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 Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Jam Lady
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 Forum: Land Management Posted: Fri Aug 30, 24 2:29 pm Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Perhaps what they need to invent is a machine that harvests the corn and simultaneously seeds the cover crop.
Here's how field corn is harvested in November.
https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/31 ... |
| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Fri Aug 30, 24 1:54 am Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Possibly more than you actually wanted to know about aerial seeding
https://www.northjerseyrcd.org/post/aerial-seeding |
| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Thu Aug 29, 24 7:49 pm Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Field crops, locally, are corn, soy beans, wheat, hay. Specialty crops are things such as pumpkins, evergreen Christmas trees, neither of which I believe, have cover crops sown one way or another.
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| Topic: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Land Management Posted: Wed Aug 28, 24 3:22 pm Subject: Cover Crops - Aerial Seeding |
Interesting notice on community Facebook page this morning:
North Jersey Resource Conservation & Development
NORTH JERSEY RC&D has funding available for Fall 2024 cover crop through our ... |
| Topic: EV and short journeys |
Jam Lady
Replies: 41
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Aug 22, 24 9:53 pm Subject: EV and short journeys |
| Himself got a plug-in hybrid in January. Charges in our garage where there's a 240V outlet he installed when we moved here with a smallish generator for power outages. (Now have a whole house generato ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Sat Aug 03, 24 5:38 pm Subject: Wildlife |
Yesterday evening I tossed out the usual - dry corn kernels, peanuts, black oil sunflower seed. Thirty minutes later I tiptoed through the dark kitchen, flicked on the outside light and
there were ... |
| Topic: Harvesting Rainwater in Mexico City |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Aug 02, 24 5:54 pm Subject: Harvesting Rainwater in Mexico City |
A very nice Associated Press news article about harvesting rainwater in Mexico City
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-city-rainwater-harvesting-climate-change-women-iztapalapa-cf61986c929c49fb75243 ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
Replies: 3067
Views: 3286727
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Mon Jul 08, 24 3:55 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| Sounds lovely, Mistress Rose. Any pictures? |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Fri Jul 05, 24 2:21 pm Subject: Wildlife |
| Himself drove to Wal-Mart yesterday. Pulled into parking slot. The adjacent one had a store-provided motorized shopping cart abandoned in it. And in the basket was a discarded McDonald's bag. Which ap ... |
| Topic: Solar Cooker |
Jam Lady
Replies: 14
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Jul 01, 24 9:31 pm Subject: Solar Cooker |
I believe the recommended technique, Mistress Rose is
Start off with least dirty plates
1) scrape any scraps off plates
2) rinse in pan of water
3) rinse in pan of water with minimal soap
4) ri ... |
| Topic: Solar Cooker |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Jun 30, 24 5:29 pm Subject: Solar Cooker |
I believe the intention is to replace the rigid pipe with a flexible pipe
Water bought in town is a penny and a half per gallon.
When, in the fullness of time, the larger than 250 gallon tank at ... |
| Topic: Solar Cooker |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Jun 30, 24 4:05 pm Subject: Solar Cooker |
dpack, they currently have a 250 gallon tank mounted on a trailer. As needed, s-i-l hitches it up to his vehicle and drives into town to fill it up.
There is, apparently, an underground water pipe. ... |
| Topic: Solar Cooker |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Jun 28, 24 2:11 pm Subject: Solar Cooker |
Thanks for the suggestions dpack
There is little likelihood of their being at the cabin in winter. Neighbors (there are apparently some year round inhabitants) told daughter and s-i-l that a tracke ... |
| Topic: Solar Cooker |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Thu Jun 27, 24 2:22 pm Subject: Solar Cooker |
I have a faint memory that once upon a time Himself made a solar cooker for me. Did a search here on Downsizer but nothing on solar cookers came up. Perhaps the climate is not suitable?
Why has thi ... |
| Topic: Wildlife |
Jam Lady
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Forum: Conservation and Environment Posted: Tue Jun 25, 24 1:40 am Subject: Wildlife |
Seen with its mama outside our front door early this evening
https://www.downsizer.net/gallery/31310/Deer_2024-06_fawn+on+front+lawn.jpg |
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