January 27th, 2013

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Take a walk

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Karen and I drove up into Horseshoe canyon and took a hike today — off roading I call it. We dress for climbing through weeds, the occasional cactus etc. on days like these. It’s funny how nice and smooth things look from a distance and how rocky and scratchy they can be up close.

There’s a nice panorama here.

I decided to try out a new google app called Tracks. It tracked our walk, including time, elevation change, distance and the path we took. In the end we got this cool map of our walk.

 

There is a way to see the walk in Google Earth — it was amazing, but I can’t see anyway to share it.

 

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Seeds

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

We had our first meeting our local seed library on Saturday, and it was a great success! There were 10 people there, and we met for about two hours, exchanging growing tips and, of course, seeds. From just the first meeting, we now have 15 types of seeds available. Everyone was very enthusiastic, and I am looking forward to future meetings and educational gatherings. (I’ve already learned a lot.)

In my own garden, we now have little broccolis…and unfortunately, some green worms as well, but I’m working on that. So far they’ve only eaten some holes in the leaves and have left the actual broccoli flowerettes alone.

I also have about 80 little starts planted. (They are taking over my office.) And on Friday, the first tomatoes sprouted. They are Georgia streaks from seeds I saved.

Spring can’t be far away!

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