So yesterday was Friday and usually we don't do much on Fridays because we're tired from the week. I had class until 2 and then Ryan and I went to Megamaxi to look for some more herbs for our little garden and pick up a few things. Then I had a FABULOUS skype date with my dear friend Jenna! (Jen, It was soo great to talk with you!) Anyways, when I got home Ryan and Chuki went downstairs to play (read - I needed time in the apartment to myself!) I got the whole place picked up, and was just starting to clean the kitchen when our friend Sebas called!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Gardening
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
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
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
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Chicago Marathon
I would just like to publicly say, to all of my friends and all of the participants, CONGRATULATIONS on running the 2010 Chicago Marathon! 26.2 baby, 26.2!
No, but seriously, the Chicago Marathon is such an inspiring event, for runners and non-runners a like. If you live in the greater Chicago-land area and you haven't been, mark your calendars because you need to get there!
No, but seriously, the Chicago Marathon is such an inspiring event, for runners and non-runners a like. If you live in the greater Chicago-land area and you haven't been, mark your calendars because you need to get there!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Rose Cottage - 4 Stars
We haven't even started to review hotels and restaurants like we originally planned on, so I thought today would be a great day to begin.
Rose Cottage - Otavalo, Ecuador - 4 Stars
The Rose Cottage is an amazing hosteria outside of Otavalo, Ecuador. The best thing about this hosteria is the location.
Rose Cottage - Otavalo, Ecuador - 4 Stars
The Rose Cottage is an amazing hosteria outside of Otavalo, Ecuador. The best thing about this hosteria is the location.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
A Special Day
Today we're celebrating a holiday here. It's called LFC Homecoming. Actually, we aren't celebrating, but I really wish we were.
Just a little shout out to all my friends at LFC that have probably already consumed too many beers and too many burgers. Remember - the pig roast may taste good now, but it won't settle quite right. Also, cough syrup and beer is not a good combination.
Who knows maybe you can take photos with the class of '79 again, make it some sort of tradition.
Most of all, miss you all and miss this glorious day of celebrating! Hopefully it's a little warmer this year!
MULUB,
Taylor
Just a little shout out to all my friends at LFC that have probably already consumed too many beers and too many burgers. Remember - the pig roast may taste good now, but it won't settle quite right. Also, cough syrup and beer is not a good combination.
Who knows maybe you can take photos with the class of '79 again, make it some sort of tradition.
Most of all, miss you all and miss this glorious day of celebrating! Hopefully it's a little warmer this year!
MULUB,
Taylor
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Problems with our Compost
A while ago (think: August) we started a compost and it's still not ready to use as fertilizer. I think we have a problem but we're composting newbies so I don't really know what to do, how to fix it, if I should even worry.
Here's the situation:
We followed the directions online at this website to make a hot box compost. We don't have a yard, so we needed something that we could contain. The reason we decided to compost is because we have a pretty good sized flower bed outside of our windows that we would like to grow herbs and maybe tomatoes in. When we moved in, the flower box was disgusting but we fixed it up in August and we're just waiting to add our nutrient rich and organic fertilizer to the soil.
Use your imagination a little with this one. Here the 'composts' are under the sink instead of on the patio. Also, in this photo only the white bin is compost material and the blue bin is garbage. Now they're both compost. (Don't worry we got another bin for garbage.)
What we have is two small garbage cans sitting on the end of our deck that have decreased in volume by about half but still haven't fully decomposed. We've tried a couple of things based on what I've read online. We mixed it all up a couple of times, although it's hard for us to get to the bottom with our hand shovel. We've also watered it a bit (it dries out very quickly in the sun). Other than that... I'm at a loss. I really, really don't want someone to say just start over, but if that's what we have to do, then that's what we have to do.
Any of you out there that have composted before, have the slightest idea of what we would need to do or not do for that matter... we would greatly appreciate your help. Either leave a comment (anyone can now) or email me at taylor.bogdan@gmail.com.
MULUB,
Taylor
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