Mahtin's Blog

Just what is it about this time of year?

Is it the solstice coming? Is it just a coincidence that I have more energy for the garden?

Lately I've been obsessing about cover crops and sunchokes. I went through most of the garden and dug up the sunchokes the last two Sundays (I probably should have left some more of them in the gound). I worked on the compost the last two days (boy, did it need it!), and I bought cover crop seeds. I dug up bermuda grass in a ~8x4 foot area yesterday, and tried to dig up some of the grass in the lot next door. Whew, that is hard work- it's years and years and years of composting grass, holding that soil down tight. but there are lots of wormies in there. So even if where I dug is where the cadmium is, it's still fairly fertile.

I guess I am going to go out there in a few minutes. It's raining out and I have a sore throat, but does that stop me? No. It must be the Solstice or the full moon that was this week...But I should get those sunchokes back in the ground, and maybe plant potatoes that will die because of the cold weather...and I will sprinkle lots of clover seed...

posted by mahtin @ 11:59 AM

What a jerk!

Yah, I can't believe that the governator waited until today to announce his clemency decision. What a shithead.

There were so many problems in the trial, but even if you ignore all of that and assume he was guilty, if you look at what he has done in the last 10 years or so, you can see that he deserves clemency. He's clearly not sitting at San Quentin and plotting to kill anyone-- instead he is thinking about life.

We have been doing rad coverage of the Williams case. Some news that you might have missed: 13 medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego were raided today, like right when the governator was announcing his clemency decision. Fire in the skies if Tookie dies! I don't think that's going to happen.

At least they didn't like acquit Michael Walker, the accused killer of Rudy Cardenas (in San Jose), today. A decision in that case is due any day, as the jury is deliberating already.

Free Daniel Mc Gowan and all political prisoners!

posted by mahtin @ 6:01 PM