July 2010

Hydroponics – Hydroponic Gardening Kits

July 28, 2010

Complete hydroponic kits are available that range in price everywhere from a few dozen dollars to a few thousand. At the lowest end of the scale some kits offer little more than someone could make for themselves by gathering common household items. But they do implicitly package a little knowledge needed to get started. By [...]

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Water-Related Websites: 5 out of 10 survived

July 21, 2010

The combination of my anticipation of a severe earthquake occurring soon in an area that millions forget is a California DESERT has inspired me to bring forward a few links I established at the old FH site from 2005 and before. The magic will end when the earth shakes enough to end the illusion of [...]

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Home Security – Safe Rooms

July 16, 2010

A panic room, or as professionals call them, a safe room is very much what the name suggests. The concept is simple: build or select a room within the home that is impervious to intruders. The release of the popular Jodie Foster film, Panic Room, a few years ago brought the idea of a safe [...]

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Maho Bay Camps

July 14, 2010

Maho Bay Camps on St. John in the US Virgin Islands opened in 1976 when the term “ecotourism” didn’t even exist. With tent-cottages on wooden platforms and a path to a white sand beach there is peace and seclusion. Hurricanes? They pull down the tents and after the severe weather bring out the lumber and [...]

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Camping – Stoves and Fires, Convenient Cooking and Essential Heat

July 14, 2010

Not having every comfort of home is part of the camping experience – and a very pleasurable part, as you test your hardiness while enjoying the outdoors. But even “primitive” man had fire, both for cooking and for providing needed heat on those chilly nights. Some campsites don’t allow fires in pits, some don’t allow [...]

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Aging and the Need for Routine Exercise

July 11, 2010

In generations past, exercise was believed to be mostly for the young. It was even believed older people couldn’t increase muscle mass or strength if they wanted to. Studies at Harvard and elsewhere have now firmly put that myth to rest. Exercise for the over-50 crowd is decidedly healthy. As people age, several changes occur [...]

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Solar Power – Solar Electricity Generation By Water

July 4, 2010

Using solar cell arrays to produce electricity is a now-familiar application. Most applications that use PV (photovoltaic) modules are still small scale, except for certain experimental stations trying to generate power at the level of utility companies. Still, everything from lawn lights to full power supply systems for homes are available. But there’s another way [...]

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