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Springtime photographs of sedum telephium ‘Autumn Joy’
|| 4/6/2011 || 3:27 pm || Comments Off on Springtime photographs of sedum telephium ‘Autumn Joy’ || || 856 views

Last years growth with this year’s new growth.

Springtime Photographs of Sedum telephium - Autumn Joy

Springtime Photographs of Sedum telephium - Autumn Joy
The leaves trap small droplets of water.

Empty Planters (not for long)
|| 4/2/2011 || 3:15 pm || Comments Off on Empty Planters (not for long) || || 40 views

Boring picture of a tray of black planters that have not been filled with soil

Soon there will be a garden…

Photographs of the 2011 Indoor Germination Station
|| 3/31/2011 || 3:07 pm || Comments Off on Photographs of the 2011 Indoor Germination Station || || 403 views

I can truthfully say that I use the internet to grow my vegetables! For the last few years I’ve been using the passive heat from my cable modem & router to germinate my seeds. It’s pretty simple to do: find a leak-proof plastic container, throw in some dirt, add seeds of what you want to grow, add some (but not too much) water, and then place it on your cable modem or internet router. Seeds do not need light to grow, rather they need heat and moisture to germinate. By using the passive heat from the cable modem & router, I can grow just about anything…

This year I decided to scale up my efforts,
Photograph of the 2011 Garden Germination Station

and added a couple lights and some reflective aluminum foil.
Photograph of the 2011 Garden Germination Station

Within a month most seeds will sprout and will then be transplanted into larger containers outside…

Basil Sprouts
|| 3/26/2011 || 2:59 pm || 1 Comment Rendered || || 553 views

Close-up photograph of baby sweet basil sprouts growing in soil in a plastic container

Using last year’s seeds I was able to quickly germinate this year’s supply of sweet basil.

Agent Orange? A chemical defoliant used on my neighbor’s backyard
|| 3/23/2011 || 2:43 pm || Comments Off on Agent Orange? A chemical defoliant used on my neighbor’s backyard || || 216 views

The photograph below shows why I maintain a container garden:

Photograph of an orange colored chemical defoliant used on my neighbors backyard

Every year my next door neighbor puts some type of chemical defoliant over his backyard so he doesn’t have to mow his lawn. I sincerely wish he didn’t….

Baby Potato
|| 3/19/2011 || 2:53 pm || Comments Off on Baby Potato || || 137 views

Photograph of a small potato dug up from my garden

Last fall I planted some potatoes to see if they would grow and sure enough a few did. I think this one looks like Venus of Willendorf.

[FOUND MAP] The Lining of a Leather Jacket
|| 3/13/2011 || 4:11 pm || 1 Comment Rendered || || 1,280 views

Photograph of a leather jacket with a map as the fabric lining

I noticed my friend’s leather jacket last winter but I never got around to taking a photograph of it.

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Bringing your baby hedgehog to the neighborhood dive bar?
|| 3/6/2011 || 3:58 pm || Comments Off on Bringing your baby hedgehog to the neighborhood dive bar? || || 255 views

Photograph of a baby hedgehog at a bar in Washington, DC

I was at a bar in Mount Pleasant with my friend and a lady brought her baby hedgehog to the bar. I’m not sure if that was a wise move…

Sunset from near the top of Cheat Mountain, West Virginia
|| 2/26/2011 || 3:31 pm || Comments Off on Sunset from near the top of Cheat Mountain, West Virginia || || 288 views

I had a great time skiing with friends at Snow Shoe Mountain Resort! This photo above was taken from my friend’s balcony looking west from Cheat Mountain (4,848 ft), which is the second highest mountain in West Virginia.

Bullets on sale at Wal-Mart
|| 2/24/2011 || 11:25 pm || Comments Off on Bullets on sale at Wal-Mart || || 616 views

Photograph of bullets on sale at Walmart

We were heading out to Snow Shoe Mountain Ski Resort and decided to stop at a Wally-World. It had been years since I had been in Wal-Mart and I hope it is years before I go back. I found it rather funny that they had bullets for sale but we couldn’t find any guns.

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Hello! Thanks for stopping by! My name is Nikolas Schiller. I am an American citizen currently living in New York City and working remotely to support structural change in Washington, DC.

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