Days I love my job

[jenett]

*Minion opens new box of just-arrived book order, which includes Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and The Graveyard Book among others. Minion processes the books.*

*Minion drops The Graveyard Book on my desk*

A few minutes later:

Minion: Want me to check that out to you? *waves book*
Me: *blink* Oh, sure. Such service!
Minion: That's what you hired me for, isn't it?
Me: Well, yes.

(Minion checks it out to me, drops it on my desk. Note that I could have checked it out to myself, mind you, from my own desk, just hadn't pulled up our circ module yet. Regardless, I will miss this minion.)

In other news, my evening plans are cancelled (the last of the current prospective group members under consideration sent an email this morning saying that she feels she doesn't have time to pursue this right now.) So, I am instead going off and walking with selkie_b and buying an Earth Box so that I can plant tomato seedlings this weekend. (Seedlings coming from L, once I make up my mind which of the several varieties she has.) We're starting small, 'cause I am still new at this gardening thing.

Comments

[s1ren.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! What are you building them out of? *new project ideas forming* :)

[whispercricket]

I'm using 18-gallon (I think?) storage containers, ones that are made out of polytheylene (#4 plastic), although you can use anything from kitty litter buckets to food service buckets to pop bottles. Most of the bigger ones use PVC for a fill pipe, but I'm going to use something made from a better sort of plastic (or metal if needed).

I'm trying to respond quickly, so I'll just throw you some links I have bookmarked and let you go from there. :)

Storage tubs:
Specific instructions
Square Foot Garden Blog instructions
Gardenweb instructions (has nice ideas about burying the tomato cage legs for better stability)
Option to use pipe instead of drain basket for wicking
Another Gardenweb thread with commentary

Pop bottle:
Inside Urban Green pop bottle instructions
Another set of instructions

[s1ren.livejournal.com]

Cool!!