I should have spoken earlier, for now they have come for me.

When I started this blog, one of the decisions that I made was to keep it politics free. I think I regret that decision now. So my new 4th of July resolution is to be a bit more outspoken.

I am a technician by trade. I have been a technician since 1979. I have done […]

July 4th, 2008 | Category: Injustice | 2 comments

Garden Cart

I got a garden cart kit from the North Houston Woodcraft store. They had one put together, and it moved perfectly, really quite manuverable, so I was quite interested, the box was open, so I started to count the parts. The salesmen assured me they had looked over the parts, it was all intact, and […]

July 3rd, 2008 | Category: Tool Making, Tools, Woodworking | One comment

Lettuce as a Complex Environment

I have been harvesting lettuce seed recently. Usually I just put a palm below one of the dandelion like flowers and with the finger tips of the other hand, massage the ripe seeds from the flower. The ripe seeds fall right out, along with a bunch of chaff.

As a child, I used to go […]

July 2nd, 2008 | Category: Flowers, Gardening, Seed Saving, Speculation | Leave a comment

Flush Cut Plane

This is one of the least common and most useful, simple planes,

This is a pretty simple tool. all you need is a plane blade, such as you can get at most hardware stores.

You don’t need a rare earth magnet this big. Two or three glued into drilled holes on the bottom […]

July 1st, 2008 | Category: Hand Tools, Tool Making, Woodworking | 2 comments

Using water effectively

Here is how I conserve water in my garden,

The water is controlled and adjustable in each pot. The runoff from the pot, then supports the pear tree planted behind.

Here it is in early spring. The pond on the left catches water, but is allowed to dry out during the summer.

The […]

June 30th, 2008 | Category: Gardening, Husbandry, Pond | 3 comments
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