mattie g

Planted my tomatoes (9) and jalapenos (3) this past weekend. Also threw in some marigolds for good measure. Will probably plant the basil among the tomatoes in about a week or so - they need to harden off first, having been started indoors from seed.

Definitely heard some buzzing last night, but not seeing any mass emergence yet.

It felt like forever. We lost power for 2+ days.

Seems like the wind has really died down.

Tired Hands DDH Double Alien Church (Citra/Galaxy). Yum.

Love hearing about all these second COVID shots! Congrats, everyone!!

Just checked Google Maps - says the Outer Loop is closed in that spot until 5:30 pm.

Sounds awful

Really pretty morning out there. A few breezes, but that's it.

Awesome! I had slight back and neck aches and maybe the slightest headache, but I can't say for sure if they were related to the vaccine. missus g was pretty much laid up for 24 hours, then felt "off" for another 12-18 hours. All so weird...

Kind of how mine went. Virtually no symptoms after shot 1; few symptoms after shot 2 (shoulder pain being most obvious),

@Mrs.J and @WxUSAF... How much solar do you get in the winter? You'd have to get some, even with the low sun angle, right? What percentage of your energy use in the winter comes from solar?

Really impressive...and really cool!

And so much btching about heat or sun or whatever. FFS, people...

At the center of our solar system.

One of my favorite things to eat in the summer is caprese salad, with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden, as well as homemade mozzarella (which is surprisingly easy to make). Add a few drops of good extra virgin olive oil, a drizzle of high-quality aged balsamic (I don't care what the "purists" say), and a bit of fresh cracked pepper and you've got yourself a quick and delicious summer lunch!

Had a couple of the DDH AC (Citra/Galaxy) this weekend and really enjoyed them. Really looking forward to doing a side-by-side with the DIPA version!

That picture is one of the more extreme examples, but you definitely see holes and cicadas when you lift up rocks and such. A few random holes in the ground otherwise. With the warm weather coming up, I suspect that by midweek it’ll be rockin’ around here.

Found this under a 10x10 brick path stone. Pretty much the same thing under every big rock/stone/log you pick up: Edit: Buku -> big

Nice! Just ordered DDH Double AC (Citra/Galaxy) and a few other 4-packs. Really looking forward to it...

Down to 33 yesterday and 32 this morning in Burke. Chilly, but I'm fine with it as long as the comes out and it's relatively short-lived. And there's little wind. We've affectionately referred to them as "pollen bombs." We used to have laurel oak catkins everywhere when we lived in Fairlington, but now we're subjected to the circular beech pollen bombs from the multiple 80+' tress in our neighbors' yards. They're beautiful trees, but they shed catkins in the spring; then the squirrels start eating the nuts and dropping the (pointy) casings in the summer; in the autumn, the remaining nuts fall; finally, in winter and early-spring winds bring down the remaining casings.

Been hardening off my tomatoes and jalapenos for the last 10 days. Everyone seems to be doing OK, so I'll probably end up planting late next week. I need to build a new raised bed for cucurbits (mostly just cantaloupes right now), so might do that this Sunday or in another week or two. No rush, as my cantaloupe seedlings are only just getting their first true leaves, but it's been on my mind for a while, so I just want to get it done!

I hope you covered both for the last two nights!

They can just do yoga and treat themselves with essential oils and they'll be fine.

Looks great! I've always wondered what the cedar actually contributes, as I've never had cedar-plank salmon. I've been wanting to do it on the BGE for a while now, but just haven't gotten around to it.