So we've been working on the compost for months now in order to get our soil in our flower box nice and healthy. But today the beloved compost went down the garbage shoot. We decided to start over! Hopefully we'll have better luck this time around. We broke down and bought some organic soil in a bag, I'm not quite sure what the name for it is.
We need your help, LIKE NOW! Our flower box is weeded and watered. We've put the 'organic soil in a bag' in and mixed it all around. But then what? See, we've never done this before.
We bought 2 basil plants, 1 thyme plant, and an oregano plant. Plus we bought 6 little daisy-like plants. But what do we do with them? How far down do we have to plant them? How far apart do we have to put them? Will they multiply? Or should we have bought 100 basil plants?
This is just the start of our little garden but we wanted to make sure everything doesn't die before we add more. So with that said, we could use your advice! How do you make your garden grow?
We'll take comments, emails, facebook messages but whatever you do to not kill your garden, we want to know!
MULUB,
Taylor
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The Whole World Rejoices for the Chilean Miners
We've just been a hot bed for news down here in South America lately. First, with the coup attempt, if that's what were still calling it, here in Ecuador and now with the rescue of the miners trapped in Chile. At least, one of the events isn't making a mockery of the continent!
Here's a brief recap of what happened:
On August 5 a mine in in San Jose, Chile collapsed with 33 men still 700 meters underground. They've went without any communication with the outside world for nearly 2.5 weeks and they made their food rations last that whole time. Finally, they received extra food, water, a video camera and even cigarettes while the rest of the world tried to figure out how to get them out of the mine. The major risk was that more rocks would collapse the tunnel even further, crushing the men trapped inside. The men assigned tasks to each other and remained relatively positive. They were able to talk with their families and they made videos of their life underground.
Yesterday the Chilean government began extracting the men through a small man-sized hole in a contraption that looks like a rocket. Families, spectators, and mobs of media have all camped outside of the mine. Although, the government has taken extra precautions to protect the men's privacy.
Finally the media has something JOYFUL to report about this beautiful continent!
Check out these articles for more info: this one, this one, and this one!
MULUB,
Taylor
Here's a brief recap of what happened:
On August 5 a mine in in San Jose, Chile collapsed with 33 men still 700 meters underground. They've went without any communication with the outside world for nearly 2.5 weeks and they made their food rations last that whole time. Finally, they received extra food, water, a video camera and even cigarettes while the rest of the world tried to figure out how to get them out of the mine. The major risk was that more rocks would collapse the tunnel even further, crushing the men trapped inside. The men assigned tasks to each other and remained relatively positive. They were able to talk with their families and they made videos of their life underground.
Yesterday the Chilean government began extracting the men through a small man-sized hole in a contraption that looks like a rocket. Families, spectators, and mobs of media have all camped outside of the mine. Although, the government has taken extra precautions to protect the men's privacy.
Finally the media has something JOYFUL to report about this beautiful continent!
Check out these articles for more info: this one, this one, and this one!
MULUB,
Taylor
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