Daughter and I went for a walk around two of the open spaces near the house today. Not too much to see yet. Ground are tilled but not plowed yet. Still too cold fr most planting but that will change this next week or two. Still a nice walk.
While at one of the open spaces, we found a fairly odd rock. I'm suspecting it is meteoric in nature. It has holes like volcanic rock but is much smoother and very heavy. My first guess is that the main component is iron. The entire description would fit with being part of a meteor. We brought it home. I'm going to clean it up, take pictures and send them to UNM Geology Department, see what they think. If they agree, I'll tell them where we got it from so they can investigate further. There were several other rocks of decent size which were very similar. If our suspicions prove correct, I hope to someday see a plaque in the natural history museum with our names on it. It would also be cool to have a piece of a meteor sitting in the living room.
There is also an odd thing about the immediate area. The reason my daughter loves that spot so much is that there are thousands of shells along the walkways. Fresh water mollusk shells. While there are fresh water mollusks in lots of places along the river and aqueducts, they are not in such great concentration. Could be due to the agricultural activity in the area but one thing remains true. To build shells, mollusks need calcium which is not in rich supply in this area.
Ordered the part for the car today. Should be in tomorrow. Hoping I can install it in just one evening. Try and get it done tomorrow. Much warmer tomorrow, then drops about 10 degrees. I don't mind garden work when it's cool but it feels a lot colder when you're lying on the ground.
After dropping daughter off, tilled more of the main south garden. Only a little left to go for both north and south main gardens. Even if the ground is hard, it gets darker every year when moist. When walking around the open spaces today, I noted the clay soil is still a challenge for even plots which have been farmed for over 100 years. My soil actually looks better than their soil does. So I must be doing something right.
Some seedlings have been in a window, so they shouldn't need to be hardened off. Others I need to start hardening off this week so I can get them in the ground in a week or two.
Dragged the wood chipper into the front yard and rand the larger sunflower stalks through it today. Now I just have to burn the weeds and old remaining sunflower stumps after I get irrigation running to the front yard. Can't plant until then or it will be mostly a weed patch.
While at one of the open spaces, we found a fairly odd rock. I'm suspecting it is meteoric in nature. It has holes like volcanic rock but is much smoother and very heavy. My first guess is that the main component is iron. The entire description would fit with being part of a meteor. We brought it home. I'm going to clean it up, take pictures and send them to UNM Geology Department, see what they think. If they agree, I'll tell them where we got it from so they can investigate further. There were several other rocks of decent size which were very similar. If our suspicions prove correct, I hope to someday see a plaque in the natural history museum with our names on it. It would also be cool to have a piece of a meteor sitting in the living room.
There is also an odd thing about the immediate area. The reason my daughter loves that spot so much is that there are thousands of shells along the walkways. Fresh water mollusk shells. While there are fresh water mollusks in lots of places along the river and aqueducts, they are not in such great concentration. Could be due to the agricultural activity in the area but one thing remains true. To build shells, mollusks need calcium which is not in rich supply in this area.
Ordered the part for the car today. Should be in tomorrow. Hoping I can install it in just one evening. Try and get it done tomorrow. Much warmer tomorrow, then drops about 10 degrees. I don't mind garden work when it's cool but it feels a lot colder when you're lying on the ground.
After dropping daughter off, tilled more of the main south garden. Only a little left to go for both north and south main gardens. Even if the ground is hard, it gets darker every year when moist. When walking around the open spaces today, I noted the clay soil is still a challenge for even plots which have been farmed for over 100 years. My soil actually looks better than their soil does. So I must be doing something right.
Some seedlings have been in a window, so they shouldn't need to be hardened off. Others I need to start hardening off this week so I can get them in the ground in a week or two.
Dragged the wood chipper into the front yard and rand the larger sunflower stalks through it today. Now I just have to burn the weeds and old remaining sunflower stumps after I get irrigation running to the front yard. Can't plant until then or it will be mostly a weed patch.
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