"Honey, you need to go to the other end of the trailer, I'm fixin to shoot up the kitchen."
.................................................................................................... overheard at my bar last night

Finally made it to the end of this project. I had to take time for some distractions like playing gigs and recording stuff (oh yeah, that) but it was never far from my mind.

I screwed around with the hoses and tube levels for a few days just trying to get a decent water level and good flow without any leaks. As you can tell, I wasn't in my right mind putting furniture skids on it. I jacked it up higher to facilitate drainage and put some freaking casters on it. It's still pretty heavy.

plumbing done

Never being one to leave well enough alone, I ran across this link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Hydroponic_Food_Factory/ and decided to wade in feet first. Literally. Never tried hydroponics before so there he goes.

I started off with PVC black pipe, 6 4 ft lengths. I picked up a dozen end caps at the same time.

After a little bit of eyeballin', I allowed a few inches for tubing and came up with 42" lengths.

tubes

At one time we had a Burmese Albino Python as a semi permanent house guest.

Spring has sprung here in sunny SoCal. I've spent some time digging out the weeds of winter, tilling in new fertile soil and planting new ideas and I look forward to seeing what grows this year.

Even a weed has an interesting cycle even though it offers no fruit or flower. Sometimes watching its pointless struggle can give pause to thought. It only asks for a bit of sun and water to complete its cycle in the season and in its inevitable withering still offers itself back to the soil. There's a bit of poetry in that small insignificant moment, maybe even a twisted metaphor about life.

This is gonna be pretty fuckin cool I think!