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Controlled adjustable motor vibrator is so cheap and so easy to make. For instance: Get a small computer "muffin" fan ($1.00 to $10?). They are small and flat and rated at 5VDC or12VDC. Many sizes to choose from. They are made of plastic. You can easily break off a few fan blades to make the rotation unbalanced. When it rotates it will vibrate. With a voltage regulator/controller, you can have the vibration adjusted to the exact jello wobble frequency. dcarch

1. Resonant vibration is very powerful. Many major structural failures, bridges, towers, etc. had been due to resonant movement. 2. Do not use vacuum on a cellphone. Vacuum can destroy the microphone's and speaker's very thin film diagram. Possible hazard with lithium battery's thin film electrodes dcarch

Crispy Peking duck, scallion, on steamed buns, I always call that duck burgers. dcarch

This is what I would do: 1. buy a micro motor vibrator, they are very cheap less than a dollar. They are very tiny, size of a large pea. They run on 1.5v battery, draws very little power. 2. Get a variable resister (rheostat), or a low voltage controller, ( about a dollar). 3. a cheap non-functioning phone. 4. make your jello with everything in it except the battery and voltage controller, which will be wired to the vibrating motor hidden remotely. ---------------------------------------- The reason for this setup is because just like a violin, the jello will have a very specific vibrating frequency, with the adjustable motor rotation (vibration) synchronized , you will have the jello really dancing. (Note - all components can be purchased on ebay.) dcarch

Tree form for fig trees in my zone 6 area will not work. It's impossible to wrap a tall tree for winter protection. All the branches will die off. That's why it's better in cold zones to train fig trees to grow into bush form. What I am doing is to force the thick base branches much tighter so I can provide better insulation. It seams to be working well. dcarch

Looks more like a Baorangia to me. dcarch

OK, in many areas and if you grow figs (What?!! You don't grow figs?!!), time is coming soon to have to wrap and winterize your fig trees. My fig trees have gown to be too big and too horizontal and getting very difficult to wrap. I am reshaping the trees using jacks from my shop. Each day I give each jack a little turn so that I don't crack and break the branches. I think I should be able to get all the branches to vertical and be able to wrap them to be less than 12 inches columns. Good winter protection means greater harvest next year. It fig ures. dcarch

Actually, this has a possibility to work for you: Go to youtube and search for "thin set tile laying". You will see tools and how construction workers spread out thin set compound evenly for laying ceramic tiles. dcarch

I do a quarter turn of the trays once in a while to give more even drying. dcarch

Very resauceful recipe! dcarch

My experiment with that container weighted about 25 Lbs. This method is not practical for some of you who live within walking distance from the farmers market or just buying a small quantity. But if you are buying in quantity, a small ice chest and a shopping cart is not that clumsy for heirloom tomatoes which can cost more than T bone steaks . dcarch

I don't think so. Water enters the fruits thru the roots and some from leaves. dcarch

Last night, I took out a large container, filled it with water and put about 20 very ripe tomatoes from my garden, some very big and some very small. I closed the contained with a lid. Then I shook and shook the container the hardest I could. I shook again for about another 5 more times. Now, I don't have huge muscles, but in the past few weeks, I have had to relocate and transported a clothes washer and a dishwasher all by myself with no problem. The shaking I did to the tomatoes were more violent than any deep potholes you would run into if you had to ship the tomatoes by car. Well I am happy to report that there is no damage to any tomatoes, not a scratch, not any sign of cracking or bruising. But I am not surprised. It's just very simple physics. I assume that if you have to ship a few hundred eggs over rough roads, the same method will work. Time for a BLT ! dcarch

This may or may not be practical, but according to the law of physics, this should work very well. Get a big container and fill it with water. Put all your tomatoes in the water bath, makes no difference how big or how small the tomatoes are. Once you have all your tomatoes in the container, fill the container to the very top with water and close the lid very tight. Your tomatoes cannot bruise each other, doesn't matter how big or how small and how fast or slow you travel or if you slam on the brake. Tomato in water submersed has almost no weight. dcarch

Frost is forcast in another day here (NY). There will be a 50F temperature drop in one day. I guess this may be my last BLT for this season. dcarch Naan bread BLT

Beautiful! Just wonderful! I have to point out that it is too bad that most of the world do not use chopsticks. The only way we can enjoy lots of different kinds of fish is to use chopstick. We are endangering ocean life by wasting so much seafood. We eat very limited varieties of fish, and only filleted fish. It's wasteful filleting fish. Thank you Liuzhou for having shown the world how many different kind of fish are delicious in you posts. dcarch

Sometimes on ebay, and Amazon. Search "shatter proof mirror" or "stainless steel mirror" dcarch

Consider this: You can get mirror finished stainless steel sheets of the same size to put in front of the glass mirror. They are thin and will not take up room. After they collected enough grease, just put the sheets in the dishwasher. dcarch

Let me answer you in a different way. For me, GWR tomatoes satisfy me in every way about tomato growing, except for one thing: You will always have difficulty finding the ripe ones on a plant. ! dcarch

What do you mean? Green as in un-ripe tomatoes? or Green as in GWR tomatoes? (Green When Ripe) GWR tomatoes never turn red. They always stay green even when fully ripen. Amazing group of tomatoes to grow. My favorite. dcarch

Thank you! We have the opposite problem. Nights are getting cold, and the tomatoes are having a tough time getting ripe. dcarch

BBLT! Some one posted a moon cake topic. So I did a little Googling. I understand that moon cakes are for the celebration of Mid Autumn Festival in many Asian countries, but they are like Western fruit cakes, moon cakes are not exactly the kind of cake you want to have one more piece. People don’t really like to eat them. They buy them mostly for gift giving. Well, Mid Autumn Festival came on Friday the 13th. I didn't think I was going to spend time to make moon cakes. Instead, I decided to have my own way to celebrate Mid Autumn Festival. Mid Autumn Festival is to celebrate harvest. I have been lucky so far with what my garden has given me this year. Lots of amazing huge tomatoes this year to be thankful for. So I think I will make a moon shaped BBLT. (Boboli, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato) dcarch Endless tomatoes from the garden Boboli bread from the store Lettuce, arugula from the garden, squirts of mayonnaise. A blanket of very crispy bacon and, T, T, T, --- more Ts! BBLT done Divide and conquer

The real reason why a knife is not that good has to do with atmospheric pressure. When two surfaces are in close contact, there will be more than 14 lbs PSI pressure forcing the surfaces together, creating drag. dcarch

Important, if you want to plant paw paw. You will need two for pollination. dcarch

This is what I was talking about. But it was MIT, not Harvard. dcarch