Monthly Archives: June 2012
No Wonder Some Think of Rational Gun Owners as “Gun Nuts”
When THIS guy is the public face of the NRA!
Wayne LaPierre
Scared yet? Or are you laughing. If so: good for you!
Shoutin’ Down the Rain Barrel
HERD ABOUT IT?
by Ana Grarian
I had to include this video of a childhood song because the critter costumes are just so creepy cute, and well, there’s a runaway pig. This song accompanied a clapping game when I was a girl, but I couldn’t find a good video of that. Ah the days when we played face to face, instead of via WiFi. Read more
Movin’ Plants & Tryin’ Agin”
by Ana Grarian
I spent the morning moving plants and replanting potatoes. It seems I have a lot to learn about gardening on this city lot. Last year I learned that walnut trees don’t make good neighbors for tomatoes (also asparagus, cabbage, eggplant, peppers, potatoes and rhubarb). So this year I planted my tomatoes in giant pots, that fortunately I found at a Freesale. Then this spring I learned about lead toxicity in soils around old buildings in my neighborhood, so I decided to plant most things in pots. From that I learned that plants in pots require more frequent watering (or so it seems). Read more