This is Benjamin and Kirsten's blog. We'll post regularly. We won't sign who it is, so it's up to you to guess who's writing.
Today is Benjamin.
Anyway, to catch you up.
We've been married for 8 months and 9 days, today. That's why we decided to finally buckle down and start a blog.
We have no children.
We have two cats. One is named Julius and is orange and is a fluffball.
The other is named Lumberjack and she is a fluffball that doesn't move as much.
We have no children.
We recently started a growing operation in our closet. Soon we will be producing black market tomatos and strawberries that will be for our own consumption, and yours if you ever decide to visit. Pics to come.
The strawberries are flowering like crazy, and looks like we'll be getting about 20 berries per plant, which is a lot more than I expected. I am not so disappoint.
The strawberries are Ozark Beauties, everberrying, which means that we will have berries 4Ever. Apparently they're really popular for their survivability, disease resistance, and large, sweet berries. That's a good sign.
The tomatos are Big Boy, and are set to be at maturity by the end of may. That means that we will have alot of tomatoes, in a relatively short time. They're supposed to be huge, too, with average size being about 10 ounces and maxing out around pound. That's a good name for them.
Statistics on our power bill to come.
In other news, we just bought an xbox and kinect, and Benjamin is sore. If anyone dares challenge, the internet is open.
So the female in this relationship is taking a film history class, and we just watched (probably) the Marx brothers best film- Duck Soup (1933). If you're wondering what the movie is about, it has nothing to do with ducks or soup. Hilarious.
Xbox: Stop. No, stop. No, go back. Stop. Stop. STOOOOOOOOP.
The growing station that we're using right now features two 400 watt bulps, one HPS (high pressure sodium) and one MH (metal halide) light, which we run concurrently. Basically, the idea is that one will provide the half the wavelengths the plant needs, and the other will fill in the rest. There's been some studies that suggest using the bulbs in courses, one for each growing stage, but we're trying to imitate natural conditions as best as we can, so we run both simultaneously. I'm hoping by the time we get more in tune with what our plants need for growth, we'll have and LED rig and won't have to worry about the cost of electricity. More on that later.
To make sure we use the lights as efficiently as possible, we have several sheets of styrofoam coated in reflective material, catching the light and bouncing it back at the plants. Apparently it's working, because the plants are going gangbusters. I'll try to get some before and after shots for you.
Well, I need to go change the laundry. Life is good at the Sjavik's house. Until next time!
--us
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