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Springtime is nearly here, so it is time to think about gardening. The traditional way to grow a garden is in the ground. But what if you don’t have any ground available? Consider containers, like these buckets: Barrels are another option: You can also go vertical: One thing you can easily grow at home is [...]
The world’s easiest-to-build potato cannon (spud gun) – now combustion free!
by Marshall Brain | December 30, 2010
This is a classic HowStuffWorks article that describes the construction and operation of the traditional potato cannon: How Spud Guns Work The traditional potato cannon is a combustion device – it uses hairspray as its fuel and the spark unit from an outdoor grill to ignite it. This works fine but it is a little [...]
If you are trying to buy organic foods, this is a common question: Why do organic fruits and vegetables cost more than “normal” fruits and vegetables? If you think about it, an organic plant is not needing any insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc., which cost money. And it is not using any inorganic fertilizers, which also cost money. So… if you take away these things that cost money, how can the price go up? It seems like a scam.
This page gives you the answer to that question in a nutshell…
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