Tuesday's projects sponsored by buttermilk and Krups

He's still busy, my K, but I'm going to have to start loaning him out if he doesn't go back to work soon. Here's hoping he gets called onto a project before he runs out of things to do.
Yesterday he had two projects.
The first was dealing with our Krupps panini press.
If you are ever shopping for a panini press DO NOT BUY A KRUPPS.
Our press has a fuse in it that burns out if the press gets too hot, a feature which implies safety.
Except that making paninis tends to be a hot process and, after a year of monthly use, our press burned itself out. Calls to Krupps were useless and K took the thing apart while I researched the problem. It seems that all of the Krupps models burn out after a year and the repair costs almost as much as a new one. We don't like throwing out small appliances that have been designed to be useless after a year. Dozens of angry consumers have written about this machine on line.
So K replaced the fuse a couple of months ago - and guess what? It blew out again.
We wanted paninis last night so -



he did it all again. The fuse is $1.84. It's maddening.

His other project was more interesting...



He wants to grow moss on our newly completed patio and side walk.

He got recipe from the internet.



He mixed moss -



and buttermilk in our blender.



And then he poured it into the dirt between the stones.



I'll tell you what: it doesn't smell too good on the side of my house right now.
Though I don't have high hopes for this project I'll keep you posted on the progress.
With frequent misting, new moss is supposed to grow in about two weeks.

If the dog doesn't lick up the buttermilk, that is.