- Eugene produced his first cara cara oranges this past season. They were on the tree for what felt like 4-5 months, and two oranges were finally picked in January of 2022.
- We had a surveyor come out in September of 2021 to mark the property lines. It was interesting to catch a glimpse of all the history involved with recording property boundaries.
- We finished a shade structure for the deck and shed up at the property. Despite the project only consisting of a couple 2x4s and some metal, it had lots of complications!
- In May/June of 2020, I sold my beloved Jeep Wranger and purchased a used Ford Ranger. The Ranged has been a great vehicle so far for both camping and moving junk between properties.
- How we built a live edge wood slab coffee table, including the sanding, finish, and installation of the legs. A simple and easy project with a huge payoff!
- Chronicles the steps taken to hook up a Grove Sunlight sensor to a Raspberry Pi 3, and use it to track the amount of direct sunlight received in an apartment. Explains the Python libraries required to interface with the sunlight sensor, and provides sample code that can be used as a starting point for a custom project or script.
- Follows along as we built a tiered planter boxes from redwood pickets and pine. Shows the steps we took in calculating the mitered cuts, sanded and stained the legs, and assembled the piece into its final form!
- Covers building a simple fence to protect my backyard garden from rabbits and other pests. Follow the steps taken of digging the surrounding ditches, adding wooden stakes and fencing wire, and burying the posts/fence for additional stability. Also includes a list of parts/supplies used in the construction of the fence.
- Post about the indoor grow light system we put together for the 2018 growing season. Includes how to select indoor light bulbs for growing seedlings, and a shopping list of parts required in our growing setup.
- Detailing my Photo Gallery website, which started as a simple L.A.M.P. project managing the storage and cataloging of geo-tagged photos back in 2012. It has since grown to include AWS services such as S3 and the Elastic Transcoder for HTML 5 video conversion. Photos, Videos, and GPX tracks are now stored in a PostGIS database, which supports geospatial queries and search. The project currently hosts over 10,000 photos, and continues to grow.