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I have an old Sandberg webcam that I want to use as garden webcam connected to my NSLU2 computer. It’s going to be mounted outdoors but the cabinet I bought is too small to house the webcam when the stand is mounted so I removed it from the camera body:

I’m mounting the camera body on a metal angle:

One side of the metal angle is covered with two pieces of double sided adhesive tape and the camera sticks quite well to the metal angle. I don’t want it to roll around in the cabinet:

Now that the camera is locked into position I just need to make a hole for the USB cable and mount the whole thing outside:

It’s actually a plastic box from the supermarket I’m using as cabinet. I’m sure it will protect the webcam sufficiently to get through the winter, and it’s much cheaper than a professional electronics cabinet.

Having fresh herbs just outside your kitchen door is great and this year we had 8 different herbs growing in two large metal tubs. One of them was coriander and it grew like crazy, suffocated the other three herbs in the tub and threw itself out over the edge of the tube and down on the terrace:

I realized that fresh coriander taste and smell very different from the dry powder you buy in the supermarket. I really don’t like the taste or smell of it – I think it’s synthetic in some way. I’ve decided to collect the seeds instead hoping the taste is better:

The seeds need to dry before grinding so I cut down the entire plant and hung it upside down next to the spinach plants:

Hopefully the seeds of both the coriander and the spinach plants will be ready soon. I need the coriander spice for my falafels