RC K9

Renting can have it's perks depending on the situation. If you have no desire to put down "roots", and may move soon, etc, it would make sense. Lets put it this way; i purchased my home here in 2011. I got a really good deal on it as the market was in the tanks then, it was the last home the builder had in that neighborhood, etc. I lived in it until this past summer. The market got considerably better over the last couple years. Houses were literally, and still are, flying off the shelf. The problem is, it's not "my kind" of neighborhood. Cookie cutter, neighbors close to each other, etc. I could also see the direction that the neighborhood was going, and I predict the values have pretty much peaked where they are now, and would start to come back down. If I wanted to get out of that neighborhood, and make money while doing it, I needed to sell now. Which I did. I sold it for $42k more than I paid for it 4yrs ago. Now, I was very particular on what kind of property I wanted to buy if I was going to buy again and stay in TX. Had I not found pretty much exactly what I wanted, I was fully prepared to rent/lease until what I wanted popped up. I think that would have been a much better move than to jump into buying another house that I didn't really want just because I needed some place to live. Renting/leasing would have been a better move in that situation I think. Though, fortunately, what I wanted did become available and I was able to buy it literally the same day I closed on the sale of my house.

*golf clap* Well put. There is a lot of good advice in the article/video, but a lot left out. It is more feasible for someone who is mechanically inclined to make it work than someone who is not. That being said, I don't know that I would buy a new car again, (unless maybe the new focus RS :masturboy:), ha ha. But then again, I can do most maintenance things myself, whereas the 43yr old widow and mother of 3 may not, and it's going to cost her tons of money in maintenance and repairs on her old hoopty, whereas if she has good credit and got a loan at 2.5% and was able to negotiate a good final price on a car, she will be better off. I feel the scenario that was outlined is more complicated than it leads on.

ok...you win. :megusta:

Why tie up all your cash when you can use someone else's cash for only 2%? What happens when there is an emergency and you need those cash reserves but they are tied up in the car in your driveway? For only 2%, some would deem it prudent to use someone else's money. Look at it as a form of insurance. Tim, I got you beat... Just got 1.94% :lolguy:

fixed

I'm going to try cloning other plants too. Literally just stuck these things in some cloning collars, put them in a 5gal bucket with a sprinkler that sprays 30min on/30min off, and a week later, roots.

Took 2 small cuttings a week ago just to see if I could clone them without rooting hormones or gel or anything. It would seem it is not that difficult. http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/Indoor%20Gardening/IMAG19441_zpslju6lv3u.jpg http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/Indoor%20Gardening/IMAG19431_zpso999sdeg.jpg

Piff was glorious.

ATS-V

Over the weekend, I transplanted another rough looking tomato plant from HD into the aeroponics system. Here is new root formation on Monday evening. http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/Indoor%20Gardening/IMAG19071_zpslcmikhnp.jpg And here is that same plant 24hrs later. http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/Indoor%20Gardening/IMAG19151_zpssl7yvely.jpg

Well that was awesome.

That's where I am going with this. It's not a business venture per se; its for our own consumption first and foremost, and they if I actually consistently produce more than we consume, sell whatever is extra. The thing is, in this setup, if I can get everything right, I should be having fresh heads of lettuce, tomatoes, cukes, herbs, etc lets say in Nov, Feb, year round. None of this nutritionally deficient, 3wk old, trucked in from somewhere else, force ripened, triple chlorine washed garbage you get in the grocery store.

Yeah, if it ever got to the point where I have enough to sell, I'd rather not deal with 8 million individuals who want a single head of lettuce or 3 tomatoes.

I don't think that was the video of them I saw, it they really do a great job. The problem is, a lot of people you see like that are in CA due to the climate. Whereas here in tx, it's hard to grow a lot of stuff. A lot of produce just burns in the heat.

Tough, yes. But can it be done? Yes. There is a dude making some decent money in WI selling locally what he grows in his small back yard harbor freight greenhouse. That was years ago. He has since expanded his operation. Most people won't be able to replicate that, it it is possible.

No. Did you look at the pic? If I lived in CO or Washington though...that would definitely be getting grown. The farmers market closest to me is tough to get into and it's once a week. I have spoken to some restaurants though that are always looking for the freshest local produce they can find.

Yeah, I would probably need to "buy" the equipment from myself, or something along those lines.

I am well aware of the benefits of owning a business. I currently have an LLC. I am not sending produce outside of TX. That wouldn't be cost effective, and the product would lose it's nutritional value. I am growing for my wife and kids, my parents, brother's, and sisters who are all local. I have some friends down here interested too. As for the cost effectiveness, that's irrelevant at this point in time because I am going to grow regardless of whether I sell it or not. The only time cost analysis is going to come into play is if I actually wanted to expand for the main purpose of selling. That will or will not come down the road. So right now, it's just grow as much as I can, and see what I end up with. I mean, on an efficient setup, with vertical gardening, you can grow like 90 plants in a few square feet if you know what you are doing. Kind of like what i did with the dog's back in OH. I literally had a few hundred bucks into a little bit of equipment, started an LLC and got some insurance in case I got sued, and that was it. Trained dogs on the side. Made some extra cash, pretty much using the stuff I had anyway for my own dogs. I don't go balls deep into something in regards to capital investment until I prove it to myself on a smaller scale. Worse comes to worst and I can't produce enough excess to sell, I still have enough produce for my family so we will eat well, and save money on the back end at the grocery store.

So, I decided to pull the trigger and buid a grow room. Got a killer deal on some LED grow lights, installed insulation, plywood panels, 2 electrical circuits, a/c, painted and then mylar on the walls and ceiling for maximum light reflection. I have seedlings now after about a week. Lettuces, Chard, Basil, etc. Started those under a t5 light and heat mat. Another week and they should be good to put in the grow tower I built. In the mean time, I thought, let's go buy a late season little tomato plant, take it out of the soil it's in, put it in my aeroponic bucket, and lets see how it does. Well, the roots are doing PHENOMENAL! Look at all this pristine white root growth. http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a461/RyanCorlew/Indoor%20Gardening/IMAG19051_zpsjxemn78y.jpg This was just to try to prove the concept to myself. Get a feel for mixing nutrients and see if I killed the plant or not, which after a little over a week, seems I have not done yet. The goal here being to try to produce fresh, nutritious produce year round of the varieties i want, which you aren't going to find in most stores.

Bat Fight.

They are work, ha ha. Went to the track a few weeks ago to see what I could do with this new setup, (new motor with some changes and trans work), and blew the head gasket out of the back of the motor at the top of 3rd on the first pass. Needless to say, that was a short trip. Car is making power though. I was going to play with cam gears as these cams are a lot bigger/more aggressive than last year's, and I haven't been able to stall up at all with them installed straight up. I didn't have boost or rpm until about the 100ft mark and still got 98mph in the 1/8. This was like 3wks ago. I haven't even pulled the head yet. Log looked near perfect but it's e-85, so who knows. Could have knocked and it wouldn't show on the log, but those chunks of HG sticking out of the back of the motor look pretty gnarly.

This guy has been doing some pretty amazing stuff. I've kicked around the idea of having him build me a trans.

:lolguy:

I agree with you...although one needs to take into account, no service is provided without demand. I think the fact that there is demand for such a service shows a fundamental issue with society. People destroy their own families, and this just happens to be the medium of choice through which to carry out those actions. The root of the issue is that no one has any regard for anyone but themselves. Selfishness.

Lots of hater comments on that youtube page.