May 22 — Captcha hell

After Maker Faire Robin flew back to Canada and I went home and put all the buckets in the basement, and all the rest of the stuff in my room.

I sent out an email to all the addresses I had collected with the seed germination kit instructions, and a message saying…

June 5 — Maker Faire post mortem

I’ve been feeling very aimless since Maker Faire. In total I’ve made 5 sales, out of the 44 kits I prepared (and I have hardware for 56 more kits). The hardware cost me over $3000. My initial risk budget for this was $5000, and I had hoped to at least break even by…

June 11 — first repeat customer solves usb fan mysteries!

One of my customers from Maker Faire wanted to get another bucket kit! This is a picture they sent me of the one they have running. The two bigger plants are Blue Dream, and the little one is from the cherry tomato seed…

June 16 — learning to power light & fan

I haven’t actually bought any parts yet because I’ve been unsure about how everything works together. Luckily today I met Z!

Z explained to me that I needed to use a power supply that powers the LED light (since it takes more), and…

June 6— don’t sell bucket kits on reddit

… or else your post get deleted. But it’s not bad. I’m glad they didn’t ban me and I still have the ability to contribute.

May 29 — online ads

My sellers permit is good until the end of July. I need to get rid of my inventory of 40 bucket kits, and if those sell, make 55 more kits to use up all my hardware.

Today I set up ads for Facebook, Reddit, and Google, intending to run them for one week, for about $5…

June 15 — bucket lining plant bag instructable + veggie update

I made this! Check it out: