It was a great day for watering stuff. Cloudy, overcast, not too hot. There were a couple spritzes of rain, nothing more than a trace, not even enough to get the patio or the decks really wet, just indications of the drops. So, I got a lot of the beds watered, and I can finish up tomorrow. A little bit in the morning, and a little bit later in the evening. Otherwise, the day was pretty quiet. Napping was impossible; I was on a 15 minute timer schedule with the watering, and we were waiting for the VAC guy to arrive. Nothing terribly complicated, and I am pretty sure we are in business again. I need to go up in the attic over the garage tomorrow and make sure everything is okay with that unit, and do a little bit of preventive maintenance. Jody and I went in to Georgetown for lunch, and got home in time for the news. The piglet got her face washed after the news, so we can try to keep that under control. It is going to be an early night, I believe!Sparge -- Verb. 1. sprinkle, bespatter; especially: spray. 2. to agitate (a liquid) by means of compressed air or gas entering through a pipe. "The first batch of red IPA was mashed, sparged, and transferred to the kettle." BeerAdvocate.com, March 16, 2010
Did You Know? Etymologists think that sparge likely came to English by way of the Middle French word espargier, itself from the Latin spargere, meaning "to scatter." (Spargere is also the source of disperse, intersperse, and sparse, among others.) Although sparge has been a synonym for "sprinkle" since the late 16th century, you're now most likely to come across this word in one of two contexts. The first is a process called "air sparging," in which air is injected into groundwater to help remediate contamination. The second is the process of beer making, during which mash is sparged-that is, sprayed with hot water to extract the wort.
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