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I got the thing started today. Tomorrow I’ll take it for a little drive.
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The life support system.
Greenhouses are nice and all, but not so great for germination when it’s overcast for three days and temps are in the 50s.
Some of these seeds prefer 95 F temps, but sorry guys, these heating pads are only getting to 82 F.
Still better than the 59 F out in the greenhouse.
This is very temporary. If the sun ever appears again, I’m pulling the plug on them.
And I want my sewing table back.
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20 days after planting, and the Montmorency Cherry has blooms, and two of the ten American Chestnuts are leafing out. The others have buds, but it seems the Chestnuts like this location the most.
Happy Arbor Day if you celebrate.
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This Aldi brand flunked the test. “Olives” in this bottle are from Spain and Tunisia. Packaged in Spain.
The carbon footprint is also troubling.
This scam made the California University study 124 imported oils and found that over 70% of samples failed the tests.
These failed:
Mezzetta
Carapelli
Pompeian
Primadonna
Mazola
Sasso
Colavita
Star
Antica Badia
Whole Foods
Safeway
Felippo Berio
Coricelli
Bertolli
These brands passed:
Corto olive
Lucero
McEvoy Ranch Organic
Omaggio
California Olive Branch
Bariani Olive oil
Lucini
Ottavio
Olea Estates
Cobram Estate
Kirkland Organic
Also, test the olive oil yourself at home. Put the bottle out when cold, or in the fridge for 30 min. if it gets solid, it is pure and has monounsaturated fats.
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Oh happy days!
Color is back. Maybe. Probably a few more years before Lowes and Home Despot get the memo.
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Visited cousins in Asheville yesterday and the bears did not disappoint. Mom and three cubs, but only one visible here.
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Our clock radio has been trying to communicate with us. I think I have broken the code:
Help Me, I’m dying.
The radio part still works. Probably a bad capacitor on the clock section, but I’m not diving into this anytime soon.
Clock time: Real time
288: 6:40 AM
2H8: 6:40 AM
884: 7:04 AM
888: 7:05 AM
A new one. Real time 10:07 PM.
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Our weather station caught the eclipse. Note the drop in solar radiation around 3-ish. Also the temperature dropped a little, and that lagged the solar radiation drop.
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The clouds moved in just as we were getting to maximum eclipsity. That is 87% here (Western North Carolina). We are outside now enjoying the soft light, and the birds are very talkative, which is nice.
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I’ve planted 10 American Chestnuts (Castanea dentata) this week. The last 6 today.
They are wild chestnuts, so probably doomed to die from chestnut blight.
The promising Darling 58 variant has been abandoned, with good reason, by the TACF, the American Chestnut Foundation. You can learn the reasons here
So, these plants may be doomed, but so are all of us.
Maybe one or two prevail, or prevail long enough to produce nuts. But first they must survive the deer and Japanese Beetles, both are fond of chestnut trees.
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Montmorency Cherry on top
Compact Stella below. One is sweet, one is tart.
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Empty condo, finally. Amazing how much crap one collects over 22 years in a place.
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Our Carolina Yellow Jessamine is beginning to bloom. Yay!
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We have a Black Willow (Salix nigra) on the property!
A native tree. A big fella too.
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