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A mostly-straight-on shot, May 4, 2012

Garden Update – May 4, 2012

By ben smithson On May 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In beer and brewing, gardening, house

Everything is growing good. There are several small cucumbers starting to grow, along with a whole bunch of little baby burpless hybrid cucs too. The hops plants have some sort of snail who has been visiting and munching on the leaves. Dang, if I can only catch that snail…

I’m still waiting for one [...]

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Dallas Dog Days by Neil Swanson

By ben smithson On May 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In video

I’m excited to announce a new project. I helped Neil out with a video for his upcoming instrumental album that he’s in the middle of. This is my second project with him and I’m consistently blow away at how talented he is. And he’s super easy to work with! Congrats to Neil and his accomplishments. [...]

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This planter is a little bit tight, but I think we'll get plenty of cucumbers soon.

Cucumber and Cherokee Purple Heirlooms

By ben smithson On April 30, 2012 · 1 Comment · In gardening

While pruning, weeding, and general yard work over the weekend, I snapped a couple of pics of garden progress. The cherokee purple heirlooms from NHG are growing great. I think it’s almost time to put up some bird netting before these get “birded.” The largest tomato has a punched hole it it – [...]

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Succulents – April 2012

By ben smithson On April 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In gardening, house

I think it was about a month ago when I picked up some new succulent plants from Northhaven Gardens (which is my favorite nursery in Dallas, btw) to fill in the gaps around the plants that lost their fight from last summer’s drought. This time around, I wanted to see what sorts [...]

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Peticolas Brewing Tour

By ben smithson On April 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In beer and brewing, food

Early last week my friend Colin nudged me on FaceBook (thank you Colin!) to reserve my spot for this past Saturday’s private tour at Peticolas Brewing in Dallas. You can check our their FaceBook page for updates on the next available tour. I’m not sure how often he’ll do this sort [...]

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A closeup of two of the rhizomes.

Hops In the Ground

By ben smithson On April 13, 2012 · 2 Comments · In gardening

Some time during the middle of the winter, I found out about hops rhizomes available from Homebrew Headquarters. (They have the most bitchin’ web site ever.) I placed my order, gave them money, and waited. And waited. And waited. It’s not their fault though. Washington state (or wherever these babies came from) had [...]

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Trying to Get Ahead

By ben smithson On April 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In asides, design, misc

It’s bulk trash week on our block, and I’m not sure if the city skipped us last time, or if every single household on our street took it upon themselves to keep “spring cleaning” in the common man’s vernacular. There are trash bags all over the place; it’s a feast for loose pets and strays. [...]

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Garden is Good

By ben smithson On April 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In gardening

I didn’t plant any more things over the weekend, but I’m happy to report that I have some volunteer tomato and basil plants that have just sprouted along side this year’s new tomato crop. Compared to last year, we should have lots and lots more edibles. We still have our old rosemary plants (not pictured), [...]

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MINT BATTLE – episode 1

By ben smithson On March 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In asides, gardening

In this gripping account of the journey of four incredible competitors, one mint plant will rise to fulfill its ultimate destiny. Choose your favorite mint and root for it throughout this 2012 growing season.

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The Dallas SMOKE!

By ben smithson On March 23, 2012 · 1 Comment · In asides

Tonight. Get Ready. The Dallas SMOKE!

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