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Many town's recycling center can give you free compost. Truck loads if you want. dcarch

Here is an idea that can be unique. One problem I have in trying to make nut powder is that you end up with nut butter, such as grinding peanuts. But if you have a grinder that can keep the nuts frozen you can in fact make nice nut powder. dcarch

This is my system I use for my tomatoes. Double- wall insulating greenhouse panels for a quick install / removal demountable greenhouse. The greenhouse is put together using clear packing tape. It is very stronge even for high wind. Takes no room to store. dcarch

I am not sure how many varieties. I keep on trying new ones. I think I have about 80 plants. I should have lots to dehydrate and to make tomato powder. dcarch

Shame on you people! My system: dcarch

Oh yes! Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all! Great meals! dcarch Corned beef. black carrots, asparagus Spaghetti clam sauce Corned beef, cauliflower

And how do you remember which tomato is which without plant tags? dcarch

Norpro Stainless Universal Double Boiler Insert dcarch

Don't use regular epoxy. Get penetrating epoxy. Penetrating epoxy can repair tiny cracks by capillary action. dcarch

mm84321, welcome back! Miss your stunning creations. dcarch

"------- So, if we were to write this relationship between the distance and the thickness of butter as an equation, we would say that the butter falls off as 1/d^2. At 2d, for example, you put 2d into this equation, and you get 2^2, which is 1/4. And at 3d, you get 3^2, which gives you 1/9. Or, in other words, if you double the distance, you don't half the thickness of butter, you divide the thickness of butter by a factor of 4 (2^2 gives you 4). This is like something in physics called an inverse-square law. --------------If you double the distance between two objects, you cut the force of gravity to a quarter ((1/2)^2). If you triple the distance, you cut the force of gravity to a ninth ((1/3)^2).----" dcarch

The whole idea of using a wok is control of heat. The wok has many temperature zones. Push the food to where the heat is right. dcarh

Thanks RRO. I am still in shock of your monster giant shrimps. Now the giant clams! What next? They look like they are packed with big flavor. dcarch

The amazing dishes on this thread are inspiring me to cook more. A few recent ones. dcarch ---------------------------------------------- SV pork chops on Modernist M & Cheese SV shell steak, taro balls Kind of chicken Marsala

With future food supply highly questionable, (Climate changes, bees dying, and ----) I decide to greatly expand my garden. So I will need a tractor to help out. I took a chance on eBay, ( a $26.00 chance ! ) for a $2,000 broken tractor. A few hours later, got it working. Asparagus plants, veggie seeds, fruits -------- I may even raise live escargots. .dcarch

If you don't have an angle grinder with a metal cutting blade, a machine shop can do it for cheap. dcarch

No it wouldn't. It is also called VOC catalytic converter. it helps to burn off greasy air. dcarch

It's a vent tube smoke eliminator. Don't throw it away. Look up your oven's parts diagram to see where it is supposed to go. It should be near the top. dcarch

"----- At the rate that robot appears to work, it would take a week to get a load of laundry done. Even at my age, I can beat that by a few days. ---" Not at all. Speed is not a problem. They are not at this point trying to make household robots smaller and faster. They sure have the technology to make them very fast and small. They are at the very beginning to converge all current knowledge in artificial intelligence, mechanics, digital hardware, software, facial recognition, audio recognition ------------------. There is no question that a mechanical "slave" will be around soon. dcarch

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"----------- Nowadays, when you see an energy efficient "60 Watt light bulb" that uses only 9 Watts, it's not that it puts out "60 Watts of light" but they are letting you know that the Lumen output of the bulb is equivalent to that of a standard 60 Watt incandescent. ---------------- Nowadays, most greenhouse lighting specialists refer to a light's PAR value " PARdon me for being too technical. 60 watts will alway produce 60 watts of light. Except a lot of the light is in the invisible spectrum (IR). That's why PAR makes more sense. dcarch

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"--- LED lighting is much less expensive, and a couple of 250W panels would be plenty bright for a small room with no windows. Plus, their electricity use is a lot less than the old halide/sodium lamps - plus they don't make nearly as much heat, ---" Actually a 400W LED and a 400W MH lamp will generate the exact same amount of heat (watts x BTUs). The thing to look for is lumen output per watt. LED lights feels cooler because they have built-in fans to cool down. You see LED claims 50,000 to 100,000 hours life. But the critical part is how long the fan will last for the lights. If the fan goes out , the LEDs will be fried in a few seconds. dcarch And BTW, LEDs may not come down in $ soon. Recreational "herbs" growers. :-)

Ha! trying to make them look like squids. dcarch

So, everyone sears scallops top and bottom. How about sear them on the sides? Scalloped potatoes with scallops dcarch