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Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening (Video) Growers in colder climates often utilize various approaches to extend the growing season or to give their crops a boost, whether it's coldframes, hoop houses or greenhouses.

Greenhouses are usually glazed structures, but are typically expensive to construct and heat throughout the winter. A much more affordable and effective alternative to glass greenhouses is the walipini (an Aymara Indian word for a "place of warmth"), also known as an underground or pit greenhouse. First developed over 20 years ago for the cold mountainous regions of South America, this method allows growers to maintain a productive garden year-round, even in the coldest of climates. Here's a video tour of a walipini that shows what a basic version of this earth-sheltered solar greenhouse looks like inside: © Benson Institute It's a pretty intriguing set-up that combines the principles of passive solar heating with earth-sheltered building.

Aquaponics. JAN 2012 Aquaponics disaster and update After starting the Aquaponics in Sept 2011 the plants grew fantastic before a really bad Aphid attack took over.

I tried everything including a non chemical method of Garlic (boiled) mixed with a little Olive oil and spayed all the plants. The results were disastrous killing most of the plants and most of my fish. So mid Dec I gave it another overhaul and clean out and replanted again and added some new fish stock. Fingers crossed.... The system as of Jan 2012 doing well Newly added fish stock Replanted System in Dec 2011 Dec 2011 just before it all collapsed System planted Sept 2011 Cool Time Capture video AUG 2011 Time for an update and major makeover of the aquaponics system.

Then its time for some new plants for the summer season I think I will will go for 1 in each container of Cherry Tomato, Parsley, Coriander (cilantro), Zucchini, Lettuce. A clogged up system all washed and ready to go again. Teslonian Man Show! Documentation:handbook [CryptoParty.org] The CryptoParty Handbook tries to provide a comprehensive guide to the various topics that might come up while investigating the realms of computer and internet security and is designed to be a practical guide during Cryptoparties.

Read the Handbook online Download the Handbook Offline reading, on your computer/tablet (PDF) or on an ebook reader (mobi/epub). Please download once and save, for bandwidth efficiency. Thank you. Or as a minimal text version, suitable for reading using any text software (no images): Handbook as plain text | plain text mirror | (0.4 MB) Integrity: Don't take any wooden nickels! To ensure you have downloaded correct files, you should always check the integrity of downloaded files using commands like sha256sum and compare the resulting hashes against hashes provided by other sources. CryptoPartyHandbook for Kindle We are thrilled to announce that the Cryptoparty Handbook is now Kindle-friendly.

Get the Sourcecode Tell us what you think Recent changes Old Versions. Cryptoparties For Learning Essential Survival Skills. An interesting movement gaining momentum is cryptoparties, which is about learning and sharing fundamental survival skills.

I say “survival skills”, because it is about learning the fundamentals of communicating securely and privately. In some places in the world, this is a very tangible survival skill – right here, right now. People who don’t master this survival skill… disappear. In several places, it is outright social darwinism: people who master these skills survive, others don’t. In other parts of the world, it can very quickly become a survival skill. From Cryptoparty.org: CryptoParties are meetups to share and learn basic cryptographic tools such as PGP/GPG, Tor, OTR, TrueCrypt, etc. It is all our duty to support that underbrush. If you want a cryptoparty in your home town, why don’t you request one and tap into the community? All my devices are walk-away safe: no confidence placed in me will be leaked if my phone, pad or notebook are stolen or forgotten.

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All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is punishable by up to a $500,000 fine or 5 years imprisonment for a first offense, and up to a $1,000,000 fine or up to 10 years imprisonment for subsequent offenses under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). Requests for use of this material should be forwarded to m4040@m4040.com. Why did I add this disclaimer? SEE WHY. ParaCord Survival/Rescue Belt The project described on this page is relatively easy, yet produces a usable and effective survival/rescue belt. My Paracord Survival/Rescue Belt concept is based on extremely fast cord removal if needed. If you ever find yourself in need of a rescue line, you can get about 50 feet of line within seconds from this belt.

Note: My pictures show the belt very short so it'll fit on your screen! This belt is very simple to make.