The Front Yard Project

Taking advantage of a turf removal rebate to rip out 2,900 square feet of grass from the front yard and replace it with native plants, DG sidewalks, and responsible storm water management.

The 12ft Skeleton

A Home Depot impulse buy becomes a multi-year Halloween spectacle — with straw bales, a homegrown pumpkin patch, and a skeleton that stays up year-round.

The Tractor

A software developer buys a half-acre lot and slowly, inevitably, acquires vintage garden tractors. It starts with ‘I kind of want one’ and ends with tractor rides through grape tunnels.

A Year Off Tech

A software engineer takes a sabbatical from tech and spends a year renovating a house from the ground up — learning to swing hammers, run network cable, and hide mistakes with caulk.

The Prusa Build

Building a Prusa i3 MK3 from a kit — an IKEA-like assembly adventure that ends with the printer printing its own replacement parts. The moment my mind was blown upgrading from a $200 Monoprice Mini.

The Never Ending Rehab

Two houses, one sabbatical year of swinging hammers, and lessons learned in floors, kitchens, caulk, and lumber prices.