Before we destroy our existing lawn, I wanted to get pictures of our old, mostly non-functioning yard.
black mulch
I’m learning that mulch, in almost all cases is bad news. It prevents important insects from doing their jobs. They then roam the neighborhood in unruly gangs.
Unraked Grass
Yes… this grass is unraked and [...]
Filed under: EWAKI on April 17th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Those of you who’ve been reading a few months know that we’ve been doing a lot of renovation here at Granola Central. The renovation is nearing completion, but we’re missing some critical electrical work that make the rest of the kitchen appliances usable. So we can’t use any of our new toys. [...]
Filed under: EWAKI on April 14th, 2008 | Add Comment! »
Say what you want about my beloved former governor…. at least he didn’t do THIS.
It sounds better in another language doesn’t it?
Filed under: History, Politics on April 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As any recovering Catholic will tell you, good Friday is the day that all Catholics mourn their faith. Well, actually I felt that as a Catholic I mourned my faith every day. But on Good Friday you got an extra large dose of Catholic guilt. It was like opening a can of papal [...]
Filed under: General Observations on April 10th, 2008 | Add Comment! »
This is one of the best things the queen of my universe has called my attention to in quite a while.
Apparently, [tag]President Bush[/tag] threw the first pitch out at the season opener of the Washington Nationals’ game. It’s important because it’s their first game ever as a new franchise. As a matter of [...]
Filed under: Politics on April 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Think about how much effort you put into your garden, but what you get for it? Yes… a summer of beauty, but after that? Nothing. You don’t get doodly squat. Isn’t it much more efficient to put your sweat and, as if often the case when I garden, blood into something [...]
Filed under: EWAKI on April 1st, 2008 | Add Comment! »
This is DOUG’s house. He bought it for he and his mom and now he owns it outright. It’s an awesome old farmhouse on Naples luxurious lower East Side. DOUG’s mom had a massive stroke a few years back, and DOUG took complete care of her until the [...]
Filed under: General Observations on March 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I know this is a little bit late, but I’ve been behind in my reading. This is a gem from my favorite local muckraker and guest blogger Lappe Parrish.
Is Leap Day more significant than most people tend to acknowledge? What exactly does “any day” to the calendar do to our intrinsic sense [...]
Filed under: EWAKI, Lappe Parish on March 25th, 2008 | Add Comment! »
Earlier this week before my surgery one of my last two-handed tasks was to make a very crude map of our small plot of land. This is the time of year when we need to order food bearing trees to plant throughout the yard. But before we ordered trees, we had to have [...]
Filed under: EWAKI, Food on March 20th, 2008 | Add Comment! »
So on Monday I had my operation.
This is the 1st St. Patrick’s Day in many St. Patrick’s days that I’ve spent more sedated than most of the people hanging out at the bars. I had three different levels of sedation for the operation and decided when I got home that I would wait for [...]
Filed under: General Observations on March 20th, 2008 | Add Comment! »
