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  • Currently showing!

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    I am pleased to say a few of my photos are currently showing at faculty and staff show at Los Medanos College through the end of the month. There will be another show after that is open to all on October 8 (submissions need to be in no later 10/4) on you relating to earth…

  • Here a pepper, there a pepper…

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    It’s that time when all the Summer fruit is in abundance. Now what the heck do you do with it all? There are only so many ways to stuff a pepper before they all start to taste the same. When trying to figure out what to do with my peppers I happened across the Pacific…

  • What the font?

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    Have to share this cool little browser button that identifies what fonts are being used on a web page. Not only does it show the name of the font but also the size and weight of the font.   Get it from the website fount.artequalswork  

  • Powdery mildew solution

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    I was sooo excited about my big swan neck gourds that were developing only to be let down by the  sudden appearance of fluffy ugly white patches on the bottom leaves of my plant. It’s right now in the heart of a hot August in dry California – it’s just a given that my plants…

  • Will you vote for me?

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    I entered into the Russian Standard Vodka Incredible pursuit for a chance to win $10,000 and several mentor sessions on my project. Along with my mother and I we have developed a way of gardening that requires very little work when set up and done in such a way that disabled or elderly people will…

  • Double duty bokashi composting

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    I have share a little garden update success. I’ve been doing bokashi composting (rapid composting) for a little while now and developed a routine that I thought I would share. Bokashi is a method of composting that is basically fermenting kitchen waste with a mixture called EM-1 and then burying it in the ground to…

  • Magnify an image

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    I ran across this jquery plugin to magnify an image. I needed to put a map on a page that I felt was a little small for the detail it had. This plugin allows the mouse over to actually load a larger image in place of it without destroying your layout. [button link=”http://www.losmedanos.edu/construction/pathways.asp” newwindow=”yes”] Demo[/button]…