Product Concept: Sun Strips
Need: For the beginner gardener who wants to know what kinds of plants wil grow in different parts of his proposed garden but doesn't know how to calculate areas of high sun and partial shade. For inexperienced gardeners, figuring out how much a given spot is shaded by trees, buildings, and other obstructions.
Product: photosensitive paper is placed in multiple spots around a garden for 24 hours on a sunny day. The photosensitivity of the strips is calibrated to give a scale from full sun to full shade when the sensitized paper is held against an included scale. By placing strips throughout the garden, a map of the amount of sun on each spot, a product of the shadows cast. Papers come with clips on small stakes to keep from blowing away. The finished map can be used in garden planning to select different plants for different parts of the garden.
A preview of tomorrow's Yesterday's run destination: seeing President Obama's hand and forearm out an SUV window at the corner of Wilshire and Federal
Yesterday's run destination: San Vincente Blvd.
Yesterday's menu:
breakfast: challah french toast
lunch: nibbles
dinner: potato leek soup, bean salad, roasted cauliflower
great idea...how does one implement it? I wonder.
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