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Fertility Awareness-Based Methods at a Glance
- Charting your fertility to help prevent pregnancy
- Safe and convenient
Are Fertility Awareness-Based Methods Right for Me?
Here are some of the most common questions we hear women ask about fertility awareness-based methods.
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What Are Fertility Awareness-Based Methods?
Fertility awareness-based methods (FAMs) are ways to track ovulation — the release of an egg — in order to prevent pregnancy. Some people call FAMs "natural family planning."
How Do Fertility Awareness-Based Methods Work?
FAMs work by keeping sperm out of the vagina in the days near ovulation, when a woman is most fertile — most likely to become pregnant.
To prevent pregnancy, women can abstain from vaginal intercourse on their fertile days. Or they can use withdrawal, a condom, a sponge, a diaphragm, or a cap on those days. Or they may enjoy other kinds of sexual activity instead of vaginal intercourse on their fertile days.
Emergency Contraception
If you have unprotected sex on a day that you may be fertile, emergency contraception is a good option. Emergency contraception can prevent pregnancy if started up to five days after unprotected intercourse. The sooner you start it, the better it will work.
In order to know when you are most likely to get pregnant, you have to become familiar with your menstrual cycle.
Before pregnancy can begin, a woman's egg must join with a man's sperm. This is called fertilization. For a healthy woman, there are days when fertilization can happen. There are days when it can't. And there are some days when it's unlikely — but still possible. To begin a pregnancy, a woman can have vaginal intercourse — without protection — during the days when it's possible for the egg and sperm to join. We call those days your fertile days.
A woman's fertile days depend on the life span of the egg and the sperm. Her egg lives for about a day after ovulation. Sperm can live inside her body for about six days.
A woman has a chance of her egg joining a sperm about seven days of every menstrual cycle.
- This includes the five days before ovulation.
- It includes the day of ovulation.
- It also includes the day or two after ovulation — even though it's less likely to happen then.
Knowing when your fertile days will happen can help you avoid a pregnancy. It can also help you plan one. The key is to figure out when you will ovulate. This will let you figure out the other fertile days that come before and after you ovulate. Then you can track your fertility pattern — the days of the month when you are fertile and the days of the month when you are not. You must do this carefully. Women don't all have the same fertility pattern. And some women have different patterns from one month to the next.
Ovulation Predictors
Test kits that attempt to predict ovulation are available for home use. They may be useful for planning pregnancies. But they are not reliable for preventing pregnancy.
What Are the Different Fertility Awareness-Based Methods?
There are several methods you can use to predict when you will ovulate.
- Temperature Method — You will take your temperature in the morning every day before you get out of bed.
- Cervical Mucus Method — You will check the changes in your cervical mucus every day for the first part of your cycle until you are sure you have ovulated.
- Calendar Method — You will chart your cycles on a calendar.
It is most effective to combine all three of these methods. Together, they are called the symptothermal method.
- Standard Days Method — You will track your cycle for several months to be sure that your cycle is always between 26 and 32 days long. Never longer or shorter. Then, you will not have unprotected vaginal intercourse on days 8–19.
What is the Calendar Method?
To prevent pregnancy, women can keep track of their menstrual cycles and abstain from unprotected vaginal intercourse when they are most likely to become pregnant. The methods you can use to do this are called fertility awareness-based methods (FAMs).
One way that women track their fertility patterns is called the calendar method.
Some women also track their fertility patterns when trying to get pregnant to know when they should have unprotected vaginal intercourse.
The Calendar Method
With the calendar method, you need to keep a record of the length of each menstrual cycle in order to determine when you are fertile. You can use an ordinary calendar. Circle day one of each cycle, which is the first day of your period. Count the total number of days in each cycle. Include the first day when you count. Do this for at least eight cycles (12 is better).
Cycle Record
First Day of Period
Number of Days in Cycle
Jan. 20
Feb. 18
Mar. 18
Apr. 16
May 12
June 9
July 9
Aug. 5
Don't use the calendar method if all your cycles are shorter than 27 days.
Chart Your Calendar Pattern
To predict the first fertile day in your current cycle:
- Find the shortest cycle in your record.
- Subtract 18 from the total number of days.
- Count that number of days from day one of your current cycle, and mark that day with an X. Include day one when you count.
- The day marked X is your first fertile day.
To predict the last fertile day in your current cycle:
- Find the longest cycle in your record.
- Subtract 11 days from the total number of days.
- Count that number of days from day one of your current cycle, and mark that day with an X. Include day one when you count.
- The day marked X is the last fertile day.
Here is an example:
Predicting your first fertile day. If your shortest cycle is 26 days long, subtract 18 from 26. That leaves 8. If day one was the fourth day of the month, the day you will mark X will be the 11th. That's the first day you're likely to be fertile. So on that day, you should start abstaining from sex or start using a cervical cap, condom, diaphragm, or female condom.
Predicting your last fertile day. If your longest cycle is 30 days, subtract 11 from 30. That leaves 19. If day one was the fourth day of the month, the day you will mark X will be the 22nd. That's the last day you're likely to be fertile during your current cycle. So you may start to have unprotected vaginal intercourse after that day.
In this example, the 11th through the 22nd are unsafe days. All the others are safe days.
The Role of the Calendar Method
The calendar method can only predict what are most likely to be safe days. It is especially risky if your cycles are not always the same length. That's why it should always be used with other methods. Do not have unprotected intercourse on any day that the calendar method says is unsafe.
This information is not meant as a substitute for professional advice.
What is the Cervical Mucus Method?
To prevent pregnancy, women can keep track of their menstrual cycles and abstain from unprotected vaginal intercourse during their peak fertile times. The methods you can use to do this are called fertility awareness-based methods (FAMs).
One way that women track their fertility cycles is called the cervical mucus method.
Some women also pay attention to their cervical mucus when trying to get pregnant to know when they should have unprotected vaginal intercourse.
Cervical Mucus Method
The hormones that control your cycle also make the cervix produce mucus. It collects on the cervix and in the vagina. And it changes in quality and quantity just before and during ovulation. With personal instruction, many women can learn to recognize these changes. Instruction is usually given one-to-one. This method is also known as the ovulation method or the Billings method.
The Mucus Pattern
- During your period, your flow covers the mucus signs.
- After your period, there are usually a few days without mucus. These are called "dry days." These may be safe days if the cycle is long.
- When an egg starts to ripen, more mucus is produced. It appears at the opening of the vagina. It is generally yellow or white and cloudy. And it feels sticky or tacky.
- Usually, you will have the most mucus just before ovulation. It looks clear and feels slippery — like raw egg white. When it can be stretched between the fingers, it is called spinnbarkeit — German for stretchable. These are the "slippery days." It is the peak of your fertility.
- After about four slippery days, you may suddenly have less mucus. It will become cloudy and tacky again. And then you may have a few more dry days before your period starts. These are also safe days.
Charting Your Mucus Pattern
You should mark a calendar every day. Record your period days, the dry days, tacky days, cloudy days, wet days, and slippery days. Your mucus may feel different in between those stages. It may be granular, rubbery, wet, or creamy. Have someone with experience help you learn your own pattern.
You can check your mucus in several ways. Do what is most comfortable for you. Check several times a day. You can
- Wipe the opening of the vagina with tissue before you urinate. Check the color and texture.
- Check the color and texture of the discharge on your underpants.
- Put clean fingers into the vagina and check the color and texture of the mucus on them.
This method isn't the best for women who don't produce much mucus. Women who ovulate on day seven or eight may also have too little mucus.
A woman's mucus pattern may be altered by
- breastfeeding
- cervical surgery — especially with cryotherapy or electrocautery
- douches or other "feminine hygiene" products
- perimenopause
- recent use of hormonal contraceptives, including emergency contraception
- spermicide
- sexually transmitted infections
- vaginitis
Safe Days Using the Mucus Method
Do not have unprotected vaginal intercourse on your unsafe days.
- The days of your period are not safe days, especially during short cycles. The flow can cover the mucus signs.
- In a long cycle, the dry days after your period may be safe.
- Days that are not safe begin two or three days before the first sign of slippery mucus. They last for about three days after slippery mucus peaks. Safe days may begin after peak slippery mucus drops off and is cloudy and tacky again. But the dry days that follow are even safer.
It's best to abstain from unprotected vaginal intercourse for at least one whole cycle before you start to use this method for birth control.
The Two-Day Method
The Two-Day Method is a mucus method. It works best for a woman who is sure she can tell whether or not she has secretions. To use the method, she asks herself two questions:
If she can answer "no" to both questions, it is considered a safe day for unprotected intercourse.
Women who use this method may have only 12 safe days in each of their cycles.
Of 100 couples who use the cervical mucus method correctly for one year, 3 will have a pregnancy.
Of 100 couples who use the Two-Day Method correctly for one year, 4 will have a pregnancy.
This information is not meant as a substitute for professional advice.
What is the Standard Days Method?
To prevent pregnancy, women can keep track of their menstrual cycles and abstain from unprotected vaginal intercourse during their peak fertile times. The methods you can use to do this are called fertility awareness-based methods(FAMs).
One way that women track their fertility patterns is called the Standard Days Method.
Standard Days Method
The Standard Days Method is a kind of calendar method. It is a way to keep track of your cycle. You may find it simpler to use than other methods. You can only use it if
- You have regular cycles.
- Your cycle is never shorter than 26 days.
- Your cycle is never longer than 32 days.
- You will not have unprotected vaginal intercourse from day 8 through day 19 of each cycle.
Most women use special strings of beads for the Standard Days Method. They are called CycleBeads. It helps keep track of their cycles. There are 33 colored beads and a moveable rubber ring on the string. The first bead is black with a white arrow. The next one is red. The next six are brown. The next 12 are white. And the last 13 are brown. Each one, except the black one, represents a day.
- On the first day of your period, day one, you put the ring on the red bead.
- You move the ring from one bead to another each day — in the direction of the arrow.
- Brown beads stand for safe days. You can have unprotected vaginal intercourse when the ring is on one of them.
- White beads stand for unsafe days. Do not have vaginal intercourse unless you use a cervical cap, condom, diaphragm, or female condom when the ring is on one of them.
Of 100 couples who use the Standard Days Method correctly for one year, 5 will have a pregnancy.
Certain things may make the Standard Days Method less effective. They include the use of hormonal contraception (including emergency contraception), IUDs, breastfeeding, or a recent pregnancy.
Read more about the Standard Days Method at CycleBeads.
This information is not meant as a substitute for professional advice.
What is the Symptothermal Method?
To prevent pregnancy, women can keep track of their menstrual cycles and abstain from unprotected vaginal intercourse during their peak fertile times. The methods you can use to do this are called fertility awareness-based methods (FAMs).
One way that women track their fertility patterns is by combining several fertility awareness-based methods. This is sometimes called the symptothermal method.
Some women also track their fertility patterns when trying to get pregnant to know when they should have unprotected vaginal intercourse.
Symptothermal Method
When women use the symptothermal method, they use more than one fertility awareness method at once. These methods include
- Temperature Method
- Cervical Mucus Method
- Calendar Method
The signs of one method can confirm those of the other. This lets you be more accurate when you predict your safe days than if you use one method alone. For example, keeping track of your mucus pattern can be useful when your temperature chart is confused by illness or emotional stress. And you may be able to identify more days when you can have unprotected vaginal intercourse than you can only using the temperature method.
Using a fertility pattern chart helps women keep track of the signs of their fertile times.
Post-Ovulation Method
Another combined method is called post-ovulation. All the days from day one until the morning of the fourth day after predicted ovulation are unsafe days. But this means that the safe days are limited to less than half of a woman's cycle.
Of 100 couples who use the symptothermal method correctly for one year, 0.4 (fewer than one) will have a pregnancy.
This information is not meant as a substitute for professional advice.
What is the Temperature Method?
To prevent pregnancy, women can keep track of their menstrual cycles and abstain from unprotected vaginal intercourse during their peak fertile times. The methods you can use to do this are called fertility awareness-based methods(FAMs).
One way that women track their fertility patterns is called the temperature method.
Some women also track their temperature when trying to get pregnant to know when they should have unprotected vaginal intercourse.
Temperature Method
Your body temperature is lower during the first part of your cycle. It usually rises slightly after ovulation — when an egg is released. Your body temperature stays elevated for the rest of your cycle. It falls again just before your next period. Tracking your temperature every day can help you know when you ovulate. To prevent pregnancy, you will not have unprotected vaginal intercourse until three days after you ovulate each cycle.
You will need to chart your basal body temperature (BBT) every day. BBT is the temperature of the body when it is completely at rest. It varies slightly from person to person. Before ovulation, 96 to 98°F is normal for most women. After ovulation, 97 to 99°F is normal.
The changes will be in fractions of a degree — from 1/10 to 1/2 a degree. So it's best to get a special, large-scale thermometer that only registers 96 to 100°F. It will be much easier to read. You can buy a basal thermometer for about $10 at most drugstores. Some basal thermometers are to be used in the mouth and some are to be used in the rectum. Rectal thermometers are generally more reliable. Whatever you choose, be sure to take your temperature the same way every day.
Taking Your Temperature
Take your temperature every morning as soon as you wake up. Do it before getting out of bed, talking, eating, drinking, having sex, or smoking. Keep the thermometer in place for five full minutes. Read it to within 1/10 of a degree. Record the reading.
Charting Your Temperature Pattern
You must record every reading. You can get charts from your health care provider or women's health center. As each day's reading is put on the chart, you will begin to see a pattern. The rise in your temperature may be sudden, gradual, or in steps. The pattern may vary from cycle to cycle.
Your BBT may change when you are upset or don't get enough sleep. Illness, stress, jet lag, and smoking may also affect your body temperature. So can drinking more than you're used to or using an electric blanket. Putting these kinds of events on your chart can help you understand the pattern.
At first, you should have help to read your chart. A doctor, nurse, or family planning specialist can do that for you. In time, you'll have the confidence to use the chart by yourself. Be sure to chart at least three months before relying on this method.
Safe Days Using the Temperature Method
The safe days are those that are not fertile days. They are safe for unprotected vaginal intercourse if you are trying to prevent pregnancy. They begin after the temperature rise has lasted for at least three days. They end when the temperature drops just before your next period begins.
The temperature method is quite good at telling when ovulation has happened. But it can't predict when it will happen. So, you have to make sure that sperm is not waiting in your body when it does happen. It is best to treat as unsafe all the days of the first part of your cycle. This is from the start of your period to the start of the fourth day of your next rise in temperature. You can combine BBT with another method to try to predict when ovulation will happen. This can increase the number of your safe days.
After a while, you may become sure that you can tell what days are safe. If so, you may not have to take your temperature every day. You can go without taking it from the start of your safe days to the start of your next period.
This information is not meant as a substitute for professional advice.
How Effective Are Fertility Awareness-Based Methods?
Effectiveness is an important and common concern when choosing a birth control method. Like all birth control methods, fertility awareness-based methods are more effective when you use them correctly.
Twenty-four out of every 100 couples who use fertility awareness-based methods each year will have a pregnancy if they don't always use the method correctly or consistently. Always practicing these methods correctly will make them more effective.
How well fertility awareness-based methods work depends on both partners. That's why it is important for both to learn about the methods and support each other in their use.
These methods can work best for you if you
- have received careful instruction
- have only one sex partner and they are as committed to fertility awareness-based methods as you are
- have the discipline you need to check and chart your fertility signs
- don't mind abstaining or using withdrawal, a cervical cap or diaphragm, a sponge, spermicide, or latex or female condoms on your unsafe days
How Safe Are Fertility Awareness-Based Methods?
Fertility awareness-based methods are very safe — there are no side effects.
What Are the Benefits of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods?
- They cost very little.
- They are safe.
- They can be stopped easily to plan a pregnancy.
- Calendars, thermometers, and charts are easy to get.
- Medication is not needed.
What Are the Disadvantages of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods?
Fertility awareness-based methods may not work for you if you
- have more than one sex partner
- have a sex partner who isn't as committed to fertility awareness-based methods as you are
- don't want to keep close track of your safe days
- are not able to abstain or use another method for at least 10 unsafe days during each cycle
- take medicine that may affect reading the signs of these methods
Do not depend on tracking your fertility if you
- have irregular periods
- have a partner who is not cooperative
- have a sexually transmitted infection or frequent abnormal vaginal discharges
- cannot keep careful records
It may be more difficult to track your fertility if you are breastfeeding, are a teenager, or are getting close to menopause. The hormone shifts may make the signs unpredictable.
Don't switch to a fertility awareness-based method after using a hormonal one, such as the pill. The hormones will affect your cycle. Use a method without hormones while you're learning to track your fertility.
How Do I Learn How to Use a Fertility Awareness-Based Method? How Much Does It Cost?
Couples can learn how to use fertility awareness-based methods by taking a course. Or they can be taught by a specially trained health professional. Both partners should learn the methods together. This way, both will know exactly what needs to be done to make the methods work. This will make them work better. And many couples report that they become more intimate by sharing responsibility for birth control.
Classes on charting fertility patterns and keeping ovulation calendars for contraception are offered by women's health centers, church-affiliated instructors, and Catholic hospitals. There is often little or no cost.
You can find instructors in certain religious settings. But they may not give you information about other methods. And they may not allow the use of barrier methods. For instruction that is not associated with a religion, ask for a referral from a women's clinic with no religious association. Or contact your state or county health department or your nearest Planned Parenthood health center.
Fertility charts or ovulation calendars cost little or nothing. They are easy to get from women's health centers and from private instructors and organizations. You can also print out this fertility pattern chart. Basal body temperature thermometers cost about $10 to $12. You may have to pay a fee for classes to learn fertility awareness-based methods. In some states, Medicaid will cover the cost of classes taken at a clinic or when authorized by a private physician.


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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago
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Jury: "The plan reflects deep appreciation for the area's considerable natural assets and provides well-crafted strategies to ensure their preservation for generations to come."
Denver Union Station Neighborhood Transformation, Denver
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago
Architect: "We wanted an iconic and monumental space for the train hall, complemented by simple-yet-elegant pavilions and canopies—in short, a vibrant public space in the heart of a great American city." —Kristopher Takacs, AIA, Denver Union Station project manager, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Jury: "The architecture of the commuter train hall canopy provides an iconic focal point and makes a strong civic statement, yet its contemporary design doesn't upstage the historic station."
The East River Blueway Plan, New York
WXY Architecture + Urban Design, New York
Client: "The East River is a wonderful ocean strait, but because of the seawall it's very hard to access the water, to touch it. We simply wanted to give people a better way to access the water, and we wanted trees and green space and other aesthetic transitions pointing the way." —Christine Datz-Romero, co-founder and executive director, Lower East Side Ecology Center
Jury: "The Blueway Plan is a true model for resiliency; it provides a vision of an accessible and dynamic waterfront yet it also addresses the urgent issue of climate change and its effects."
Miami 21: A New Zoning Code for the City, Miami
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co., Miami
Architect: "Through the vision of Mayor Diaz in Miami, the city embarked on an unprecedented mission: to overhaul their zoning code to create more sustainable, predictable, and efficient regulations through the adoption of a SmartCode called Miami21, which entailed a holistic approach to land-use planning." —Marina Khoury, partner, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co.
Jury: "This project went beyond crafting a vision—in fact, it developed a tool. Other cities will have to address zoning issues in the future, and this plan will serve as an invaluable precedent."
Pearl Brewery Redevelopment Master Plan, San Antonio
Lake|Flato Architects, San Antonio
Architect: "Not long ago, no one was coming to this part of San Antonio, so our greatest challenge was to create a destination. We aimed to animate the site by repurposing 250,000 square feet of historic buildings into a self-supporting district, a sustainable village grounded in the culinary arts and integrated with the riverfront." —David Lake, FAIA, partner, Lake|Flato Architects
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Nothing of substance to report from today, but I wanted to share a passage from something I'm currently reading. The passage in question is from Vinyl Leaves: Walt Disney World and America, by Stephen M. Fjellman. The book discusses the Disney theme park's rewriting of history and culture to suit corporate aims. Fascinating stuff. Anyway, here's the quote, which has nothing to do with Disney at all.
Joel Achenbach characterizes this turn as "creeping surrealism" -- the general fear, brought about by the manipulation of narrative and public discourse, that "nothing is real anymore." His introductory example of what people have come to understand as normal is taken from the back of a package of Pepperidge Farm "Nantucket" chocolate chunk cookies: "Only the bakers of Pepperidge Farm could pack so much scrumptious personality into classic American cookies....They added a heaping measure of fuss and bother. That meant making each cookie one of a kind, with an individual personality all its own. So they gave them rugged, irregular shapes, just as if someone had lovingly shaped each cookie by hand." Achenbach comments:
Each sentence lacks credibility, starting with "Only the bakers of Pepperidge Farm," etc., an absurd lie that, as trained consumers, we let pass. Beyond the quicksands of the language there are several levels of untruth: First, there's the Humble Down-Home Multinational Corporation affectation. Pepperidge Farm is a huge company that is itself owned by Campbell's, the world's largest soup company, yet it pretends these cookies are virtual Mom-and-Pop numbers. Fine. We can live with that. At least they don't claim that elves bake them in a brick oven in a hollow tree (as Keebler does).
What is more disturbing is that they have clearly designed a machine that makes cookies that look like a human being made them. And then -- astonishingly -- they confess the fakery right there on the back of the bag.
Not only has the line between realtiy and fiction become attenuated in the United States, but, says Achenbach, "Americans...no longer think the distinction matters...lies have been raised to an art form in this country, information manipulated so delicately, so craftily, with such unparalled virtuosity, that you can no longer tell the genuine from the fake, the virtuous from the profane."


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this Wally world ex 5 pack bring Luthor, Bats, Superman, Catwoman and Twoface right? they have 8 at my local wally mart and they have been there untouched for about 2 weeks already, i dont think anyone buys these toys in my area
this Wally world ex 5 pack bring Luthor, Bats, Superman, Catwoman and Twoface right? they have 8 at my local wally mart and they have been there untouched for about 2 weeks already, i dont think anyone buys these toys in my area
I found 7 of the WM 5 packs at another WM today and bought one of them.
If only I can have this sort of luck with wave 10 though I'm really not counting on it.
Has Wave 10 been spotted yet?
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Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop.
No sightings of wave 10 yet. Mattel claims that WM increased their orders for this wave so we'll have to see about that.
I have a feeling that they may show up the same time as the Target exclusive Public Enemies figures. That Public Enemies dvd comes out the end of the month so I'd expect that the toys will be out around then.
Hmm, if Wal-Mart has increased their orders from say, one case per every dozen stores to one case per every two stores, then maybe, just maybe there is hope afterall...
Looks like someone has started an online petition to get Mattel and Wal-Mart to improve the distribution of DCU Classics. Needless to say, I have already signed, I'd like to urge everyone here to do the same for the sake of the collecting community in general:
Rumor has it that wave 13 will have Cheetah, Blue Devil, Cyclotron, Donna Troy, Stargirl, Negative Man, Superboy.
I found Green Arrow at Target today but had to pay $14.99 for him, unfortunately. Even worse, the price is supposed to go up past $15 pretty soon.
GA is a bit of a disappointment if you're an opener as the extra arrows are pretty much worthless. The quiver is solid molded plastic so you obviously can't store them in there. You can't put them into his hands either as there's already an arrow molded into the bow which also limits how you can pose him.
Hmm...Cyclotron, you say? Wonder if that could mean a remake of the Super Powers Cyclotron, who never showed up in the DCU proper (he did make one appearance in the Super Powers comic tie-in, which wasn't necessarily canon) and was created especially for the toy line, or the All-Star Squadron villain? I was never really sure whether or not DC had ownership of the Super Powers characters created specifically for the toy line - guess we just might find out. Personally, I'd prefer the All-Star Squadron version.


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OK John, maybe you have the right, but there is no reason to abuse that right.
John Kerry says Americans 'have a right to be stupid' and tells how he lost his diplomatic passport at age 12 after sneaking out to Soviet-controlled East Berlin in 1950s
'In America, you have a right to be stupid, if you want to be... and we tolerate that,' Kerry said to a packed Internet cafe in Berlin
Kerry stopped in Berlin as part of his nine-country trip abroad - his first trip as secretary of state
He recalled how he learned about the divide in postwar Berlin as a young man living with his American diplomat father
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By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 01/30/12
At 40,000 participants and still growing, it's no wonder that the homegrown Ukrop's' Monument Avenue 10k has moved into the national spotlight – even earning a USA Today ranking among the top 10 races in the country.
But as several of the event's biggest fans emphasized at a Jan. 4 kick-off celebration, the 10k is much more than just a race – or even just a single event.
When you consider all the preparations that go into the weeks leading up to the March 31 race – the training team workouts, registration rallies, fundraising promotions, costume-designing and party-stop planning – it's clear that the 10k is months in the making, with aspects of party, charitable benefit, self-improvement regimen and music festival combining to provide an ongoing celebration.
It's also clear that having fun reins supreme.
Among the 10k fans at the kick-off event at Maggiano's, for instance, were Becca Hankins and her group of uninhibited friends, who have participated in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Dress Up & Run Contest for the past three years. Their costume entries have included stints as the Pac Man Group, the RVA Curling team, and most recently, as a team of paddlers wearing cardboard kayaks and pretending to stroke their way down the course.
Among other fans were four staff members from lululemon Athletica, the Short Pump Town Center athletic wear retailer and yoga boutique.
At last year's 10k, the women drew smiles from spectators and runners alike with their entry in the Spirit Contest, which challenges groups of spectators to cheer on participants in the most energetic, enthusiastic and entertaining way possible.
As former Washington, D.C., attorney Carolyn Manning said at the Maggiano's event, dressing in tacky costumes and waving silly signs [see photo above] came naturally to members of the lululemon staff, who see their store as more of a resource center than a retail outlet. Offering regular free yoga classes and a running club, the store has legions of loyal fans – one of whom called recently on an business trip to Richmond.
Jordan Marotta, a former college field hockey coach, quoted the caller as saying, "I'm in town for a conference. Where can I do yoga?"
The fact that the woman called her local lululemon store instead of consulting her hotel concierge, said Marotta, speaks volumes about the following that lululemon has achieved – offbeat name and all.
"We're like the e. e. cummings of athletic wear," said Manning of the uncapitalized lululemon name, which originated in part from an Asian tradition that the letter L brings good luck.
Talking trash
For Holman Middle School teacher Justin Brittle, the 10k provides an opportunity to have some fun interaction with his students in ways that can't be accomplished in the math classroom.
"I teach because I enjoy kids," says Brittle, who led Holman to a second place finish in the middle school category of the 10k Healthy School Challenge. "I'm not teaching because I'm a mathematician."
From 2008 to 2010, Brittle coordinated the Healthy School Challenge (in which schools compete based on the percentage of total enrollment that participates in the 10k) at Short Pump Middle School. Under Brittle, SPMS consistently finished near the top of the middle school division; but after Brittle moved to Holman, his new school edged out his former school for second place in the very first year it was open.
The competition between schools, however, is not nearly as important to Brittle as seeing the students challenge themselves personally.
"Some of them start off [saying], "I can't run six miles,'" he says. "It's a good distance, because it's somewhat challenging, but doable. And they can be proud of themselves for doing it."
What's more, says Brittle, the 10k challenge is a good community builder within the school; he enjoys drumming up interest in registering and seeing the students' reactions to his announcements and email updates.
"I almost harass a lot of people," he said with a laugh, noting that about 20 teachers run in the race in addition to students. "I'll say, '[We have] 30 signed, [we have] 50 signed up. The kids start talking about it. As soon as they're registered, they can't wait to tell me."
Some students, he added with a smile, enjoy challenging him in return.
"They say they're going to beat me [in the race]," said Brittle. "They talk a little bit of trash."
Sights and sounds
Once a school reaches 50 registrants, racers are eligible for customized t-shirts that bear the school name – a step up from the generic 10k t-shirt. Brittle also sends a paper running shoe to every student who registers, which can be decorated as the child wishes and added to a banner at the school. He makes sure to slip a few educational tidbits into his email updates as well, from nutrition tips in the early weeks to 10k etiquette lessons as the race approaches.
"I remind them," he said of the students, "that they're representing our school."
One of his favorite things about coordinating the 10k, Brittle pointed out, is that he gets to meet other members of his students' families. "I might not have taught their brother or sister, or they weren't in my class, but they come to the 10k."
Another bonus is the prize money garnered by both Short Pump and Holman for placing near the top in the Healthy School Challenge competition. One year at Short Pump M.S., Brittle was able to use the $400 to buy a disc golf set for the physical education department.
But the real prize money goes to the Massey Cancer Center, which has reaped thousands from the 10k's Massey Challenge over the years. Kaity Kasper, whose Hodgkin's disease has been in remission for nine years now, was among the Massey representatives to tell her story at the preview event at Maggiano's. After years of treatment at Massey Cancer Center, she now serves on the board and runs the 10k, and at press time had already raised $1,280 toward this year's Challenge goal of $500,000.
So on March 31, as runners and walkers make their way down Monument Avenue amid historic statues, towering old trees, and classic Southern homes, some spectators will surely come for the festive atmosphere. Some will come to cheer on their favorite Holman student or teacher or yellow-shirted Massey runner. Some will come to see if this year's amusing signs from the lululemon Spirit Group will top last year's, or if Becca Hankins' Dress Up and Run group can
top last year's clever kayaks.
But whether spectators come to play cheerleader or simply to enjoy the live bands and party stops, one thing is for certain: there will be no shortage of sights, of inspiration, or of entertainment at Richmond's biggest block party.
Registration forms for the 10k and the Virginia 529 Kids Run are available at http://www.sportsbackers.org. Entry forms are also available at all Martin's locations and YMCA branches.
Villa's Flagler Housing wins national NAEH award
St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.
RIR's Christmas tree lighting rescheduled for Dec. 12
Richmond International Raceway's 13th annual Community Christmas tree lighting has been rescheduled from Dec. 6 to Monday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., due to inclement weather expected on the original date.
Entertainment Dec. 12 will be provided by the Laburnum Elementary School choir and the Henrico High School Mighty Marching Warriors band. Tree decorations crafted by students from Laburnum Elementary School and L. Douglas Wilder Middle School will be on display. Hot chocolate and cookies will be supplied by the Henrico High School football boosters. > Read more.
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I discovered it is possible to drive a car and write in a PalmPilot at the same time.
Managed to survive a code review of my winbind sources from tridge.
It's amazing how he found all the little niggling things that I was slightly worried about them and propose elegant solutions to all of them.
I'm sure I'll get everything compiling again soon...
Got certified as Journeyer by no just recently. Not sure whether this is supposed to be an insult or not given his/her self-confessed negative nature. (-:
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The event, called "The Joy of Toys," also will include presentations from local industries and schools. It is open to members of the campus and local communities. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
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More than 200 people attend Wiota event
MADISON, Wis. - An overflow crowd sang and prayed Wednesday for the three murder victims who died in Lafayette County this weekend.
More than 200 people came to the Wiota Lutheran Church, in rural Wiota Township.
A brother found the bodies of Gary Thoreson, 70, Chloe Thoreson, 66, and Dean Thoreson, 76, on Sunday. The lone suspect, Jaren Kuester of Waukesha, remains in the Lafayette County Jail awaiting a court appearance.
"The peace and quiet has been ripped apart again," the Rev. Luke Smetters of Wiota Lutheran Church said at the vigil. The Thoresons were active members of the church's membership.
Smetters told his congregation to grieve, breathe and move forward using their faith.
It may not be the only vigil held in honor of the Thoresons, he said.
Surviving members of the victims' family weren't in attendance, Smetters said.
"They know that we're praying for them, and they very much appreciate that," he said. "They've found immense comfort in your prayers these past few days, and I want you to know they're praying for you too."
Details on how the Thoresons were killed remain unclear, as does the suspect's motive.
Lafayette County Sheriff Scott Pedley has not held a news conference about the investigation, and said Tuesday that he wouldn't be releasing more details "until further notice."
Kuester, 31, remains in the jail on three tentative homicide charges.
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Over the past decade, Agile development methods and continuous integration have seen broad adoption across the enterprise, large ISVs, and even amongst system integrators. Adopting an Agile mindset can help development and test teams improve software quality, shorten release cycles, and enable business owners and stakeholders to quickly deliver higher value to their customers. Yet, even after adopting Agile methods, dev/test teams still struggle with obtaining, building, and managing the resources and computing environments they need.
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...that made me stop and write a post.
The irony is that just the other day I commented, "I should write a blog post soon, so Gabriel's face isn't the first thing I always see." (It makes me cry when I see him...) I don't know that seeing this is much better.
In the face of large corporations' greed, governments' minimal ability to discipline the very corporations they created, and the vast, mind-numbing hugeness of this ecological disaster, I bow my head and wonder what one person can do. I've watched several videos available online, revealing the plight of the animals in the heart of the mess created by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Please, do not get me wrong; I'm saddened for the families who lost loved ones. But I recognize the choice all humans make in their chosen profession: I will accept the dangers and work on this job.
Who asked the wildlife? I sometimes wonder if mankind has become so embroiled in the hubris of its own accomplishment that we have forgotten we are the stewards of this tiny blue marble. Look around people -- you cry every time NASA is given any money at all, so clean up after yourselves! This is the only damn marble you've got!
BP may be the most visible culprit -- and they certainly have their people out there making it look like they are trying really hard -- but why aren't we seeing or hearing about Halliburton and Transocean making any efforts? Is the media simply focusing on BP's lame efforts? The closest I've come to seeing an equal share of the blame being apportioned to Transocean and Halliburton is the CBS 60 Minutes interview, conducted by Scott Pelley.
If the Kemp's Ridley turtles (see video with Captain Mike Ellis below) become exinct due to this fiasco, how does one go about sueing a company for the willful extinction of an already endangered species? What is the US government going to do -- shut them down in the US? How can they, when we are sucking so much oil every day? Cutting supply like that will simply jack the prices we see at the pump -- punishing each and every one of us (perhaps as we should be?) for the disaster created by Transocean, Halliburton and BP.
I won't pretend the United States is solely to blame in the creation of these mega-corporations -- other countries have chosen to recognize them and even snuggle up to them for their own reasons. So, when I say "government" throughout this post, I'm not just referring to the United States government.
Keep in mind -- if it hasn't already been hammered in by other sources -- that this "spill" is an
Since "cutting costs" are at the heart of BP's actions (see the fisher's wife's speech linked below), we can bet they aren't looking to cap the source and require a new well to be drilled. I wonder if there's solutions BP has passed up because it would cost them more?
I've spent a lot of time gathering all this together. During the process, I came to a realization. Let me lay it out, one piece at a time.
1. It's tornado season for the Great Plains
2. It's hurricane season for the Gulf Coast and East Coast.
3. It's forest fire season for the southwest.
(I've not mentioned earthquakes because they have no season.)
What is going to happen to the average American who lives in any of the areas besieged by the disasters their area is prone to? When Hurricane Katrina happened, the nation turned and focused on New Orleans (and to a lesser extent, the other areas ravaged by the hurricane). When forest fires flare up, fire fighters come from all the areas that have personnel trained in fighting this type of fire. What's going to happen when all of these things hit the nation at the same time?
We're not ready. We're not prepared, each of us individually, or our States/Counties/local governments, to handle the kind of problems we'll be facing. Instead, we'll look to the Federal government to dig us out of yet another problem -- a problem there's no money to solve, a problem there's no common interest to fix, and a problem that's too distant for most of those suits to really care about fixing. When (ha!) there's a little more free money in my family's purse, I hope to donate to a wildlife clean-up crew -- hopefully a turtle rescue, if I can. But that seems so small in the face of all of this. And it doesn't address the problems brewing under the surface.
So, I will borrow from Queen Amidala:
She says, "It is clear to me now that the Republic no longer functions. I pray that you will bring humanity and compassion back to the Senate."
How much more will Americans endure -- or rather, how much longer will our bread (fast food joints with their 99 cent menus) and circuses (cable tv, professional sports) last/work -- before we snap? As an infrequent partaker of the "bread" and a non-subscriber of the circuses (but I will admit to burying my head in video games, so maybe I should have included that one?), I am amazed the nation hasn't snapped yet. It struggles under its own weight. Americans on the West Coast are obviously out of touch with Americans on the East Coast -- and Americans from less distant cities already are challenged to understand the variations of each other's English. What does it matter to a Montanan or an Idahoan (?) if New Orleans is underwater? What does it matter to a New Yorker that Arizona or California is burning?
Sometimes, I'm tempted to sit down with a map of the United States (just a B&W outlines map) and draw boundaries as I think things will break apart. I wonder if there's an online map thingamajig that'll let us share our predictions with each other. If not, why not just write a comment and tell me what you think the boundaries will be, when our Republic falls.


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Unfortunately Obongolo never felt the need to wear the uniform of the U.S. Military. He'll never understand our values. That why he kisses Saudi a$$.
Did you even listen to the words of that clip.
My nephew served 2 tours of duty as a US Marine over there while Obama was Pres.
Once as a volunteer.
And now is a Army Reservist.
I'd loved to have him hear the shi& you just said .
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How stupid.
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Kiefer, can you please tell us what your incoherent post is all about? What does your nephews service have to do with Obongolo bowing to the Saudi's?


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In 2005 when my blog was brand new I visited my step-sister Karyn in California and one morning for breakfast she made this elegant breakfast casserole with artichokes, goat cheese, and Canadian bacon. I wrote down the recipe and posted it on my blog, where I named it Karyn's Breakfast Casserole with Artichokes, Goat Cheese, and Canadian Bacon. It's been hanging out in the archives for all these years without a photo. Now that I'm trying to update all those old posts, it struck me that this would make a great recipe for Easter brunch, so I'm featuring it as the first in a series of posts with some suggestion for your Easter menu.
Karyn's Low-Carb Breakfast Casserole with Artichokes, Goat Cheese, and Canadian Bacon
(Makes 8-10 servings, recipe created by my step-sister Karyn.)
18 eggs
1/4 cup cream, half and half or milk (use milk for South Beach Diet)
1 pkg (12 oz) frozen artichoke hearts, thawed
6-8 oz. Canadian bacon, cut off rind and dice small
4 oz. crumbled goat cheese
8 oz. grated Monterey Jack or mozzarella cheese (low-fat cheese would be best for South Beach)
2 green onions, thinly sliced, then chopped
Vege-Sal (or salt) and pepper to season eggs
1 tsp. Spike Seasoning (optional)
1/2 tsp. dry oregano (optional)
1/2 tsp. hot pepper flakes (optional)
Preheat oven to 375F/190C. Spray 10 X 14 glass casserole dish with nonstick spray.
South Beach Suggestions:
More Breakfast Ideas for Easter Brunch:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Breakfast Casserole with Spinach, Leeks, Cottage Cheese and Goat Cheese from Kalyn's Kitchen
Breakfast Casserole with Sweet Italian Sausage, Mushrooms, and Cheese from Kalyn's Kitchen
Sausage, Mushrooms, and Feta Baked with Eggs from Kalyn's Kitchen
Breakfast Casserole with Asparagus, Mushrooms, and Goat Cheese from Kalyn's Kitchen
Mexican-Style Breakfast, Brunch, and Dinner Eggs from Inn Cuisine
Scotch Eggs from Big Red Kitchen
Egg and Cheese Casserole with Leeks, Red Pepper, and Bacon from The Perfect Pantry
Eggs Florentine Casserole from The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Baked Egg Casserole from Macheesmo
Asparagus Tart from Culinary Types
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Novak Djokovic criticizes 'worst court that we ever played' for Davis Cup
Novak Djokovic lashed out over the quality of the clay court for Serbia's Davis Cup tie at Belgium this weekend.
"I had only one practice and this is definitely the worst court that we ever played in our lives on," the world No. 1 said Thursday. "And this is an extremely dangerous situation for all of us. I came here from Australia yesterday. I'm supposed to play my match tomorrow on totally different conditions. And I'm putting my own health and we are all putting our own health at stake here for the rest of the season. We tried to slide a few times, play a few points yesterday, our feet stayed half a meter underground."
Djokovic later elaborated on his concerns in a Facebook post to his fans:
"We are both very careful and taking extra care about my body because the conditions for play are quite dangerous not only for me and my team, but also for the hosts. I am certain that clay court had to be better, although I do believe that people from organization did their best. Unfortunately, sometimes that is not enough and now we are all facing a very tough challenge ahead of us - how to avoid getting injured. Health should be everyones [sic] priority and I am sad that this weekend we will not be able to perform a good quality tennis for the people who looked forward to this tie and bought tickets."
Meanwhile, Belgian press report that the court was checked and approved.
https://twitter.com/GraveyardFilip/status/297318304505290752 So were the shoddy court conditions laid down on purpose by the Belgian team in order to discourage Djokovic from playing the tie? I'm not sure I buy that, though I also don't think the Belgians are going to be losing sleep over Djokovic's complaints, either. The most likely explanation is the home team tried to lay down a heavy court and overdid it, a common mistake when building a temporary indoor clay court. We saw something similar last year in the U.S.-Switzerland tie in Fribourg, where a slow and uneven clay court did the home team no favors as the Swiss suffered a surprising defeat to the big-serving Americans.


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- Representatives of the French local authorities of Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Suresnes which are also testing the Label, were also invited to exchange good practices.
The Kehl Meeting provided the opportunity to discuss the introduction of ELoGE in Germany, more especially in Baden-Württemberg, focusing on the relevance of such a tool for German local authorities as a whole, and the actions that this would entail. More generally, the meeting aimed at discussing ways of promoting, on a national and European scale, innovation and good governance at the local level.
As a follow-up, a clear set of to actions to be undertaken was agreed upon and a draft accreditation file of the future German national platform from Baden-Württemberg was prepared with the support of the consulting firm "Governance international".
In addition, the cities of Offenburg and Freiburg supported the drafting of a detailed Toolkit on "Modern and effective human resource management", in the framework the Joint Programme on "Strengthening local self-government in Serbia Phase II (2009/2012) They provided examples of HRM tools such as job profiles definition, recruitment and selection procedures and staff performance appraisal. This Toolkit was completed late 2012 and disseminated to all Serbian municipalities with the support of the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Serbia (SCTM)
Activity in 2011
Colloquy on the theme "participative local democracy in Europe: tendencies and evolutions" to discuss the meaning and added value of citizen participation at local level in Europe and the challenges to local democracy at European level
Presentation of ELOGE and the activities of the Centre in the field of citizen participation
Cities of Offenburg and Freiburg renewed their involvement in the implementation of the activities of the Joint Programme on Strengthening local self-government in Serbia
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German officials from Offenburg and Freiburg have participated in the activities organised in the framework on the Joint Programme on "Strengthening locals self-government in Serbia" Phase II (i.e. PM and HRM at local level). Contacts have been established with several German municipalities and the Kehl Euro-Institute and the School of Public Administration of Kehl (Hoschulle) with a view to them participating in the testing of the European Label for Innovation and Good Governance at local level.


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My backyard aquaponics system
I finally got some shots from my backyard aquaponics system together!
It is a fluidized gravel bed system with approximately 140 gallons (530 liter) water volume with 60 gallons (230 liters) of 3/8" (.95 cm) pea gravel for media.
The rearing tank is a 110 gallon oval stock tank with a center bottom drain. It currently houses 6 shubunkin goldfish and 1 coy.
The center bottom drain is fitted with an elbow and piped horizintally into a plastic barrel. This barrel houses two pumps and bio-balls and is areated with a pond air pump. The small areation pump constantly runs and leads back to the top of the rearing tank. It has an elbow to give the large tank a slow clockwise rotation. The larger pump is controlled by a timer and floods the Grow bed through a PVC distribution network.
My grow bed is wood framed with a PVC pond liner. It is 4'x4'x8" deep, and is based on the square foot gardening method from Mel Bartholomew. Each of the (16) 1' squares is fed from two sides by the distribution network. The bed takes about 1 minute to fill to the top, activating the two auto siphon drains bulkheaded (ghetto stye) to the front of the growbed. They suck the grow bed down to about 1" of water in less than a minute. The rapid draining action is important because it creates suction and draws oxygen down into the gravel.
At about 1", there is less pressure pushing on the siphons and they reach equilibrium with the pump. The water is still running, but it is acting like a trickle system now. When the pump turns off, the siphons will break leaving about 1/2" in the bottom of the bed. There is about 2" of course lava rock under the gravel to improve flow. The siphons drains create a rapid counter-clockwise vortex in the rearing tank. Pump times are 5 to 15 minutes depending on the time of day. The pump runs every two hours by day, four hours by night with a 6 hour rest period from midnight to 6am.
Current water parameters
Total Ammonia .5ppm
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Biggest problem right now is temperature stability. I plan to insulate both the rearing tank and the pump tank.
Next biggest problem. Spider mites!! I plan to spray the plants with a capsicum and garlic solution and try not to get it in the water directly! I have to admit that my bio-security sucks in this setup. I sooo wish I had a greenhouse, but you gotta start somewhere!!
there is a good natural product that works well on spider-mites... it's called "end all" and comes in a yellow spray bottle... spray the undersides of the plants and that'll take care of your mites!
Great setup, can't wait to see the progress!your friendly neighbourhood arowanaman!
I probably should have mentioned that I got the system running just before memorial day. I added the fish and planted seeds on 5/22/09. Here are some recent pics, after 3 to 4 weeks of growth.
The system cycled rapidly with the massive bio filter and light fish load. Ammonia has started to come up again, I think due to buildup of solids and external debris. The nitrites have not come up though, and this system has yet to show detectable nitrates.
What are you growing?SIX OR MORE MAN TO THE RESCUE!
That looks great plantedlab!
I know what you mean about the greenhouse. I'm planning one of those. Figure if I'm going to to it properly, and I've got to wait until we've got out a fence up out the back etc, I'll start planning (and saving) now to get it how I want it.
I really can't wait til I get my set ups done, LOL. I am really excited about the whole concept. I got Murray Hallam "Aquaponics made Easy" DVD the other week. More to explain it to my hubby as he doesn't believe me he thinks I go "all in" on everything I do without taking a logical look at it. Though hearing it from someone else might sway him. Kinda did. At least now he's not saying that it's s dumb idea.
Going to try just a herb garden set up over my 55G inside too, just using the PVC pipe. FIgure I've got the fish and nitrates already there, might as well use them! Just got to upgrade my lights.
Keep us updated with pics mate, Really keen to see the progress and how it goes
System update. Growth has been slow yet steady, but some of the plants are yellowing on the older leaves, most likely from nitrogen deficiency. Last week my coy jumped out of the pond and died. I added (24) 2" comet goldfish to the 6 shubunkins I still had. Hopefully this will get the plants going a little quicker.
Peas and beans are still doing the best. They are just flowering and starting to fruit.
The Spinach bolted to seed after some very hot weather two weeks ago, and is doing poorly. Lettuce, cucumbers, parsley, carrots, and tomatoes are growing, but slowly.
More pics of the slow growing plants.
Very nice looking set up. So are the fish in the black bucket at the bottom? Also is it only the fish waste providing the nutrients to the plants?
Maybe once I get a place of my own I'd like to do something like and combine two interested, fish and gardening, into one.10g- 5 diamond tetra, 1 oto, 1 albino BN pleco, 1 assassin snail and 2 blue shrimp. Heavily planted tank.