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Continue reading →: Growing Rice
A look at the Lundberg Family Farms’ rice growing operation in California. I had no idea that they sow rice from the air. On the Isbell Family Rice Farm in Arkansas they grow a Japanese variety of rice called Koshihikari for export to that country. Christian Richard, a rice farmer…
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Continue reading →: Passive Solar Earthship Homes
This video (in English, despite the title in Russian which translates as ‘house build from tires’) takes a look at “Earthship” houses in New Mexico. The houses are designed to be stand-alone, self-sufficient, off-grid units. In this case, the “Earthships” have thick walls that allow for passive solar heating formed…
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Continue reading →: Lorena Stove Info
Here is some information about the Lorena woodburning stove design. Pros: It uses very little firewood and burns very efficiently and when the exhaust pipes are clean with little smoke near the person cooking. Cons: Can be difficult to start a fire in these stoves as the stove’s opening is…
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Continue reading →: Building with Straw Bale Demo
Barbara Jones who builds with straw bales in the UK, demonstrates how load bearing straw bale construction works. She shows us the various simple tools and components of straw bale construction (wooden pins that anchor the bales to a base plate, baling twine, the base plate itself, top plates, mallets,…
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Continue reading →: Manual Clothes Washing Solution
Here jepster in Colorado uses a Rapid Laundry Washer (a kind of plunger style laundry agitator) and a commercial salad spinner to wash his laundry and then hangs it out to dry. Here is a closer look at the salad spinner he uses: Here we learn how to make a…
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Continue reading →: Cinder Block Rocket Stove
Quick and easy construction by hightechredneck
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Continue reading →: Making A Natural Yeast Culture For Bread
Here Miho in Japan explains to thedailyenglishshow how she makes a natural yeast starter using fruit. They experiment with three fruit based starters Miho prepares for from raisins, pommelo and grapes. The first stage of the process is fermenting the fruit in water until it is fizzy. Then you strain…
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Continue reading →: Straw Bale Build in Fairview, Utah
“When this home is finished and you walk into it , it will be like putting on an old pair of Levis. It’s just extremely comfortable and personnable.” This (4H?) video shows a straw bale house under construction in Fairview, Utah. The house is a wooden post and beam house…