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Still getting a decent harvest for herbs, peppers, eggplants and a few tomatoes. Trying to find new ways to use my harvest I’m making some tinctures with my rosemary and basil.

My ssl site certificates expired as GoDaddy has updated to DV ssl certificates due to what’s supposed to be a better experience, encryption, coverage of multiple sites, SEO rankings etc. Will be interesting to see how they work. Since that … Continue reading →

Peppers from the garden piling up again so I made some more hot sauce! Used a different method without a fermentation period so will see how it goes. Here’s the colorful pictures.

Went to the last Dodgers series of baseball at Oracle Park in SF for all three games. I normally catch all games of a baseball series I go to. Took the Amtrak and stayed in the SF two nights. The … Continue reading →

Nothing like being anchored up hoping to catch a salmon or even get a bite and then sea lions explode around your anchored boat body slamming and devouring salmon!

Created two different relishes today with produce from my garden. I did a hot pepper relish and a sweet cucumber relish. Both relishes were pretty simple and I started with the pepper relish first. A mixture of Jalapeños, Serrano, Habanero … Continue reading →

I decided to updated my Rocky 9.x virtual server and WordPress version to their latest an that went much faster than in the past on my hypervisor servers I built the first of this year. My blade chassis I had … Continue reading →

Always expanding my repertoire, this time by creating hot sauce with peppers from my garden! Was mostly jalapeño, some Seranto and a bit of chili peppers. I fermented for about 10 days and then blended with the brine for more … Continue reading →

Received all of my parts to build my OpenSense router and firewall this week. Put it all together and got it fired up and connected to the networks I want but not controlling anything just yet as I learn what … Continue reading →

Home projects with a bit of self sustainability, gardening and preservation squash, making bread and bacon. Continue reading →