Daily Archives: April 26, 2009

General

Good Night

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Spring            Waxing Flower Moon

Went on a mission today.  That’s Kate and mine’s language for a frustrating shopping experience focused on finding a particular thing.  Today I wanted inoculant for the peas and other legumes we’ll plant.  This inoculant, actually live bacteria, enables the peas to turn nitrogen back to the soil.  I mentioned it a few posts ago.

Many places don’t have it.  I didn’t phone ahead, so that’s on me, but I did locate packages of inoculant at the Green Barn, near Isanti.  Kate and I shop there often for the garden, but it’s a long way to go for just one thing.  So, I bought some onion sets, too.

Back home I made a batch of chicken noodle soup, moved furniture out to the garage for the great garage sale and read a graphic novel, a memoir of Yoshiro Tatsumi, a force in the world of manga and gekeiga.  I found the book uneven, but a fascinating glimpse into Japan as it has grown and changed over the last 70 years or so.

Bees, Cooking

Weekend

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Spring          Waxing Flower Moon

Our bees came here from California so I hope they don’t suffer too much climate shock as the temperatures fall this week.  Lows will hit 35 or so midweek.  Right now, in fact, the temperature is only 42 at 10 a.m.

I grilled a turkey tenderloin last night on our inside gas grill, cooked up some whole wheat pasta served with a red sauce and cut up some tomatos and the last of our onions for a salad.  Kate had a milder day at work and so did not come home in distress as she often does on Saturdays.  She works from 9-5 every other Saturday and the number of hours, plus a lot of bending and twisting to see into small persons ears and mouths, not to mention the occasional superstrong 18 month old can tweak her neck to a bad place.

No outside work today.  I plan to move stuff for the great garage sale coming up this weekend.