Dis<p><span>Been a while without a Snarkhome update, so here comes a combo update for the Snarkhome, the Peppers and the Tweeds. <br><br></span>:fire_heart:<span> </span>🌶️<span> The peppers are fine. Reaper went back outside after the storm and started 2 more fucking death peppers, bringing the total to like 9. Fishie and the Bonnets are all inside under new lights, finishing off their harvests. I even figured out where to dry the rest of them without accidentally less-lethalling the entire house.<br><br></span>🤖<span> In smarthome upgrade news, not so much an upgrade as an angry, cursing replacement of complete trash. Since the last update, I've switched out all of the SwitchBot plugs. Fucking 3 of them went horribly terribly </span><b><span>fire-startingly</span></b><span> wrong. And did I mention they have no warranty? So now all the grow stuff for the tent, hydrotower, peppers, etc is being controlled by "Third Reality" Zigbee switches instead. (</span><a href="https://amzn.to/3t2w0e0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3t2w0e0</a><span>) They have been in for about a week and so far they Just Work. (Bonus, they haven't tried to burn down my house. Not even a little.)<br></span>🗣️<span> Since I needed a break from not </span><b><span>burning down the house</span></b><span>, I converted my notify actions to use </span><a href="https://github.com/nimroddolev/chime_tts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/nimroddolev/chime_tts</a><span> for the common 'chime, talk, exit-chime' tasks. (Like when the Big Ear regains sight of the cat, it plays a fanfare instead of the normal attention chime before announcing his return and location.) There is some issue now where not all of the speakers go off reliably, but if I go back to targeting them in a group it works. </span>:blobcatshrug:<span> I'll just put the helper group back if it gets annoying.<br><br></span>:ms_weed:<span> Finally, the Tweeds are growing nicely. I did get that back corner somewhat under control yesterday, but it is still extra tall over there. It happens. They'll get defoliated with their next (and first) feeding, probably tomorrow. (They are on fresh happy frog, so no need for food yet.) This lovely weather has the windows open, so my tent climate control is mad at me but so long as it keeps up I don't care.<br></span>🤞<span> We're on day 24 of flower and all is well. </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/growyourownmedicine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growyourownmedicine</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/cannabis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cannabis</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/growyourown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growyourown</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/tweeds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tweeds</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/switchbot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#switchbot</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/weed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weed</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/snarkhome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snarkhome</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/espcam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#espcam</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/esphome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esphome</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/piper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#piper</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/homeassistant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/smarthome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/switchbot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#switchbot</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/bigear" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigear</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/zigbee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zigbee</a><span> </span><a href="https://infosec.town/tags/homelab" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelab</a></p>