Some Things Must Be Endured

2022-07-26 I don't know enough (yet) about my plants (specifically pepper plants) to recognize when it's harvest time. I went online....

2022-07-20 The piri-piri is ripening, changing from green to red. They look angry. Three sweet pepper pods are fruiting. I know one is...

2022-07-09 A fourth AeroGarden® 2020 Aerovoir (pictured left) has arrived, to be connected to Seble. It shall henceforth be named and...

2022-07-05 The sixth Smart Garden-3 arrived and was immediately placed in commission. The bright light washes out the detail, but there...

2022-06-29 00:30 (plus updates.) Looking back, I own that I am amazed at how difficult it has been to even roughly synchronize the lights...

2022-06-28 One of the common issues with the World Wide Web is that everything you do is transparent to the companies that own your...

2022-06-24 14:20 I probably should have lifted the screens for this picture so you could see how incredibly green all that Romaine...

2022-06-24 01:20 (Revisions, 2022-06-26, in Red) The first change was to the power supplies to the Smart Garden-3s. I'm not going to put...

2022-06-21 01:30 No New Plans! I swear. The last big plan ran to 20+ revisions before I could declare it complete. Projects are...

2022-06-15 There are different types and styles of hydroponics, and the terminology is difficult to stretch to fit every type. I deal...

2022-06-13 Whether or not it was scheduled or due, cleaning the iDOO units was necessary, so I did. This was immediately after harvesting...

2022-06-10 (Revisions/updates are in red 2022-06-11) (or in blue 2022-06-19) What you are seeing is that fly net I bought this week for...

2022-06-09 23:50 Sheba is, of course, short for She-Bucket. Just another one of the girls. I wanted to create an external level gage, but...

2022-06-09 After Noon Top photo, upper left - Teresa and Anny. I assembled Teresa, the few needed steps. Then I prepared Anny with a...

2022-06-08 Many posts back, I said that rating the various hydroponic gardening systems would be one of my projects. Not a plan, mind...

2022-06-06 20:40 Teresa and Anny¹ are still in transit limbo. I am ready for their arrival. I have a naked shelf where The Bucket² used...

HO-HO-HO FAT FARMER (You were expecting maybe a green giant?) 2022-06-05 The chili peppers are ripening. The tiny tomatoes are ripening....

2022-06-03 19:00 I ask you: Is this the face of a person who enjoys enduring delays? Teresa (a fourth MiracleGro AeroGarden Harvest...

2022-06-01 08:00 June seems an odd month to celebrate the harvest. That's normally October and November, with Halloween and Thanksgiving....

2022-05-28 Salad for breakfast, with bacon, bacon cheddar crisps, and shredded mozzarella cheese. My own dressing, of course. The lettuce...