Image by John Carleton EVERY SUMMER thousands of tiny Vaux swifts swoop into Portland, Oregon, to spend several months feasting on flying insects during the day and roosting in the tall chimney at Chapman School at night. NW Portland is a regular vacation stopover for swifts during their annual migration from Alaska/Canada to Mexico/South America. […]
Continue reading …John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to a friends house to share his ideas about how to start growing food in her backyard. In this video, John will speak with Mary who desires to grow food in her backyard. John will share his ideas and leave Mary with a plan so that she […]
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Image by avlxyz Question by sandra w: Where can I buy powdered or canned goat milk? A friend of mine just had a baby, it turns out he is allergic to milk protein, and soy too. She lives in Mexico where she can find goat milk but not the pasteurized kind. Anyways she is driving […]
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Continue reading …The Wine Down – Chocolate and Wine: Amanda Ormerod of Bootleg Chocolates
November 1, 2012 No CommentEPISODE SYNOPSIS: Sonja and Brandon are only too happy to act as guinea pigs for a crash-course in pairing wines and liquors with chocolates. Local fine-chocolate maven, Amanda Ormerod, opens our eyes to some of the finer points of making confections and how she ‘bootlegged’ her family recipes to bring outrageous flavor to the west […]
Continue reading …First food stamps now unemployment benefits create jobs. Who are these Democrat Economist?
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Image by howzey The poem wall of Prospect Cottage, former home of Derek Jarman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman The raised wooden text is the beginning and end of The Sunne Rising by John Donne (1572 – 1631) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_donne The text is as below: Busie old foole unruly Sunne Why dost thou thus Through windowes and through curtaines call […]
Continue reading …Question by lucy h: Is goats cheese classed as dairy? Add your own answer in the comments!
Continue reading …Can I hook up a series of solar panels directly to a home power circuit?
October 28, 2012 2 CommentsQuestion by swa5000: Can I hook up a series of solar panels directly to a home power circuit? I’m wondering if I can connect about 15 or 20 low voltage, 1 inch by 1 inch solar panels directly to a home 120V power circuit without any inverters or extra equipment? Give your answer to this […]
Continue reading …Check Out Brenda’s Channel: www.youtube.com Lowe’s www.lowes.com Last night Brenda of the Brendahere channel put up a video alerting everyone to the fact that Lowe’s had put their canning jars on sale for half price! Well instead of going to the store I got online because last week when I was in there they told […]
Continue reading …Jason demonstrates how to estimate the effective wattage of his home made solar water heater. Also, Jason’s water heating element is shaped in such a way that it more coincides with a plane of focal points, characteristic of a semi-circular vs. a parabolic reflector. Jason’s 5 ft long device gave an estimated maximum output of […]
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