hi all - i have this sort of half-formed idea about how a vegan DIY community like this is a lot like a solarpunk DIY ethos - but anyway, what are you working on at the moment? for me, my wife and i are going to tear down drywall and do some mold remediation. destruction is easier than creation, as they say; so we’ll hire someone to re-hang the drywall once we’re done.
otherwise since it’s winter not much to report on the doing stuff front. we finished our privacy fence in the backyard just before the weather turned here, so we’ve got that done. we were going to do a flooring project in our den, but as prep work for that project was what led us to find the mold, it’s scrapped for the time being.
photo: Link the cat, internationally ranked chess grandmaster, because we all need more cuteness in our lives.
Not really current projects unless “currently ignoring” counts lol
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I’ve got to put away the seeds I’ve saved (extract and label them too)
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my house plants have been neglected, they need some tidying.
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I want to get a hydro set up going. Probably passive to start. But I do want to also more seriously look into growing weed indoors.
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I have lots of organizing to do in the basement. I want to tidy up and make it a bit more functional. Tools need a home, for example.
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I would like to move some furniture around and hopefully redo the bedroom closet to make it more functional.
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Costing out a solar hydro setup for mostly brassicas which I enjoy eating but resent growing due to their low yield, pest magnetism, and soil ravaging effects. Solar panel and battery claims from chinese online retails are relatively exaggerated, which makes speccing harder. So I’m considering wholesale jinko 40 V monocrystallines like on my roof (extremely reputable chinese manufacturer but designed for powering houses) but that’s more costly, requires more complex electronics, and needs better alignment with the sun vs polycrystal. Also wont work well on cloudy days.
If anyone knows a supplier of 12V polycrystalines that are affordable and supply datasheets (instead of hilariously large wattages) please let me know.
Website launches on DEC 21, flat out till then. Afterwards I want to paint the inside of my house.
I love bright colours, once we rented a place with turquoise walls, blue rose carpets, different chandeliers in every room. I adored it, but everyone made fun of it. I want to do stuff like azure kitchen/dining (dark brown floors, exposed brick, trimmings), pinky sandstone lounge, green rec room, and green with gold stippling bedroom. I’m worried I have no taste and everyone will just be uncomfortable when they come round though? I guess I’m looking for permission to just try something that’ll make me smile every morning.
you don’t need permission from me, but i offer it anyway! we have done bright colors in our home. our kitchen is green with patterned wallpaper, our dining room is orange (like, Denver Broncos orange, which wasn’t the reasoning but is the comparison i get all the time), our living room is adobe colored and my home office is egg yolk yellow. it’s your home, make it fun for you!
- Retooling some grow spaces.
I decided I need more vertical space in some of my racks which means moving things around. Not the most complicated project but it’s something I have to plan out before starting so I don’t end up moving and removing things a million times. It’s also a good opportunity to do some deep cleaning that I don’t reeeeeeeally feel like doing.
- Continuing backyard renovations.
Last week was clearing brush and burning shrubs, this week is moving around stuff that isn’t too heavy or awkward so the dogs have more space to run and play. I’m also covering some low areas that are turning into mud holes with pine straw to keep it from getting worse. Maybe some grass will sprout up through it in the spring.
- Cleaning neglected spaces around the house.
I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of dust in our home and cleaning the spots that are easy to forget or neglect. We have tons of ceiling fans that like to collect dust and I find cleaning them to be miserable on my upper body no matter what I use. I’ve tried various dusters, vacuuming, vacuum attachments, even taking the blades off and reattaching them. For some people this might be quick and easy, for me it’s a project and a chore I detest. I’m also doing things like changing filters and checking the heating system since temps have been getting low enough to make the heat a temptation.
Nothing major since I’m supposed to be taking it easy but enough that I still feel overwhelmed about it all sometimes. The colder temps make my joints feel terrible but I have to do more than sit around all day!
Re fans: grippy dinosaur extendy arm with a U turn in the end? hold damp cloth and wipe from ground?
Actually you could use PVC pipe fittings and stuff the rag in the end to simplify making it? If you weight the end that you hold it from below your hand to resist the torque it might not be uncomfortable?
