Archive for May, 2010

The Whole-grain Goodness of Oatmeal

A patient once said to me, “My grandfather ate oatmeal every morning of his life and he lived to be a hundred.” My response was “Do what your grandfather did.”

Whole-grain oats are tasty and inexpensive, and have a long history of health benefits. This simple grain has been shown to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, normalize blood sugar, appease the appetite, and ameliorate intestinal problems. Remember the oat bran craze of the 1980s? That phenomenon grew out of an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence that began to build during the 1960s, linking oat consumption with dramatic declines in blood cholesterol.

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What features should you look for when buying or making a compost bin? Find out and get tips on how compost bin design can help to aerate compost for your garden, in this free organic gardening video. Expert: Gale Gassiot Bio: Gale Gassiot makes her own organic compost or “gardener’s black gold.”

  • This trailing lobelia, perfect for hanging baskets, blooms blue, white, red and lilac.
  • Pinch back the blooms to get even busier flowers.
  • Lobelia will bloom all sumer until a hard frost.
  • It is easier to start the seed indoors as they are tiny and take a while to germinate.
  • Lobelia erinus

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Bettie Page dances to the Seeds


Bettie Page dancing to the Seeds. Some things just workout right.

USB + AA Solar Panel Charger

  • POWERFILM USB+ AA 2-AA BATTERY CHARGER W/ USB

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Just a typical morning at the coop… Thanks for watching. UPDATE…..these birds were taken to auction. I replaced them with 20 week RIR fresh from the hatchery and now have so many eggs we don’t know what to do!

Canning

Mrs. Wages W510 Canning And Pickling Salt-3 Pounds
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Victorio VKP1041 5 Piece Canning Kit
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Organic Gardening For Dummies

  • ISBN13: 9780470430675
  • Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
  • Notes:

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5 watt Solar Panel

  • 36 premier Kyocera solar cells connected in series providing optimum battery charging power.
  • Impact resistant tempered glass surface allows maximum light transmission.
  • Robust anodized light weight aluminum tubular frames includes mounting holes for quick installation.
  • Weather resistant junction box contains bypass diode and is conduit ready with strip connectors.
  • Engineered for the rugged location to withstand hail, snow and ice.

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Rain Catcher 54-gallon Water Barrel

  • Rain barrel holds 54 gallons of direct rainfall
  • Garden accent is compact enough to fit onto your deck or patio
  • Removable debris screen keeps leaves/other materials from falling into Rain Catcher & clogging flow
  • Child-safe lid
  • Overflow tube diverts excess water away

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Product Description
Design With Water provides a comprehensive primer to planning and design to achieve sustainable water resources—often called water security— applicable to architecture, regional planning, storm water engineering, and landscape design. It focuses upon management of watersheds as natural and designed hydrologic systems to optimize conservation and improvement of water as a resource. It compiles illustrated technical data for rainwater collection, storage, and mana… More >>

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  • Heirloom seeds handed down for generations.
  • If you love sunflowers, but can’t decide on any one variety, this mix has it all!
  • Enjoy brilliant colors with a flash of white.
  • An annual that blooms late summer to fall, in full sun.
  • 100% Certified Organic.

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  • HQRP® Solar Charge Controller plus HQRP® Mousepad;
  • Regulation point:14.4 Volt; Low voltage disconnect:11.1 Volt;
  • Low voltage Reconnect: 12.5 Volt; Self-consumption: 6mA maximum;
  • Electronic protections; Terminals:for wire sizes to 2.5mm2;
  • Type of Charging: series PWM. 200 days warranty!

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  • ISBN13: 9781580173254
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Participation in rainwater collection for low income communities and sustainable development: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Rainwater … Catchment Systems, Nairobi, 1-6 August, 1993

 

Glass jars are no doubt the very best way to proceed in home canning whether it be pressure canning or hot water water boiling canning. I would never use metal containers because of the one-time use and most importantly the requirement and expense of sealing equipment in using metal cans.

THe Mason jar with its regular and wide mouths with the open threaded neck for the ring and lids that Seal are definitely the best for home canning. Your Mason jar requires only lids each time of use in home canning.You must wash the jars before every use in hot water. The use of a mild detergent is necessary with a complete rinse after such a cleaning. This will not sterilize the jars but it does clean the jars for prolonged water boiling or pressure canning.

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Feasibility of rainwater collection systems in California

Hand Grain Mill

  • Uniquely designed cone-shaped grinding burrs are self aligning
  • Made of cast stainless steel
  • Are precision machined to ensure long life and smooth, even milling
  • You can definitely save money and buy one of these grain mills and make your own baked goods
  • This item comes with a 2 year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship

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When choosing how to pickle or what pickle recipe’s you would like to try, there are a number of things you want to keep in mind. One of those things is which canning method you would like to use. Home canning is a very simple process that can be done in two ways: pressure canning, or water-bath canning. Pressure canning is a process that requires a pressure canner, which can be often times, be expensive. You may however be able to find a cheap one with a little bit of hunting through garage sales or flea markets. Water-bath canning, on the other hand, can be done using only a couple of simple tools. We will assume that you will be using a water-bath canning method. The following article will explain this particular method.

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Antique Butter Churn

SMALL ANTIQUE STONEWARE BUTTER CHURN
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Organic Vegetable Gardening


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  • Advanced polycrystalline design is highly efficient and provides superior power output
  • Maximum power output: 80 Watts/4.67 Amps
  • Multiple panels can be connected together for even more power
  • Easy to install and virtually maintenance-free
  • 25-year warranty

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Rainwater collection systems: A literature review

  • Includes a downspout diverter kit that fits a 2 Inch ¿ 3 Inch or 3 Inch ¿ 4 Inch downspout
  • Easy to install / Convenient to use
  • Will fill 55 gallon rain barrel in 2 to 3 hours during a moderate rainfall
  • Durable UV-stable 25% recycled resin
  • Convenient-to-use manual shut-off valve

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  • Named for the South Carolina island, not for the city in France.
  • This is the lettuce for your Caesar Salads.
  • Plant lettuce in cool months, spring and again in early fall.
  • This packet has enough seeds for two 5 foot rows.
  • Lactuca sativa

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  • HQRP® Solar Panel plus HQRP® Mousepad; Rated Power: 20W;
  • Maximum Power Voltage: 17.2V; Open Circuit Voltage: 21.6V; Maximum Power Current: 1.17A;
  • Short Circuit Current: 1.3A; Dimensions: 639x294x23 mm; High-efficient solar cells construction;
  • Light anodized aluminum frame; Junction box is protected by silicone from ingress of moisture.
  • 1 Year Full Quality Warranty! 25 Years Limited Power Performance Warranty.

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Bamboo-reinforced concrete rainwater collection tanks: A project of Community-Based Appropriate Technology and Development Services in Thailand

Product Description
This digital document is a journal article from Building and Environment, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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  • HQRP® Solar Panel plus HQRP® Mousepad;
  • High-efficient 12w Solar Panel (size of 10w);Maximum Power Voltage:17.2V;Open Circuit Voltage:21.6V;
  • Maximum Power Current: 0.7A; Short Circuit Current: 0.8A; Dimensions: 396x289x23 mm;
  • High-efficient solar cells construction; Light anodized aluminum frame;
  • Junction box is protected by silicone from ingress of moisture;

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Safe Rainwater Collection

Product Description
Safe Rainwater Collection
was compiled and written by Charmaine
Taylor.

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