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Soil to Signal: The First Fortnight
Three pots, one ESP32 and a Raspberry Pi in the house: the first two weeks of the build as a story in eleven chapters, from the bench to a bed that will water itself next summer.
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Behind the apps, new features, and how things get built.
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Soil to Signal: The Shopping List, Phase by Phase
Every part the soil-moisture project needs, listed in the phase that first needs it — with prices, links and the one rule that says what not to buy yet.
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Soil to Signal: Teaching Three Pots to Say When They're Thirsty
A soil-moisture project for the kitchen garden — capacitive probes on an ESP32, a Raspberry Pi dashboard in a 3D-printed case, and the week of watching data before anything is allowed to touch water.
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A Printable Planting Guide
A one-page A4 planting sheet for the Peas & Quiet kitchen garden — sowing calendar, soil and spot, watering and feeding, and a growth tracker with room for notes. Print one per plant and keep them in a folder.
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Botanical Spice and Pantry Jar Labels
Printable sheets of botanically illustrated jar labels for the Peas & Quiet kitchen garden — twenty-five spices in round and tall shapes, cream or deep green, plus a matching pantry set. Ready to download and stick.
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Inside the Seed Studio: Designing My Own Seed Packets
A look at Peas & Quiet — the little browser studio I built for designing seed stickers, packets, and almanac cards by hand.
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Designing a Hogwarts Greenhouse
A day-dream that turned into a full set of drawings — a Gothic Herbology glasshouse with dragon finials, cast-iron ribs, and a drainage channel down the middle.