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Nikki's not feeling so great this week, and while the garden has been looking after itself, there's one thing that she wish would hurry up and happen: the ripening of her increasingly massive stash of green tomatoes! About The Chicken an...

The weather in the TE garden has been impossibly hot this week, but it's done a great job in getting the garlic ready to harvest. Plus wild berries in the hedge are ready to be eaten - just as the Apples and Rhubarb hit the perfect harvesting time...

Last week we were talking about automakers having access to YOUR data — this week, it's about them preventing you from getting it. Two weeks after she put the Open Vehicle Monitoring System into her Wife's Chevrolet Bolt EV as a way to regain data...

A week after Nikki successfully installed the OVMS (Open Vehicle Monitoring System) equipment in her wife's Bolt EV, she's been giving some serious thought to the thorny topic of data sovereignty and how automakers are increasingly pushing custome...

The temperatures have remained uncomfortably high and, save for an extreme night of thunderstorms, we've had very little water. That means the garden is heavily relying on our very basic watering system. So when Nikki noticed one of the beds s...

If you've been watching our TEN news roundup show over the past two months, you'll know that one of our sponsor messages has been from the CCAN Action Fund—a fantastic nonprofit fighting for cleaner air and a healthier environment for all. Their a...

Fiat's tiny electric Topolino is now on sale in both the UK and the US — but would you actually buy one? In this week's Sunday Musing, Nikki digs into the quirky world of quadricycles and low speed EVs, from Europe's "voiture sans permis" rules to...

We're entering into the second week of July, and while some of Nikki's plants are really struggling due to the heat and lack of decent rain, her apple trees are (for the most part) extremely happy. And this year's harvest? It looks like it's g...

The U.S. just celebrated July 4th — and regardless of how you feel about the country's direction this year, we're thinking about a different kind of independence this week: what does independence from fossil fuels look like for you as an EV owner?...

The weather continues to remain pleasant here, despite the rest of the U.S. experiencing extreme heat waves. And that's having a good impact on the garden, with Nikki's first tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers all growing nicely! About ...

It's been a pretty hot time at the TE headquarters this past week - and while the temperature has seen a little reprieve, the strawberries are really loving the heat. In fact, it's been our largest crop yet! -- Stay safe, stay engaged. If y...

The rear-left tyre on Nikki's Wife's Bolt EV has a slight slow puncture (or perhaps an air leak) - and it's led to some more frequent than usual air pump usage. And that's led Nikki to think a lot this week about tyre life span. How long do yo...

With the fleet back at TE Headquarters, Nikki's bene thinking about longer-distance road trips in warmer weather. And she's been wondering about how full (or empty) folks like to get their cars. So today, you can guess what the musing is all a...

The weather has been unseasonably cold up in the mountains, and Nikki has even found herself turning on the heating at night. But between Monday and Friday, she's expecting a heat wave to kick up that won't be around for long, but will make itself...

A few days after Nikki's month-long ordeal with the insurance company over her F150-Lightning's cracked rear bumper mount (and after a significant amount of fighting to keep it from being written off) - Nikki's got a very simple question today. ...

It's been a tough week, but at least with the truck back from repairs, fresh soil runs are back on the cards. Join us for a tour of the garden — the flowers are stunning, the insects are out in force, and we spotted a newly-emerged Western Tiger S...

Editorial Note: While Nikki refers to the truck in this video as having been totaled, there's been an 11th hour change: Ortegas will in fact live! - Video incoming next week. This week, with Nikki's truck still in the shop, she's giving some t...

In TEN Episode 582, we covered a news story about electricity customers in the Lake Tahoe area being told their local utility would have to find alternative power to sell to them, as the company that previously supplied the majority of the area's ...

The weather is still being a little topsy-turvy, but as the roses come into flower, and Nikki's sunflowers are really accelerating their growth, it's starting to feel like the garden is a real garden again. The problem? There's still never quite e...

Nobody likes it when their chosen form of transportation breaks down - and regardless of how it's powered, the risk it might need a tow is still there. So today, after reading some pretty horrifying accounts recently of tow truck drivers faili...

As many regulars will know, we've been tweaking Nikki's F150 Lightning to include new features, but we've also heard from plenty of people who worry about tweaking their own EVs. So today, we're asking a simple question: have you modified your...

We've talked a lot lately about the fears that some people have about going electric - and how to overcome them. But as (certainly in the U.S.) automakers are blowing hot and cold on EVs, there's some fears rising among EV owners about what the fu...

The weather is warming up, there's more and more to do in the garden, and Nikki is feeling VERY MUCH behind... Stay safe, stay engaged. If you can, please take a few hours to watch our livestream from earlier this year. It shares some t...

It's pretty usual advice to expect older seeds to not all germinate, so when planting older seeds.. most people plant more than they will need. Yet pretty much every seed Nikki planted - many of them old - decided to germinate, meaning she's g...

As more people look toward EV ownership as a way to avoid the continued high oil prices, we're seeing more people who traditionally wouldn't buy an EV considering one - even if they don't own a home with off-street parking. Which leads us to t...