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    Hot Water?

    :welcome
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    Hot Water?

    When we wanted hot water after loosing utilizes we would hook up 75-100ft of garden hose color doesn't matter and lay it on the roof in a zig-zag pattern from the top to bottom with a nozzle on the end let it fill up or fill it and you have enough hot water for a few Navy showers and hand washed...
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    I don't know what I was thinking when I set them out so early. I forgot I was up north. Thanks for the good wishes! And I may your garden be free of pests & full of life!
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    Well i have to say i am a big DUMBY! :th i put out all my new seedlings about 2 weeks ago. i only planted half in case it frosted overnight. but i left out the trays of seedlings too. so presto! all my plants are dead!!:barnie on top of that i found out that my home grown grow closet had two...
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    Apartment garden suggestions?

    PinkFOX is dead-on it they are using window farms in Finland near the artic circle with intergrated LED grow lights. the link below is a TED talk about them. http://www.ted.com/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment.html
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    Most of my herb seeds didn't germinate, but all of the tobacco seeds did. i ordered 3 different varieties and got the same plant 1500 seeds of them. turns out ppl (including myself) don't do enough research on stuff before buying / selling. but they are germinating like crazy anyone in new...
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    How Do You Cook - Recipe or Wing It

    if its suppose to be a favorite dish or special dinner recipe, if not its in the user name.
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    don't let the happy cute puppy routine fool you. the fuzzy butt ate dinner last night off the counter while we were in the living room!
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    PC is back up for now. here are some Pics i was talking about. planting! Grow room! sprouts! Worms! AND............................ Bear!
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    What kind of bread pans do you like?

    I use a few different kinds i have the cheap stamped steel pans , and pyrex for my form loaf, for the free loaf i use a cast iron "pizza stone". i wished i could put down roots soon i'm dying to build a outdoor bread oven.
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    Well due to my laptop crapping out I can not post pics. But we have nice seedlings of tomatoes, tobacco, herbs, and melon going good in the closet grow room. Bubbles and I picked up some compost on Wednesday my little truck was so loaded... it felt like driving a RHIB. I've got the planters...
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    What Can I Make With Dandelions?

    Dandelion wine is awesome! I try to make a batch every year. It takes a lot of flowers to do it though, but the bright side is you have the greens and roots to use as well! If you want the recipe let me know!
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    Biomass Briquettes

    K15n1: I had not seen anything on making faggots but I will check it out. As to the soil amendments I'm only allowed a 20ft by 5 foot section for gardening here so I can only use so much. I can not make charcoal here period. These briquettes are a fuel item not really BBQ briquettes its an...
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    Any Dean Koontz Fans Here?

    You can't beat a writer who goes all out. Has anyone read his explanation for hugging new ppl he meets? Its a good reason. I think i have almost all his books.
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    How fat is obese?

    I know that for the navy anything over 30% is obese in females 22% for males. But our calculator is based on average weight to height' with neck waist and hip circumferences. This is a good indicating system for large amounts of ppl being checked at once. Not so good for the individual. It...
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    job description for farmgirls/homesteaders?

    find a head hunter. a lot of places hire ppl to find workers for them. its like a broker for you to help sell your ablities to a business. you dont have to pay the head hunter, the companies who use them do.
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    Ghee, other Q's for lowering cholesterol

    wrap the salad in spring roll wraps (thin ones in asian markets) or in a larger piece of lettuce you can always make a tupperware container with prewrapped salad in lettuce or what not and add in nuts and fruit. it can be a carry on kinda thing. i had pretty good luck in doing it that way over...
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    Your commonly used composting worm is the red wiggler also know as the trout worm or pan fish worm most places that sales live bait have them. I got luck a friend had some to spare but I think I need more to process my kitchen scraps. I've been planting today starting my tomatoes, melons...
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    Birth control in a EOTWAWKI situation?

    Lamb skin condoms are still available they about as effective as most condoms. still made the same way as back in Cassanova's day.
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    The_whingnut's road to ........................

    I GOT WORMS :weee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A friend of mine gave me about 500 worms day before yesterday. they are in the worm buckets and doing the thing they do. i did have a smell from it on day two when i feed them but relised i didn't but enough carbon (brown) stuff into the composting...
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