Let’s see. We in the U. S. like cheap food, almost all of us refuse to work in the agricultural industry, there are hoards of folks in other countries that are happy to work in our agricultural industry, and we refuse to let them into our country so they can do such work. [...]
November 27, 2005
This Evening in the Back Yard
This evening as I was in the back yard to water a couple of cantaloupe sprouts, from seeds I planted to replace a cantaloupe plant the had “dampened off”, Ignacio, a neighbor from across the back yard wall, whom I had not heretofore met, was standing on the back terrace of his home. We struck [...]
November 27, 2005
Friday Evening at the Symphony
I went again to the Yucatan Symphony Friday evening. The program was music by Mexican composers, with seven vocal selections.
Next Friday the program will be five of the brass players, two trumpets, a French horn, and my neighbor Joel on the trombone.
Living in the Satsop for almost thirty years I rarely had an opportunity [...]
November 27, 2005
Soil Sifting Operation
Here’s my soil sifting operation. I am using palm frond stems to support the hardware cloth. I excavate the soil with my mattock, throw a shovel full of material on the screen, rub the material around until all of the soil goes through, then flick the stones remaining on the screen into the [...]
November 27, 2005
Watermelon Close Up
The watermelons and cantaloupes are sprouting their third sets of leaves.
