Blargh…looks like a problem with the form plugin this site is using. I’m troubleshooting the problem, and I’ll hopefully get it back up and running soon.
TSVNCache.exe
I heard some disturbing hard drive noise from the server over the last week. I began to suspect imminent failure, but the click of doom was too intermittent and unusual sounding to indicate a hard drive failure. Just this week I began experiencing issues browsing the server using RDP. A defrag didn’t help speed things up…Windows Explorer would hourglass and take a very long while to open folders and navigate through directories. A big concern.
I checked task manager and discovered TSVNCache.exe sitting in the top 10 list…so I Googled up the process and discovered it was quite a cpu/memory hog. I ended the process right away and Windows Explorer was back to its zippy self.
I still have to perform some diagnostics on the server this weekend after a lightning strike blew the UPS up. My workstation setup is currently running on surge protectors.
A dog eating grass…
…is his way of telling you he has an upset tummy. Specifically, gastrointestinal blockage. In the case of our 125lb Great Dane, the blockage was caused by an Ace bandage. His lack of appetite had us puppy parents rushing him to the vet after 3 days of lethargy. Of course, after dropping $350 in medical expenses (as DH had to point out this cost to me), Dill cured himself. The source of his discomfort unraveled like a black river in our living room. Fun times having to clean up the mess, but we were rewarded by Dill’s happy old self again.
Sowing that I forgot to mention
The weekend prior to the previous posting, I actually was able to get seeds sown into the beds. I dumped all of the Wildseed Farms mix into B5, and scattered White Cosmos, Cornflower and Damascena seeds in S1 and B3. I also got a new gaura, Passionate Blush, planted in B4. We saw some rain last Thursday night, after tornadoes ripped thru parts of the DFW area. Luckily, the seeds weren’t scattered about by the strong winds. This morning, I saw some seedlings sprouting in S1, most likely Cosmos seedlings.
I also managed to do a little trimming on the salvia that got too leggy in the back beds. I especially took some cuttings of the purple salvia, and am looking forward to getting it to root. The white salvia cuttings I took earlier this month have finally shown some rootstock. I plan on transplanting them into soil very shortly. No root stock on the salvia chamaedryoides yet.
I have to mention that the dianthus chinensis in all the beds are putting on a brilliant display…tons and tons of flowers.
Early April Garden
We are moving into mid-spring and here are some sights of the flowers currently in bloom. I love how the Hot Lips salvia is moving from a solid, brilliant red bloom to the customary bi-color flowers. The yellow tulip pictured arrived about late last week and is a bright spot in an otherwise green flower bed (B4). Finally, after the windy storm last Thursday, I spotted the first Dutch irises in bloom among the narcissi in B3.
