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2024 Season under way

Blog back by popular demand! Tomato and pepper seeds have been started. The outdoor garden will be a little smaller this year. Last year we had issues with both rabbits and deer eating everything in the garden so we are making it a little smaller so we can fence it …

Powershell basics

Welcome to a new series about managing Windows servers, computers, and Microsoft 365. Most of the management will be done in PowerShell and there are certain quirks to using it that should be known from the outset. We will build a simple one liner that will tell us in sentences …

Basil taking off

The basil is starting to grow. I moved it over to the bins with the air pump running. I probably moved them a little too early. but they have started to grow. I also directly sowed some other seeds like mint, spinach, and cilantro, but I think they drowned and …

Starting seeds

A slow down of activity with gardening in the last week. Lights are hung and some seeds started. They have sprouted and for year old seeds not too many dead ones. They will stay in the seedling tray for another week, then it will be time to go into the …

All done

Last part was framing out in the window, drywall, texture and paint. I mounted both the vent covers and the vent fan. After a month of work it is time to plant some seeds. The first batch of seeds will be basil. We haven’t had home made pesto since the …

In the home stretch

I used some spray texture to get some basic texture on the wall, then painted it. After a few coats I wired up all the outlets and switches. Lastly I made a cover for the access to the water spigot shut off. It is held up by 4 cabinet magnets. …

Drywall time!

I started at the wrong corner, so everything ended up slightly out of plumb, but at the end of the day the drywall in hung and it will work out. I mounted each sheet over the outlets leaving room around them, then used a zip saw to cut around the …