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My First Time Growing Potatoes
potato
grococo / / 5 minutes read

My First Time Growing Potatoes

Some time around March, I started growing potatoes in grow bags. I'm not sure about the variety of the potatoes but they were small and tasted the best out of all the potato varieties I've eaten in this country so I decided to grow them -
Indoor to Outdoor, Hydroponics to Soil: Basil
basil
grococo / / 3 minutes read

Indoor to Outdoor, Hydroponics to Soil: Basil

Too Many Plants, So Little Space I have several basil plants growing under grow lights inside the apartment. Like most people, I put several seeds per one grow sponge to make sure at least one of them germinates. Usually, you clip off the weaker seedlings and leave just one but
Growing Water Spinach Under a Computer Table
water spinach
grococo / / 3 minutes read

Growing Water Spinach Under a Computer Table

Water spinach, also known as Morning Glory or Kangkong, is a staple vegetable where I was from. While there's a different variety of spinach available in Austria, I prefer the taste of water spinach. It's mild, crunchy, and has a bit of a nutty taste. I
Eggplant Omelet
eggplant
grococo / / 1 minute read

Eggplant Omelet

This dish is simple, healthy, and doesn't require too many ingredients. It's not the most beautiful looking dish out there but it tastes really good, often eaten with ketchup. Ingredients: - eggplant (one eggplant per egg) - egg - salt - pepper - oil Instructions: 1.
Making My Own Fertiliser Using The Bokashi Method
bokashi
grococo / / 3 minutes read

Making My Own Fertiliser Using The Bokashi Method

After I bought my first hydroponics kit, I stopped buying most of its parts except for the nutrients. I've always been curious how I can make the nutrients myself. I also wondered why when planting in soil, it seems to be the default to buy a bag of
Is Your Model Hallucinating? Detecting LLM Hallucinations with DeepEval
artificial intelligence
grococo / / 5 minutes read

Is Your Model Hallucinating? Detecting LLM Hallucinations with DeepEval

The first time I had a project involving artificial intelligence as we know it today, ChatGPT wasn't a household name yet. I was one of two software engineers working with a group of data scientists. If we wanted to extract specific details (e.g. names, addresses, etc.) from
Create Your Own Cooking Assistant Using Perplexity AI
perplexity ai
grococo / / 3 minutes read

Create Your Own Cooking Assistant Using Perplexity AI

I've been using Perplexity AI a lot lately. For many topics, it has become my default search engine. Instead of scrolling through a list of links from traditional search engines, it's just more convenient to have all the information compiled and presented to me in a
My Experiences From Trying To Grow Cherry Tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
grococo / / 3 minutes read

My Experiences From Trying To Grow Cherry Tomatoes

First Experience (Outdoors) The first time I grew cherry tomatoes was in 2020 during the pandemic on the balcony of my condo unit in Metro Manila, Philippines. After killing a thyme plant from a grow kit, I did some research on other ways to grow plants and one of the
My Introduction to Cloning
golden pothos and orchids
grococo / / 3 minutes read

My Introduction to Cloning

This plant was given to me by our landlord when we moved into the new apartment in Autumn. He requested us to keep it alive over the Winter since he lives in the basement. There were holes in the leaves and I could see some browning but overall, the plant