tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39358432991036021922024-03-14T01:41:08.625-07:00Little ThingsTraveling each day by day.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-20825162936553515172015-11-02T07:22:00.001-08:002015-11-02T07:24:29.567-08:00ReinvigorateIt's been two years and two days since my last post, and it's possible that everyone who used to read my blog at that time has forgotten that this little thing exists--but it's alive! Recently, I upgraded my phone to a smart phone and I have been getting back to taking photos and decided I finally needed to put some on here again.<br />
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Over the last two years I was swamped with balancing school and work, so taking photos--let alone sharing them--was a really low priority for me. In May, however, I completed my MLIS from UW-Madison, so I have had a lot more free time in which to take photos, knit, kayak, write, paint, and read. I would imagine that some people would think that getting a Masters in Library and Information Science would include lots of pleasure reading, but au contraire! And yes, there was a lot of reading, but for me, I read a lot of technical books and articles which is not always the as pleasurable as, say, reading <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves">Seveneves</a> or <a href="http://marvel.com/comics/series/18468/ms_marvel_2014_-_present">ridiculous</a> <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/rat-queens">amounts</a> <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/sex-criminals">of</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finder_(comics)">graphic</a> <a href="http://zestbooks.net/tomboy/">novels</a>. Though, I'll be completely honest, I genuinely enjoy learning new information science non-fiction, it just happens to stimulate a different part of my brain than science fiction (or any other fiction for that matter).<br />
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So without further ado, some lovely fall photos. We can pretend this is exactly where I left off two years ago and I'm picking it all back up again.<br />
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My parents visited a couple weeks ago just as the leaves were starting to turn. We went for a walk at Winton Woods at which, up until then, I had only kayaked on the lake. So it was nice to see a different part of a park that I'm very familiar with from the waterside.</div>
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And with the advent of fall I have been able to sink my teeth into the mycological side of Ohio and Kentucky, both literally and figuratively. Recently, I was given a rather massive piece of Chicken of the Woods but I didn't take any photos of it before it was turned into mushroom soup.</div>
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As you may also note, even after two years of hiatus, my propensity for photographing small things and mushrooms has not diminished. I don't know how regularly I will update my blog but if any of you are still reading this, even after all this time, you are one patient individual.</div>
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<br />Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-62975621711186746952013-10-31T08:46:00.001-07:002013-10-31T08:46:58.581-07:00Happy Halloween!This last weekend we went to Baltimore to celebrate our friends' wedding which was a lot of fun. It can be very hard to come back to real life after such a great weekend filled with friends and celebration. On our way there we drove some of the county and state routes.<br />
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The great thing about these smaller roads is that it often leads to fantastic unexpected sights. We were driving one of these roads when Joel exclaimed, "Did you see that? It looked like a fox!" I hadn't seen it so we decided to turn around and check it out. Sure enough, it was a fox. He looked like he was sick and I'm not sure he made it through the rest of the day. But that's the sort of thing you don't get to see on an interstate.<br />
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The wedding was held at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore which I have visited when it wasn't being used for a wedding, but it was fantastic as a wedding venue. Lots of space to dance and have a good time. Easily one of the best weddings I have ever been to!</div>
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And why not leave on a weird note: The groom sharing a roasted asparagus with one of the wedding guests.</div>
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We also got to visit our friends Patty and Chad who recently bought a house. Very cute!<br />
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And in other news: I finished this fantastic hat. It is super soft and cozy! I can hardly wait until it is cold enough for hats so I can try it out.<br />
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Tonight at work all of us are dressing up, I am bringing my camera to work so I can take photos of everyone and will post those in the near future. I am really hoping there will be kids dressed up tonight too, but it's kind of blustery outside so we may not have many people come in. We shall see!</div>
<br />Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-72718894334134196822013-10-13T15:32:00.000-07:002013-10-13T15:32:00.449-07:00School + Work + KnitI am procrastinating. I have homework to do that I can make neither heads nor tails of, so I am procrastinating here. I haven't posted here in ages and I have been feeling compelled to do so for a while. Lately my life has been consisting primarily of school, work, knitting. In that order.
Knitting is a great thing to do whether you have a couple minutes here and there, or a large period of time.<br />
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Two months ago a friend of mine showed off a sweater that she had knit for herself. For some reason, seeing someone I know make a sweater made me feel like I could make a sweater. So I put out a message on Facebook to see if any of my friends with children would like a guinea pig sweater for free. A friend of mine said she would love one for her 2 year old toddler. So I decided to make it for a 3 year old, thinking that it would take me a long time to accomplish. However, when I started knitting it I was bound and determined to get it done as quick as possible. So I did. Here is the 2 year old that I knit it for, and her older brother (actually 3 years old) modeling it for me.
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So, knowing that I could make one for a toddler I decided to make one for an adult, more specifically for myself. I am 90% of the way done with it and will post pictures of it when I am completely done. It is coming along nicely and all I have to do is finish the second sleeve and attach it and then I will be done. My next project involves all the beautiful yarn below. A big thank you to grandma Becky and aunt Karen for the birthday money to make this possible!<br />
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All of the yarn in the first photo is going to be a sweater with an Icelandic-inspired yoke, very similar to the toddler sweater. In the second photo the light green ball in the front is what I have been knitting into a wonderful cabled hat. I am also planning on making a rabbit ear hood/cowl out of the fluffy grey yarn (a gorgeously soft silk & mohair blend). My hope was to have it done by Halloween, but I think it will have to wait til next year.<br />
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And here are some obligatory photos from my garden and from doing a hike in Mt. Airy forest.<br />
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<br />Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-59598123483672699932013-05-18T19:23:00.000-07:002013-05-18T19:23:36.147-07:00Springtime In the GardenThings are picking up in the garden and now that I am done with my semester I felt like I could spend some time to photograph the garden and blog a little about the goings-on.
We are sharing a plot at our friend's house where we are growing potatoes (Adirondack Blue, Banana Fingering, and Golden potatoes) and Walla Walla onions. In the near future we are going to be planting tomatoes and peppers there. These photos were taken a while ago and we haven't been there since, so some developments should have occurred.
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We have some Adirondack Blue potatoes planted at our house which are coming up so our plot at Mike's should have a decent amount of potatoes coming up. I believe we planted 40 in total. At the house we planted blueberries, strawberries, rhubarb, and Thai hot peppers. Tomorrow I am intending to put in my Mary Washington asparagus -- very much hoping that they transplant well. The blueberries are looking the best of all the new plants. Which reminds me that I also planted Red Russian Kale, Redbor Kale, Giant Indian Purple Mustard (absolutely amazing, by the way), Tyee spinach, and arugula. This is all making me consider that I probably should have taken some photos of all these new transplants. Well, tomorrow is another day, nothing says I can't do it then!
What I did manage to take photos of today were the flowers that were planted by the previous owner. She and her at-the-time husband were very much into growing native Ohio flora so there are a lot of flowers already planted. Because I am new to the region I am quite unfamiliar with the majority of the plants. This year should prove to be very enlightening as far as learning about Ohio plants. I am also not exactly sure what is a weed and what isn't for the most part so I am pulling things out when it becomes apparent.
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I haven't been blogging as much because I've been juggling two part time jobs and grad school. I am really looking forward to one day having only one thing (imagine that, <i>one</i> job) to focus on so that I can spend my free time in the garden again. This week was the end of my second semester of school and simultaneously the same week that I finished the longest book I have ever read (<i>Anathem</i> by Neal Stephenson, clocking in at 890 pages). I only have a week and a half before my summer class starts but I am going to relish in all its simple glory.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-50348213540316608312013-04-10T20:48:00.003-07:002013-04-10T20:48:44.134-07:00Spring is HereSpring has officially come to Cincinnati, and dang if that isn't a lovely feeling after such a long winter! This year we are going to primarily grow vegetables at our friend's house. He has a big big backyard with lots of sun. Tonight we went over to do soil tests and we tilled the garden bed too. I don't have any photos yet but things are coming along.
About a week ago I set out some seeds for all sorts of spring vegetables: two kinds of spinach, two kinds of kale, four types of carrots (with more on the way!), two kinds of mustards, peas, and artichokes. I can hardly wait for the mustards, we are growing Misome, an Asian mustard green, and Giant Purple Indian mustard -- my absolute favourite. Giant Purple is a very tender mustard and has fantastic purple colouring. Come to think of it, we are growing <i>a lot</i> of purple veggies this year (Cherokee Purple Tomato, Red Russian Kale, Cosmic Purple Carrots, Giant Purple Indian Mustard, to name a few, oh and purple basil!). I also think I have three, if not four kinds of basil. I'll be darned if we don't have a freezer full of basil pesto come Autumn!
I am also in the throes of figuring out what to put in our own yard. Our backyard is very shady so I am focusing on plants that would thrive in that environment. Our front yard is where I would like to grow an herb garden, have pollinator attractors, and edible perennials. I never thought that I would care so much about ornamental plants, but here I am with a list on my fridge of all the plants I want to put in the backyard. As I mentioned to a friend earlier today, I am having to hold back on the idea of having a frontyard that is completely covered in blueberry bushes and lavender. Very tempting, I must say! Needless to say, I am very excited about all the potential that our new yard has, even in spite of having so much shade. Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-45393973177577980502013-02-17T20:28:00.002-08:002013-02-17T20:41:06.765-08:00Meet PumaTwo weeks ago we brought home a fantastic cat from the SPCA. He's a big black and white man cat who looks sleek and full of finesse like a jungle cat. So we named him Puma. Turns out he's a little clumsy, but he is really friendly. Right now he is passed out next to me -- I think he's tired from taking so many naps!
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In other news, it recently came to my attention that the heart-throb boy band, One Direction, now has a song called Little Things. Silly. I haven't heard it yet and will hopefully continue in my blissful ignorance.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-82875668034120931022013-01-15T10:40:00.000-08:002013-01-15T10:40:02.397-08:00Coming AlongThings are moving along on the house and we're getting close to having all of our major projects done (painting, copper rack). Which is not to say we don't have a list a mile long of things we still need to take care of.
Joel's workshop is getting very organized, so much so that he's been able to complete a few projects including these saw benches.
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This is the copper pot rack that he's been working on. We got the copper S-hooks yesterday and hung the skillets and pots, next is to get the spice racks to fits (they will be on the bottom two rungs.
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If you are interested in making a copper pot rack as well, here is the <a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/intro/0,,20286884,00.html">link</a> to the article from This Old House Magazine. I will post a picture of the rack once it is full of pots and spices.
This is what our house looked like at Christmastime.
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In the above photo you can sort of see our paint job for the dining room, here is a fuller view of what our colours look like.
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The landing upstairs has gone through a couple changes. It was plain wood panelling and we wanted to paint it to disguise from how terrible it was.
We (read: mostly I) made a bad colour decision. And for how many colours we have in our house (four), one isn't so bad. I give you the lime green landing:
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Then amended (first coat) of Admiral Blue.
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But the thing that is the best about all of this is, we've been able to actually start cooking again. I have also started eating Paleo again (meat, vegetables, nuts, eggs, and a little dairy). So here are some photos of what we have been having for dinners as of late.
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I have had a ton of energy since I started doing Paleo again. I haven't lost any weight (a nice side effect of eating better) but I feel really good physically.
More to come soon on house projects!Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-14968356830086637552012-12-29T08:40:00.001-08:002012-12-29T08:40:33.240-08:00Little poemLittle wind little sun little tree - only one. Little bird little wing little song he can sing. Little need he should stay little up and away. Little speck and he's far - where all little things are. Little things for me too little sad that he flew.
--David McCord 1925Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-27770076987336027922012-12-13T08:44:00.000-08:002012-12-13T08:44:18.253-08:00New House UpdateWell, this post is long overdue but hopefully it won't disappoint! Most of the house is still very much in flux. My studio is not quite in useful shape but I'll be working on that as soon as the semester ends. Our dining table is still in the living room while we put on finishing touches in the dining room, not all of our books are on their proper shelves in the library -- and the list keeps going on. But here is where we are at the moment. I'll go room by room with before and after photos.
This is our living room. The off-white and pink paint job is before, red is after.
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The dining room.
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Our bedroom. It was a crazy electric blue (first photo) when we bought the house, not really our style. So we toned it down with cool blue grey.
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This is Joel's workshop. We still need to paint this one since neither of us is wild about the sunset mural on the wall.
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My studio. The first photo is as it was when we toured the house. It was the master bedroom of a 50-something year old woman. Now it's my studio and at the moment is covered in seed pods and photo prints. Again, I'm tackling this after the semester is over.
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This is the study inside my studio. It's a funny little room under the eaves that is big enough for my computer and a pull out couch (for guests, or knitting -- win-win!). You can see it in the second to middle studio photo (in the doorway).
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And the library.
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Joel's parents came down to help us move in one weekend and it was super helpful! We got two rooms (library & bedroom) painted, the wallpaper scraped off the dining room and a whole slough of odds and ends. Our friend Mike also helped us move in (we helped him move into his new house just a month before).
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More photos of the house will come as soon as things start to fall a bit more into place. I'm already designing the front and backyards in my head for next spring. The backyard is not my first priority because it is ornamental, as opposed to our front which will be edible (though still ornamental.)
I wish someone would have told me that buying a house during your first semester of your masters degree was a crazy idea -- or at the very least that it was hard work. So, if any of you are contemplating these two things: highly consider waiting until your second semester when you have already found your groove! That is my word to the wise for the day. Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-30875531891212721232012-11-13T07:38:00.000-08:002012-11-13T07:38:02.151-08:00Life HappensSometimes blogs have to hibernate for a little bit while the rest of the world around them is going on. That time is now. Joel and I just bought a house in Cincinnati, of which I'll be posting photos of hopefully by the end of the week. And by "just bought" I mean a total of two weeks ago. We're currently working on painting the house and getting the furniture we need to get by, or at least enough to keep us from looking like total slobs. Last night we started painting the basement. There is some pretty dated looking wood paneling down there that we're covering with some paint until a later date when we might do a little more than that. We started stripping the wallpaper from the dining room (also pretty dated, though admittedly in good shape). And we now have a full yard to mess about with. Hurray!
It's easy to get carried away with all the things we would like to do, and lose track of reality. But thankfully it all seems relatively manageable. We originally considered purchasing a fixer-upper because there are a lot of those in Cincinnati but then we found this house and couldn't say no. It's really fantastic and we're both really happy to have found it.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-85996101216846979182012-09-25T10:45:00.002-07:002012-09-25T10:45:58.498-07:00Knitting SeasonIt's that time of year again.
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Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-34410049605682814612012-09-17T10:54:00.000-07:002012-09-17T10:54:06.055-07:00End of Summer ResolutionJust in case you wanted to look at the things that I've been making as of late, check out my <a href="http://hstitzleinart.blogspot.com">art blog</a> for regular postings of daily sketches and drawings. My new end of summer mantra is this:
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So I'm hoping to post more because of that. I'm also hoping that this will be the right kick in the pants I need to keep up a good creative habit and not get too overwhelmed with school.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-16437565111650547252012-09-15T21:03:00.001-07:002012-09-15T21:03:57.842-07:00Red Bank/Erie Food ForestThe Red Bank/Erie Food Forest plot is a somewhat troubled site. Because it doesn't have any city water attached to it it is completely dependent on rainwater -- of which we've had very little for the majority of the summer. As of now, it looks really great and green because we've had rain off and on the last couple weeks.
Yesterday we went out and readied the area for an art project that will combine the arts and agriculture. The round tilled area will be planted with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw_Paws">paw paw</a> colony (a native fruit tree to Southwest Ohio). We removed a lot of rotting logs that were used for <a href="http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/">hügelkultur</a> beds, weeded, leveled the area and then tilled.
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The site will still continue to make use of berms and swales as a means of catching water and keeping it on-site.
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As my time in the community gardens comes to a close, the Civic Garden Center has been fortunate enough to get a work study student from Cincinnati State College and our time has overlapped.
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Peter has been gracious enough to keep extending my hours (to the end of the growing season?) even though my internship has technically ended. However, my internship has morphed into being a Field Trip Facilitator at the Green Learning Station. I now work with middle and high school aged children talking about compost, diverting rain water from sewers, and growing vegetables in gardens and on roofs. So far, I'm really enjoying myself.
Today I was in the West End Community Garden working by myself. I've been working on getting their compost in order, and Peter and I have been working on getting the fence free of unwanted vining weeds (aka morning glory, bind weed, wild grape, etc.). I don't know why it took me so long, but it occurred to me that I had a macro-focus on the camera I've been using all summer long. And I hadn't been using it! How barbaric.
The lovely/disgusting and oh-so-damaging tomato horn worm.
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Locust.
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Monarch butterfly ex-body.
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Morning Glory and bind weed pretty bits.
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I really can't believe I went 4 months without using macro-focus.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-12108470596941684662012-09-10T14:03:00.001-07:002012-09-10T14:03:54.631-07:00Tiny AsparagusIn the middle of August I collected some asparagus seeds from a female asparagus plant. A week later I planted them, unsure of what would happen: germination? failure? Anything was possible. So when the first asparagus germinated I squealed with delight!
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Then each pot germinated, some starting shortly after the first, some taking a week longer. They're growing at the rate of about an inch every 24 hours. Wow!
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In July I was given some Malabar spinach and it's growing steadily. It's not super prolific at the moment but at the very least I'll be able to collect the seeds and plant it again next year. This is what the berries look like.
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I thinned some strawberries at work and took some home and these guys are doing really well.
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And my basil is doing remarkably well too. I've been able to harvest a good deal even though I planted really late. Hello pesto!
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My cactus set out a baby but it didn't do so well and gave up pretty quickly. Not sure what happened. This is what a baby cactus looks like on the mother plant.
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All in all, my fire escape "garden" is doing well. I'm hoping next year I'll be able to have a garden in the ground. We'll see how that goes.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-9390366770832575682012-09-05T19:16:00.001-07:002012-09-05T19:17:05.964-07:00Site Under ConstructionI've been feeling very non-commital to my blog layout and design lately. I'll be playing around with the look and feel of my blog for a bit longer until I've found something I enjoy.
In other news, I just read <i>Youth in Revolt</i> by C.D. Payne and I highly recommend it. I haven't laughed that hard since I read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.
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Go ahead and read it.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-5131156607910836342012-08-26T11:20:00.001-07:002012-08-26T11:21:41.094-07:00End of SummerLife is clipping along at a quick pace, as it is wont to do. My time at the Civic Garden Center is coming to a close in the next week, I'll be starting my Masters program in a week, and we're getting close to buying a house.
As I mentioned, I will be starting school soon and a couple weeks ago I went up to Madison, WI for my orientation week. Because we're distance students we had orientation a bit earlier than the on-campus students. I took the train to Chicago and stayed with my cousin for a night. Then the next day we drove up to Madison together. It was really lovely there and I'm mad at myself for not taking more photos.
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Then at the end of the week my parents picked me up and we drove down to Cincinnati together. They got to join us on the house hunt for a day.
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While they were here I had to work, but they got to visit me while I did. I was tabling at the Second Sunday on Main, giving out information on the classes, events, and gardening spaces that we have available.
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Looking to my left.
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And to my right.
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For my internship we had to have a summer project and mine started in a very different place than it ended up. Originally I wanted to help with the Rockdale Community Garden but the manager didn't respond to the calls or emails that I made. So I moved on and set up a weeding day and compost education time with the West End Garden.
My contact there was Gerri, and she was absolutely wonderful to work with. We worked together to get the day set up, she contacted the gardeners from the WECG and I set up our side of the day (tools, education, food donations).
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The day started with the compost looking like this.
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And ended the day looking like this.
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The rest of the garden was weeded really well and made it look really lovely.
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The following tuesday I gave my presentation about my summer project. I focused a lot on the communication and networking aspect because that seemed to be the reason why one project worked and the other didn't. We had a good discussion about community garden involvement and why it is dominated by retirees and very few young people. How do you change whatever stigma young people have against gardening?
Wednesday we went to <a href="http://www.compostcincy.com/">Compost Cincy</a> for a tour of their facilities. The whole thing was started up in mid-July by Grant Gibson. He had originally worked in the tech industry, started up a company and then after five years (I believe he said) sold his share to his partner and started investing his time into starting a compost facility. He determined to go into this because he wanted to get into the "green" business, as it was something he was passionate about. After assessing Cincinnati's needs he decided that this was what the city needed and has begun diverting a lot of the food waste from area factories/processing plants that would have otherwise gone into the landfill.
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In early August Greg, the garden education intern, and I went to an education and CSA farm for a tour. They have a 40-member vegetable CSA and a meat CSA, and have summer camps for kids. They have several interns and a veteran farm fellow. All their farm is tilled by draught horses and in the fall they have hay rides.
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While there Greg and I helped with the potato harvest, then got a ride on the draught horse trailer. It was a very different set up than a lot of CSA's that I've seen implemented, Gorman for example, so it was nice to see how they can be organized and set up.
Lastly, this last week I spent some time on the Green Learning Station (the GLS) roof garden and planted lots of vegetable seeds, including a cover crop mix. This is a very intensive square-foot style garden and a lot of food can come out of it.
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On a completely different note, my computer died last week, taking with it hundreds of unpublished photos (and all of my summer photos, published and unpublished). I would have liked to post more of the community garden "profiles", but unfortunately some of them will never make here. I suppose that will teach me to back up my hard drive more than twice a year.
Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-8514816566214491512012-07-11T19:40:00.000-07:002012-08-26T11:22:07.097-07:00Mid-SummerSaturday evening Joel and I met up with our friends, Will and Naashom, at Devou Park in Covington, KY for a <a href="http://2012worldchoirgames.com/">World Choir Games</a> concert that performed in tandem with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Both a Norwegian youth choir and a more classical Ukrainian choir sang, partially with the KSO and partially a capella. We sat behind some of the parents & family members of the Norwegian choir.
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Naashom & Will brought cheese, crackers & wine, for a super classy evening.
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The following day was my birthday and we celebrated by going to brunch at <a href="http://www.honeynorthside.com/">Honey</a> in Northside. It was very delicious and lovely to spend the morning with friends. I was also really impressed with the interior design and decorating, it's pretty much exactly how I would make a café if I had the opportunity to do so (warm woods, grey walls, natural lighting, botanical illustration prints).
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We were planning on going to a street fair downtown but it was so hot that we stayed home. It was a pretty uneventful birthday aside from the morning brunch.
On tuesday at work Sam showed us around what he does at some of the school gardens (John P. Parker & Pleasant Ridge schools) and his aquaponics/aquqculture venture.
We started at the John P. Parker school. Sam mentioned that this is his best growing school garden but the least school-involved garden, which is a shame because it's a really fantastic garden.
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Then Sam (the first photo is Sam) showed us how to make an A-frame level to determine ground contours, this is to figure out what the water flow pattern is. You would then make berms and swales accordingly (water catchment).
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Our second stop was at the Pleasant Ridge Montessori school. There was a lot more school involvement at this garden. In addition to the school garden there is also a community garden on the same premises.
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Then we headed to Norwood to check out Sam and Dan's aquaponics garden. They have tilapia in this tank (that's food floating on top), that were too shy to come to top aside from a couple splashes when a handful came up for food.
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The tank is connected to the greenhouse outside that is growing tomatoes, basil, mint and tomatillos so far.
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Tomorrow we'll be going to another garden that I haven't been to yet, Spring Grove Village Community Garden. I spied this garden when Joel and I were driving around SGV and have been wanting to check it out. In two weeks we'll be having the community garden tours which is a pretty big thing, so Peter is trying to get a lot done by then. A lot of gardens need attention to get to the glamorous stage that Peter would like, I think, but no matter what state they're in, they're fantastic.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-49912780378598036672012-07-05T14:03:00.000-07:002012-07-05T14:04:26.729-07:00Victory GardensI have officially been at my job for a whole month! Time seems to be flying by, almost too quickly.
As I mentioned before, I will be highlighting a couple gardens at a time. This week I will be highlighting the CCAT (Center for Chemical Addictions Treatment) garden and Gorman Heritage Farm.
The CCAT garden was looking a little sad when I first started, not from neglect but simply as a matter of it being early in the season. Now it looks voluminous and fertile. The produce from the CCAT garden goes to the CCAT cafeteria kitchen. Today we picked 5 lbs of zucchini!
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Sweet potatoes!
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These are a kind of white potato, they have about a week left before they get harvested (the leaves will turn brown). Peter was thinking that the haul might be in the vicinity of 30 lbs. I'm going to bet even more.
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On to Gorman Heritage Farm! This was our intern field trip of the week, Gorman isn't directly affiliated with the CGC, it's just a really great and informative place. Gorman is primarily an education farm that holds week-long day camp for children ages 5-16 (I believe). It is also open to the public daily with paths for walking and hiking throughout the property. Gorman also has a small <a href="http://www.localharvest.org/csa/">CSA</a> that they provide vegetables for. In addition to the CSA they sell meat, eggs, honey and vegetables to the public.
This is the children's garden. It has a lot of sensory-education plants (even a plant that folds up like a sea anemone when it is brushed!)and small beds.
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There is a small apple orchard and a green/hot house of tomatoes, both of these go towards the CSA and produce stand.
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Mike lead us around the farm giving us history and information and introduced us to the people who run the show.
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All of the animals that they raise on the farm aside from the donkey and the mini-horses are raised for meat or eggs.
These cows will be slaughtered in late fall. I wish that more people had a connection to the food that they eat instead of eating passively (aka, not having a clue or caring where their meat came from).
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The hens were pretty hot, they breathe with their mouths open as a method of "sweating." We were all pretty sweaty, to be frank.
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These hens are in their molting adolescent stage, this is the ugliest and most awkward stage for a chicken. No longer cute chicks, not yet pretty hens. I'm not sure what the rooster was doing in there but he was behaving himself which is all we can really ask for.
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Margaret, one of the education interns, took out this pretty lady from the group to show us how to mesmerize a chicken. It didn't work *that* well, but it was amusing.
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Then we got to meet the goats, man oh man were these guys cute. Especially Maynard, the little white goat with the brown face.
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We also met the pigs who loved to be sprayed down with a hose. I had a dog when I was little who would "bite" water that was sprayed at her in the same way that these pigs lapped it up.
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On to the barn! Here we met the Donkey (named Stormey) and an old mini-horse. I believe they said he was 30 years-old, wow!
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Then we helped John, the market gardener, pull weeds in a turnip bed, and pull up three rows of hard-neck garlic. After we pulled up the garlic we hung it to dry so it could be sold at the produce market.
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Our day at the farm ended with a wood-fired pizza lunch. All I can say is: YUM.
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I would love to have a cob oven someday!
Last night we had dinner at our friends' house and then played with sparklers. It was a really lovely evening, hot as hell, but lovely all the same.
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It is ridiculously hot out (100 and humid, I'm not complaining for no reason!) which makes life difficult to endure. But we're making it, one day at a time.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-34224926242378564482012-06-30T13:59:00.003-07:002012-06-30T13:59:39.166-07:00Urban GardeningHere is a little day-in-the-life post about being a gardening intern at the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati. Today I will be highlighting two gardens that I've spent a good deal in this last week: the West End Garden and The People's Garden in Over-the-Rhine. These are two of the oldest community gardens in Cincinnati. People's is the oldest, coming in at a whopping 30 years. It's followed closely, by only five years, by the West End Garden at 25 years.
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Then we head to the gardens, this is the West End Garden. It is largely tended by retired people from the neighborhood, though there are three young men who have plots in the garden. Gerri, the garden manager, was giving me a little history about the garden and spoke about how the garden has had a harder time recently with it's gardeners getting so old (she was 70 herself, though she didn't look a day over 50!). It's harder for these folks to make it down to the garden on a regular basis and then to garden in heat on top of it. Gerri said that most of the folks walk here, not many people have cars in the area which makes it harder for the older crowd. She was rather dismayed at the young people's lack of interest in the garden, however she was very encouraged by the three young men who were tending plots in the garden.
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This is the compost pile, followed by the wind row compost. Earlier today you couldn't see that there was a compost bin around the pile and the wind row was non-existent. The difference between the two methods is that the compost pile is (technically) a hot bed of micro-organism activity. It is supposed to be turned often and will in turn kill any organic matter (even weeds) that is put into it. A wind row is a slower, colder method that promotes larger organisms like worms, ants and beetles. It's benefits are that because it is completely exposed rats can't/won't/are less likely to make nests in it. It's also very low-maintenance.
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This is the People's Garden in Over-the-Rhine. It is currently going through a tougher time as the garden manager's health is declining. It is made up of individual plots, youth plots and community plots. I'm not sure who tends the youth plots but it is likely a neighborhood-based program. The community plots are available for all the gardeners to take produce from. The Civic Garden Center (me and Peter) generally tends these plots.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of the other interns, Ellie, who primarily works in garden youth education.
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And this is Peter, my boss, whom I work with most of the time (I work under 3 others as well!).
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I am hoping to document the other community gardens that I work in this summer, as there are many, and are exceptionally diverse and wonderful!Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-13680356831271788942012-06-25T08:53:00.000-07:002012-06-25T08:58:01.137-07:00A New Start(I apologize for the weird formatting...)
Joel and I moved to Cincinnati three weeks ago and things are finally settling down. We have pretty much everything out of boxes and organized. We've had to be a little creative with where to put things and how to organize them considering it's a pretty small place.
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This is the second time that Joel and I have lived alone since we've gotten married. We lived alone for the first six months in Portland and have had roommates or lived with relatives until now. It's pretty novel.
Last week we went to a big antique show in Kentucky with several Cincinnati friends.
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Joel found a saw that he used to make a handle template from.
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Which he's mostly completed -- I think it still needs some sanding and the blade needs to be attached but, as I said, it's pretty much done!
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I've started a basil box (as it were) outside in a hanging aluminum planter that I got from Ikea -- basil pesto, here we come!
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My job is going well and I haven't managed to take photos yet but I will. I spend a lot of my time at the People's Garden in Over-the-Rhine.
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Photo courtesy of Ryan Mooney-Bullock and <a href="http://cincinnati.com/blogs/gardening/tag/community/">Garden Cincinnati</a>
I'm the gardening intern at the <a href="http://www.civicgardencenter.org/garden_files/NG.htm">Civic Garden Center</a> and spend most of my time in the neighborhood gardens in Cincinnati. There are over 40 community gardens but I spend most of my time in about 5 (give or take) and one day I spend strictly on the CGC grounds. I'm really blessed to be working with so many amazing people, genuine in their kindness and help.
The amazing thing about this job is that I get paid to do what I love. I haven't seen a city with as much community garden infrastructure as Cincinnati has and it is wonderful to be part of that.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-54908793157915627782012-06-02T14:34:00.002-07:002012-06-02T14:34:24.439-07:00Becca & Will's WeddingYesterday our friends Will and Becca got married in Covington, KY. It was a beautiful wedding and the reception was meticulously thought out and yet very genuine and enjoyable. We all had a lot of fun, thanks Becca and Will, and congratulations!
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Tomorrow I move down to Cincinnati, Joel will be following in about a week as he needs to finish up his job in Bucyrus. I will be starting my new job at the Civic Garden Center of Cincinnati on tuesday and will be taking loads of photos (wishful thinking?) of all the newness. We're both looking forward to this new step in our lives.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-26811778847980518762012-05-07T12:34:00.002-07:002012-05-07T12:34:54.420-07:00IndianapolisJoel and I went to Indianapolis this weekend, he went for a class and I just went along for the ride. I spent saturday in our hotel room just making art which felt really good. (You can see more <a href="http://hstitzleinart.blogspot.com/">here</a> )
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Sunday I went to go find a place to hike and I found a really awesome place via the DNR but when I got there it was all owned by the U.S. Army with signs posted every hundred feet stating, "US Army No Trespassing." My drive there was lovely and I got to hear a good radio program called <a href="http://wttsfm.com/">Over Easy</a> so it wasn't a total wash. Indianapolis was really lovely and Joel and I went out for a delicious Moroccan meal at a place called Saffron Cafe where we had creamy mussels for an appetizer and a honey-lamb tagine for the main course. We split both and were exceptionally full afterwards, it was quite good. All in all, I give Indianapolis a thumbs up.Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3935843299103602192.post-51424915817692070962012-04-28T15:34:00.001-07:002012-04-28T15:34:55.713-07:00Lowe-Volk ParkYesterday Joel and I went to Lowe-Volk Park for a nice little walk.
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And the flowers at Mike & Linda's house are looking really great!
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Easter started off our trip really wonderfully. We went to Joel's grandma's house for an Easter lunch. We also enjoyed walking through the garden and playing cards as well.
Grandma and grandpa have a really great cat called Lumpy -- a fantastic cat name if ever there was one.
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Then grandma Becky showed us around the garden.
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They have these wood-boring bees that coexist with two different kinds of wasps under their eaves. The perfect drilled-looking holes are where the bees have made their homes. They're really big black bees too.
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It was a really wonderfully sunny and warm day and we all reveled in it.
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That night we drove to Columbus with Andrea and Will (Joel's sister and our brother-in-law) and stayed at a hotel since our flight was headed out the next morning from Columbus. We left drizzly Ohio and arrived in sun-bathed California, hurray!
The day after we arrived we all went to the <a href="http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/">EFBC Cat House</a> on a really lovely day. We got there just a couple minutes before feeding time which was very exciting.
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All the cats were prowling around their cages, some of them growling or making other similar noises of anticipation. They were so excited about lunch!
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Then we went to the desert preserve (a family favourite) that has a bunch of walking trails. We saw plenty of wildlife -- including a rather large gopher snake (a first in the desert for me!).
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On wednesday we got to meet up with my best friend from MICA, Alissa, which is always really great. Then thursday we took off for Coachella! And these are the only photos of Coachella that I took -- which aren't even of the festival. We got to stay in a condo which was really great.
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It was a really wonderful time though it felt like the time with my family was too short. I didn't realize how much I missed them until I saw them. It's can be really hard to live so far away from your parents and brother. The first couple of days back in Ohio were really hard for me but I'm getting better about it now.
On a brighter note: I have officially accepted UW-Madison though we're still waiting to hear from Financial Aid before making the decision to do on-campus or a distance program (the distance program tuition is comparable to in-state tuition making it a really desirable option). We'll see what happens, we'll know in a couple months where we'll end up, we just have to hang on until then!Hannah Stitzleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18190171323853834366noreply@blogger.com0