Yesterday was a slow day. I broke my 24 hour fast with some sausage, eggs, tomato, and an avocado. YUM.

We got out in the yard and cleaned up a bit in the evening. The kids picked up trash, Melissa swept the patio, and I started on the air conditioner garden project. First stages are very not fancy, but it's started.

The idea is to use the condensation drip from our air conditioner to make a small garden that won't need watering in this harsh Texas heat.

Here's the start:

I've been collecting avocado seeds. I have recently acquired a new love for avocados thanks to my cousin, so I've got seeds. I also picked up a potted basil and mint plant from the store. They were $3.

We used a cardboard box for our pot. This one, like the one for the squash, was gifted to us by a neighbor by way of the wind. Eventually we'll move it all to ceramic pots. Cardboard doesn't do too well when wet.

Compost!
This batch of compost isn't coming along quite as well as the first batch. It's more dry. I think that's on account of it being in a smaller box. I dug out the best bits for this job :)

We filled it with some potting soil on top. It's made of mostly peat and compost, with a little fertilizer. The soil was left here from the previous owners.

Next, I took the little pots the herbs were in and put in the best yard soil I could find. Lots of good stuff from the best part of the yard. Lots of organic matter in it like we used in the bottom of the squash box. I used this for two of the three avocado seeds. The other one got planted between the mint and basil.

That's the start! The container lid will help collect and direct the water over to the garden.

I poured some water from the catchment onto the top to wet the soil, and the experiment is started! WOO! If it works, I'm going to try again with the tiny tim tomatoes.

More posts to come! I've decided that in order to maximize my posting for the #minnowuprising, I should keep the posts to one topic. If y'all havent read about the uprising yet, go check out Hive account@taskmaster4450's page. He outlines a plan to reallocate the blockchain to the little guys, like it was meant to be. One of his suggestions is to post multiple times a day. I'm going to try to do so while keeping my posts relevant. Obviously, if I'm out of things to post about, I'm not gonna go shitposting to take advantage of this system. That's not the point. Go check out his page and his multiple posts on the uprising. He even has graphs and math and stuff to help monitor progress too.

Stay relevant y'all

Nate