Meaty Meteor Watch

I’m 24 hours too late to warn you of the peak, which was this morning, but I imagine it will still be very good over the next few nights. This is the Perseid meteor shower. Apparently it is very good this year. So wander out when it is dark enough and see what you can see. Look toward Perseus, of course. More information here, from the Meteor blog, and the ever-excellent Stardate site gives you some directions (or look here).

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Gold

small_tomatoes_2Since I launched the campaign against Fluffy, I’ve actually been able to eat from my garden. Last week at my film premiere I was able to serve prosciutto-wrapped figs as one of the early courses, for example. (That was aided by also wrapping nets around the fig trees against the birds.)

Very satisfying, it must be said, is the crop of tomatoes of various types that have returned. After the Great Tomato Atrocity, this is very good to see.
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