jaxmomsanurse - welcome, and thanks for following the blog!
Like the previous video, this one also has something on the lens. Anyway,this one shows things currently happening in the playhouse and shed. I actually turn a few fans and lights on for ya, too. Sorry for the obviously uncontrollable movement with the camera at times....
On Monday, I had a special visitor from Auburn University. Maggie Lawrence is an extension communications specialist who assists with tv and radio news within News and Public Affairs, provides Alabama broadcast stations with electronic news releases, satellite interviews, etc; and is also the host of a weekly public radio show/blog in Troy, Alabama, called Backyard Wisdom . This show (and site) is sponsored by the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. She also writes for the Newsline communications section on the ACES website. Hey! Maybe she can help me get my own TV show....That would be something. Hehe....
Anyway, we spent at least an hour discussing the various things I have constructed to make my gardening experience better, and lots of photos were taken along the way, too. I'm not sure what all will arise from the interview, but understand that she'll likely return in the spring to see the garden in all it's glory. That would be great, because not many people that share the same gardening enthusiasm as I visit the property. I'll be sure to post links to any articles that are written about "The crazy gardener in Franklin County, Alabama", as i'm sure they would be of interest to my readers. I can only imagine what she might have thought as she made the 250 mile drive back to the Auburn University - maybe something like "Now that's something you don't see everyday!". Haha. It was a very good day for "Our Engineered Garden", and I met a new gardening friend.
Take care, and happy gardening!
EG
11 comments:
Well if you get on the radio show you will have to let us know. It would be fun to listen to you there if I can get my sound working again.
Congratulations on the interview and I hope you will keep us posted (link to it if possible) on what she does with that interview info.
Sounds like things went well! Glad to hear she didn't go running to her car calling you a "crazy ol' fool!" ;-)
Very cool, EG. You should have a TV show. Then you could get production assistants to do the heavy lifting.
You're so brave to give these interviews! I was contacted by our local newspaper last summer. They wanted to feature my garden and my blog, but I declined. I guess I get "stage fright" and hate being the center of attention. I'm such a private person, I'm surprised I even have a blog!
Nice job on the shelves.
Daphne - I certainly will.
kitsapFG - don't worry, any links will definitely be posted on the blog.
Momma_S - agreed, she didn't freak out too much.
stefaneener - Oh, a tv show would be awesome! Some help with everything would be good too!
Granny - Brave? Nah. Oh, I wish you would have allowed them to interview you and the garden, that would have been really cool!
That touch screen is so cool. You should be working for apple! Are those 8' florescent lights? I have a compact florescent light outside and they barely work in the winter. They turn on but are very dim.
Really cool to see the control unit in action. It is going to be so much fun to watch your plants grow. Glad the interview with Maggie Lawrence went well. I am sure it was nice to share your ideas, inventions, and unconventional gardening methods with a fellow gardener.
Dan - I really enjoy working with touchscreens and plc's, and have been programming them for about 13 years now. Indeed...that is a 4 bulb, 8 ft. long light fixture. I have it fully functional, now.
Rachel - I'm glad you liked it. It's gonna make this propagation much more enjoyable.
My dear friend you are now famous! Congrats. When I have kids, I will tell them the story of how I knew you before you were big and famouse. But you know Jude is who brought this all about...Obviously!
Zach - it's definitely because of Jude! Hehe...
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