Urban Hayseed

More bees… whatever…

Rian — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:18:18 +0000

Columbine… but the not the shooting kind…

Rian — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:17:18 +0000

Can you tell I got a new iPhone app?

Summertime!

Rian — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:16:03 +0000

He actually pulled his face off after this…

It’s only June, and it’s already SUNNY?!

Rian — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:03:36 +0000

I’m mostly pulling weeds today since the ground is soft from all the rain, and it’s actually… well, don’t want to jinx it, but… s-u-n-n-y today. Yeah. I know. Shhh.

This wasn’t a planned stop, so I didn’t bring the good camera. The best I can do is a little iPhone iPhotoJournalism, to [...]

Rant From The Past: The Bee Geek Learns a Lesson

Rian — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:09:21 +0000

This is kinda funny. It’s a post I wrote a year and a half ago, but I never published. Sounds like I’d had a lot of coffee that day.

This weekend, my son’s most excellent elementary school had their annual Harvest Festival. This year, I was asked to MC the booth on mason [...]

Quick Leek Soup

Rian — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:47:04 +0000

I love leeks. They grow easily in the garden, and they’re super tasty grilled or shredded and steamed as a base for fish. The only thing with leeks is that they don’t store well once harvested, and for as easily as they grow, you can end up with a lot of leeks just [...]

When Life Gives You Eggs, Make Frittata

Rian — Mon, 23 May 2011 01:23:16 +0000

The farmers market season is getting rolling in Portland, and I took a trip up to the King market in Northeast.

It was a little sparse, but they had a lot of nice veggies starts and a little bit of early produce (ala leaves, asparagus, and potatoes). They also had some lovely [...]

Controlling Leaf Miners

Rian — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:55:04 +0000

There’s a few pests that I’ve not been able to generate a lot of Buddhist compassion for… the aphid, the weevil, and the leaf miner. They’re all disgusting and deserve an eternity in the hell of boiling oil– at least until I’m able to remove the illusion of separation between myself and them. [...]

Grafted Tomatoes

Rian — Tue, 17 May 2011 04:36:45 +0000

The veritable Lady Gaga, or potentially Charlie Sheen, of this garden season seems to be the grafted tomato. You’d think it was something cooked up in a Monsanto lab in a test tube with all the hype about them. I must admit that I hadn’t given the whole thing a lot of thought [...]

Chicken Soup, Beet Salad, and Strawberry Shortcake: Uh… Live-ish…

Rian — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:17:19 +0000

I went on a rampage this weekend and tried to add every plug-in to this blog that I thought would be at all interesting or useful. One that grabbed my attention was called Twitter LiveBlog. The theory is that, by sending a certain code, you can start up a session on your blog [...]