August 23rd, 2010

Setting up for the Big Show
The Bees and the Tree sounds like it could be the title of a children’s book. However, it’s just another entry in the growing list of mini-dramas since moving to the new house last year. It all started way back in aught-nine…
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July 24th, 2010
The spring harvest season has come and gone at the Moon family gardens, Southern division. Due to a little diligence and a little luck (multiple inches of rain in June and July in Austin??), we managed to have a decent bounty from the garden.

Garden in Progress
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July 12th, 2010
So, I’ve gone and signed up for another Ironman™ race, my first race on foreign soil – Ironman Cozumel. I’m not going to write much, if anything, about the training because it’s as boring to write as it is to read.
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Tags: Cozumel, Ironman, Training, triathlon
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April 22nd, 2010
As promised some new photos from the garden… These are from a few minutes ago, so this is how it looks now!
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April 21st, 2010
Garden update from April 4th – a bit late in coming, the next one will be quicker.
We had a cold night or two (almost freezing, but not quite) that browned quite a few of the lemon basil leaves, but the tomato plants seem to be doing quite well. The poor pepper plant seems stuck at nearly the same size as when we planted it.
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