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10 Ideas Blog

The 10 Ideas Blog was inspired by the words of James Altucher in his National Best Seller, Choose Yourself. Each week, we sit down and challenge our brain to come up with ten ideas for new inventions. This is a great exercise for anyone to participate in, and sometimes we come up with really great concepts (and sometimes, they’re a little crazy!) Our father, Ben Greenfield wrote an article about why this is such a good idea, and you can read that article here.

In this installment of 10 Ideas, we had just come inside from helping our parents with a new landscaping project in the backyard. We are making several changes and will soon, hopefully, be welcoming baby goats and ducks to our family. When we were digging and hauling materials, we were inspired, and came up with a couple of ideas for making landscaping projects like this much easier and more fun.

Terran on Landscaping

I, Terran, was thinking that it would be awesome if the big tools and machinery could do even more of the work for us. An automatic leveling function on the excavator would be so helpful and would have made this landscaping project so much easier. I also thought that it would be nice to have machines that laid sod and gravel would be fantastic. My last thought related to landscaping was for a sprinkler that automatically adjusted flow and intensity based on the plants it was watering.

River on Landscaping

I, River, was thinking more about the design elements of the landscaping, as opposed to making the work easier. I thought it would be really cool if we could put color-changing water in the pond. It could either be rainbow colored all the time, or it could change color based on temperature. I also liked the idea of using color changing rocks to decorate the banks around it.

You can see some of our other ideas from the week here:

Terran’s List

Dog mover
A gravel layer
Mail alarm
Automatic leveling excavator
Rock shovel
Sod layer
Sprinkler for specific gardens and plants
Color picker
Color changing pencil
Socks that change thickness

River’s List

Criminal detector
Gobstopper Bubble Gum
Rainbow water
Color changing water – according to heat
Dog seatbelt
Color changing rocks
Edible school supplies
Nitrogun
Chocolate pencils
Candy window

Apple Caramel Cinnamon Pizza and a Ricotta Hazelnut Honey Pizza

by River and Terran | Jul 18, 2018 | Podcast

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Terran and River Create A Delicious Butternut Risotto Dish

by River and Terran | Jul 4, 2018 | Podcast

Butternut Squash Risotto Even though butternut squash risotto is their favourite, Terran and River love eating risotto because they know that you can combine any type of ingredients with risotto and it will be delicious. The boys record today/s...

Paleo-Ketogenic Fat Bread

by River and Terran | Jun 18, 2018 | Podcast

How To Make Paleo Ketogenic Fat Bread Paleo and Ketogenic diets help people with restrictive diets eat foods that will not cause them digestive problems that other diets will have, like eating a Paleo Ketogenic Fat Bread. More and more recipes...

How To Make A Gluten Free Pastry Cream Torte

by River and Terran | Jun 6, 2018 | Podcast

Gluten-Free Pastry Cream Torte Terran and River take you through the steps to make a healthy gluten-free torte. We all love tasty desserts, but they can be really unhealthy. However, this recipe will provide a tasty treat without the gluten. Add some...