Scheming Dreamers part timers pop/rock band . .

WIAHI CHARITY EVENT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH

Money raised, with Anthony Roach (Steel Drums/Vocalist) as headliner.

 practice in basement, Alex (guitar)

 Family photos

Anthony's 50th The Partimers V2

Godin Acousticaster....sounds and feels like a Telecaster. Hollow body

PART TIMERS Band in Concert in St-Eustache/Deux -Montagnes for Charity event

'Dykeman Corner' with three guitars, two keyboards, harmonicas, vocal Mic

playing some lead guitar in early 2008 before the Part Timers.

Part Timers band is 6 person band with 2 guitarists, 1 bassist, drummer, female lead vocalist and one generalist (me) doing guitar, keyboards, harmonica and vocals.

One guitar player is versatile acoustic, electric (drummer when needed...we are part timers), and does great lead and back up vocals.

Band is doing charity work now, (we are not the charity) and some other non-paid work.

Next gig is Dollard -des -Ormeaux QC at Civic Center, for Sept 12, 2015.

Set up for PART TIMERS

The BAND Version 1

Previous session at 60th anniversary of Dina and Norman Dykeman

Music provided by Dykeman Family bands including:

John and Richard

 Jan 2016: Autism Spaghetti night charity event. New songs, more harmonica, more keyboards, less cowbell. New drummer Daniel.

The PARTIMERS

New Brunswick, Grand Lake. Jemseg River. From the Dykeman farm on Grand Lake

Shore waves on Grand Lake

inlet of Jemseg River to St John River in New Brunswick

END OF GARDEN; ROT AND FINALITY.

cat scratching toilet paper

Family Bibles

GARDEN ART

peas in black and white.

Some 'arty' pictures from the garden

BC Ferries

Backyard Gardening in North American Grow Zone 4 (north of 45 parallel)

Backyard gardening in Canada can be a challenge, although most garden variety vegetables can do quite well with a little oversight, and not much care.

This is an account of some successes

and some not so success over several years, but starting with this year's bounty.

Selection of space:

Garden has 3 8 foot x 8 foot plots, with clearance from 12 foot hedge by 6 feet on two sides. Additional plot space is 2 x 8 ft, plus another 4 x 12 foot, and a 6 x 12 foot plot.

So, total, is 64 x 3, + 48 + 16 + 72 sq ft. (metric sizes will follow) to roughly 300 sq ft. total size.

South facing lot (encircled by 12 foot hedge, and large sunshine drinking maple tree compete for sunlight) with 10 hours of sunlight on most of the main sections (8 x8 plots).

Tomatoes are taking about 45%, beans (climbing and bush), 30%, zucchini 10% and rest is some peas, beets, basil and rhubarb.

The total yield of this current planting will be 30 zuchinni, 4 bushels of tomatoes, 1 1/2 bushels of beans, and some peas (2-4 dinners total) and beets (marginal). The sheer amount of tomatoes (mostly Beafsteak, 20% roma), zucchini, and beans means there is for a 2 month span, 5x more than a family of 5 adults (sometimes  6) can consume during that time. Luckily tomatoes, zucchini squash and string beans can be cooked in a chili stew or pasta sauce and be stored.



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