According to the EPA (Enviromental Protection Agency), Americans produced 251
million tons of municipal solid waste in 2006. That’s 4.5 pounds a day for every man,
woman, and child in the country. The good news is 82 million tons of that waste was
recycled or composted. Good show people!

The materials recycled in 2006 the EPA estimates as follows:

Aluminum Cans ———- 45.1% (more…)

Well, after a month of fighting the weather, the frame of the RV cover, and just
plain physical stamina, a conclusion has been reached.

At first, the selection of pvc was made due to the pricing, cheap! However, after
you go above 10 feet, it becomes pretty useless to handle a load, muchless wind.
There have been 20 – 60 mph winds here for the last 5 months and the frame is not
handling it well. Have tried every which way possible to brace the top to handle (more…)

Hydroponics, simply put, is the process of growing plants in water and not soil. The
nutrient rich water circulates around and saturates the seed or plant root. The root
does not have to “hunt” around in the soil for the nutrients, ergo, stronger, faster
growing plants. No need for the environmentally toxic pesticides of commercial
growers.

I have always had a keen interest in hydroponics. But I never had the time or the
know how to pursue it. That changed last December when I saw an ad for Aerogarden.
A revolutionary, self-contained, hydroponic device, that does (more…)