Mr. Man:
Can we watch Dave and Becky now?
Daddy:
I don’t care what we watch as long as Daddy doesn’t have to struggle not to bawl.
Archive for June, 2008
Overheard at home after watching The Iron Giant
Monday, June 30th, 2008Because I know you’re wondering…
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The fermentation chiller project is on hiatus until I know whether getting a chest freezer makes sense. Now hop off those tenterhooks.
I didn’t want to believe it…
Saturday, June 7th, 2008The Michelle Obama “Whitey” video:
Hop Farm Report
Monday, June 2nd, 2008The Great Hop Shortage of 2008 convinced me to take up hop gardening this year. It’s something I’d always wanted to do when I had space, but it took five-dollar-an-ounce hops to give me the real kick in the pants I needed.
I ordered a half-dozen hop rhizomes from The Thyme Garden but, due to the strange weather this Spring, waited until April 19 to put them in the ground.
Some of them took longer than others, but they’re all up and doing pretty well. The varieties I planted, and photos, below the break: