out of the same building he runs Mr. Flower and a U-haul franchise in addition to a ping pong school. When I walked in a girl was doing hitting drills with a pro in an otherwise empty room of tables. Cool place.<br />
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If you like a quick-cooking eggplant with generous yields that arrives early in the season, Little Fingers is for you.<br />
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Our seeds from <a href="http://www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=VEG-3508#.Ue_EIVMYI_N">Bountiful Gardens</a> were strong and sure and the plants themselves have withstood weeks of blistering heat on our roof (and I do mean blistering--up to 120 degrees F some days).<br />
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With climate change, few tomato varieties can grow up there any more, but that's another post. Check out the flourishing Little Fingers, with dozens of blooms. Our normal-sized Thai green eggplant fruit is just emerging.<br />
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The growing habit of Little Fingers is unusual, with a single stem putting out several smaller stems, each with a flower followed by a fruit. We sauteed some chopped last weekend with some Jimmy Nardello peppers (also doing well this season--and every hot season) and garlic and added them to raw tomatoes, feta, and kalamata olives. Good food.<br />
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<br />H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161424655689380473.post-45815345864890417552013-07-22T09:04:00.001-05:002013-07-22T09:04:28.065-05:00Drop in Monarch Population Overwintering in Mexico <blockquote class="tr_bq">
...in order to compensate for the continued loss of habitat we need to plant LOTS AND LOTS of milkweed. <b>To assure a future for monarchs, conservation and restoration of milkweeds needs to become a national priority.</b></blockquote>
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The <a href="http://monarchwatch.org/blog/2013/03/monarch-population-status-18/">factors involved in the declining numbers</a> are worth a quick read.H2http://www.blogger.com/profile/05697081429612903875noreply@blogger.com2