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I freakin’ love beans

As the title says. This time I added two poblanos along with the serranos, I’ll be doing that again. And a 1lb pack of bacon because that’s all I could find. Forgot to add when I made the recipe book, but a splash of vinegar at the end helps.

Recipe’s based on the serious eats one, this is just what it’s turned into. Makes 14 1-cup servings plus 1-2 bowls. I’ve been making it all on the stovetop nowadays too.

Rice made normally in a rice cooker with some vegetable oil and cilantro thrown in while it cooks.

See the last photo for a live picture of me enjoying the fruits of my labor.

u/MoistPotato2345 — 3 days ago

Sharing my current wrap

I’ve loved older style trucks for a long time, and I’m really liking the possibilities that their wrap options have.

Current build has center console and the three speakers, don’t think I want anything else inside. Ideally I’d get both the single cross bar for my kayaks, and replace them with a tri-fold tonneau the rest of the year.

Slight lift just because of the access paths I occasionally take for work. After using my current car as a truck for so long, I’ve finally decided that I could actually use one. I’m just not a fan of the current ones one the market, either too big or too ugly. The only other one I’ve considered was a Tacoma.

Planning on waiting until people start driving them for a couple months to see what kind of issues they have, but I’m really hoping all goes well. I really love the idea of a small EV pickup that doesn’t look like garbage.

u/MoistPotato2345 — 24 days ago
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Check out these bat boxes I built

I work for a big land trust / non-profit in my area, doing a lot of conservation work and research. Just finished building 6 of these 4-chamber boxes with the excess 1” lumber they had a stock of. I believe it was all lumber from the properties themselves, one of my co-workers has their own mill.

I think they came out beautifully! Caulk on all the important seams to make it water tight, vent holes between chambers, and shingles with roof cement / nails. Our area calls for black paint, so hopefully they last a long time.

Unlike some others they had installed, I decided to go for a hinging post design. Makes it very easy to bring down for maintenance or if any future researchers wanted access. Also much easier to raise with just 1 or two people. They’re about 16ft up and ~30ft from the tree line in a natural fen.

The one thing I’m not sure of is if some sort of flashing should be installed near the base to prevent predators from getting up there, or if its height alone would be enough. Based in southwest Ohio.

u/MoistPotato2345 — 1 month ago