Pots and Pans

My favorite (and only) set of pots and pans. They're over 10 years old but still going strong!

Extractor fan for wormbin

The outdoor bin could use some more ventilation, so we decided to add a fan to it. This old VGA cooler was a perfect candidate:

The attached potentiometer allows speed control (although it wasn't *really* necessary in this case :-)

Here's the fan mounted on the lid of the bin:

Geeks live here...

nuff said.

Intense game of settlers

A game of settlers that lasted about 3 hours. I waited for a winning 12 roll for about 30 turns, but alas, it did not come. I love taking pictures of the game board.

Jello shots

Benny's idea. Peach flavored jello with vodka. Added some gelatin to counter the anti-setting effects of alcohol. Tasted great! Tipped glasses for visual effect :)

Pancakes

Nothing like pancakes made from scratch with fresh fruit and whipped cream... :)

New Wormbin

I started making a 2nd worm bin. The first one was made from blue recycling boxes, the inner one being about 20 litres in volume. It was working out quite well after some initial fruit fly problems, which appeared to solve itself once the worms really started churning the material. Pretty soon I had a full bin of healthy worms, but there was one problem: it wasn't processing the food scraps fast enough. A lot of fruit and vegetables are consumed in our household (even when I was living by myself throughout the month of August), and the amount of waste plant matter far exceeded the amount being consumed by the worms. Therefore I decided to start a second, considerably larger bin:

It's hard to tell without a shot of the previous bin, but the new ones are about 20 gallons (vs 20 litres). I recruited Robin and Gabe to help during the construction process:

Pictures of finished products to follow...