May 17, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Saturday Setup of Music
Setting up some music for this Saturday that promises mild temperatures here in Northern California after system updates and of course I’m the music sharing with everyone who can access it around the WWW.
Mixing the old with the new and all genres is the play as usual.
Types of artists featured represented like some of these names Howard Hewett, Foghat, Cecile, SZA, Architects, Cocoa Tea, Mistah F.A.B, so you hear a nice mixture of genres.
May 17, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Updated the Web Server OS Patches WordPress SSL Certificate
I updated the Rocky Linux 9.x OS of the web server with the latest patches as well as the CMS WordPress and plugins to the latest versions.
Also updated the relay servers that serve up the ShoutCast and IceCast streams you listen to that run on Fedora Linux. Updated the W2019 server OS as well that hosts the music.
Then realized I also need to update my SSL website and streaming certificates. After reboot of which stops and restarts the services it came up with the certificate errors. Just pulled down the updates certificates from GoDaddy and put them in place and pointed to them properly by editing the ssl web file and restarting the services and voila.
A lot to do when I just planned on some quick OS updates while I picked some music to play on Snakeice’s House of Beats. Glad I did as I hadn’t gotten or missed the reminder to update my site SSL certificates.
May 4, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Use of Garden Vegetables in Breakfast
The garden produces and inspires different uses in dishes and exploration.
I always have Swiss chard as it grows yearly for me in Northern California. Took that and some early growth peas, cherry tomatoes with chives, cilantro, basil and peppermint sage sautéed put over a potato patty. Avocado not from the garden teamed with my homemade bacon and eggs.
This will now be a staple of mine for breakfast!
May 4, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Use of Garden Vegetables in Breakfast
The garden produces and inspires different uses in dishes and exploration.
I always have Swiss chard as it grows yearly for me in Northern California. Took that and some early growth peas, cherry tomatoes with chives, cilantro, basil and peppermint sage sautéed put over a potato patty. Avocado not from the garden teamed with my homemade bacon and eggs.
This will now be a staple of mine for breakfast!
May 3, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Spring Cleaning Music
I sprinkled in some good music to perform some spring cleaning while inside or outside of the house or just choose to listen!
Types of artists featured today are like Lady Gaga, ZZ Top, Kelea, Ice-T, Chris Brown, Nyashane, Tyga are just a cross section of represented artists of various genres.
Play here or look on the side bars
May 1, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Gardens Coming Alive 2025
Flower and vegetable gardens growing well so far!
Morning dew on roses and leaves.
April 17, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Chamomile Tea From Garden
Made some early season chamomile tea after accidentally pulling off a small portion while weeding my vegetable garden this evening.
Normally I mix different herbs but it’s early to pull most herbs in my garden. This mistake was soothing and had a distinct flavor I like. I did sweeten it with a touch of Blue Agave but wish I didn’t.
Chamomile tea, what a nice evening sip!
April 13, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on New Fertilizer Delivery System Vegetable Garden
Trying the Chapin 16 oz Hydro Feed fertilizer injector in my vegetable gardens. Trying to use more organic fertilizer plus have other options if needed. The Miracle Grow system was nice but only can use their fertilizer and one version of their liquid fertilizer.
Thinking this will help my soils PH levels as well plus can use different fertilizer sources at different times of the growing season.
Trying different ways things but will also use other measures to bring my soil PH level up and make sure other nutrients are available for the plants.
The Miracle Grow fertilizer injectors after more than a decade of usage was also leaking.
For now I will keep a couple of Miracle Grow liquid delivery systems I had in packages unused on my new flower beds and monitor all systems.
March 30, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on New Flower Garden Plots
Finally finished the new gardens/plots for the backyard. I get to use my final sprinkler zone again finally I put in anticipation of something like this 18 years ago. Always plan ahead!
Besides added scenery the flowers will complement my vegetables. That’s specifically why I picked the marigolds and alyssum. I just love roses so they will bring aesthetics and bees as well. I have lavender already but may add more of that or another variety later.
I started this a few other times over the years but the logistics of the small areas in my yard and other projects stopped me.
Flower pots didn’t work because they also brought things hanging off of them and additional maintenance. Plus more shade.
I placed a single rose midway on each fence line surrounded by marigolds and alyssum. I did the same next to the vegetable gardens removing portions of grass being careful not to hit the grass sprinklers.
I put a new 3 x 6 foot raised garden next to the patio on the east side. I placed four rose plants in that garden plus more marigolds and alyssum.
For the smaller flower placements I went down an additional 6 inches but not in the 3 x 6 space. The ground soil is so compressed that I filled my organic waste to the top and it had to weigh a couple hundred pounds. I recalled removing soil to put in my grass years ago and getting rid of that compressed soil took several truck loads.
Construction companies compress soils for foundation stabilization. They also I believe take the good top soil for growing plants unfortunately.
Tested the new watering zone and drip system in that zone and everything is working great!
I have two rose plants in the 3 x 6 area that have very dry roots and I left them in bad shape over this last year thinking I would get to this project last year. I have done this before and the roses came up and became my favorite and best producing roses in the front yard to this day. I hope the same happens this time.
Now time to make some changes to the front rose gardens and clear the backyard for the year of unwanted items!
March 22, 2025
by dhoytt
Comments Off on Ducks on the Pool
These ducks have shown up a few times this time of the season the past several years. Have no idea how this got on their migration radar. Other pool owners in the area have similar occurrences.
Comes the same day I will be doing more chlorine to account for my garden dirt though.
