Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Fort Delaware
Record Keeping
Bye Bye Bay Bridge
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Originally uploaded by CBenson
Left the dock at 9:15 Friday morning bound for Essington, PA. We motored north with a whisper of wind on the bow, straight from our destination. Anchored for the night in Veasey Cove at the Mouth of the Bohemia River. On Saturday morning, the starting battery was dead, and the house was too low to start the engine. I practiced violin, Carl scrubbed the waterline, and the kids swam while we waited for Tow Boat US (insurance worth its weight in gold). By 9, we were underway and headed for the Chesapeake Delaware Canal.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Minty Goes Home
Minty was a baby praying mantis that we found among the mint (our egg cases have not hatched yet) and kept for a few days. Today Minty returned to the garden but was not too anxious to leave. Minty appeared to be studying us as much as we had him/her.
Avocado Nursery
The first pit, which was planted in soil, sprouted on Earth Day. We planted a second pit in soil the same day. The water treated pit sprouted on June 3, about 6 weeks after the first, and the sprout on the second soil pit appeared 2 days later. Its not scientifically conclusive. The first one could have been a growth challenged pit to begin with.
Ginger Root Growth Experiment
Some web sources promote burying the rhizome others recommend surface placement, so we had 2 treatments to test and 4 samples: each pair matched according to the relative size of the piece of rhizome (i.e., S, M, L, & Tiny, which are both in one pot).
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