A Wanderer
Not all who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
I am a recently retired accountant/finance professional looking to explore all of the interests I have had over the years, promising myself that I would pursue them “when I had the time”. Maybe you are on a similar journey.
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Transplanting and Moving
4/26/2022:All of the transplants from the hydroponics into the organic seed potting mix are doing well. Today I transplanted three tomato varieties (one each), Italian Heirloom, Black Plum and Livingston’s Paragon, to pots. Here are photos of the Black Plum, before and after transplant. I also moved one mint plant from the lights in the…
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Intro to Blogging Course
4/23/2022:I am starting the WordPress Intro to Blogging Course. I have been blogging for a little while, but can definitely improve. The course starts out with a number of questions. The first is “Why are you blogging publicly instead of keeping a diary?” The blog has the potential for feedback, the diary does not. Although…
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Cutting Board
4/13/2022:Here is the picture of the first completed cutting board, flawed but functional. I have started using it in the kitchen and am very happy with it. It turned out to be larger, even with cutting off the feet, than the plastic cutting boards I was using. My wife also decided to toss all of…
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BOOK REVIEW: Forest Walking by Peter Wohlleben & Jane Billinghurst
Originally posted on Tiger Riding for Beginners: Forest Walking: discovering the trees and woodlands of North America by Peter Wohlleben My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page Out: April 26, 2022 Wohlleben’s “The Hidden Life of Trees” was one of those rare books that profoundly changed the way I looked at the world, and…
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BOOK REVIEW: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
Originally posted on Tiger Riding for Beginners: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon.in Page I kept running into references to this book in my readings about food and farming, and, eventually, I figured it must be a must-read. One topic that’s of interest to me (and should be…
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Earthworms are bad?
4/11/2022:I had noticed that I do not seem have any earthworms, as far as I know, at our Adirondacks property. I was thinking of introducing them to the garden this year. Today I read a permies.com forum discussion on earthworms being bad for the environment in many cases. Prior to today, I would have listed…
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