Our kitchen garden and adventures with the night sky
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SKY
- Moonlight Sonata Close up pictures of the moon and a moonlit sea by our driveway
- Back to Basics Using the Nikon FE film SLR to capture the Analemma
- Space humour A humourous inscription on the struts of the Space Orbiter
- Pictures of Venus Transit Here they are venus transit photos with time codes
- Reminder Venus Transit How and when to view Venus transit on June 5th/June 6th, 2012 and our preparations for the same
- Stars in time Using Getafix we plot the constellations through time, how they looked 6700 years ago and the changes today
- Getafix The soon to be launched astronomical program to plot stars, written in C++ by my husband
- Eclipse Sequence 2009 Pictures of the 2009 total solar eclipse we took from Nilgiris and Bangalore and a reminder for the Venus transit
- Jupiter meets Venus Photograph of the confluence of Jupiter and Venus, 3 degrees apart on March 14th, 2012
- Sunspots on March 6th, 2012 Photographing through a telescope (Konus 130mm) the sunspots on the morning of a solar storm
- The Gas Giant – How we photographed Jupiter
- Stellar Performance – The DH holds a lecture for the kids on the stars and constellations
EARTH
- Incy wincy spider Giant arachnid that visited our bathroom and other creepy critters around
- The will to live The wonderful surprise of six mango seeds growing in our compost heap
- The King has Arrived We gambled and plucked the mangoes – it paid off
- Tomato Harvest Finally, our tomatoes have arrived. Life reigns in the garden.
- You say tomato, I say… How to grow your own tomatoes and a recipe for Grandma’s tomato chutney
- Ridge Gourd Harvest Growing and harvesting ridge gourd
- Flowers in our garden An update on what’s flowering in our garden this September
- Harvest and Cook Lady’s Fingers Know when to harvest your okra, how to beat the okra slime and cook a simple South Indian classic dish
- Composting, How to Clear instructions with pictures of how to start composting in your garden
- Carrots and Pea, Oh Yes A look at what’s growing in our garden
