When you don't want to run electricity to every part of your property it is time to learn about solar power. However, if you don't know much about electricity and what you need, where do you start. n this episode I talk through a few basics to get started with electricity and solar as a way to get started in your own research to help build electric projects.

Welcome back to a new year. Lets take a look back at the break, and the year 2022 and how it went. Then lets talk about what is coming ahead, and how things are going to change.

So some things need to change. In this episode I talk about what is changing and some of what the future holds for BudDIY. I also give an update on the porch, hydroponics, and my shop.

Welcome to porch week. This last week has been nothing but building a front porch on the house. It has been a crazy time, and a huge learning process. Listen in on this week to hear how it went, the good and the bad. Also a few of the things I learned along the way. Plus what is next for the porch.

This coming week is the week to build a porch, and I am quite unsure about how it will go. In this weeks episode I talk through the process I am going to through. Some of the materials and tools I that are needed, and overall what needs to be done. It isn't a long episode as I have put most of my attention into prepping to do this project, but there is an update on the hydroponics system. Next weeks episode should be very interesting as it will be a discussion of the work I do this week.

Getting children involved in making, farming, chores etc is something I am unaccustomed to. This weeks episode focuses on 5 things I have put into action over the last few months, and seems to be working, at least a little bit. Having my kids involved in what I do has been a tough challenge, but things seem to be getting better. I am learning more to let go. Also a couple updates on the hydroponics, and front porch build.

Trailering a truck can be super nerve wracking if you have never done it before. This wek was my first time. So lets talk about it. I talk about the ups and downs, the process I went through, and an important lesson learned along the way. Next time I will be better prepared for hauling a vehicle on the trailer. I also discuss the upcoming porch project, and give one of the last updates on the hydroponics project as it is winding down. This week is short, but packed with information.

Search Engine Optimization is important, but it isn't as hard as a lot of people make it out to be. There are some key principles that if you can follow will go a long way before you need to get to the advanced and intricate stuff. In this episode I go over a few of those things which can be especially important to get your local farm or business going to gain some traffic. One of the craziers parts about SEO is fairly simple for most of what you need to do, but it can be hard to do it at times. So lets walk through some of the basics and the easier approach to getting things going.

When it comes to a lot of stuff going on this last week has been right up there. In this weeks episode I walk through a few things that happened around projects, and talk through a math problem I had on some product design. This week it is short and simple with a couple of lessons to take away along the way.

There is a lage project coming up to finish off fixing part of our house. Actually it is a series of smaller projects, that leads to a better whole. This week I walk through the steps to the project to lay the groundwork for upcoming work and projects. I also update on a few things that happened this week towards making more 3d printed products to sell.

If you have ever wanted to sell something on ebay and been intemidated by it, well you are not alone. I was super nervous to sell something on ebay because of all of the unknowns, and not wanting disappoint a customer. Well I finally sucked it up, posted something on ebay and it was purchased. The process had some hiccups, but that was because the customer wanted to buy a bit of a different way than I posted. Other than that selling on Ebay was a breeze.  So join me in this episode where I tell you about the process of listing, selling, customer interaction, shipping and results. All things I wish I could find information on in one place before I also jump into some hydroponics updates, and a future project update.

Making progress on the hydroponics setup this week was great, but it didn't come without its challenges.  This week I talk a bit more about my 3d printing stuff I am working on, and how that is going. Can you say fear of success, and the unknown? Then in the main segment I walk through the latest with the hydroponics system, and some of the challengs I hit with and not with the hydroponics build. Also a couple of takeaways as well. Reminder. I am now trying to sell stuff on my site if you would like to support my work please visit my shop and if something interests you please feel free to buy it.

This week we discuss the basics of lithium batteries for deep cycle applications. I have recently made a few decisions on where to go with some project, and figured it was time to learn more about lithium batteries. In this episode we talk about cells and how to combine them to make your battery for different applications, as well as the specific type of lithium battery most used for home applications.

Summer is hot, and so are your chickens. As the summer warms up we need to keep our feathered friends cool so they don't die on us. This year we are having the hotest summer ever since I got chickens, so it will be a great learning experience on keeping chickens cool. In todays episode I go over things I have don in years past, plus a couple of things I want to try to make sure my chickens stay alive, and thrive.

When your prints fail it is time to do some fixing. This week I had a couple of failures on my 3d prints while working on some new designs. That was quite the shock as the printer has done really well up to now. Listen in this week as I talk about some interesting lessons when modeling prints, and what maintenance you should do to your 3d printers. Just don't be like me and how I have been when it comes to maintenance.

This week we had crazy water problems from our system, and not knowing anything about how our entire system works. I had to fix it. Rural off-grid water can be hard. Listen to this weeks episode to find out what happened, how I fixed it, some background on a few of the things, and things I would like to change int he future.

Some weeks are just an amalgamation of everything which leads to randomness. That has been this past week so I am bringing you a variety show today where we talk about a lot of things. First up is the work I started on a product I want to sell, but I need to develop it and I have gone through a few prototypes I have 3D printed. I talk a little bit about the design process and what I am going for. Then we move on to more homestead stuff where I fixed some underground electric, torched some grass and finally hit a fork in the road on the hydroponics. Oh, and followed through on a great suggstion for my gate. Finally we wrap up the episode with some bitcoin investment data I compiled for dollar cost averaging. I actually crunched some numbers for this data.

Last week I got things situated for the tubs to sit on the racks better. That came in handy this week working on doing the plumbing. The plumbing went reasonbly well, and I learned a few things along the way. I also had ot design myself out of a situation I put myself in. If you are interested in check this weeks episode out to learn more.

The hydroponics project has been started. I finally got through some of the other projects and did some testing for the hdyroponics project. Also designed a new set of clips for hanging the barrina lights I have for the hdyro system. Give this episode a listen to find out what is happing, the changes, and next steps.

Sometimes when you build stuff it does not go as you had intended. I had this great idea for a temporary gate, that would work like a normal gate. It did not go as expected. Fortunately it died early on in the process so I was able to reasses and figure out a solution for a gate as I needed one soon because of rain. In this episode I talk about what happened and what I did in the end. Plus a few lessons along the way with some suggestions.