smallest rocket mass heater (wood burning stoves forum at permies)
jaime merritt wrote: i see now what you are referring to when you talk about laminar flow. mine and similar designs get additional draft from the vertical, thin walled, chimney. running the gasses through a long run in a thermal mass causes too rapid cooling and loss of draft. is this correct? i like the tea stump! very cool. i haven't seen to many designs for a rmh with a more vertical mass (think masonry heaters), it seems to me that if that configuration works well it would be easier to fit into a retrofit/remodel situation. my next project is a rocket water heater for a hot tub. ill post that in another thread. cheers. Exactly. Heat-exchangers' longer horizontal guts, and the corners especially, add a huge amount of drag, while cooling the exhaust so a second vertical chimney may actually create resistance rather than extra draw. (All you fellas, now follow Jaime over to a new thread and take the little water-heater gems along.) -Erica
Try No Dig Gardening for Your Backyard Vegetables
No-Dig Gardening is such a brilliant form of home-based agriculture I was convinced the TreeHugger archives would be rich with its merits. Was very surprised when I only found one mention, in a post chronicling Leonora's permaculture adventures in New Zealand. So I launched into the following first-person account of No-Dig, only to discover that in North America the same process might be better known as as Sheet Mulching. American home gardener, Ruth Stout, put out a book in 1971, called the No-Work Garden Book, which echoed Fukuoka’s decades of natural farming. In the Antipodes we had Esther Dean, who released her own book Growing Without Digging in 1977, seeding a small cult following of No Dig gardeners. All would champion the idea that soil quality will dramatically improve if left undisturbed by cultivating, tilling, plowing, digging etc. So How Does it Work in Practice? 1. 2. Your first bed might get the root crops such as carrots, onions, beetroot and potatoes. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
THE HOULA AFFAIR HIGHLIGHTS WESTERN INTELLIGENCE GAP IN SYRIA
by Thierry Meyssan Given that the West is never wrong, it is unlikely it will acknowledge its errors over the Houla massacre. What matters, however, is not whether or not it will rectify the false image portrayed by its propaganda on Syria, but the way in which the balance of power between NATO and SCO is changing. Voltaire Network | Damascus (Syria) | 5 June 2012 108 bodies were laid out by the Free ’Syrian’ Army [1] in a mosque in Houla. While the national news agency, SANA, was unable to provide details with certainty, the Syrian Catholic news agency, Vox Clamantis, immediately issued a testimony of some of the events formally accusing the opposition [2]. The West and Gulf States who are working towards a "regime change" in Syria and have already recognized the opposition as a privileged interlocutor, have adopted the FSA’s version of events without waiting for the report from the United Nations Supervision Mission (UNSMIS).
Start A Vegetable Garden
Make Your Plan With the tilling done, now we are ready to start laying out our garden. I drew up a garden map on paper so we had a reference to use when out in the field. If you notice from our paper plan, we have three different kinds of rows: 1. Our wide rows are 3 ft (.91 m) wide x 5 ft (1.5 m) long. Also you don't have to water, weed or cultivate as much, because the plants grow up and shade the soil crowding weeds out and preserving moisture. If you have never tried this because you always plant in long skinny rows, try planting with wide rows; you'll really like it. Other benefits of wide row planting: Grow 2 to 3 times the vegetables that you would grow in regular single rowsGrow more in less spaceCrowds the weeds outPlants create their own living mulch, keeping soil cool and moist, conserving water by slowing the moisture-evaporation rate which is good if you live in a very warm climate. Now if you live in a cooler climate, do the reverse. 2. 3.
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The Best Sandwiches in America
Torta de Milanesa Las Nueva, Los Angeles A neon crown hangs in the doorway of the East L. A. institution that serves the king of the spicy torta, or Mexican sandwich: breaded carne asada, cheese, avocado, and jalapeños on a toasted roll glistening with grease. Dip it in one of the homemade salsas. (3701 East First Street; 323-264-0678) Italian Beef Al’s #1 Italian Beef, Chicago The stockyard special: thinly sliced beef on bread from the 122-year-old Gonella bakery, enhanced by giardiniera, a fermented vegetable relish made with hot peppers and celery. Jibarito Borinquen, Chicago At first it looks like any sandwich: bread, mayo, meat, iceberg lettuce, tomato. McRib McDonald’s, Multiple Locations The pickles slay me. Grilled Cheese Café Muse, Royal Oak, Michigan Grilled cheese: Wonder bread, Velveeta, and a clothes iron. Lisa C’s Boisterous Brisket Zingerman’s, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Greek Political Debate Turns Into Brawl On Live TV -vid
ATHENS, Greece — Greece's election campaign turned ugly Thursday on live TV: The spokesman of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party, after trading insults of "commie" and "fascist," lunged at two female left-wing politicians on a mainstream morning talk show, throwing water at one and smacking the other three times across the face. The violent display reminiscent of trash TV, a week and a half ahead of crucial elections, stunned Greeks as they seek to avoid a catastrophic exit from the common euro currency. Prosecutors immediately issued an arrest warrant for Ilias Kasidiaris, whose party alarmed Europe by gaining 21 of Parliament's 300 seats in Greece's inconclusive May 6 elections. Golden Dawn, which vehemently denies the neo-Nazi label, has been accused of violent attacks against immigrants in Athens. The attack "put on public display what was widely known," said the radical left-wing Syriza party, whose member Rena Dourou was splashed with water on the show.
How to Grow Vegetables | Guide to Growing Vegetables
Some general considerations for growing vegetables: Sowing Tips When sowing seeds, a good general rule of thumb is to sow to a depth of approximately twice the thickness of the seed. Some smaller seeds require light to germinate and should not be sown too deep; otherwise they may never germinate or break through the surface of the soil. Conversely, large seeds planted too shallow may not develop properly. Keep seeds well-moistened while awaiting germination and check regularly. Select a light-weight, well-drained medium for sowing to ensure good seed to soil contact. Growing Tips Most vegetables will produce better results if sown and grown in a soil-medium that is well-drained, rich in organic matter (fertile), and fairly lightweight. Most vegetables will prefer good quantities of natural, direct sunlight daily. Harvesting and Seed Saving Many vegetables will be harvested in the fall, especially if grown in lower hardiness zones.
