Awesome! Exactly my kind of show: Spectacle, music, humans doing impossible coordinated stuff, and a quiet audience. I’d never seen step-dancing live before. Video doesn’t do it justice. The set was great. I had no idea that The Monument had that nice of a projection/video system. It looked great. There were some small bandstand thingsContinue reading “Riverdance”
Category Archives: Rapid City
Planted!
The beds are full. I think I may need more. From left-to-right: Cucumbers, corn, corn (with parsnips between), reserved for cumin and cayenne, beans (two rows of bush green, one lima), compost, tomatoes (w/carrots between), currant bush (surrounded by lettuce), tomatoes and hot peppers, grapes, broccoli and brussel sprouts, peas, strawberries, raspberries, blue berries, raspberries,Continue reading “Planted!”
No Planting
The plan for today was to plant seeds in the “far” beds. There was a prerequisite: Get the driplines connected. The prerequisite has been achieved in a not-quite-McGuyver manner. I’m sure those hose things are meant for this sort of task. The reason that’s even a thing is because the space for the compost binsContinue reading “No Planting”
Gyros 2
Aside from Roman Numerals being antiqued, although not quite obsolete, I didn’t want anyone to think it was Gyros Eleven. I bought a pound of lamburger at the Farmers’ Market, today. When I explained that I liked their gyro meat, but wanted it a bit more spicy, I was told that they also sold theContinue reading “Gyros 2”
Be Tough Little Guys
I’m one, possibly two, days early putting my seedlings in the garden. The rule-of-thumb around here is “after Mother’s Day”; it’s the day before. I figure that having them in front of an occasionally open window is sufficient “hardening”. It’s probably not. But, as you can see, I planted them (too?) close together. If aContinue reading “Be Tough Little Guys”
Earworm of the Day
I have robins in my garden beds. This is not surprising because I also have driplines in my garden beds, which create soft soil for worms. They – the robins, not the worms, I don’t think – hop along the beds. Every time I see it happen, I think to myself, I think, “poor littleContinue reading “Earworm of the Day”
Happy Spring!
I was just in a call, with video, and one of the participants had a snow covered yard in the background. I thought he could use some spring cheer, so I ran outside and took the picture above. I also needed some spring cheer. It’s been gloomy and snaining for the past week. The pictureContinue reading “Happy Spring!”
Broken Cactus
The Cactus of Theseus is blooming. That’s great, but it’s a Christmas cactus and it’s almost May. Oh well, it’s pretty. That’s an awfully short post. More strawberries are blooming. The raspberries survived and are growing nicely. One blueberry bush survived; I need soil acidification stuff that’s not Spa Down. The lawn roomba is working.Continue reading “Broken Cactus”
First Strawberry
Of course it’s the first blossom, not the first strawberry. It’s still mid-April. That’s one that escaped the original bed. I hope to have this bed filled with them by fall, but for now it’s mostly peas.
Predator in the Garden
It’s not my first rodeo. The plastic containers on the left don’t have anything planted in them. They are there to give the cat something to knock over. The rightmost two columns are both peppers (Thai Hot and Poblano). I’m hoping they just have a longer germination time. The seed is quite old (at leastContinue reading “Predator in the Garden”
Marked Up 