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Rot & Decay in Oak Ridge

Friday, May 25th, 2007

We’re thinking about composting here at the Cemestos Gardens.

The Missus saw this contraption that Martha Stewart built. Here is another set of instructions for the same sort of system. Martha let’s you play with worms when you compost her way. Those worms will freeze in the winter, though. Perhaps AT would let us winter the composter over at his place.

I like this. home-compost-bin-lrg.jpg

Do any of you all compost? Have any suggestions for composting on the cheap, in other words, less than $25U.S.?

Mornin!

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Well, evidently night time, as it was a month ago, is the time that all this is real.  However, the sadness is so bittersweet, and so wonderful, that I’d be so much of a lesser person not to know it, if it meant not knowing the emotions behind it.

Or something.  What I’m saying is that I wouldn’t trade it for anything, I hurt worse  because I had it so good. Or something.

Right.

But now its the morning, I slept in until 9:45 because my boys kick ass and got their own breakfast (you ROCK, boys), and we’re fixing to watch Transformers The Movie, on its return engagement to what I’m sure will be a daily showing for the next week or so.

Ahh, Transformers the Movie.  Its a great milestone in 80’s culture, lemme tell you.  Commercial gone art.  Complete with widdlywiddlyweeeee hair metal sound track.  A pre washed up Judd Nelson.  Orson Welle’s final performance.  Leonard Nimoy as the bad guy.

The opening act is the violent destruction of damn near all of the Transformers that millions of kids watched religiously on a daily basis.

Oh yes, its a mighty movie.

Speaking of mighty, is the river of snot running from Pigpen’s nose.  I think its time for intervention, so I’m running out to pick up some Benedryl, and while I’m out, maybe some Hardee’s biscuits.

Thanks for your fine comments, that all got eaten by Dr. Dave.  Seriously, I think the spam catcher is on meth or something.  I disabled part of it that doesn’t seem to be getting along with the Newmor (or, the new ‘tumor, aren’t I clever?… don’t answer that),  but it distingushed itself last night by blocking EVERY SINGLE COMMENT left.

Nice work, spam catcher!  100%!

Beautiful weather and bugs

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Tis’ the season when the Boxelder bugs come crawling inside the house. We like to call them dumbbugs at the Cemestos Gardens, because they have next to zero sense of self-preservation. They come in out of the cold and that’s about it. Luckily they’re harmless.

Don’t ever plant a Boxelder tree nearby your home, unless you want the bugs that come with it.

Garden Update

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

The other day we discovered that one of our cantelope plants has finally produced a… cantelope.

First Cantelope

When I took the two non-walkers out to catch the bus this morning I found, get ready for it, two new baby cantelopes. Woot!

Just look at ‘em…

Little cantelope_1

Little cantelope no. 1

Little cantelope_2

Little cantelope no. 2

mmmmm, cantelope. I can’t wait to eat them.