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This garlic bud started sprouting and ended up costing us $2000!<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Helen decided we should plant it, but we didn\u2019t have any flat spots to build a garden with, so we decided to build a terraced garden. I clicked some internet-ed buttons and ordered $1k of bricks and soil which showed up today:<\/div>\n
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In the process I found an almost flat spot and figured it was a good excuse for a $1k 8’x12′ shed. I prepped for it today, it should arrive in a few weeks, in a box of about 400 parts:<\/div>\n
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Tune in next month to see if I can follow assembly instructions!<\/div>\n
We lost our leaves this month. Here is a photo from 12\/1:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And another photo from 12\/31:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We built the Russian tortoise an inside pen:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After experimenting with $100+ for every conceivable fruit and vegetable, Helen finally figured out what it likes to eat (endive, radish leaves, and romaine lettuce):<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I started on the basement flooring project, ripped up the doggy stained carpet and disposed of an old un-used fridge:<\/div>\n
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Now debating flooring options: stained or epoxied cement, or tiled flooring:<\/div>\n
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We took the Amtrak train to Helen\u2019s yearly medical conference, this year in New Orleans:<\/div>\n
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We met up with Aya and Eric there. Eric taught us how to run the penny slot machines:<\/div>\n
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Back home we replaced Helen\u2019s makeshift standing desk with a fancy motorized stand:<\/div>\n
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Closing with a brain ice cube Helen made out of various spices. Pop it into your drink for an extra special experience\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This garlic bud started sprouting and ended up costing us $2000! Helen decided we should plant it, but we didn\u2019t have any flat spots to build a garden with, so we decided to build a terraced garden. I clicked some internet-ed buttons and ordered $1k of bricks and soil which showed up today: In the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/garlic_bud.jpeg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3162,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/3162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}