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Week 2 of Garden Expansion
Tomorrow will either be week 2 or week 3 I’ve …Read More »
Progress On The Garden Expansion
The landscape fabric came on Friday! Bill had already chopped, …Read More »
Growing Corn in the Basement
My mom used to say, “Your ears are so dirty …Read More »
Drip Irrigation Startup
One of the first things that needs to be done …Read More »An Almost Battery Tragedy
Why do bad things happen to good people? Have you …Read More »
Author Archives: Marisa
Update on the bedding
The bedding has been down now for 3 weeks and while official spring is a ways down the calendar we have already had seriously wet weeks. So far I have to say I’m really pleased. I put it down after … Continue reading
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Change is for the birds re-deux
I’m a little late to the party but here we go. We had been noticing that we just were not getting the eggs like we had been. Now there are reasons for this: Lazy. We just were not checking the … Continue reading
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Change is for the birds part deux
When we built the new and improved coop I wanted features: I wanted to be able to stand up fully inside the building and in the run. I wanted to be able to collect eggs without having to go in … Continue reading
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Change is for the birds
Three big changes are happening for the chickens. We are switching from sand in the coop to coffee grounds. We are resolving the muddy slop in the run with compressed bedding pellets. We are changing their food in 3 ways.
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Odoo Inventory – Product Entry screen shot
Here are the things that I really like about the Odoo software: I can put a picture on the record. If you are just scanning through what we have in stock it’s helpful to actually be able to see what … Continue reading
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Blue Tape
Blue tape is a shop hero. Heck it’s a life hero. About the only complaint I have is that it can be difficult when you only have one hand free. If I know I’m going to be needing multiple pieces … Continue reading
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Organization
Yea, that’s right I said it. We have tried so many different “ideas” to get the shop organized. Keeping it that way is another story. One of the biggest issues has been not knowing where things are when we need … Continue reading
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What you can’t see can hurt you
Or at the very least make you think. The request is for a Footprints in the sand pen. The idea was to create a blank that used wood from Bethlehem and an acrylic pour for the water. There may have … Continue reading
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Bird of Paradise seeds are cool
These seeds are almost to pretty to plant. They have tufts of bright orange hair in a deep purple or black seed. The package suggests making a cut in the seed and then soaking them for 48 hours. A random … Continue reading
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Fail or Opportunity?
Are you a half full or half empty mold kind of person? While it’s always great when something works the way you were intending it to. It’s also great when it doesn’t. In this case the fail happened because the … Continue reading
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