sleepless holiday nights

I get out of bed and slam the door open. "Its Christmas!" I yell as I run down to the tree. But Im the only one awake and the only one there. A black hole opens up in the ground and swallows me. I land in a pit of darkness all alone. I scream for help but nobody answers. All I have is me...the only person to care and love. Then my dog comes...my best friend in the entire world. She licks my face and stands by my side. Her golden fur protects me from the cold. Then I remembered...she is dead.

That is one of my most unforgettable nightmares. I had it when I was 10...when Spyro was born but not yet mine. My dog, Nalah had been my best friend since I was five. She was a beautiful German Shepherd x Chow Chow and looked very similar to the one in the picture (except more of a gold color). Was she really dead? I dont know. My dad dropped her off in a field in Rio Linda. She came home six months after that but went missing soon after. Do I believe my parents that she just left again? Not quite...especially because I believed I saw her again....but then convinced myself that she wasnt coming home...that she was gone. But thats ok...I had a new friend...a puppy I called my son and still do to this day. My nightmares arent any more or less drastic nowadays...for they always seem to be at their worst during this time of year. But now none of my old pets haunt me in them.

I really really hate Christmas...well not really.

So when I was much younger, Christmas wasnt too bad. Wake up early, get parents up, open presents.

Then my family became very materialistic. They would break out into arguments because one wanted to splurge during the holidays.

Now...I hardly see one and the other just yells at me.

=

So I tend to get depressed around Christmas. What will happen this year? Will there be more arguments?

when can I escape

I have decided that when I become a parent Christmas will probably the mass giving of needed items XD

and purely a family holiday =]

It will probably be a mix between Wiccan Yule and Christmas (or both because Yule traditionally is December 21st)

Either way...the house will smell DAMN GOOD ^_^

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What plant is this!!!!♀♀♀♀♀♀♀ or this one ✿✿ or that one ❀❀ AHHhhhhh HELP!

Hey fellow growers I need your help!! its been two years now that Ive had the pleasure to see this beauty but at the same time, this has been one of the hardest plants for me to put a name to, keeping me on this never ending journey to classify this gem of a plant is starting to test my patience, lol . while my first thought ( and still is) must be its some type of hardy orchid, but after many grueling hours of online research through databases, old botany books, items for sale, and even contacting older hobbyists, Im still left with nothing. it must be a hardy orchid, right?

Grapes, cantaloupe, kiwi, pineapple, strawberries, blueberries,

And now we eat. 80/10/10

tropical looking flower in Canadas climate 

Hardy orchid?

What plant is this?

Frogs

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The dams The weirs the rivers the gutters the puddles

Theyre all full and now because they are so full the big shots are starting to let the water out over the spillways and that is going to flood parts of Brisbane. There are times my friends when you just cant win....After all the recent drought conditions and water shortages........Anyhow, back to the notes....

Here is something really different and as with potatoes maybe not worth the effort. RICE

But then when you think about it, a rice paddy is Aquaponic

Even INDISTRUCTABLES agree with us.

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Approximatey 3,000 square feet of fine Italian basil grew on the east side of the Big Island last year.
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No, I havent run out of places to visit. but the rain has started to bucket down again. So I think I had better go and check out the property. So till next time....
Take care of yourselves and each other,
Back Soon

Ozzie

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Test Update

Down in the test beds:

• Tomatoes are doing ok although the location could have been better as they are showing signs of needing more sun.
• They are all just into bud and the only other problem (remember they are on raft) is that there were some strong winds three weeks ago and the plants (now about four feet tall) twisted around a few times. This, with the wind also trying to blow them sideways, has caused the plants to corkscrew up out of the water by about two to three inches. Not sure if this will affect their growth as that couple of inches of roots look like fine cord or rope. Ha ha maybe Ive invented a new twine....
• The Garlic are looking good, I planted them with about 1/3 of the clove under the gravel. After they had sent down their roots, I cleared away enough gravel so that I could just see the roots.....
• Cucumber and Zucchini are both doing well.

Now back to work/play....:

We lead off with what appears to be a little A/P greenhouse BUT PREPARE TO BE SURPRISED

Here, Afnan is back with another article this time about tomatoes and seed collecting

This looks like being one very big school A/P project

According to Professor John Beddington, the UK’s new chief scientist, food security and the rising cost of food is an issue at least as important when it comes to human well-being, and one that...

Summer at the Sens House

Master Gardener conference to be held October 15-17

 WARNING WARNING A young mans Project

And now meet Dean from Sydney, Australia

And Finally a podcast that deals with Building Renewable Protein Sources via Aquaponics

Thanks for visiting 

Soon

OZZIE

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Uri Oliver Vaughn

Seriously I had nothing better to call this blog so I gave it an actual name. I just Googled cool names and randomly picked three.

Anyway, this blog is about yesterday and this morning up until now.

So yesterday was the hardest day ever...in a long time. I had trouble getting out of bed. Just didnt really have a drive. I havent been very me-ish lately...so I hope everyone forgives me for that.

I tried to make coffee but the coffee maker had odd smoke coming out of it. OK well I was warming up old coffee from like last week to use in conditioner (which adds shine) but my coffee maker looked like it was going to blow up.

Four hours after I attempted to get out of bed, I finally got to my bus stop to go to school where I was going to finally finish my English work due. Some lady asked for the time so I told her. Big whoop right? Well then she decided to tell me her life story. Her name is Teresa and shes an alcoholic. She went to jail for drinking and just got out on parole but started drinking again.

So Im stuck talking to an alcoholic till my next bus comes. FML?

I made the mistake of telling her how I understand that getting into rehab is hard (after all I know someone that tried but didnt get in till she ended up in the hospital) and then Teresa went on and on and on blabbling drunken words...when finally my bus came. WIN

What got to me is it took her to relapse before she saw she needed help. For those of you that didnt know where my original screen name (sober drunkenness but spelled differently) came from, its from that. It was originally drunken sober but apparently at the time someone had that ID on Yahoo. Anyway it came from people like Teresa. People that become intoxicated but finally figure out what they need to do all along. Its almost like theyre blinded while sober and fail to see things how they are but see what a mess they have become once they are intoxicated again (which usually helps them stop) and thus, having drank themselves sober.

so now ya know.

Anyway while on the bus, Thim calls and says we besta hit up the library for some junk.

Just as a not-so-side note, I figured out our problem.

So we were on our way to Arcade library (which I thought was Del Paso) to drop off books. That was cleared up and I now know that one as Arcade (or Arden Arcade) library.

Now Thim called Hagginwood, Del Paso, but is for sure not Del Paso. Hagginwood (also known as North Sacramento) is on Del Paso Ave but Del Paso library is on Grand Ave. Its the whole Sacramento being theoretically correct.

ANYWAYS

Thim, Alyssa, and I went to Hagginwood library (on Del Paso Ave) to go to an anti valentines day party (or something like that) lol. It wasnt big. It pretty much consisted of me, Thim, Alyssa, a gal that worked there, and a guy named Daniel. We played brawl and did Bingo where everyone won but Alyssa which was lame on her part. Then we had a piñata that was shaped like a heart. I was oldest so I struck first...however I hit it hard enough to destroy it in one hit. LAME.

Then I went home where I ate a crap load of junk food. Man I really need to cut back. But, I was hungry and it was the first thing I saw unfortunately.

And so now it brings us to Friday (today yay I guess maybe) and me being at grandmas. Well I was sleepy and wanted a blanket but when I went to open the door, the knob just kept turning. WTF I was locked in!!! I tried a number of things. Finally I found an old safety pin which had a mickey mouse head (most of the ink used to create the head rubbed off from it being from the 90s...yup) and opened it up to help prop the door opened

FREEDOM

but now Im not even tired anymore...how lame.

And my newest addition which JUST happened, the discovery of the most ironic computer name since windows.

Freedom.

From the website, Freedom is an application that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create.

...what...

as far as the windows bit...I meant their whole saying "windows, life without walls" but how can you have windows without walls? I mean without walls you just have glass.

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AUSTRALIA DAY

THE MIDWEEK SPECIAL

Yep, Wednesday the 26th January and the whole country celebrated like you wouldnt believe. For some reason, everyone seemed to have been ignited with the Aussie passion this year and the celebrations went on for a very longggggg time. But now alas its time to simmer down a bit and put the old bridle on, take the bit between my teeth and.....:

From the Philippines Information Authority come a fisy tail:
LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Quezon led the launching of the pangasius on January 14 at the Lucena City Public Market and at the SM Lucena.
Marcelina Alcantara, provincial director of DTI - Quezon, said that the pangasius is launched at the Lucena Public Market so that people would know the fish is now available in public markets.
Due to its good potentials, the DTI promotes pangasius raising as profitable business for entrepreneurs and a source of livelihood for farmers...

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From YAHOO ANSWERS:Has anyone here had any experience with aquaponics? Does it really work as well as they say?

I heard that the fish produce alot of ammonia in their excrement over time- do the plants clean this up? I just saw a video about it on Youtube, and I thought it looked really neat. So.........opinions? 

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Sweet Water Aquaponics Workshop
By slywoman,
Sweet Water Organics

I’m sitting in the Milwaukee airport listening to the sounds of the Packers / Bears football game behind me, punctuated by the occasional whoops and cheers from the airport crowd.  I’m heading home from the Aquaponics conference at Sweet Water Organics where I’ve been soaking up all manner of aquaponics over the past three days.

 So I think Ill leave it on a very high note with Sylvias Blog... I sure am hoping Im still meeting your expectations here.
Until Next Time
All the best
A U S S I E

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