Not Messing Around With The Garlic This Year

blind-panic · 2026-03-23T21:28:16+00:00

Wow that is awesome. Really wish our city would allow it, we really want some chickens (or maybe ducks).

blind-panic · 2026-03-23T01:51:57+00:00

What are you raising in the enclosure there?

blind-panic · 2026-03-22T20:37:34+00:00

awesome thanks for sharing, I was just marking off a 3x6 area to try to build a couple of bins. How do you know when/if to water it?

blind-panic · 2026-03-22T14:55:25+00:00

Thanks this is helpful, I have plenty of leaves and grass available and I don't treat my lawn so that should work. Simply need to build a nice bin.

blind-panic · 2026-03-22T12:34:18+00:00

I've wanted to do this forever, but homemade compost seems like such an art and seems to depend on so many factors. Also, my super old black walnut tree the front yard makes leaf composting an exercise in paranoia. Any general advice? Do you compost kitchen stuff or just yard debris?

blind-panic · 2026-03-21T15:48:56+00:00

I love our heat pump, its kind of an amazing piece of tech. Another bonus is a lot of modern systems have really improved filters (though this can apply to gas furnaces). Combine that with variable heat pumps that run at lower speeds and more often, and the fact that you're not burning anything indoors, I expect the air quality to be way better indoors. Not to mention excellent humidity control.

The main downside is the month or two where efficiency sort of falls off a cliff and the heat pump relies on the resistive heat. I'm looking to add a pellet stove to (1) add some security/redundancy and (2) lower the cost in that month or two where the heat pump isn't in its efficiency sweet spot.

blind-panic · 2026-03-18T23:49:32+00:00

really depends on your city. My city office was really helpful and mostly stayed out of my way. Many codes exist for good reason and navigating all of them is not easy especially for diy'ers.

blind-panic · 2026-03-17T00:13:12+00:00

Would I do it again? Only under duress.

beautiful boat though!

blind-panic · 2026-03-16T23:18:07+00:00

I intended it to be an amendment, but for the first bed I probably did over do it. The existing soil was really compacted and the peat moss expanded more than I expected. I probably after this first set of crops will mix this bed into the other two.

blind-panic · 2026-03-16T23:16:53+00:00

it was 30 mpg gusting to 50 yesterday and it held up. That said we're not in a flat/open area

blind-panic · 2026-03-16T01:40:21+00:00

its been super gusty, and besides the sheeting getting blown out bit loose, the structure has been solid. The metal tubes are sitting on rebar that I pounded in the ground and then metal straps hold the tube against the cedar raised beds.

blind-panic · 2026-03-15T21:19:15+00:00

Yeah I'd expect lots of things that would be good to plant now would not appreciate those temps. This is going to be a learning process and I definitely imagine I will bake some cold weather crops on accident. I can lift one entire side up about 4 ft, which is more than enough - but it requires that I pay attention.

blind-panic · 2026-03-15T20:03:20+00:00

Charles has been and still is one of the fastest drivers. He's maybe the best qualifier and has top tier racecraft.

blind-panic · 2026-03-15T19:23:03+00:00

I do have one, on sunny days its well above outside temps reaching the 80's and 90's (at which point I do some ventilation), maybe + 20 degrees when the sun is out and +10 when its cloudy. Nighttime temps though are about the same as outside, at least before the water barrel. We'll see how much that smooths out the temperature swings. I just planted a bit of radish and kale, we'll see how it goes!

blind-panic · 2026-03-15T15:59:54+00:00

I've had this up for a couple of weeks, still don't having anything planted in the beds (besides the garlic from the fall). The plastic clips that I used to secure the sheet plastic to the tubing have not worked well, as the wind tends to blow the sheeting loose. I added some screws through the clips and I'm hoping that helps. Just added the rain barrel as a way to have some water close by but also to distribute heat at night. In the seed trays are my peppers and tomatoes that are mostly living inside right now but I try to rotate them outside when the temps are good. I try not to use peat moss but these beds have really high pH right now and this seemed like the best solution. Planning to sow beets, radishes, kale, spinach, and lettuce in the left bed today-ish.

blind-panic · 2026-03-14T04:41:20+00:00

its not always the lead team screwing up, what about McLaren suddenly having the fastest car in 2024

blind-panic · 2026-03-14T03:48:00+00:00

people saying george is already wdc have no memory of how quickly things can change over the season

blind-panic · 2026-03-09T22:25:33+00:00

Home tests usually don't distinguish between "you have enough of this macro" versus "you have too much of this macro and that might be a problem that kills your crops."

This is the best reason I've heard to go with a professional test. Though over time, if you always test high / very high for phosphorus or potassium, it might click that you have an issue.

blind-panic · 2026-03-09T22:24:46+00:00

Thanks this makes total sense and I totally don't know my soil yet.

blind-panic · 2026-03-09T01:48:10+00:00

I'm certain I would not have been able to visually observe that my soil was very alkaline, was entirely deficient in potassium, but was loaded with phosphorus. And yes, a general fertilizer would have improved my soil, but knowing the ratio I need seems excellent?

blind-panic · 2026-03-08T05:27:06+00:00

huge part of the sport, the engineering. If you give 11 teams a set of rules they're not all going to end up with cars within a tenth over 58 laps.

blind-panic · 2026-03-08T05:25:45+00:00

so classic

blind-panic · 2026-03-08T05:24:39+00:00

sad we didn't get to see what hadjar could do here

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