This had better work

Thanks to my wunnerful wifey, we got the garden fertilized. Sadly, my own incompetence made using a fertilizer spreader impossible, so we had to spread 600 pounds of fertilizer, lime and gypsum by hand. It's all plowed in and ready. Waiting on the ground temp to come up so I can get the seeds in.

Had a great weekend. If you didn't see us, they you are the only people that were not at the zoo this weekend. It was crowded to say the least, but Princess Poopy Pants had a great time.

I also have a Steam style beer in primary fermentation. I got it going yesterday, and it just started bubbling. I think I will go back to running a secondary fermentation on this batch. I'm also experimenting with a bottom fermenting lager yeast instead of my usual top fermenting ale yeast. We'll see how that goes.

Here we go again

This past weekend I was teaching the Scottish Rite class. It was the traditional two weekend fast class. This is the class that all the old farts claim is the best way to do a class, instead of the longer 9 month program where you come one Wednesday night per month for a few hours.

Because I was curious, or a jerk, or a curious jerk, I counted the roll.

At the last business meeting there were 53 in attendance. At the degree, there were 22.

That tells me that 31 people think there is more Freemasonry in a meeting where we hear the minutes of the last meeting read and a bunch of grumpy old men argue about carpet cleaning or adding lights outside the building or giving lapel pins out to members who have good attendance.

Dear Columbia Valley of the Scottish Rite,
Give me a good reason to pay my dues, which you increased this year, to counter the reasons you have given me to quit.

Signed,
A member who joined to learn something instead of just to get another stupid looking hat.

23

Yup, 23.

That's the number of fruit producing plants that went into the ground at the Cooper farm this weekend.

Last week I planted 15 blueberries thanks entirely to Marty Patterson and his father in law who gave them to me.

I added peaches, pears, apples, figs, plums, blackberries and muscadines to the mix over the weekend. I'm now waiting on a soil sample to return from the Clemson Extension office to figure out what fertilizer I need for the veggie garden. At She Who Must Be Obeyed direction, I will be broadcasting the fertilizer then discing it into the soil before the garden is laid out. In the works for the veggie garden: tomatoes (lots and lots) cucumbers, squash, zucini, potatoes, onions, field peas, green beans, bell peppers, watermelon, and whatever herbs I am told to get.

I hope I can get a better result than last years abject failure.