Quake Results In Bonanza Of Groundwater

The big Napa County quake of a few weeks ago has tapped underground water, which is much needed.

http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Surprise-bonanza-since-Napa-quake-dry-creeks-now-5739098.php

Sunday Gardening

I harvested two final yellow squash, and then ripped out the plants. They were suffering because of bugs, and my treatments were enough to keep them alive, but they were not thriving. There are huge commercial fields of the stuff all around the homestead, and I can't control the untold billions of bugs that swarm around. Curiously enough, the Butternut squash, which is different species, is not host to the bugs, and actually I like Butternut squash better.

I went through something similar with the eggplant, but I killed the pests and the eggplant is flowering again profusely. It might be too late in the season for more fruit to develop, but here I'll take a success. I'll have one final harvest of eggplant this year, and I may leave the biggest fruit to go to seed for next year.

I'm on the fence about saving seed, because sometimes my seed is not viable and that screws up my growing schedule. I'm thinking about buying new, commercial seed every year, and modern hybrid seed, not heirloom.

Dogs And Old Computer Hardware

Late this afternoon, I'm going to take both dogs to a vaccination clinic. Halo gets really nervous and fearful with veterinarians, so I hope it all goes well.*

Halo has a game with food that he thinks is hilarious. He leaves a few nuggets in his bowl and asks for more. I ceremoniously check his bowl and carefully ponder the situation, and explain that he has food. He loves this and smiles and laughs, but eventually eats it up, and then I really do give him more.

I'm sorting through obsolete computer hardware, and am going to recycle almost everything. I have enough to build a desktop that would run Linux, but I don't need one. This hardware was crazy expensive at one time, but now it's junk. One way I know I'm not a hoarder is that I will get rid of it. Parts have come in handy, but it's all so obsolete now, that it's time to recycle.
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Halo didn't like his muzzle, and was squirmy and nervous, but I laid on top of him and kept him down, and he got three shots. I realized The vet over vaccinated when I reviewed the shots they gave him. Assholes will risk you dog's health to make a few extra dollars. He got puppy shots that adult dogs are not supposed to get and also a few really marginal, almost useless vaccines. I'll never go there again.