Huh. OK, so Portland Music Co. seems to have nothing in hollowbodied bases. Apple Music Row carries Epiphones, including the viol-bass, starting at $399, but I’m damned uncomfortable in there, being closely scrutinized by the salesdude as though I were gonna walk out with it under my coat. Too self-conscious, perhaps, but still, it harshes [...]
So far the Höfner 500/1 knock-off is still the front-runner, but in part that’s because I’ve had a hell of a time finding any other comparably-priced hollow bodied basses to play with. $1,300 Gretsches aren’t under consideration. The Rogue VB100, ordered from Musician’s Friend, is still the best deal I’ve found, at $230, but if [...]
Some years ago — some many years ago — I played bass. Upright. Classical. That was in high school. My college, being rather small, didn’t have much of a music program, and I was inclined to other pursuits at the time, so it went no further. And yet, the bass has followed me. [...]
I assaulted the westerly laurel hedge today, trimming back a foot or more of growth that was eating into our living and growing space, overshadowing flowerbeds and effectively reducing the size of the patio. Shouldn’t have let it get so overgrown, but last year the folks on t’other side seriously pruned it back (to bare [...]
In addition to the beans and spinach, today also saw the planting of some Russian Banana fingerling potatoes. Buffalo Gardens had some wrinkly seed potatoes on sale when we were in to acquire jute twine for the stringing of the bean trellis. As the half barrel had previously been emptied of its Jerusalem artichokes, it [...]
You know that your better-half is a graphic designer when, in contemplating the size of your front flowerbeds, she says “Right now it’s like we have a one-pixel border around a really large box.”
Duly diligent, I amended half of the beds and planted some cooler weather veg yesterday. About 20 lettuce starts, a block of spinach, and an equally sizable block of Swiss chard. Chives and a lemon cucumber, too, though it may be a bit early for the cuke. I had a spur of the moment urge [...]
I’ve not been paying much attention to the apple trees recently, but have just come in from giving them the once-over and am saddened to report that the Hudson’s Golden Gem has dropped almost all of its fruit. I made a point of thinning it to a reasonable fruit density for a tree of its [...]
All of the green beans appear to have germinated healthily, which is good. Still haven’t planted another row, however, nor have I gotten around to constructing a structure for them yet. Perhaps, since the Fasolds have proven themselves, I’ll try my luck with some other, older beans.
Digging through the box, it looks like [...]
Finally managed to get more planted for the summer… June 12th is distressingly late, but it’s been chilly recently, so I reassure myself that I’ve not really lost that much time to lethargy. New today:
16 Fasold pole beans
8 Genovese basil
1 Globe basil
1 “Romanian Ethnic” red/orange sweet pepper
1 “Gypsy” yellow sweet pepper
1 African Kettle gourd
1 [...]
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