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Spinach is Sprouting Leaves Like Crazy
I am amazed by the speed in which these plants are growing. If they keep growing they way they are, I will have a lot of great spinach to eat in a few more weeks. Check out the picture. There are 3-4 new leaves on each of the plants since the last picture I took nearly 7 days ago. I can only imagine what the plant is going to look like next week.
A Few of My Spinach are Growing Large
I am about 80% sure these are the spinach that I planted in this box. I planted 6 of them (Actually there were 6 holes, I planted 2 seeds in each hole). These are the only two that came up. I am figuring that they are kind of old seeds so I am rather lucky that any of them came up at all. I bought these seeds at the beginning of last season. I didn’t plant them all last year so they have been in storage all winter.
They are growing well. I am planning to leave them in the grow box. If the others don’t come up, I am thinking about planting another herb or something in the growbox next to the spinach.
Garden Diary 2009: Picture Happy for Spinach and Broccoli
I got a little excited yesterday when I looked in the windowsill box and saw more leaves sticking above the surface of the soil. I got a little trigger happy with the camera. I wanted to show everyone my progress. I’m a little goofy. I will be taking photos just about every week to show you the progress of my 2009 garden. This is just the time when you can see so much happening.
Garden Diary 2009: My First Sprout is Up for this Year – Broccoli or Spinach?
Maybe you can tell me by the leaves. I am just not sure at this point. This is either Broccoli or Spinach. I planted six spinach plants on one side, planning to leave the leafy greens inside the house so we can clip off of them for salads a couple times per week. on the other side of the windowsill container I planed four broccoli plants that I intend to transplant next month, a couple weeks before the last freeze. I want to get small greenhouse or try to build a cheap one to cover the plant till after the last freeze. Broccoli is supposed to be cold weather hearty so I don’t think it really matters when I put them outside.
I did plant these on two different sides of the windowsill growbox, but I really don’t remember which side I planted them on. To be Honest, I suppose it doesn’t really matter to me which side they are on. All I really care about is that my first plant is up for the year of 2009. This means it is going to be a great year for vegetables in my garden. I am so excited.
My Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Major Spoilers)
I saw this movie late. I was able to borrow it from a family member. I heard all the reviews and went it in not expecting very much. Everyone I talked to who had seen the movie said that it lacked something to be desired. Now that I have seen it I will put it up there with the release of Star Wars episode one.
I was disappointed for about the first twenty minutes. When they threw Indiana onto the ground and he stood up not quite completely strait, I just had to laugh. The jokes I heard about Indiana Jones and the Geriatric Chronicles seemed right on the money. He just seemed too old for the part. He seemed to really struggle to make things happen. Every stunt he did seemed unrealistic.
I thought the atomic bomb was kind of pointless. Yes it was the infancy of the nuclear age and the imagery was awesome, but it seemed that the only reason they added the nuclear explosion was to draw attention; a kind of wow factor. There was no real reason for it. It didn’t really lead into the story. It didn’t even hold a key to what the story was about. It was just there; a reason to lock Indiana inside a refrigerator and send him tumbling down a hill away from the explosion.
The villainess was kind of wimpy. Her second in command was more like the kind of villain I like to see Indiana go up against. She seemed a little unsure about herself. Every time Indiana got close to her trying to steal the treasure back, she got this frightened look on her face. She just wasn’t the hard, Russian enemy I expected to see him go up against.
I liked the idea of the aliens. I know there were a lot of other people who didn’t like this idea. It was the nineteen-fifties though. People of that time were looking for UFOs. They were expecting to see aliens. This episode tried to explain area 51 and what we did with the crashed spaceship. It was also a small tribute to Stephen Spielburg, being a number of his movies had to do with aliens. There was a small tribute to George Lucas as well, when Indiana said the favorite one-liner, ”I have a bad feeling about this;” Stripped strait out of Star Wars.
Thought the killer monkeys and the quicksand were kind of pointless. Both of them had very little effect on the progress of the story. The monkeys attacked and then were never seen again. At least with the killer ants, the power of the crystal skull came to light. As for the quicksand, the only reason for it was to make sure they were captured again while giving the couple a little bit of time to talk.
Where’s the city of gold? They made all this hype about how they were going to find a city of Gold when they returned the skull to its rightful place. I saw a little gold on the pillars but there was defiantly a lack of gold throughout the city. If they had only showed a beautiful golden city, the last scene would be more powerful. Oh well.
I enjoyed the movie. It would be a great flick to rent or borrow from a friend, If you go in not expecting much, you will at least have a good time. I will give it 2.5 stars out of 5.
How to Make a Disposable Temporary DVD CD Sleeve
Materials: One Sheet of Paper, tape and your DVD or CD
Step One: Place the edge of the DVD on the long edge of the sheet of paper, then fold the paper over the opposite edge of the DVD.
Step Two: Make a crease all the way up and down the sheet of paper. The width should be the same as the diameter of the DVD, maybe slightly larger.
Step Three: Set the DVD aside, turn the paper over so the short flap is on the outside. Fold it in half.
Step Four: Tape the side edges and the bottom edges together
Step Five: Slide in up to three DVDs.
Have I Told You? I Hate Going to the Dentist; Especially when I Need a Root Canal.
10:30am – I am sitting here in the waiting room at the dentist’s office. This tooth has needed to be fixed for nearly three years. I guess if they had fixed it a couple of years ago, I would not need a root canal today.
This is my first experience with a root canal. I have heard so many horror stories about people going in to have this procedure and being in pain for days or even weeks.
The dentist assistant said since I am having it taken care of right now instead of waiting ’til it started to hurt, the root canal should not be that bad.
12:30pm – This, I believe, has been the best experience I have ever had at the dentist (when they have had to do more than just a filling).
They put a rubber shield around the tooth they were working on so I wouldn’t get tooth particles mixed in with the saliva building up in my mouth. They gave me a guard that held my mouth open so my jaw would not get tired. The nurse was also generous enough to clean out my mouth every so often so I didn’t choke.
The dentist did a really good job at making sure I was numb. After he got into the tooth and I started to feel the nerve, he stopped and shot novicane directly into the nerve to make it numb. That was the only time that the root canal hurt was when he stuck me that second time. The first shot was numb from the numbing gel, so I barely felt that one.
7:30pm – The numb lip was gone by about 1:30 this afternoon. I was able to eat a late lunch. The tooth and jaw didn’t really get sore ’til I got to work later this evening. Even that soreness was pretty light. I think this whole experience was ten times better than the last time I went to the dentist to get a filling.
I am Starting My Seeds Indoors This Year: Spinach, Broccoli and Apple Trees
My Gardening Adventure for 2009 has begun. This year I am going to start my plants indoors. Take a look at the following video to see all the supplies I have compiled over the past three years.
Since it is the beginning of February, I figured I should start some of the cold tolerant vegetables. This year I wanted to try some broccoli. I also planted some spinach that I thought I would leave on the windowsill over the course of the summer. I also planted a few apples.
I am using Scotts Potting Soil to get things started this year. When I transfer everything to bigger containers, I will have to see what soil is on sale. I will let you know what I buy when I know.
When I popped out the drainage holes on the bottom of the container, it cracked all the way across. I should have use a utility knife to pop the first one out. That is what I used on the second one. I am still going to use this pot this year. I don’ think it is going to give me any problems.
I filled the container with potting soil and pushed holes into the soil with my finger. In each, I planted seeds. I planted six spinach plants, four apples trees and four broccoli plants.
I placed the whole thing on the windowsill and poured two small juice glasses of water on top. We will see what comes up.
How to Grow an Apple Tree from a Seed
Step One: (February 11, 2009) Plant your seeds in a pot or, in my case, a windowsill box. I am doing this because I want to make sure they have a strong beginning before winter gets here again in December.
Gather your Pot, Soil and seeds.
Fill your pot with soil. Poke holes into the soil and drop in one seed for each plant you are trying to grow. Plant more than you expect to put into pots. If they all come up, you will pick the strongest plants to move into separate pots or into the ground.
Place your planting box on your window sill and water with a couple of glasses of water. Make sure you water the plants every couple of days or so. You don’t want the soil to dry out, but you dont want the water sitting in the drainage tray.
Still Waiting. March 27, 2009 – It has been nearly 2 months. I know that tree seeds take a while to germinate, i just don’t know if these are going grow or not. If they don’t I will try again. Please come back and check often.
May 18, 2009 – The seeds I planted never germinated. One of the comments I got said to put them in a wet papertowel and stick them in the fridge. I think I am going to try that next.
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