Using Ledger-cli for joint finances

Posted on 2025-07-24 19:25:00+02:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with ledger-cli, personal finance, bookkeeping

I have been using ledger-cli since 2015. At first only for my personal finances. To make it easier for myself, I use the CSV files I download from the bank and convert these into ledger-cli transaction files.

Later I incorporated my business records as well. This gave me a single …


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Financial Implications of Starting a Business

Posted on 2025-06-24 22:26:00+02:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

Recently a friend mentioned she needed to write a business plan for her new business. The request was to include a section on financials.

Starting a new business is quite disruptive to the way you spend your time, your money and your energy. It helps to think through some of …


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My Permaculture Journey from 2021 to 2025

Posted on 2025-06-15 12:00:00+02:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

This is a continuation from My Permaculture Journey from 2016 to 2020.

On 2021-01-22 I started visiting and volunteering at Food Forest Eindhoven. At that time, it was one of the few activities I could physically go to due to the restrictions imposed on all of us at the time …


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How to choose an (allotment) garden?

Posted on 2025-03-30 13:40:00+02:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

Below you'll find a number of questions to ask yourself and others. If you are serious about starting with an allotment or any other kind of garden, these questions can help you make a clear choice.

Reasons for starting a garden

  • Why do you want a garden?
    • Your goal and …

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Some time in the dark

Posted on 2025-03-27 22:15:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

Earlier this year I have spent over 10 days in complete darkness, with almost no contact with the outside world. It was the second retreat of this kind I have done. The first was a year earlier where I spend over five days in darkness.

To say it is a …


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Tools for Personal and Spiritual Development

Posted on 2025-01-12 15:50:00+01:00 in blog • Modified on 2025-10-15 16:12:00+02:00 • Written by Arno Peters

I have done and tried a lot of different things.

The list below is probably not complete. I will try to give a brief overview of the tool and what it aims to achieve, based on my (limited) understanding and how it has helped me.

  • Lindyhop Dancing

    To me, this …


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The Allotment - wrapping up

Posted on 2024-12-31 19:10:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters

I have decided end my contract with the allotment association. A number of factors have lead to this decision.

The allotment was evolving towards a miniature food forest. This meant that regular maintenance came down to mowing the "unwanted" plants about once a month.

I have found my enthousiasm for …


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Experiments in 2024

Posted on 2024-12-31 16:02:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with experiment

This is a list of experiments Ina and I have been conducting in 2024.

  • gardening
    • the fifth, and final year of having an allotment garden
    • cleaning out the allotment garden and distributing the plants to other gardeners
    • helping out at Proeftuin Meerhoven
  • spiritual development
    • morning pages
    • bullet journaling
    • regular meditation …

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Building and Using a Peg Loom

Posted on 2023-06-29 17:27:00+02:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with experiment, weaving, wool

A peg loom is a weaving technology that has been around since at least the Vikings - and probably much longer. The loom is made of a single log with holes at regular spacings. Each hole will fit a peg. Each peg has a hole near the bottom to allow a …


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Homemade Insulated Insoles

Posted on 2023-01-20 11:35:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with experiment, season: winter

I was looking for a way to create insulated insoles. I considered covering a piece of plastic with felt. As I looked around at what I had laying around to use as a felting template, I considered radiator foil.

The foil is made of a layer of foam and a …


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