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Nothing special about this dish, other than the fact that every thing on the plate, everything except the seafood, is from my garden. Spring is here! Also, you will notice that the scallops are not seared, just sous vided and seasoned. For my personal taste, seared scallops look pretty, but messes up the tender texture and adds no taste. dcarch

I don't see how you can really get this thing clean, deep down hidden in those tall and crowed vertical Flex rods. I suppose if you can't see the dirt, there is no dirt. I also think it will take many days for it to completely dry after you wash it. Definitely not an aesthetic solution, with a variety of knives inserted randomly. dcarch

If you go to a construction site, you will notice that most power hand tools used now are all cordless rechargeable. Lithium batteries and advanced DC motors are making these tools possible. You are beginning to see cordless immersion blenders on the market. They are still expensive, but I think they will replace the ones you need to deal with a long plug-in cord. Yeah, you can even blend when you are cooking outdoors. dcarch

Perlite does not get rid of water. Drilling weep holes at the bottom of retaining walls (in your case, the way the cement block raised bed walls are constructed is the same as retaining walls) is a standard practice. Drilling holes in the mortar is not a lot of work. You do get a lot of rain in Florida. Also time to think of a finish, if you don't like the look of irregular moss growing on the blocks. dcarch

3/4" x 3/4", 1" x 1", hardware cloth (galvanized or stainless steel or black vinyl coated steel ) is available. Nothing can get through except insects. dcarch

Why are you moving those plants to your new place? Very soon, you are allowed to grow six(?) plants for private recreational or medicinal use. dcarch

Are you in Florida? ( iguana ? Not in Brooklyn.) First, beautiful work!!! Second, my suggestion: Those are very tall raised beds. How much rain do you get in your area? It depends on the percolation quality of the earth the raised beds are on. If the percolation is not much, the raised beds can become bathtubs and your plants can get root rot. I would drill small weep holes in between the blocks on the bottom run of the blocks and put a bucket of gravel around the holes before you pile soil on top. You put small drain hole even for small flower puts to avoid root rot. Lets see some green stuff in those beds. :-) dcarch

I resolved the "chicken or egg" paradox. Had a few old eggs which needed to be used, and 1/2 of a supermarket roasted chicken which stared at me every time I opened the refrigerator. So I made egg and chicken fried rice. It was a very good combination. dcarch

That's why I have duck tape on my tattoos for my youtube videos. dcarch

You fight hard so you get to eat it all by yourself. dcarch

The first spear, 2021. It says, "The hell with the lock down. I am coming out!" Found this baby in the garden. Spring is here!!! dcarch

You may want to check with your doctor about coconut water/milk use, if you have kidney issues (CKD). dcarch

My latest breakfast. Double espresso latte with double root beer peeps swimming in it. dcarch

Here is an interesting one for you liuzhou, Chinese Vegetable Tree - Toona sinensis. I have never had it and never seen it here or when I was in China, just came across it on a gardening forum. I Googled it, sounds extremely interesting: "---- The young leaves of T. sinensis (xiāngchūn) are extensively used as avegetable in China; they have a floral, yet onion-like flavor, attributed to volatileorganosulfur compounds.[10] Plants with red young leaves are considered of better flavour than those where the young leaves are green.[4][11][12] In China and Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, the young leaves of Toona sinensis or commonly known as Chinese Mahogany is used to make Toona paste, which is used as a condiment to serve with plain rice porridge as breakfast and simple meals, or to enhance the flavour of a dish or soup. Common dishes made with Toona paste are Chinese Mahogany fried rice, Chinese Mahogany beancurd, and Chinese Mahogany mushroom soup.---" So I bought two seedlings. I hope they will do well in my garden. dcarch

Thank you! dcarch

My St. Pat dinner: Corned beef, sous vide (72 hours, 135F) Cabbage Asparagus deep fried rice crispy noodles made with corned beef juice. Carats

In order not to have skewed picture of a building, you will need a parallax correction lens, or in the old days, a view camera with a bellow. Something like this for a SLR camera: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274523030543?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=274523030543&targetid=1068323853030&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9004223&poi=&campaignid=10459842387&mkgroupid=104612011100&rlsatarget=pla-1068323853030&abcId=2146002&merchantid=102008904&gclid=Cj0KCQiAv6yCBhCLARIsABqJTjbibJPL2LK4D3NXdzPvR0wonWpUErUREnTKKQ_NCi3OB6XUhtEk0p4aAsNkEALw_wcB dcarch

You can also check out remote rechargeable strobe flashes. Some expensive, some not. Great for background lighting. They give you lighting flexibility and they don't take lots of room to store. dcarch

Easy-off has many chemicals in its composition. Many ALL of its ingredients are toxic to humans. One main ingredient is Sodium Hydroxide, it is highly reactive (corrosive) on aluminum. Sodium hydroxide can also damage glass and a few other metals at higher temperature. dcarch Edited to say All those chemicals are toxic to humans.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/03/gm-extends-plant-shutdowns-due-to-global-semiconductor-chip-shortage.html https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/18/21185015/honda-coronavirus-factory-shut-down-fiat-chrysler-ford-gm Disruptions to manufacturing due to the pandemic is worldwide for all industries, not limited to the automobile sector. dcarch

You will not get an answer until the pandemic is totally over for the whole world. At this point, even GM had to shut down their factory for lack of chips. dcarch

All I can say is that you guys have done an amazing job is getting this gadget to market, overcoming many technical limitations. Things like using the chicken or roast beef as part of the transmitting antenna, when all I can think of is antennas need to be proportional to wave length. or fractional to wave length. Be careful, don't sell your device to me. If I get one, the first thing I do is to cut it open to find out how you guys did it. LOL!!! dcarch

What about battery life? Most chemistry batteries have limited charge cycles, and most batteries cannot be "deep cycled" before being permanently damaged. Actually some probe sensors (bi-metal) do generate a very tiny bit of electric power from heat. Probably too little to recharge the battery. Wonder if supercapacitor technology can be considered: "----A supercapacitor (SC), also called an ultracapacitor, is a high-capacity capacitor with a capacitance value much higher than other capacitors, but with lower voltage limits, that bridges the gap between electrolytic capacitors and rechargeable batteries. It typically stores 10 to 100 times more energy per unit volume or mass than electrolytic capacitors, can accept and deliver charge much faster than batteries, and tolerates many more charge and discharge cycles than rechargeable batteries.[2]----" dcarch

Is a $10 solution too expensive for you? If not, take a look what I have done for my greenhouse. Just an alternate idea. $5.00 so called "space blanket" reflective plastic sheet. $2.00 fishing line. $3.00 paper clips. A reflective curtain that you can open/close easily for watering/harvesting, which can double the sunlight you get. BTW, Those turnbuckles etc in the picture are not related to the curtain system. They are my "invisible heavy duty" steel shelve support system. dcarch

liuzhou recently did a very nice post about Chinese sand pots for cooking. It inspired me to dig out my sand pot and made a dish. I figured that sand pots are made with mud, so I used all vegetables harvested from mud, beets, carrots, daicon and peanuts. dcarch Braised Pork butt