On February 20th, 2008 or Wednesday night in other words, we headed outside after dark to check out the Lunar Eclipse. It was really cool to see the moon rise up from the south east with the shadow of earth shine on it. I didn’t get any shots, however, Wired Magazine had some nice pictures from around the globe from the Lunar Eclipse.

This coming spring we will be tripling the size of the garden. Right now our garden is about 40′ by 30′ in size. In our first year here, we tried a variety of different vegetables. We found that Broccoli, Kale, Lettus Varieties, Potatoes, Carrots, Beats, Radishes, Corn, Squash including Pumkins, Cucumbers, Peas, Artichoke, Rubarb … and many different flowers grew really well. Sunflowers were over 12′ tall, Marigolds and Zinnias grew easily, and the clumps of Nasturshims were tasty. My wife grew amazing Echinacea and Rudbeckia from both starts and seed. They turned out beautiful. The Peppers and Tomatoes were the only veggies that didn’t do to well. From now on I am starting Tomatoes and Peppers early indoors, then just keeping them in large 25+ gallon pots. They have a short going season, and grow quickly. This way space is saved in the garden for more root crops that will last long into the winter. Read more »