Old Man Winter Leaves a Message

Old man winter lingers. The daylight equals the dark. Yet, he leaves a reminder. He still sways favor.

This snow arrived before sunrise the second day of spring.

It didn't hang around long.

Snow cloaked

sunrise blooms

White to melt

roots consume

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Square Foot Garden Yield 2012

In order to quantify the production of my square foot garden, I will be weighing all the produce that is harvested over this growing season.

Available at Harbor Freight

I will be using a digital kitchen scale to do the weighing.


I saw some snow peas forming on the vines at 20:00 on Thurs., 24May. I was unable to capture any good quality images at that time because of the low natural light level.

I grabbed the above images the next morning.

There are also cherry tomatoes and some bell peppers showing signs of fruit. My expectations are high, especially with the potato towers.


I will start to harvest the snow peas on Sun., 27May.


We shall see.


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First Hummingbird Seen 19403

I was sitting on my patio Fri 18May towards nightfall, around 19:00, when I saw a hummingbird flitting about the honeysuckle. Of course, I didn't have my camera with me.

Hummingbird from a previous year in my neighbor's Campsis

That is the first one seen in 2012. I have only ever seen one at a time in or around my yard for the last three years. I hope I will see more than one at a time this year. Having my camera with me will be good, too.


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