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Ciencia ficcion y fantasia. Mitología. A Low Impact Woodland Home. Comic Relief - Catherine Tate & David Tennant. Poesia. Antworks Antfarm Gel Recipie | Nearly Deaf. I saw a video of ants building tunnels in this stuff via time lapse on youtube and got to wondering, “wouldn’t it be cool if I got two 4×8′ sheets of Plexiglas and made my own ant farm using about five gallons of this stuff?” Sadly the manufactuer has the market cornered and doesn’t just sell the gel in powder form. BUT – Looks like someone recently stumbled upon the recipe, in the form of the actual patent(!). US Patent 5803014 – Habitat media for ants and other invertebrates.

It can be difficult to find all the different ingredients. They are not always available in supermarkets. Try looking at local specialty shops in their baking section, or google for “make your own soda” and check ebay or chemical supply companies. Most of the ingredients below are also found in many times of soda. A soil-less ant habitat medium providing both a habitat and nutrients comprising the combination of a culture medium and a chemical agent, which chemical agent comprises: Antimicrobial ingredients:

Map lookup. File:Traditional-pottery-workshop.jpg. Floating Along in the World of Japanese Prints. The Japanese have a long-standing affinity with nature. Elegant representations of the natural landscape and the four seasons that impact upon it abound in Japanese art, from lively images of pleasure-seekers viewing cherry trees in spring, to the vibrant golds and crimsons of autumnal landscapes, to playful scenes of children building snowmen on a crisp, cold morning in winter. More than half of the country experiences prolonged and heavy snowfall each year, with towns and villages situated in the area north of the central mountain ranges experiencing snowdrifts of up to six metres.

And it is the beauty and poetry of snowbound landscapes that the Fitzwilliam Museum is celebrating this winter in its exhibition Snow Country ~ Woodcuts of the Japanese Winter. Rolling a Snowball, by Utagawa Kuniteru (active c. 1830-1870),published c. 1840. Fukugawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo, from the series One Hundred FamousViews of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), published 1857. Plan of Work for a Small Servantless House,