How've You Been?

It's been a week since I've posted.  Sure, excuses are just that, but I've been real busy.


You may have wondered how I can spend so much time farming.  Well, one of the major reasons is the fact that I act in commercials.  Yup, you guessed it.  That's why I've been M.I.A. lately.  This week has been spotty for Sustainable Urban Farming.  I have done some work outside, but mainly I've been running around Hollywood.  Here's a link to some photos I took at the job I shot this week.  http://www.WillieRocks.com/att


So, last week Hudson and I were taking a walk through out little sidewalk farm and we came across a busy bee and some gorgeous flowers.

 

Then a few feet down on the cinder block planter bed, we noticed a strange bug hatching from a weird cocoon.  It looked like a yellow lady bug without spots.  In fact, my buddy Jon verified that it is a lady bug.  Check out this cool link describing their life cycle.  CLICK HERE.  To make a long story short, Hudson and I laid down on the sidewalk and shot photos and videos of the metamorphosis.  When something weird happened...

Have you ever felt chills run up your spine, like someone was watching you a little too closely?  In that moment I had chills, so I held my breath for a second and I heard a man breathing in my ear.  The camera and strange bug quickly lost my attention.  I looked up to see whom I was going to have to punch in the nose and lo & behold... an EMT was crouching over me attempting to gather my vitals!  He quickly noticed I was in good health and studdered, "Oh, never mind!".  He walked back to his ambulance and explained the situation to his partner.  I jumped to my feet and yelled to the men, "What service!".  They laughed and pulled away.

My good buddy, Gary, from Armstrong's had suggested I fertilize all my fruit trees in mid February.  I picked up a box of organic fertilizer and worked it into the soil.  There is already a noticeable difference!

Today, my partner in crime and best buddy, Hudson... started cranking out as many pint sized planter boxes as we could!  He had a very special project cutting up a cardboard box.  Heh heh.  Got to keep the little guys working hard.