I soaked my orchid potting mix for about a day and half and was ready to re-pot. The bag says that it contains select western fir bark, horticultural charcoal and porous volcanic rocks. I can also see perlite in the mix. So the reason the issue of re-potting came up in the first place was because I [...]
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Phalaenopsis (orchid) re-pot
08 May 2013 at 17:16
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Your body, the facts
Tim Noakes, co-founder and executive director of the Sports Science Institute of SA, speaks at TEDx Cape Town. His idea worth spreading is to cut through mainstream myths, control your discomfort, get into the pain to find the real issues, in order to pursue perfection. Don’t accept anything. Can you hydrate too much during exercise? Do [...]
Malabar Sun Salutation
The Malabar that I seeded on April 7 started to make an appearance early last week. I’ve moved the tray up to our bathroom as it is warmer than our dining room. I’ve noticed that this variety is not red, like the seeds I planted in March that Christine had saved from the garden, which [...]
Food insecurity in the United States
I just watched a powerful 2012 documentary entitled A Place at the Table, directed by Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson, which investigates and lifts the curtains of hunger in the United States. 49 million people in the USA – 1 in 4 children – don’t know where their next meal is coming from. As is [...]
Urban farming 2013
I’ve been looking forward to spring/summer. It means I can be found in greenhouses, garden beds and fields, growing delicious things. This week I will be starting at Fresh City Farms again. I was there last summer and I loved it. I didn’t think I’d be back this year because it sounded like they were [...]
Ridgetown bonspiel
As I mentioned in my previous post, hubby and I were invited by our friends, the Humphrey’s, to curl with them in a 2-day bonspiel. Hubby and I have only ever participated in our league’s bonspiels, which takes place in a single day, at our local club. Games are short, allowing teams to only play [...]
Meyer lemon bloom in action
With some assistance from hubby, I managed to capture part of the opening of a flower on my Meyer lemon tree. The night before, I had attempted something similar with my orchid, but it required me to keep shooting overnight because orchids tend to be night bloomers. Lighting at night is also trickier and required [...]
Scroogled campaign
Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign is an effort to draw new customers to its own email service, Outlook — and plans to do so by informing Internet users nationwide of Gmail’s practices. Microsoft is telling the nation that Google scans each email that is sent and received through the Gmail service for keywords that can help it target [...]
Knitting project: bicycle wheels hat
Clearly I am no longer having problems finishing knitting projects. On Sunday night, I started and completed a Bicycle Wheel Hat. Luckily, I had recently learned what short rows were because it was needed in this project. This project is basic and should be quick to complete. The pattern is cute and I like that [...]