6-6-6, the fertilizer of the beast

[piranha]

mozilla just ate my entry. fucker. you're the first thing to go, i swear.

long entry made short:

1) behind on gardening, but perennials nicely established. pictures when new system rebuilt. need more room, but not in the mood for backbreaking conversion of crap soil into soil in which something other than puny weeds will grow.

2) "new" system is paramour's old one. athlon XP 2100+. paramour's new system drool-worthy athlon 64 X2, inside whisper-quiet HP pavilion -- first namebrand desktop system we bought in many, many years. at under $1000, it's not really worth building oneself. now i get to remove redhat 9 and fedora core 2 from this machine, and install XP and debian on it. then there will be pictures. i also have a new LCD monitor, which makes me very happy -- decided to eventually use two 19" @ 1280x1024 each to get more real estate instead of shelling out lots more money for one higher res widescreen. this baby is a viewsonic VA902b; nice clear picture, matte screen (i can't stand those new shiny ones).

Comments

[beaq.livejournal.com]

Maybe just plop mulch on it every year for a while? Less backbreaking than turning it under.

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

this is not actually topsoil. this is like compacted construction site soil, riddled with stones. it needs to be dug up and sifted before it can be improved at all. i built a large raised bed to mostly avoid that, when i got a real deal on good soil a few years ago. i dug up and improved the other side two years ago when i was feeling energetic, and then added a bit last year.

aside from which i never plan ahead for years. it either gets done when i feel like it, or it doesn't get done. :)