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| This is how I feel, and video I'm sure. |
It is fun, I have never done anything like it in my life, I am not an attention seeking sort of person, in fact, I am a textbook example of an introvert. I would like not to be introverted but that's the hand I was dealt, it's not like I am totally anti-social or anything like that, I prefer to be alone. So to appear in videos is a real change of style for me, but I approach it like I approach everything else in my life, as an adventure. My wife, on the other hand, is a song and dance person, she loves the spotlight, and she is very good at it, she is a semi-pro dancer. For myself, I play the guitar, uke, and banjo uke and would freeze solid if I had to play in front of a crowd, I don't know how she does it. (This is a Link to my video, critique it please)
The latest video I made was dealing with how to set up a grip for the new video camera I bought. I have found the two most important aspects of a video are a quality 1080p format and stellar audio. I began using my Samsung cell phone, it had a good picture, and as long as an external microphone was used there was good audio as well. My issue with it shooting videos is that I just don't like the phone. I am unable to see the viewfinder, the zoom is not good at all, and it's awkward when it is on a tripod which has its own issues. I bought a Canon HF r800, not fancy and not expensive, just a very usable video recorder.
My knowledge of photography is limited, and that is giving me a lot of credit, I know nothing about the subject, so I decided to tackle it. I decided to use the same angle of attack on the videos that I use on my blogs, it's simplified but it works, it's a good way to present my products to people as well, and it affords me a real chance to watch my self in so far as my speaking and presentation skills.
When I write a blog I am writing to one person, I write it as if you are sitting across the table from me and we are talking, except in a blog I dominate the conversation hoping to inspire you to leave a comment. That one person I envision is intelligent, compassionate, and easy to talk to but not easy to manipulate. After I choose the person in my head, for example, this blog a person interested in gardening and developing self-reliance skills such as what is the subject of this particular blog.
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| One word is worth a thousand pictures, wait that's not right. |
I write my blog around one word, I will pick a word from the news cycle, some easy ones are weather-related, and there are others. such as I have chosen water, wind, and mosquitos as subjects, I will choose one and then set off on a mind exercise thinking of all of the words I can associate with the chosen one. It works for me, you will be surprised my choice for today's blog is not video, youtube, or any related subjects. My word for today is Jalapeno, yes the pepper, it is also the subject of a video I started to make yesterday.
Even though it is January 18, 2018, I have decided to resist the urge I have each year and start my seeds early, in this case real early. One of my grandson's and I, mostly him, have built a rather small garden seed starting table. I like to make things out of reclaimed materials, some I get from neighbors, some I get from the side of the road, and some I have laying around the house. The table was built from 2x4's, an old 3-foot x 6-foot shallow wood box and a piece of plexiglass I was given by a neighbor. I have tried to start seeds in my garage under a light, it was not successful, I would get a few plants, the garage is just too cold. I would then end up buying plants, that is OK but it gets expensive, and even a few of those don't make it. So this year I made the table greenhouse box, it is a miniature greenhouse actually maintaining a steady 80 degrees during the day, overnight I'm sure it drops lower. It frosted last night so it will be a real test to learn how effective it is in protecting the seeds.
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| My functional garden table, it works fine. |
I was not planning on starting the seeds this early but the weather seems to be so mild this year I decided to plant a few. (Until it frosted last night) Some years I get drawn into the trap of planting early, like this year. I have noticed every year towards the end of February, generally the first nice, warm day, people flock to the nurseries and garden supply stores to purchase plants for the garden. Every year I think it's way too early, but alas I too get caught up in it, this year I have been bitten especially hard by it. I want these to sprout and to eventually grow into mature plants, however, if they don't, I am no stranger to failure, I will merely plant some more, eventually, success will be mine.
I make my own planting mix, my compost is made of leaves I gather in the fall and allow to decompose. I mix this with a little wood ash from the fireplace, and of course several big scoops of worm castings in a 5-gallon bucket. I am using fiber planting cups this year, I have used them other years with mixed results, but those years I got them with plants that I bought. So I fill the cups up with the mix and plant three seeds in the center, 1/4 inch deep, then I water them. They will take about 2-3 weeks to show their tiny green heads after they do I will water them with "worm tea". The worm tea is an organic compound made from the manure of worms, placed in a paint strainer bag and suspended in water with air circulating around it (the bag of castings) for 24 hours. The liquid fertilizer is rich in natural nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, boron, and aluminum. It is recommended not to put the tea on anything you plan to consume, it is after all manure. Because it is a manure the threat of pathogens is always present, there are ways to lessen the chances, but regardless don't apply the tea to vegetables themselves. If you are making the tea yourself, and you raise your own worms which in turn create the castings you are a step ahead because you are in total control of what they are fed. I, for example, feed my worms table scraps only, no meat, no bones, no oil or grease, salt, citrus and the list goes on. If they are fed meat, bones, and animal feces the potential for pathogen creation is greater, the raccoons get the bones, meat, and all other foods related.
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| I make my compost in this compost bin, this photo was taken right after it was built, now it is heaping full of organic material. |
The seeds are planted, and the lid is closed, I will check them every day, making sure they are kept watered, and I will finish the video. I am expecting good results, I always expect them, and actually most years I do pretty well, some years not so much. Last years garden was a bust, I have no excuses except one, extremely poor planning, normally I plan to a tee. People that are unfamiliar with gardening don't realize how much planning is involved, especially if the garden is in raised bed containers like mine are. There is limited room so to fit everything I want in them is very planning intensive. It's early to plant, I did it anyway, even if they fail I can get more seeds, if they don't fail then I am just a little further ahead and my wife will have her peppers to make her poppers with. That my friends are my driving reasons to grow them, my wife loves making and eating Jalapeno Poppers, I on the other hand due to medical issues cannot eat hot peppers. (Link to survival vegetable seeds)
I will complete my Jalapeno video I hope the first week of February when they sprout, I will then post it. I will make videos of several of my projects, I plan on making a video of a steam chest to bend wood, a worm tea brewer, I make walking canes, I have a vegetable tower I made, and many equipment reviews to do.
Thank you for reading and sharing, leave a comment or story, I'd like to hear from you, thanks.
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