Jewels' Summer Daze

[Hugh Jass]

Punky, but clever enough to avoid listening fatigue.

Fun fact, start with the white Album, as it is actually their first work, chronologically.
They lost their rights to the first album, and ended up releasing it second. If that makes sense.

I revisit them often, and enjoy listening to their albums in order.
It is a good story
Every album is more refined , in both presentation, and songwriting.
They start off juvenile, thrashy brats; and end up maturing into Masters.

This is what came up, so it's where I started... 12 mins in, and digging it so far 👊
Hughie rarely does things in the proper order...

 

[Amarok]

They start off juvenile, thrashy brats

..and also my neighbors in Edmonton's West End, circa 1988.
We had to walk past their place to get to the bus stop and we'd hear them practicing.
We went to the same parties and they were always cool.

I'm a big Corb fan, but have never heard a smalls song. I always mean to check them out but never have.

 

[Jewels]

Fish get this


All garden water is drawn from the pond

I keep 1 gallon of bunny berries and leaf matter in the bucket.
Topped off daily.
Garden gets 1:5 ,muckjuice/pond water
Now that the fish have a spot in the garage I can make this slop four seasons


Bunny gets this




Not JADAM , because it is not exclusively anaerobic
not exactly tea, because it is not entirely aerobic

More of a slush bucket
By Jove, it seems to be working!
I am growing about 8 square feet of Swiss chard, in six containers.
I think I would need about 36 containers in order to satisfy the appetite of one bunny, exclusively.
I don't know much about cucumbers, so I chose to grow them in a 1 gallon pots
They can take water twice a day
Next year I will go with 4 gallons
It is 27 Celsius and they are not flat yet

 

[Jewels]

24hr Caffè Crema


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Pak Choy did not work out for me, bolted immediately.
Swiss chard did better when it was cooler.
The vigor did slack off for a bit, although this hot muck seems to be stimulating new growth.

 

[Jewels]

ABH
Always Be Harvesting !

I got a bad habit of leaving seed in bud. There are at least a dozen branches around here that need to be bagged as seed.
Motivated now
Haven't had a big pop since March. The things we will grow

 

[Jewels]

More beans


Biggest Mandarine is looking largely un-female

 

[Jewels]

I may be winning.
Mini-Mandarines flashing balls, in the the morning light.


Three to a pot, in a shady spot.


Plants are getting too darn big, to be inconspicuous. Going to have to put them in the closet.
Hopefully, they do their thing, under 24-hour light.
If all goes to plan, I shouldn't have need to make Auto seeds again.

 

[Jewels]

Big guy confirmed male
The one on right is plump, lovely, and hopefully female.


Storm warning, everybody that fit under the table, got stuffed in there.

Gave the hutch a deep clean.
Harvested enough hair for a new bunny!

 

[Jewels]

Our go to spot


Not a lot out here
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I know some folks hang these from trees,,, how do they see the stars ?

 

[Hugh Jass]

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Our go to spot
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Not a lot out here
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I know some folks hang these from trees,,, how do they see the stars ?
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How indeed? Is/was this considered Tall Grass Prairie where you are? Very evocative landscape.
So cool to get a look into people's habitats!

 

[Jewels]

Thread 'Bowling for Devils' Bowling for Devils

Kennedy Coulee Ecological Reserve and Milk River Natural Area

Abutting the Canada/United States border, these two sites are adjoined and are located about 160 km southeast of Lethbridge.

sapaastewards.com

 

[Jewels]

Eggsucking swelter today.
The dinky-cars, on the back lawn are hot enough to make my son cry out in pain.

This whole Auto run is a shizshow.
We are mid-august, previous years , I have sexed photop. plants by this date.
I got 8
4 confirmed males
Was gonna confirm a Fem today, until I realized I was looking at one of the males.


I dub thee:
Herman Andy B. Goingnow

 

[Jewels]

Finally a lovely female


Daughter was planning a sleep over.
Perfect coincidence. All plants moved indoors. This latitude is about to flower.

Proving time. 24 hr light.
Time to separate the Autos from the Nautos.

Apologies, to anyone foolish enough to believe that this thread may become interesting.
Jewels summer days are over.
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