Actually, this might just be a question about my typing habits.

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Another installment of the ongoing saga of the raised garden beds I planted back in July, in which we get to start enjoying the fruits (and vegetables) of our labors.

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Since it’s been a while, I thought it was time for another update on the plant denizens of our raised garden beds which we planted back in July.
The first thing to note is that, to a first approximation, the automatic drip irrigation system we set up to water the beds works reasonably well. There are a few patches that don’t get quite enough water without some hand-watering every couple days, but the important thing is that the seedlings made it through our week-long trip to Wisconsin last month.
The second thing to note is that we’ve been having rather more hot spells this summer than is (was?) normal for our region. This means that some of the seeds I planted that are supposed to be sowed in mid- to late-summer may be feeling like they were planted at the beginning of the summer. I offer my sincere apologies to the confused seedlings that have resulted.
Still, at this stage of the game, it’s looking like most of what I planted is humming along reasonably well.

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Sean assesses his familiarity with the Omnivore’s Hundred. I thought about playing along, but it’s pretty meaty, while my diet is not so much. However, Sean was kind enough to post a link to the Vegetarian’s Hundred, a list of one hundred vegetarian food items everyone should try at least once. (Unless you’re vegan, at which point maybe you need to propose your own hundred.)

If you want to play along, here’s how you do it: copy the list, including my instructions, and bold any items you have eaten and strike out any you would never eat, and then post it to your blog.

I’m going to add the following rule: italicize items you have made (or grown) yourself. (Presumably, you’ve eaten those as well.)
The Vegetarian Hundred:

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OK, I don’t actually believe in earthquake weather, but it was really hot today and the house just shook. (I could see the shaking as well as feel it.)
I’m going to check what others are reporting to the USGS. Be right back.
UPDATE: So far, it seems to be a magnitude 4 or so — a wee temblor. Here’s hoping letting off stress like this keeps the ginormous killer earthquakes at bay.

The Free-Ride family is spending a week communing with Free-Ride forebears on neutral turf in Wisconsin. Internet access is spotty, so while I have access to the tubes, a few quick observations:

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