​I didn’t do anything really useful except for repotting my Strelitzia and Anthurium but it was so warm I found excuses to be outside. The frogs in the pond were out, enjoying the warmth, and I found Mini-Cletus. 

​Okay, so it’s only mid-January, but I didn’t want to wait and end up paying more, or not being able to get the seeds I wanted, so I bought some. Actually a lot, if you count the 5000 Scarlet Pumpernickel seeds for the MLBs. 

Wishing every one of the 200 million-ish European starlings in the US would simultaneously shit on Eugene Schieffelin’s grave. Stupid fucker. 

I couldn’t justify $100 for a Gear or whatever, and I didn’t want to completely cheap out on a $14 Cardboard, but this one was reasonably priced, got very good reviews, and (unfortunately) was out of stock, which I take as a good sign, long enough after Christmas for angry buyers to have left reviews. […]