Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Reading Round Up: Sugar Battery Edition


Free Vegetable Seeds

New ChocoChicken Restaurant to Specialize in Chocolate Deep-Fried Chicken

Creating Tastier and Healthier Fruits and Veggies with a Modern Alternative to GMOs

Sugar batteries could be greener, cheaper and store more energy than lithium-ions

The Standard American Diet in 3 Simple Charts

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Reading Round Up: Rhubarb Battery Edition


Free Rooftop Vegetable Seed Giveaway

How A New Rhubarb-Based Battery Could Massively Increase Renewable Energy Use

NYC mayor's "pizzagate" could mean real dough for charity

What's in Those Haribo Gummy Bears?: The science of lycasin, destroyer of worlds, intestines

Where In The World Is The Best Place For Healthy Eating?

Maple Syrup Revolution: A New Discovery Could Change the Business Forever

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Reading Round Up: Meat Atlas Edition


Happy New Year Everyone! I'm finally back in the groove of things so reading round ups will resume.

Free Vegetable Seed Giveaway

This Woman Just Set The Record For Fastest Time Eating An Entire 72 Oz. Steak

Big Beef


Scientists Create Candy That Doesn’t Cause Cavities

Meat atlas shows Latin America has become a soybean empire

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Total Vegetable Harvest 2014


June 5: 0.625 ounces
June 12: 2.75 ounces
July 10: 4.0 ounces
July 17: 11.125 ounces
July 24: 3 pounds, 5.5 ounces
July 31: 4 pounds, 6.625 ounces
August 7: 9 pounds, 4.0 ounces
August 14: 17 pounds, 0.375 ounces
August 21: 3 pounds, 12.5 ounces
September 4: 4 pounds, 15.125 ounces
September 11: 2 pounds, 6.0 ounces
September 18: 3 pounds, 9.25 ounces
September 25: 3 pounds, 10.5 ounces
October 2: 1 pound, 3.125 ounces
October 16: 2 pounds, 3.875 ounces
November 20: 1 pound, 11.25 ounces

Cherry Tomato (Sunsugar F1): 2 pounds, 13.0 ounces

Eggplant (Orient Express F1): 6 pounds, 0.825 ounces

Melon (Lil Keeper F1): 9 pounds, 2.375 ounces

Pepper (Giant Aconcagua): 10 pounds, 4.25 ounces

Pepper (Orange Blaze F1): 5 pounds, 2.75 ounces

Potato (Yukon Gold): 1 pound, 8.25 ounces

Strawberry (Ozark Beauty): 3.375 ounces

Tomato (Beaverlodge): 8 pounds, 10.0 ounces

Tomato (Bush Goliath): 1 pound, 12.0 ounces

Tomato (Pink Berkeley Tye Dye): 3 pounds, 12.5 ounces

Watermelon (Little Baby Flower F1): 10 pounds, 6.25 ounces

Total Vegetable Harvest 2014: 59 pounds, 11.575 ounces

Total Vegetable Harvest 2013: 56 pounds, 13.75 ounces
Total Vegetable Harvest 2012: 32 pounds, 14.42 ounces
Total Vegetable Harvest 2011: 53 pounds, 11 ounces
Total Vegetable Harvest 2010: 63 pounds, 11.5 ounces
Total Vegetable Harvest 2009: 57 pounds, 5.9 ounces

Total Money Spent 2014


Seeds: $51.18

Fertilizer (1 bottle liquid, 3 bags granular): $42.80

Reed fence: $26.10

18 gallon totes, 16 units: $79.64

Spray paint for plastic, 8 cans: $45.25

Misc (rubber replacement garden hose washers, nitrile garden gloves and all weather duct tape): $19.97

Flower Seeds, Seed Starting Soil and Jiffy Pots: $20.91

Total Money Spent 2014: $285.85

Total Money Spent 2013: $212.96
Total Money Spent 2012: $190.88
Total Money Spent 2011: $300.54
Total Money Spent 2010: $152.41
Total Money Spent 2009: $201.90