The sun was out all weekend, once the Saturday fog burned off. This is what Bay Area weather should be like all the time!
Emily and I made a couple of trips to the nurseries and got our goodies. Then came all the work! I spent about five hours in the yard on Saturday and four hours on Sunday, but I got a ton accomplished. With Winter hanging on for so long and Spring starting so suddenly, it seems like everyone is frantic to get all caught up as soon as they can. It's especially bad for us, since we're taking off to Hawaii for a week- there are plants that absolutely need to get in the ground and some other tasks, like setting up the sprinklers, must be done before heading out.
Today, I got the tomatoes in the planter box, along with the pepper plants. This year, we're growing Serranos, Habaneros and a new one (to use) called Pimentos. For tomatoes, we're growing two cherries and two medium tomatoes. We're growing two plants the traditional way, except I did a raised bed, to increase the deep root watering. The other two, we'll be trying the Topsy Turvy upside down planters. They have yet to arrive, but they should be here by the end of the week.
I also planted the rest of the herbs and integrated the Soil Moist into the dirt, then covered the ground with cocoa mulch. Now we have a dozen different herbs! Along with our longstanding sage, rosemary and chives, we have thyme, spearmint and oregano (that survived from last season), a couple of varieties of basil, some parsley, cilantro, majoram and green onions.
Today, I also managed to squeeze in ripping out the geraniums and installing four new gerbera daisies, as well as spray and fertilize the roses.
Yesterday, I did a lot of routine maintenance like lawn-mowing and weed killing, as well as mulching the wild backyard portion. The latter part of my day was spent on the veggie planter box, transplanting all the salvagable strawberry plants, so we can give them away. Afterwards, I turned the soil and started getting it prepared for the new crops. I've since read that it's best to prepare the soil a couple of weeks before planting, but sometimes you just gotta say, "What the hay!".
Next week, I'll finish the veggie box by (hopefully) having lettuce to plant, as well as finishing the hanging tomato plants and setting up all the sprinklers.
A collection of blurbs stemming from mostly the motorized projects that I do. Some posts mixed in have to do with my experiences in X-ray school. (Some entries are from older blogs that I killed off.) Some of my toys are a Mazdaspeed Miata that I work on and take to the track, a little Harley that I can't stop modding and an old Yamaha RD400 that I've been collecting parts for over the past 15 years. When I'm not wrenching, sometimes I mountain bike, sometimes I snowboard, sometimes I make beer.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
My Little Ride
2001 Suzuki SV650S
PIAA SuperWhite H4 Headlamp Bulbs
Diamond Star Headlight Modulator
Back-Off Brake Signal Modulator
Intuitive Race Products Frame Sliders
HVMP Heavy Bar End Weights
Competition Werkes Fender Eliminator Kit
Clear Alternatives Rear Lense w/LED bulbs
Lockhart Phillips Front and Rear Clear Flush Mount Signal Indicators
Keiti Tank Protector
Vortex Rear Spools
LP Aluminum GP Footpegs
BRG Racing Rearset Plates
Micron Titanium Full Exhaust
BMC 205/10 Race Filter
Factory Pro Stage II Jetting Kit
Dunlop D208ZR 120/60-17- Front
Dunlop Qualifier 160/60-17- Rear
Suspension and Brake Setup
Race Tech Gold Valve Cartridge Emulator Kit
Race Tech Fork .80 kg/mm
Bel-Ray 15W Fork Oil @130mm
1999 GSX-R 750 Rear Shock
Fork Sag 32mm
Rear Shock Sag 32.5mm
Dropped the head 8mm on the fork tubes
520 Chain Conversion (Vortex 14/46 Sprockets, RK GB520XSO Chain)
Galfer Front and Rear Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Galfer Black Rear Brake Pads
Galfer HH Front Brake Pads
Fluids
Castrol GPS SAE10W/40
Galfer Super Dot 4 Brake Fluid
Radiator Filled with Water Wetter
Other Modifications
NGK CR8EIX Iridium Spark Plugs
Carburators Rejetted and Needles Shimmed
Air/Fuel Mixture Re-Adjusted
BMC Air Filter Snorkelectomy
Raised the Gas Tank 4mm to Increase Air Flow
2nd Gear Engine Retard Wire Cut (TRE Mod)
R6 Throttle Tube Swap (1/5 Turn Mod)
GP Style Shifting
Friday, April 7, 2006
Been Absent
Kind of buzzed. Had long lunch at work today. The boss took us all out for sushi at Sozo, since the Mudd Crew didn't make any crucial mistakes today. After a couple of really big Asahi beers and a couple of shots of hot sake, he didn't feel like going back to the lab and suggested that we go bowling for the rest of the day, on this find Friday. We still had to go back to the lab and turn off the ovens and power down the compressors and the such, but he threatened anyone who checked the voicemails would be fired, so don't touch the answering machines! We went to Dublin Bowl and bowled a couple of games. I bowled over a hundred for both beating everyone in the first and only being bested by the boss in the second by five or so points, at 155.
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