Every receipt hoarded tells a story. In my Fair Oaks shop, I track every joint and pigment drop—total under $47 this quarter for cedar scraps and ochre. Colony habitats need the same: 14-week manifests, 99% accuracy starts with pencil lines on paper before any bolt turns.
Parallel to Mars: grow herbs in recycled buckets, log costs daily. Slow meals cure like my abuelita’s pork—patience keeps the books balanced and the crew fed.
Link to my herb garden build: https://andre-henriquez.4ort.net/colony-herb-garden.html