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Kleiner Eisbar
This is a great video (almost as good as this one). Be sure to turn the volume way up before you start it.
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Abstract art
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| From Garden July 2007 |
This photo represents a skirmish in the War of the Japanese Beetles. No, those shiny things are not iridescent jewels. They are Japanese beetles that Max and I drowned in a milk jug full of soapy water. They are beautiful insects, yes, but we prefer that they shimmer gently far, far away from our basil plants.
We performed a mass genocide of Japanese beetles on Saturday night. By Sunday morning, their comrades had arrived in huge numbers and were rapidly defoliating our plants. We decided that sterner measures were necessary. A neighboring gardener recommended blending together Japanese beetle bodies, rotten eggs, and cat litter ("It really works!") but - no. Instead, we ran to the nearest chain garden store.
We went to the store in search of an organic gardening tool only slightly less common than the hoe: the floating row cover, a thin mesh covering that lets water, air, and light pass through but not beetles. As we dashed by an aisle stocked floor to ceiling with bug toxins, we felt certain we were on our way to barrier method heaven. Too bad for us. The (b)Lowe's staff had never even heard of a floating row cover. Cue grouchy mutterings about a hand basket with our country inside it.
Meanwhile, the beetles kept munching. By the next morning, fortunately, Max got what we needed, irony of ironies, from the locally owned garden supply store. We gently swaddled our precious basil in the mesh last night. As for the beetles:
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| From Garden July 2007 |
Monday, July 02, 2007
The ghostly hand of poop
Hilarious (click for bigger). From the amazing passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers.
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