SCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglSCHWOIT - Gardening and Geekdom in the Urban JunglFocussed coverage on gardening, particularly fruit and vegetables, in an urban environment by a novice, but committed, gardening family. With an impending move we are working within the constraints of pots and tubs for mobility. Plant choice and tech Articles
Drip Spikes Mark 2
2008-02-22 00:29:00 Well I have mixed feelings about the drip spikes now. Seems they get clogged very easily with the normal grit in the pots and this prevents the water from being applied to the plants. I am going to persist with them as I feel that when they work they work well. However, ... More About: Rich , Mark , Drip
Another Tech Drama
2008-02-21 03:32:00 Well just as I got the ISP and hosting sorted my Mac decided to throw a spanner my way. The MagSafe power connector has carked it. For those of you not aware of a MagSafe connector it is a great idea with magnets used to hold the power cable in place, instead of ... More About: Windows , Power , Apple , Drama
BlackJack Zucchini Update
2008-02-18 22:42:00 Well I thought it is time to give you all an update on how the latest BlackJack Zucchini ’s are progressing. As many of you would recall this plant is my nemesis and I at one stage swore not to grow any more. Needless to say I buckled and bought some hardy looking seedlings ... More About: Gardening , Update , Blackjack , Herb
Drip Spikes
2008-02-15 10:29:00 Well before the move I was given about 12 drip spikes to trial in the garden. As luck would have it it then rained for a week, and then I had all the technology failures below to deal with. Anyway yesterday I finally deployed the spikes using some of the collected rain water. The ... More About: Gardening , Drip
A New Host
2008-02-12 07:02:00 Over the last week my former host has basically driven the majority of their clients away due to a whole service failure. My sites were, and some still are, affected. As a result my sites are on the move. SCHWOIT was the first restored and socko’s spot will be second. The ... More About: Host
Foxtel - Another Bunch Of Fools
2008-02-11 04:54:00 During our move we cancelled Foxtel. At the time we were informed that a courier would be sent to our new address to collect the equipment. However, they failed to attend. A call back was placed and a new courier was to be sent. However, today I received a letter basically demanding the decoder and ...
Dramas With My Web Host
2008-02-11 03:44:00 Well many of you will have seen that my site was AWOL across the weekend. This was due to a major screw up at my web host that saw all its clients off line. As such I am now looking for a new web host. I apologise to all my regular readers and will be ... More About: Host , Dramas
I Am Back Online ? Finally
2008-02-10 03:00:00 Well after a very frustrating week since the move I am back on line. Basically my ISP screwed the pooch and it took them a full week to resolve their screw up. The situation came about from me having a second ADSL account opened up for the new premises. Once I relocated on the Thursday ... More About: Geek , Online , Back , Finally
My Entrecard Strategy
2008-01-27 20:30:00 Given the recent discussions around the validity of the Entrecard traffic I thought I would share my thoughts on the matter, and going beyond that, the strategies I have employed to make Entrecard work for my humble little gardening site. Basically, I am seeing large numbers of traffic coming via Entrecard and a number ... More About: Strategy , Geek
Moving and Entrecard
2008-01-27 01:32:00 Well we are into our third day moving and I am feeling it. My legs are slowly turning to jelly and I am sore all over. I still have another 2 days of this in mass move mode. Then probably a week running the small stuff down to the coast and cleaning ... More About: Moving , Geek
Change All Around
2008-01-24 13:54:00 Well all of you will have seen my A Change Is As Good As A Holiday post around our moving from Sydney to Wollongong. Today that started in a big way with us taking possession of the keys. We have also dropped of a load of our belongings. After seeing the house ... More About: General , Geek
Up All Night ? The Strange Things You Consider
2008-01-22 18:14:00 Well I have been up all night due to managing a work issue. I will be heading into the orrifice a little later to swap some hardware, however will be home and to bed very soon there after. As a result I doubt I will be blogging today, atleast not about anything too ... More About: Night , Strange , Things
Theres Not Enough Holes in the Bucket, Dear Henry, Dear Henry
2008-01-22 13:36:00 I am not going to bore you with a song for children, nor will I throw in the odd “Dear Liza” or “Dear Henry ”, but I will tell you about the impending disaster in the garden. As I have mentioned in recent posts it has been rather wet in Sydney. The garden initially ... More About: Gardening , Holes , Herb
A Good Solid Start
2008-01-21 14:10:00 Today I finally braved the scales to weigh myself after the first week of the Go Smell the Flowers Weight Loss contest that has kick started my road to a healthier weight. I was expecting some loss, although I am sure I have gained some muscle mass. However, significant lifestyle changes have been ... More About: Start , Good , Solid
Another Attempt
2008-01-20 12:06:00 Well today I found a number of very healthy looking Blackjack Zucchini seedlings. My head said walk away you know that is your nemesis plant. However, my heart said you can grow these. So I now have another lot of Blackjack Zucchini to try my hand at. I have decided that ... More About: Gardening , Herb
Preparing for the Move
2008-01-19 11:24:00 This week and weekend has been very wet in Sydney. It is basically miserable and is preventing me from doing a number of things, including gardening. As a result there has been a devout lack of gardening posts on the site of late. Today is no different in terms of the weather ... More About: Gardening , Move , Herb , Prep
I Won An Award
2008-01-18 08:30:00 Commenting on others blogs is a good way to participate in the blogosphere. Most of the time you get some return traffic from an often thankful fellow blogger. Recently though I participated in a discussion at Space of Reality around whether or not there is a valid reason for white lies. Today I was ... More About: Geek , Award
How I Managed To Get Traffic
2008-01-18 00:30:00 Recently my little blog that was incredibly poorly trafficked and lurked in the mid 5 millions for internet reach in Alexa has made a large jump through the charts. At the time of writing this post it was at 496, 274 and improving steadily as shown by the graph available here. Now without ... More About: Traffic , Geek
A Change is as Good as a Holiday
2008-01-17 13:34:00 Today we got the news that our application to move to the Illawarra has been accepted. It is in a relatively new suburb called Flinders and is very close to Shell Cove. Being a new area the house is exceptionally new and has very few, if any flaws. Personally I am yet ... More About: Holiday , Change , Good
Favourite 5 Meme
2008-01-16 13:33:00 Jayne from Our Great Southern Land has tagged me with a meme. Now I will first say I generally do not participate in these things, but that is probably because I have never had one thrown at me. So I shall give this a go. This meme?s rules are; 1. Post ... More About: Meme
Wollongong Here We Come
2008-01-14 15:08:00 Today marks the day that we have finally looked for accommodation in Wollongong. We have decided to make the move to Wollongong for a number of reasons. Primarily we are looking for a bigger house, but at an affordable price. Thus moving to another part of Sydney was not going to cut it. ...
Mulching Day
2008-01-13 14:48:00 As I have mentioned previously mulching has been a weak point in my gardening quests. This became very apparent when I read Mulching Day over at Urban Cultivation very early on in my gardening quest. Lee talked about the many benefits of mulching and chose to use store bought sugar cane mulch. ... More About: Gardening
The End of an Era
2008-01-12 16:38:00 The #Peers.20s room on the Induced IRC network closed recently. This was a great room that was frequented by many for a number of years. The room was a foundation room that followed the split away from the Telstra Big Pond IRC server after some controversial decisions were made some years back. ... More About: Geek
Damping Off Is An Issue
2008-01-12 08:53:00 Well after losing the most recent Blackjack Zuccini seedlings I have been doing some research and believe that they may be suffering from damping off. Damping off is a fungal disease that attacks plants at any stage of life, however it is as a seedling that the worst effects can be seen. As ... More About: Gardening , Herb , Issue
Weighing In
2008-01-12 05:12:00 Well today is the weigh in day for the Go Smell the Flowers weight loss contest I mentioned in my earlier post entitled Goodbye Store Bought Pizza It Is Time To Get Fit. So I stripped down and looked like a beached whale. I jumped on the scales and waited for the reading. ...
All I Needed Was Garden Stakes
2008-01-10 13:46:00 Yesterday I needed some garden stakes to assist my now bushing beefsteak tomato. It has stopped rocketing skyward and is now going sideways. One of the longer branches was as such in need of staking. So rather than trapes to the the big kids toy shop we opted for Mitre 10. ... More About: Garden , Gardening , Herb , Garde , Stakes
Goodbye Store Bought Pizza it is Time to Get Fit
2008-01-09 14:41:00 Well every year I seem to get this idea into my head to get fit. Last year I did manage to end the year in slightly better shape than at the start, but I am still far from fit. This year I am now determined to achieve the final frontier. As a ... More About: Pizza , Time , Store , Goodbye
Thanks Matts Nutts
2008-01-09 14:03:00 Recently I entered a competition run over at Matts Nutts for 1000 Entrecard credits. The competition was judged on the best joke submitted. I found a corker, it is: Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really pissed. She told him ?Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in ... More About: Geek
Maggot Wars: Return of the Worm
2008-01-08 15:19:00 I have checked the worm farm today and was greeted by a magnificent site. Worm s wonderful worms everywhere. The little buggers have bred prolifically and have a large food reserve to chomp through. There was still the unmistakable aroma of maggots. However, on inspection I removed the milk soaked bread. The bread ... More About: Wars , Gardening , Return , Return of the
A Tale of Woe
More articles from this author:2008-01-08 04:15:00 Copyright © 2008 ShadowKnight. Visit the original article A Tale of Woe at http://schwoit.com/2008/01/08/a-tale-of-w oe/.As I have written numerous times I like the taste of zucchini. In fact on Saturday I cooked a rather safe beef stir fry that had an entire home grown Lebanese zucchini sliced up and quartered. However, this article is ... More About: Gardening , Herb 1, 2, 3 |
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