Garden Weather

temp: 35.6 F (2.0 C)
humidity: 64%
wind: From the ENE at 3.0 MPH Gusting to 6.0 MPH
pressure: 1026.0 mb
station: KILWHEAT3
February 4, 7:18 AM CST

Recent Photos

2008 Begins

I snapped this picture early this evening as a light snow fell. My camera, nor my photography skills do justice to the beauty of the trees covered in a light dusting of fresh snow.

A new year has started and I have at least a few things I want to try and [...]

Water as a cold frame heat sink

I happened to be out taking pictures of the family making a snow man and took the opportunity to snap a couple pictures of the garden in winter. Man is it ugly.

You can see the 3×8 (roughly) cold frame still hanging in there.  I’m having problems getting a steady signal from the wireless [...]

Seeds – It’s that time of year again

I don’t know if I’m getting anxious or what, but I have this feeling I should have received my seed catalogs by now.  I thought for sure Seeds of Change would have sent them by now, but it doesn’t look like they are out yet.  And my Park Seeds catalog just arrived a few [...]

Get out in nature!

My wife and I have decided to take a family trip out to California to see the grandparents (my mom/dad) and the extended family.  My family loves Yosemite National Park and I’ve been going there since I was a kid.  I’ve only been to the "high country" or "high seirra" a couple times, one [...]

Shadow Casting

[warning...math makes my brain bleed so I take no responsibility if the information below is completely wrong or calculates the shadows in effect on the moon instead of my house. Use at your own risk]

So I got to thinking of how to use the southern side of my house for growing plants.  I [...]