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Earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up. - StumbleUpon. Apple repair. Photography. Pearltrees videos. Getting started. Sundance Channel. Douglas Adams Quotes (Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) - StumbleUpon. Potatoes. What are we doing in the garden right now?

Potatoes

A whole lot of stuff, but let's consider the humble potato. We only grow fingerling types for Manresa. They are tastier and more useful for the chef. We can start harvesting them earlier than standard-type potatoes as well. I buy my seed potatoes from Ronniger's in Colorado. When the potatoes arrive, I cut up the larger ones (I know they tell you not to, but hear me out here).

All the tubers get put in a single layer in seedling trays (open at the bottom for air flow). I like to grow potatoes in 15 gallon pots. First, we disinfect our stash of used pots with a mixture of one part bleach to 10 parts water. We then place only 4 inches of potting soil into the bottom of each pot. Once the soil is in the pots, we simply push five tubers into each one, about two inches under.

The pots are then placed in our large unheated hoophouse and watered well. These gorgeous Purple Peruvians were photographed freshly pulled last spring here at the farm. 3Gear Systems: Gestural user interfaces using commodity hardware. - StumbleUpon. THIS DAY.

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Vegetables. Cookies. Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free! Arduino Site. Tools. VA - Virginia Car Show Schedule - VA Car Shows - Car Show News. America’s Best High Schools 2012. Make a leaf skeleton. Remove leaf tissue to see a beautiful "skeleton" of veins!

Make a leaf skeleton

This project can be done with a variety of fresh leaves in the spring, summer, or fall. (Adult supervision recommended.) Pin It What You Need: Leaves (choose large leaves that are colorful, not dried out)Sodium carbonate (washing soda)Metal potForceps or tweezersPaintbrush What You Do: Measure 4 ¼ teaspoons of sodium carbonate (or weigh out 20 g with a balance) into the pot.Dissolve the sodium carbonate in a half liter (a little more than 2 cups) of water.Heat the mixture on the stove.

Professor of Theoretical Physics, CUNY.

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Home improvement. CMS - Media. Travel spots. How to mend it .com - Find out how to mend just about anything - StumbleUpon. The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. - StumbleUpon. Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge: By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little: By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more: With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty: A master's degree deepens that specialty: Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge: Once you're at the boundary, you focus: You push at the boundary for a few years: Until one day, the boundary gives way: And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D Of course, the world looks different to you now: So, don't forget the bigger picture: Keep pushing.

The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. - StumbleUpon

There's a bit more below, but I also wrote a follow-up 5 years after the illustrated guide which may be of interest -- HOWTO: Get tenure. Related posts If you like these posts, then I recommend the book A PhD Is Not Enough Get it in print; fund students; save lives By request, a print version of The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. is on sale. Click here to preview or buy it. Why biology? License: Creative Commons Resources. FullBooks.com - Thousands of Full-Text Free Books - StumbleUpon.

Gardening

Sphinx Observatory located in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland. Sphinx Observatory located in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland. Scientists have long traveled to Earth's ends to conduct their studies.

Sphinx Observatory located in Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Mountaintops are a classic example of a harsh environment that serves as an ideal setting for experiments ranging from the physiological to the astronomical. When the Jungfraujoch station in the Bernese Alps opened in 1912, it became the highest railway stop in all of Europe. It also opened the door for eager scientists awaiting easy access to a high altitude site to do their work. The Sphinx Observatory, completed in 1937, is a result of this influx of research.