stoopid loopid

I managed to get fairly lost on my bike today, and ended up having to double back on a route that I had already blazed a few months ago. We did cover some serious hills though, and saw some beautiful farmland...certainly not an unsatisfactory journey, but a little longer than i would have liked in 90 degree heat! The extra loop provided the killer climb of the day, but with that came the best views...

thinking about the garden

There was a very interesting piece in today's Times about how my garden (OK, and the other 43 million home gardeners) is partially responsible for a colossal systemic failure of agriculture. There's definitely food for thought here. Dan Barber argues that industrial farmed plants distributed through major retailers are responsible for introducing fungal pathogens from other regions into the Northeast.

While I found the article very thought provoking, I couldn't help noting the irony that I've observed in my garden: namely that my plants that seem to be suffering from blight came from his farm! Doh!

Still, after a week of biz and recreational travel, I can't wait to go home to the garden and see the progress.



Sticking with the topics of gardeners and recreational travel and the NY Times, they published this photo by my friend Jason Gardner in the travel section today. Congratz dude, may it be the first of many!