Sedum Matrona in Winter

Note that the Sedum keeps putting up shoots!

Also

If you're suffering from a cold, and so you skip a night of class, one of the benefits is that you get to see 24.

Seed Choices for this Spring

It's the end of January, and you know what that means.

Yep.

Seed catalog porn.

They try to excite you with huge blooms and wild colors, all the time claiming it'll be ridiculously easy to grow.

I just sent off $15 dollars to Burpee.

I'm going to try the Zowie Zinnia. They claim it's easy for beginners. I'm a beginner. So it should be right up my alley. Currently, I think I'll try having the plants grow around the Sedum assuming, as seems likely at this point, that the Sedum I planted last year will continue will come back in the middle of my large pot. If I plan it right, I'll get the Zinnias to bloom first, forming a ring around the outside of the pot, and then as fall approaches the Sedum will prepare to bloom again in the middle of the pot.

Before the spring, I'll need to dump some more soil in the big pot. The soil that's in there now has settled over the winter.

Also, I'm going to give another whirl at growing nasturtiums. My hope is that the soil in my front window box is depleted enough from growing the beets (I didn't put any fertilizer in the soil) that it'll support proper blooming. Nasturtiums, unlike some other flowers, have the best blooms in nutrient poor soil.

Photo of a basil getting ready to bolt

If supported, I think the basil plant (on the left) would be about 18 inches tall. I suspect it's flopping right because of the weight of the leaves and because the center of the window gets the most light. It has also started trying to encroach on the space for the beet plant, on the right.

After taking the picture, I clipped off some of the leaves, and cleaned up the debris. In addition, I pushed the two pots farther apart to give the beet a little more room.

Although I don't have a picture of it at the moment, the large pot outside with the Sedum in it is still surprising me. The Sedum just don't want to call it quits, despite the cold overnight temperature's Philadelphia's had. I'm not sure if the Sedum will stick around until springtime, but I have to admit that would be a pretty neat trick for an annual.

Grades Came In

Whoo-hoo!

Three B+'s, and a single C.

The C?

Professional Responsibility.

But C means I pass!

I'm currently just one hour shy of meeting minimum graduation requirements, so I just need to pass one class this semester and I get my JD.

(For those keeping track, the other classes were Comparative Law (Paper), International Law, and Evidence.)

Back at School!

It's the last semester of (what may be) school ever! But for now, I've got to worry about passing at least one of Antitrust, Securities Regulation, or Criminal Procedure I.

Oh, and the bar (in July).

Happy Birthday Todd

Happy Birthday Todd!

He's my little brother who is a junior at Auburn University. I am exceedingly proud of him.

Happy New Years

Woo-hoo 2006!