I gave up waiting for the second floor deck and had the back yard regraded and sodded. The brownish patches are all weeds. So are most of the green patches. The tree died this year. I liked it (it looked like the Kindle tree), but dead, so gone. The area is a bit sloped. TheContinue reading “I Can Has Grasses!”
Category Archives: Rapid City
Brassicacearum Papilionoideae
Normal people call them cabbage butterflies. I don’t know if that’s their Latin name, but “brassicaceae” is right because they don’t just attack cabbage but also cabbage relatives (broccoli and brussel sprouts, in my case). In Denver, I threw in the towel and just didn’t plant any after two summers of hosting larvae farms. Here,Continue reading “Brassicacearum Papilionoideae”
Fun Concert
But I still don’t like concerts. The Laird and I went to see Disturbed at the Full Throttle Saloon. He was surprised that I wanted to go, but I like Disturbed, it’s Sturgis Rally week (which is, I’m sure, why they bothered with South Dakota), and I’ve never been there or done any rally stuff.Continue reading “Fun Concert”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch LXVII
Strawberry Pound Cake I don’t really like shortcake and I wanted something with the new strawberries. Pound cake is fairly simple. I chose the Preppy Kitchen The Best Pound Cake recipe because it has sour cream in it, which seemed novel. It’s not bad. It’s a bit grainy and dry – for pound cake. ForContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch LXVII”
Chair Update
It’s been almost a year since I put it together. A couple of months ago, the left armrest pad came off. I didn’t much care because I don’t put my arm there. I looked at the issue long enough to realize that other things needed to come apart to get the pad reattached (it boltsContinue reading “Chair Update”
Plant Me!
The bare root asparagus plants (asparagi?) looked sad and I’ve had bad luck planting asparagus in the past. So, I thought to myself, I thought, “why not put them in water?”. This is the result. Apparently, one can grow asparagus inside, but it feels as if it really wants to be planted. I just needContinue reading “Plant Me!”
I’m Sure It’s Fine
Clearly, I am not the first to walk around this gate, which is obviously there to stop vehicular, not pedestrian, traffic. I’m sure it’s fine. Why am I walking around this gate? To get pine needles from under the trees down the path. Why do I want pine needles? Because they make great mulch forContinue reading “I’m Sure It’s Fine”
Order Size and Contract Size
When one places an order on a futures contract, one must specify how many are desired. For example, I would like to buy two September Corn contracts. Each contract has a size. For corn, that is 5,000 bushels (which are now units of weight, not volume, btw). The local greenhouse had single, large strawberry plantsContinue reading “Order Size and Contract Size”
Experiments While Feverish
What could go wrong? Sorry, Max, today was supposed to be Globi for crochet group, tomorrow. Instead, I’m sick. An annoying low-grade fever with coughing. While soaking in the hot tub sounded nice, the idea of walking wet from the hot tub to the door when the temperature is single digits (Fahrenheit) was incredibly unappealingContinue reading “Experiments While Feverish”
Boob Lights Forever
I was aware, obviously, that the downstairs apartment had boob lights. They just didn’t seem all that bad – until I saw the photos. In the one above, I’m not sure what’s going on with the color balance. The rest of the room is perfect while the boob light is bright orange. The rest areContinue reading “Boob Lights Forever”
Marked Up 