down a pound and the pond’s clearing a bit…

by | May 12, 2012 | Journal

Yesterday it was clearing but looked like peatwater. There’s this stuff romantically called Sludge Remover that apparently has a lot of bacteria noshing down on the accumulated bottom gunk, and this shows some promise. I also discovered, through internet...

down a pound and the pond's clearing a bit…

by | May 12, 2012 | Journal

Yesterday it was clearing but looked like peatwater. There’s this stuff romantically called Sludge Remover that apparently has a lot of bacteria noshing down on the accumulated bottom gunk, and this shows some promise. I also discovered, through internet...

Starting to clear up…

by | May 11, 2012 | Journal

I have some hope for this new British stuff…after 2 days the water is clear for about a foot on the surface, and we only have 3 more feet to go to have it in great shape….the turnover is slower on the bottom, but it’ll get there. I was fascinated by...

Fire!

by | May 10, 2012 | Journal

Yep. Our pond caught fire. Jane came running into the house yelling. “Fire! Get out here!” Remember how I said we were finally making progress on the spring algae bloom and I’ve tried so hard not to use chemicals this year, but to rely on the UV...

I AM THE DESTROYER…again…

by | May 8, 2012 | Journal

As the filk song has it. Jane is the builder in the house. I’m in charge of destroying things. I get tagged to kill algae, poison weeds, break down boxes…remove tile…you get the picture. So here I am trying to manage a damned sprayer the instructions...

CHERNEVOG IS UP!!!

by | May 1, 2012 | Journal

Thank you, Jane! Jane is co-author on this one for very good reason—as in she wrote some of it….line by line. When we collaborate, even we don’t know who did what.  

More basalt chips…

by | May 1, 2012 | Journal

Jane ordered them. We use them on the walks, and we have resolved not to buy another plant this year—just to spend our gardening time establishing the network of paths and edgings. Basalt chips is a very nice path material. We are also cleaning out the mouse-y...

I decided to redo the family tree…

by | Apr 30, 2012 | Journal

All 15,000 to 18,000 people of it. A tree is a database, and databases that have had bad info input and then erased (learning curve) have problems. So — I started over. OMG. I got 10 generations on with practically everybody—and discovered the program...

Pleasant call today—

by | Apr 30, 2012 | Journal

a skating buddy called up, said, “I”m hungry, let’s do lunch!” Ta-da. We revisited an old fave restaurant and survived it. They’ve changed their recipes back to avoid garlic powder in everything….they’re using garlic, real, in...