Hello dear readers– the website server had a glitch and all I had was a pretty old exported backup to bring back in.
I’ll be re-adding content as we go and I am also going to be selling seeds and other supplies for the grow community–stay tuned.
And yes, the featured image is a pic of the mini-pc or NUC that hosts this site. It was $40 on ebay. I spent another 30 on an SSD and a little more ram, The mini-pc is from one of those medical office waiting room flatscreens– like “You and your Root Canal” videos getting streamed/looped.
The domain name was $6.99 on namecheap.com. it runs in my den at home on my existing internet connection–self hosted.
Linux install was free with the wordpress image as an “appliance” that just needed some configuration. Free theme, Stripe plug-in and sign up for that to take credit cards. Only fees are from charges–no monthly minimum.

So, for a whopping $77 outlay I have a website up & selling stuff.