When I moved out of the city, one of the biggest benefits of having a yard was the ability to grow a real garden. I had tried growing blueberries on a city balcony, with limited success. But after moving to New Hampshire and being greeted … Continue readingWhat My Garden Taught Me About AI
My newest tank. I have been away from the hobby for ~10 yrs but good to be back. We spent some time in the country this spring and my son loved playing in the streams and river, catching trout fry and tadpoles, and seeing baby … Continue readingNew 2.6gal Planted Aquarium
My new Thanksgiving tradition is the BBQ and smoke the turkey. Have dialed in the process over the last 3 Thanksgiving’s and I am hooked! I am using a standard propane grill so the key to the flavor is the smoker box and wood chips. … Continue readingBBQ Smoked Turkey
Assuming you have grown your own sourdough starter, you are now on your way to a delicious boule of bread! I follow Jim Lahey’s no-kneed recipe for bread but I substitute my starter for the yeast and I subtract our 100gm and 1/2 cup of … Continue readingSourdough Bread: Baking
A few years back I started making sourdough bread. The key to sourdough is growing your own yeast culture: starter. This starter is then used in place of store-bought instant yeast. The starter combined with a rustic style of fermenting the bread for 12-18 hours imparts a … Continue readingSourdough Bread: Starter
Perhaps the most attractive locomotives out there are the Connecticut Department of Transportation P32AC-DMs. These modern passenger locatives are painted in a revival of the New Haven McGinnis scheme. The mouthful locomotive designation includes the “-DM” as these unique P32s can run off diesel or drop a third-rail … Continue readingCustom HO scale CT DOT P32AC-DM
Last week I put together a new LED lighting upgrade for my 8-gal Hex freshwater aquarium. The 8-watt screw in fluorescent wasn’t putting out enough light to grow plants. It might seem like 1-watt/gal would be enough, but the bulb is omnidirectional and the reflector … Continue readingDiY LED Aquarium Lighting
This has to be the best fruit/veggie box I have received yet from Boston Organics service. It is my standard $29 “dogma box” of local veggies: Apples, beets, cabbage, celery root, red onions, potatoes, black radishes, sunchokes, and white mushrooms Plus a few add-on items: … Continue readingWhat a Delivery!
Salt Water Reef Aquarium 10 Gallons About 2004 About 2005-2006 The tank, at its peak. I was using Brookline, MA tap water! A lot of work went into that coral. Closeup of the candy cane coral