Organizing Made Simple

I am a pro at putting things in safe places.  So safe in fact that they will never be found again.  I am also a pro at putting things that do not make sense being grouped together, together.  I also have an advanced degree in the quick clean where you shove things out of sight because someone is coming over and you don’t want them to see just how out of control life has become.  Of course I will remember where everything that moved out of eye sight in the frantic grab and shove went, not.  Enter organization software Odoo Inventory and Totescan.

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Adding A Wooden Door to a Tpost

wooden door with small gauged wire covering it on the original garden

Bill built two of these doors for our original garden after the store bought ones fell apart.  They are heavy duty and are holding up really well. Continue reading

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Week 2 of Garden Expansion

New garden area week 2, greenhouse moved, corn box in, sweet potatoes planted.

Tomorrow will either be week 2 or week 3 I’ve lost track of time.  The greenhouse is starting to empty out.  All of the squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, most of the celery, most of the peppers, all but 2 tomatoes, and some of the peas have been planted and seem to be happy.  Oh and there are flowers glorious flowers to plant.

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Progress On The Garden Expansion

The landscape fabric came on Friday!  Bill had already chopped, mowed, and cleaned up the area to prepare it for putting fabric down.  We found 3 tposts and a holiday weekend was in front of us.  Thankfully the rain had stopped.

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Growing Corn in the Basement

basement corn

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, stay focused on the actual corn.

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Drip Irrigation Startup

One of the first things that needs to be done each spring is getting the drip irrigation systems set back up.  This involves a bit of maintenance.  We currently have 4 drip timers, divided up into multiple zones each. Continue reading

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An Almost Battery Tragedy

exploded cell phone battery

Cell phone after the battery started on fire while it was sitting on a desk in the house.

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

Vevor smaller greenhouse

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.

Bedroom ceiling before update

Initially when we bought the house the wall where the picture hangs was not there it was open into the stairwell/pool table area on one end and open into the mechanical room on the other end.  One wall is an outside wall and the other is an interior cement block wall.  The original owners had covered all the walls in redwood planks, which were stained not painted.

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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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