Pictures from weekend

[helen99]

We spent Sunday with guardianjain and wetdryvac. In the morning we went to the farmers market and picked up food and more plants, and then off to the antique shop to browse around. While we were there, rialian found a book which had singularly impressed me many years ago. It was, Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss. I had owned this book when I was a small kid, and then later I wasn't sure if it actually existed. Oobleck... it's green, and it sticks to everything, and now it sits on our bookshelf...

Anyway, then we went back home to work in the garden. We put in a lot more of the raised, sheet mulched keyhole beds this weekend. wetdryvac took some pictures of the garden and what we've been working on recently. Rialian has pictures of previous stages, but I haven't posted them yet. Will do that later. This particular set shows the beds and paths pretty well. http://picasaweb.google.com/wetdryvac/WVGardening?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuv54yzxZ7GJQ#

Comments

[rainbow]

Oooh, I like seeing the blank slate starting to fill in.

And my goodness, I remember making oobleck in science class in elementary school, but I never knew the name came from a Dr. Seuss book. Wow.

[helen99]

You made Oobleck in science class?? How cool is that! (as long as it didn't glue everyone to their desks!)

[rainbow]

It was cornstarch and water, I think. It was a... I have lost the word, but not a solid and not a liquid, but somewhere in between. We'd do things like grab some in a hand to make a crumbly ball, or throw some on a hard surface so it shattered, but then observe how it would start to ooze and become more like a liquid.

It was very cool!

[illuviel]

Ah, the joys of non-Newtonian fluids. :>

http://www.science-house.org/CO2/activities/polymer/oobleck.html

Oobleck is a rather common substance around my house.

So is the "glurch" mentioned in this page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oobleck

though we usually call it homemade silly putty, which is what it behaves similarly to.

[rainbow]

Oooh, more fun things!

And that's Glitch, isn't it, in your icon? <3

[helen99]

There are plants growing in the garden, but they're very small still. The cool temperatures/high altitude made for a late start (no greenhouse yet - we're working on it). So far we've put in asparagus, lettuce, assorted greens, assorted herbs, tomatoes, potatoes, three types of corn, beans, and squash so far (I'm probably missing something). Still to be planted are the squash and beans for the "three sisters" garden area. I will definitely take pictures when things are more mature.