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For #CoffeeWithACodex on March 20, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Roll 2062, three fragments from an 11th-century manuscript roll of the Liturgy of Saint Basil in the Byzantine Rite. The roll has been located to Berat, Albania, and was written between 1040 and 1099.

Coffee With A Codex is an informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different manuscript and the expertise of one of our curators. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each

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August 2024: Harvest, Pests & Hugelkultur

Monday harvest - complete with two rat-chewed eggplants:

Of course you realize, this means war! The trap has been set & there will be blood:

Hugelkultur container - the first layer is a Christmas tree I collected last year:

Added the first touch of native soil & decayed leaf litter:

My little Racer Plus pumpkin that got chewed on - a week later and still growing! My hopes were low that a young pumpkin would be able to survive damage that deep, and I guess it's still not guaranteed but I’m pleasantly surprised it’s hanging in there. Watching this heal up has been interesting and a little gross.. the hole is scarring over and the shallower punctures are making these sort of sap-stalactites as it grows.

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September 2024: The First Week

Wednesday harvest - complete with rat chewed eggplants:

Thursday harvest:

Saturday harvest:

Ruby-throated hummingbird sub-adult. It didn't have most of its adult colors & its mom would still occasionally come & feed it:

The outcome of Sunday's bank fishing trip & that night's dinner. We only caught one but, if you only end up catching one fish, this is a good size:

2020: First Tomatoes Harvested

This Lemon Boy is almost completely ripened. Something had knocked it off the plant about five days or so ago while it was still green so we brought it in to ripen on the counter. If we had wanted it to ripen quicker, we could have put it in a paper sack. You can also add an apple to the sack and the gas it gives off will accelerate ripening even further (That’s why it is a good idea to keep apples stored away from other fruits especially those that ripen quickly like bananas.).

The top tomato is a Cherokee Purple that is just starting to blush. I found the green Better Bush laying in the pot:

This is why. The stem is practically eaten away. That brown stuff is what some gardeners call frass but I call it caterpillar shit. I couldn’t find the caterpillar so I hope a bird ate it. I washed it off and we’ll see if it ripens before it rots:

I found another damaged tomato in another pot. This one is a Phoenix. You’ll note the bite marks are sharp with a lot right angles compared to the crescent shaped caterpillar bites in the photo above so this is probably squirrel or rat damage. I washed it off too. Worst comes to worst, it can go to the compost bin: