June Swoon
(June 3, 2010) Just give it a little kelp meal and wait a month.
June 3. “Casey at the Bat” was first published on this day in 1888 by the San Francisco Examiner. This is a poem worth memorizing; it races along on sporty little iambic feet. And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go / And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey’s blow. We all know how it ends. Host a recitation of it anyway, then decide which Crabs game to attend on Saturday.
There’s nothing more demoralizing to a gardener than having to buy one of those little bags of fresh herbs at the supermarket. Save yourself the humiliation and plant some basil. There is a Greek columnar basil that grows as densely as a little hedge; one variety is called ‘Pesto Perpetuo’ and claims to overwinter indoors, which means it might just survive a Humboldt County summer.
June 6. Reconsider any decisions you made yesterday.
The City of Eureka has bestowed upon us such enormous recycling and yard waste bins that they have become their own sort of landscaping feature. Accommodations must be made for them: perennials relocated, walkways expanded, concrete pads poured, A woman of average size cannot possibly wrestle them out to the curb. Some of us have given them semi-permanent status as garden ornaments; they stand as monuments to our surfeit. Others try to conceal them behind the same flimsy trellis or gate that hardly sufficed before. When that fails, one has to find some sort of man to wheel them around, but we find that this presents its own set of complications.
June 10. A greenhouse would be a very handy thing to have right about now. Tomatoes will only just now tolerate outdoor living; they’d much prefer a conservatory, as would most of us.
June 12 —New Moon, 4:15 AM. It is shocking to realize that there is more than one 4:15 in a day. Sleep through it, there will be another one along in the afternoon.
According to Wendell Levi, author of Making Pigeons Pay, breeders are often puzzled by what to do with their old birds. He offers several recipes, including creamed pigeon with celery on toast. It makes use of four old pigeons and will feed a foursome for bridge.
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Today
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Pancake Breakfast
food / 7:30-11:30 a.m. Humboldt Grange #501, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road. Monthly breakfast.
Open Gardens
outdoors / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens, College of the Redwoods, Eureka. Roam the 44-acre fully fenced property. $5. www.hbgf.org. 442-5139.
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