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Growing Corn in the Basement
My mom used to say, “Your ears are so dirty you could grow corn in them.” Telling you that I’m growing corn in our basement seems like an admission that I am a terrible housekeeper. Let’s not talk about that, … Continue reading
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An Almost Battery Tragedy
Why do bad things happen to good people? Have you ever asked that question? Have you ever heard someone else ask that question? Maybe the answer is, to stop worse things from happening.
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The Little Greenhouse That Could
My initial dream for the small greenhouse was to extend the growing season for my herbs and jump start them earlier the next year. She did just that and now she is doing so much more.
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Upgraded Ceiling Tiles
This is what the bedroom ceiling looked like before the upgrade. This is a basement bedroom. Nothing fancy, boring, typical office building cubicle style esthetics. Initially when we bought the house the wall where the picture hangs was not there … Continue reading
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Trader Buck Saga Update
Trader Buck’s, for us here at the Logansport location, has been the gift that just keeps on giving. Maybe other have had different experiences. This post describes what our experience with having a booth with them has been.
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Raised Beds and Garden Greenhouses
Our garden has undergone many shapes, types and sizes. We have done the tilled in the ground type. We used railroad ties and trucked in good dirt and tried that. We have fenced it in with the chickens (huge mistake). … Continue reading
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Greenhouses
My mom used to say, “The old people were always happy till the Sears catalog arrived.” For anyone who never received the Sears catalog it was like YouTube and Amazon had a baby, and it was made from paper. When … Continue reading
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The Buck Stops Here
A Trader Bucks opened here in Logansport, Indiana. We were so excited because we had decided to get a booth and become a vendor. The idea had been that this year we would finally get some inventory built up and … Continue reading
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Basement Bedroom Ceiling Tile Redo
This is how it started. This small fairly inexpensive little part. It seemed so innocent, so well intentioned, so needed, right before it all went horribly, horribly wrong in a spectacular manner.
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Automate Print Head Cleaning To Prevent Clogs
Have you ever gone to print something and the printer either won’t print or prints streaks or has missing print? Ink can dry and cause the print head to no longer be able to move ink through it. Some kinds … Continue reading
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