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more home automation
I have this Raspberry Pi that I’ve written briefly about on my other site: http://k0jaa.com/2015/01/raspberry-pi/. It controls the lights in my living room based on a few inputs: the position of the sun the weather if the room is occupied #3 is new and I just added it over the past weekend. Here’s how it all works,…
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straw bale planting day
The fertilizing period is done, and since I was out of town last week, we waited one extra week and got our plants and planted them on Saturday (4/18). Sometime over a week ago, I got a couple soaker hoses and then re-arranged the bales so there wouldn’t be any gaps – it turned into…
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nature and morels
Went outside today to fertilize the bales and took a few pictures of some flowers (looked like bluebonnets but I don’t think they are, they appear to be on onion/garlic stalk-type-things) and a snail under a tree. By the way, I measured the temperature of the straw bales Tuesday and it averaged 87 degrees. It…
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represent.us
http://my.represent.us/p?recruiter_id=16900 This is neither a conservative nor a liberal movement, it’s a non-profit that is trying to pass local Anti-Corruption Acts to keep bribery and big money out of government. Watch the videos, I think it’s a good idea, starting small where things can be changed to lead up to national influence in the long…
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straw bale garden – beginning
Holly and I are going to try a straw bale garden this year. Neither of us have done this before, but we’ve been wanting a garden for a few years. Since we’re currently renting, we don’t want to put time and money into the ground. We’ve tried container gardens in the past, but unfortunately we…
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Pizza Version of White Bread #1 with Sourdough Starter
i did an experiment today with the white bread recipe i usually make. i wanted to make a tomatoey dough with pizza flavors, so i substituted spicy V8 for the milk, olive oil for vegetable oil, and garlic salt for the salt, and added some pizza seasoning to the flour. the recipe works out like…
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Rustic Sourdough Bread
i like the sourdough conversion of white bread that i’ve made a few times, but since it takes 12 hours, i looked for another version which might be faster. i ended up trying King Arthur Flour’s Rustic Sourdough Bread recipe. i got a fancy new digital scale for christmas, so you’ll see that featured in…
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more sourdough starter instructions
i typed this up in an email to some friends i gave some starter to. there’s 2 ways to feed sourdough – by weight and by volume, and there’s also a few possible situations – counter-top or fridge. first rule is to always double it when you feed it. this could be after you have…
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Homemade Pizza Dough (Sourdough Starter)
i got a nice new pizza stone for christmas this year (i somehow cracked my previous two) so i decided to make homemade pizza and try using sourdough starter. i followed this recipe i found on sourdoughhome.com. the first dough turned out a little dry so i made another in a slightly different way which…
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White Bread #1 (Sourdough version)
as promised, here is the recipe for the bread i posted a picture of previously. the recipe is based on the Red Star White Bread #1 Recipe but altered according to Sourdough Jack’s instructions on this page. 1 c active sourdough starter 6.5 c bread flour 1 c milk 1.25 c water 2 Tbsp vegetable…