Tangentially via a tweet from @snarky_malarkey, a slide show of shipping container dwellings. My earlier musings on containers are here. The tree house slide show that led me to the containers got me thinking – my Goff/Bavingeresque cable and phone pole hack ought to include a nice big beech or oak at the center. Another thought: not sure how to integrate it, but a waste container based aquaponics rig should fit in somewhere (ground level, obv).
Tomato Bob’s Heirloom Tomatoes.
Cosmonaut Volkov
Medium round red fruit named after the first Russian Cosmonaut. Shoulders are a yellow/orange color. Russia
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Black Seaman
Good producer of 8-10 oz. Dusky brown fruits with green shoulders. Similar to Cherokee Purple but has a different flavor and a more pronounced color when sliced.
There’s a lot more going on beneath those huge sheets of Antarctic ice than you might think. NASA researchers say they uncovered a major surprise in December: The team drilled an eight-inch hole and stuck a video camera 600 feet down, hoping to observe the underbelly of the thick ice sheet. To their amazement, a curious critter swam into view and clung to the video camera’s cable [Washington Post].
As mentioned in the previous post, we’ve seen a bit of rain (as best I can tell, something like 5 inches[update – 7.4″ in Dover]) over the past couple days. Rivers are in flood and storm drain systems are overwhelmed: