http://freedomharbor.com Technologies Old and New for the Liberation of Wealth, Optimization of Health, and Independence of Self, Family and Tribe Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://freedomharbor.com/food/hydroponics-hydroponic-gardening-kits/ http://freedomharbor.com/food/hydroponics-hydroponic-gardening-kits/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:50:21 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=556 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 including [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/food/hydroponics-hydroponic-gardening-kits/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/water/water-related-websites-5-out-of-10-survived/ http://freedomharbor.com/water/water-related-websites-5-out-of-10-survived/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:53:11 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=530 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 [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/water/water-related-websites-5-out-of-10-survived/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/security/home-security-safe-rooms/ http://freedomharbor.com/security/home-security-safe-rooms/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:53:06 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=519 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 room [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/security/home-security-safe-rooms/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/travel/maho-bay-camps/ http://freedomharbor.com/travel/maho-bay-camps/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:22:45 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=514 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 repair the [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/travel/maho-bay-camps/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/location/camping-stoves-and-fires-convenient-cooking-and-essential-heat/ http://freedomharbor.com/location/camping-stoves-and-fires-convenient-cooking-and-essential-heat/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:46:17 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=509 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 them [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/location/camping-stoves-and-fires-convenient-cooking-and-essential-heat/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/health/aging-and-the-need-for-routine-exercise/ http://freedomharbor.com/health/aging-and-the-need-for-routine-exercise/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:43:38 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=501 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 that [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/health/aging-and-the-need-for-routine-exercise/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-solar-electricity-generation-by-water/ http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-solar-electricity-generation-by-water/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:36:58 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=496 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 of [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-solar-electricity-generation-by-water/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/vision/ways-to-make-money-from-your-herb-garden/ http://freedomharbor.com/vision/ways-to-make-money-from-your-herb-garden/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:28:43 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=476 I have come into my possession material that varies in age from 1 to 13 years regarding profit from the marketing of herbs and spices. My caveat to you is the material is RAW and unedited. I’ll be spending the time in the month of July editing the content and making it current. For example, there [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/vision/ways-to-make-money-from-your-herb-garden/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/security/home-security-how-intruder-alert-systems-have-evolved/ http://freedomharbor.com/security/home-security-how-intruder-alert-systems-have-evolved/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:48:27 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=458 Older burglar alarms were fairly elementary. A door or window was opened at the wrong time and an alarm went off, either in the house or at a remote location or both. Installing them required adding wiring and attached devices – an expensive propostion. But security systems have evolved greatly over the past twenty years, [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/security/home-security-how-intruder-alert-systems-have-evolved/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/food/vegetable-gardening-how-to-create-compost/ http://freedomharbor.com/food/vegetable-gardening-how-to-create-compost/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:35:41 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=455 Creating your own compost is easy and provides an excellent natural fertilizer. Compost is a mixture of organic materials – leaves, manure, table scraps and more – left in a pile to decay. Naturally occurring soil organisms will work on the material and eventually break it down into a fine, homogeneous soil additive for your [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/food/vegetable-gardening-how-to-create-compost/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/food/vegetable-gardening-container-gardening/ http://freedomharbor.com/food/vegetable-gardening-container-gardening/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:14:36 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=426 Growing vegetables in containers – whether inside the house, in a greenhouse or just on the porch – has many advantages. Soil maintenance is easier. Pest control is simpler. There are more options for adjusting light and temperature levels. Most vegetables that can be grown outdoors will do well in containers. Pumpkins and cucumbers, both of [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/food/vegetable-gardening-container-gardening/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/location/camping-camping-around-the-world/ http://freedomharbor.com/location/camping-camping-around-the-world/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:57:54 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=423 There are hundreds of campsites around the U.S. and Canada, and around Europe, Australia and many other parts of the globe. Whether you like desert areas, evergreen trees, lakes and mountains, or even swampland, there’s a campsite to match your taste. You can camp out in the hot sands of Arizona or Nevada. You can head [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/location/camping-camping-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/location/america-%e2%80%93-the-grim-truth/ http://freedomharbor.com/location/america-%e2%80%93-the-grim-truth/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:09:43 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=415 By Lance Freeman – Escape from America Magazine, June 10,2010 Americans, I have some bad news for you: You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin. If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/location/america-%e2%80%93-the-grim-truth/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/vision/hydroponics-lighting-the-hydroponic-garden/ http://freedomharbor.com/vision/hydroponics-lighting-the-hydroponic-garden/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:38:17 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=404 Most plants grown in a hydroponic setting require light, lots of it. They photosynthesize to produce their own nutrients. They require warmth to keep biochemical reactions going, and going at the right rate. They regulate many processes by the amount of light present, speeding some up and shutting down others. During photosynthesis plants take in carbon dioxide [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/vision/hydroponics-lighting-the-hydroponic-garden/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-solar-water-treatment/ http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-solar-water-treatment/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:15:19 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=401 Using the energy from the sun to generate electricity gets a lot of press. But there are many other applications for solar power. One of the most important is for treating water. Many countries around the world have impure water that causes diarrhea, typhus and other medical problems. The same is true of certain areas of [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-solar-water-treatment/feed/ 0 http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-what-is-solar-power/ http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-what-is-solar-power/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 13:06:34 +0000 xearther http://freedomharbor.com/?p=386 Human use of the sun’s energy may seem like a recent phenomenon. But, apart from the fact the sun provides the energy for plants to grow and feed us, solar energy has been in use in various technological forms for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks knew how to harness steam power, some of it generated [...]]]> http://freedomharbor.com/energy/solar-power-what-is-solar-power/feed/ 0