if I eat all of this, I may become a human bean... and tiny earthquake note

Today's harvest

Here you mostly see tomatoes,

but there are so many green beans 'neath,

my arm was getting tired from cradling it all.

Harvest plated. Note green bean spillover.

Reminds me of my favorite book,

Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner.

Above, we see the angle of repose for pole beans.

=)

Also, a FEW cherry peppers are on the left, 1st pick.

And one cherry tomato got smushed a bit on my shirt.

Had to eat that one right away.

I am no slacker when it comes to cherry tomato clean up. 

=)

Record keeping

So, do you weigh your harvest?

I have, but I'm super not consistent,

and the only place I record it is here.

How much of your gardening do you track?

How do you think you've benefitted from it?

Is there anything useful you would not have learned had you not?

Please share in the comments.

I mostly just track what I planted so I rotate my crops properly.

Earthquake

And, for those of you on the east coast,

who experienced the 5.9 earthquake today,

I hope you and yours are well.

Personally, I think earthquakes would be MUCH more fun

if you could know ahead of time all will be well,

so just have fun with it.

I do remember when I was 14, running outside during an earthquake

so I could feel our sidewalk move.

Thought it'd be cool.

It was.

=) 

xoxobb

Lots of videos of 8.9 quake in Japan...

 
in the Lede blog in the New York Times. Includes an aerial shot of a big whirlpool that appeared... Yikes.

Just one of many:



This video is also informative, an MSNBC interview of USGS geologist while showing footage, and she (geologist) talks about effects of where the tide is (low, high, etc.) and how that influences the impact of initial tsunami and any subsequent waves...

West coast and Alaska tsunami warning center has issued a warning for central and northern California coast and Oregon, but they don't expect damage, according to the LA Times. Here's a list of when it's expected to hit different areas.

First alerted to this by geologist friend who posted this USGS alert on facebook. The headline says 7.9 but read it and it's an 8.9. Lots of useful information here, including what time it was when it occurred, translated into many different time zones so you can get temporally oriented.

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