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My new grapes survived winter! So excited to final

My new grapes survived winter! So excited to finally have grapes growing! #urbanhomestead #backyardgrapes

My passenger this morning is 6lbs of bees...#urban

My passenger this morning is 6lbs of bees...#urbanhomestead #backyardbees #iaintscared

Hung our #relicswag today. If you want your own, c

Hung our #relicswag today. If you want your own, check out @reliclexingtonky on Manchester Street.

Ok, so the Valentine's box is done for my son..not

Ok, so the Valentine's box is done for my son..not bad for a short build. I can't wait to hear how this goes tomorrow! Fingers crossed my son learns from this whole experience. #adafruit #3dprinting #valentinesday2019 #maker

Testing out the Valentines box for my son. Working

Testing out the Valentines box for my son. Working on the firmware to add more random animations of LEDs and adding more music clips. Overall, I'm happy with how things are coming along... #3dprinting #valentinesday2019 #adafruit #featherm0 #arduino

Well, happy early Valentine's day all! I'm working

Well, happy early Valentine's day all! I'm working on "features" for my son's school valentines box competition. Yeah, he's in the 2nd grade but got told by a friend that he could never win because he wasn't good enough. Well, this father is going to throw every maker skill I have at it (with his help) to show them! Kids can be so mean! This is my 3d printed heart design with embedded LEDs and music that is triggered when a card is dropped in the top slot. #killEmWithLove #3dprinting #makersgonnamake #adafruitfeather #noplaceforhate

Anyone take a guess what this smart little board d

Anyone take a guess what this smart little board does? Super excited about it, simple, cheap(ish), and fun project for sure... #esp8266 #mqtt #hassio #arduino #smarterdoorbell #homeautomation

Got a decent case designed and printed for my fila

Got a decent case designed and printed for my filament storage sensors. You can find all the details on the sensor and case on my blog. https://www.jaycollett.com #3dprinting #mqtt #esp8266

Apparently, this is how I look as an emoji?? #AIIs

Apparently, this is how I look as an emoji?? #AIIsDumb #crushingIT

Welp, they are done and they work wonderfully! MQT

Welp, they are done and they work wonderfully! MQTT humidity and temperature sensors that leverage the amazing ESP8266. Two AA batteries will last at least a year before needing to be replaced. Now I'm designing cases for them! #3dprinting #si7021 #mqtt #hassio #esp8266

Developed some cool software and a system to organ

Developed some cool software and a system to organize, index, and store all our seeds. Mixing my love for gardening with my experience as a software developer. #urbanhomestead #geek #organizeallthethings

That's kale folks! #urbanhomestead #kaleisgreat

That's kale folks! #urbanhomestead #kaleisgreat

New seed starting rack this year! Got my onions st

New seed starting rack this year! Got my onions started already and trying out some microgreens through the winter. #urbanhomestead #growyourownfood #diy

Time for some more dehydrated apple rings. My crew

Time for some more dehydrated apple rings. My crew loves these and couldn't wait for next fall... (I wash them in a water & honey solution before putting them in the dehydrator) #urbanhomestead #realfoods

Diresta meets Banksy inspired Christmas storage la

Diresta meets Banksy inspired Christmas storage labels! #stencilsAreCool #cheaperisbetter

Fixing up some of Santa's quality control issues w

Fixing up some of Santa's quality control issues with some 3D printed parts. #3dprintersavestheday #prusamk3 #diyisbetter

Helped my wife organize her YL oils, the box was a

Helped my wife organize her YL oils, the box was an early Christmas present. #urbanhomestead #younglivingessentialoils #happymomhappyhome

Found a great and affordable way to test out the S

Found a great and affordable way to test out the SI7021 sensor I'll be using in the new filament sensor boards. I think it'll make for an overall better solution than the BME280's. #esp8266 #3dprinting #SI7021

My custom designed ESP8266 driven battery powered

My custom designed ESP8266 driven battery powered MQTT environment sensors. I use them to measure the humidity & temp for my filament storage containers. They phone home to my HASS.IO server once an hour. They use the BME-280 sensors. Cases coming soon! #3dprinting #esp8266 #mqtt #hassio #bme280

Big fan of developing with the ESP-8266, as you ca

Big fan of developing with the ESP-8266, as you can tell from my somewhat chaotic workbench! #esp8266 #iot #homeautomation

Fresh herbs survived the first of winter and will

Fresh herbs survived the first of winter and will be put to great use this Thanksgiving! So thankful we started this garden, and most importantly thankful for the life and family God has blessed me with! Happy Thanksgiving! #urbanhomestead #freshherbs #backyardgarden #thankful

Lost another hive but this above average warm day

Lost another hive but this above average warm day allowed me to give the other hives an early winter treat! Nothing goes to waste! #urbanhomestead #backyardbees

Because it's that time of year and I love making (

Because it's that time of year and I love making (and eating) caramel! #urbanhomestead #diycaramel

Fall bee update, three hives going strong into win

Fall bee update, three hives going strong into winter. These guys have found the last of the fall pollen! #backyardbeekeeping #urbanhomestead #fallishere

This is some good Canadian tea, right here! I'm ki

This is some good Canadian tea, right here! I'm kind of a chai fanatic and I'm loving this "wet" chai from @chaiwalachai #urbanhomestead #chaiwalachai

Bought my wife this organizer for her essential oi

Bought my wife this organizer for her essential oils, didn't realize it would be nearly full a few weeks later, not complaining, I like them as much as she does... #urbanhomestead #younglivingessentialoils

Trying a new feeding system for the bees. Sitting

Trying a new feeding system for the bees. Sitting about 125 yards away from the closest hive, they found it in about an hour. Thanks to @barnyardbeesinc for such an easy and efficient feeder idea! #urbanhomestead #backyardbeekeeping

Time for another colony, putting my strongest nuc

Time for another colony, putting my strongest nuc in this setup. First time using Mann Lake wooden ware, super impressed, high quality stuff... #urbanhomestead #backyardbeekeeping #backyardbees

Starting day two without power, thankfully I insta

Starting day two without power, thankfully I installed this for our portable generator. Not the whole house but the bare essentials are powered... #urbanhomestead

And we have a finished worm composter! #diy #urban

And we have a finished worm composter! #diy #urbanhomestead #wormcomposting

Time to make a worm composter and who better to ma

Time to make a worm composter and who better to make it than these two crazy kids! #urbanhomestead #wormcomposting #diy

Purple Cherokee tomatoes are finally growing big a

Purple Cherokee tomatoes are finally growing big and strong. Super excited to try this heritage tomato! #urbanhomestead #backyardgarden

Always great to see those pollen baskets full! #ba

Always great to see those pollen baskets full! #backyardbeekeeping #urbanhomestead #backyardbees

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