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Home & Garden > Home & Garden (Other) Raising chickens in your backyard: 1 of 23
Raising chickens in your backyard is a fun thing to do. They create mobile "yard art" which is a hoot to watch as well as providing eggs. In our backyard free range - well, "free backyard" - chickens eat all the big centipedes which is a huge plus in our book. The chickens can be raised to be pets or they can be left as "liv... More..
Home & Garden > Home Interior Kitchen Design 101: 1 of 8
"When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began." Friedrich Nietzsche Who was it that said "Follow the money"? Well, who said it doesn't matter - this is a kitchen so our mantra to efficiently d... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation How to take an eco-friendly shower: 17 of 38
Beep! Beep! BEEP! Whap! Blessed silence yay! - but still time to get up, sigh. Big head cracking yawn. Rub open the eyeballs, grab a robe, trip over the cat, stagger into the shower and turn the nozzles onto HOT. Depending on how things are set up this can be a very green routine or an ecological disaster. How we live our da... More..
Home & Garden > Home Repair (Other) Bathroom remodeling: Bath or shower?: 5 of 11
When starting a construction project list all the things you'd like to have in it and don't worry about cost or any actual reality issues. No limitations, no artificial shortages! If you could have any bathroom you'd like, what would it look like? If you really want to be able to see the stars from your tub, then put that on... More..
Home & Garden > Plumbing Repairs How to build a hot-tub platform: 1 of 1
How to build a hot-tub platform There will be as many ways to build a hot-tub platform as there are different hot-tubs and the different folks who use them. However, the most important way to build a hot-tub area is the way to build one perfect for you. To create your perfect hot-tub platform, first envision the overall effe... More..
Food & Drink > Soup & Stew Recipes Recipes: Tomato soup with veal meatballs: 1 of 1
Fall is a great time for warming soups and stews. Fall is also when our gardens are producing loads of tomatoes so these are two great reasons for tomato soup with veal meatballs. First thing to do is to go pick all the red ripe tomatoes you can find in your garden. Depending on how many tomatoes you get that will determine ... More..
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies Combat the flu with creative prevention: 4 of 6
Fall is here and with it comes an increased chance you may get a cold or flu. Have you ever noticed it is during the colder months you are more at risk of getting colds and flus? I can't tell you any particular scientific reasons why that seems so, however, if you get up in the morning and wander around on cold floors with b... More..
Pets & Animals > Aquarium Fish How to set up an aquarium the proper way: 2 of 3
A clear bright aquarium with healthy fish and underwater dcor is a wonderful thing to watch and can add a bright sense of aliveness to your home. The refraction of the light is very soothing as it winkles back and forth from the bubblers in the water and it is very interesting to see the interaction of the fishes as they swi... More..
Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods How to make healthy foods more palatable: 22 of 31
How to make yucky but healthful foods more palatable My grannie used to tell me "good thing we don't all like the same things or just think of the haggis shortage there would be". The traditional haggis is made of sheep's lungs, liver and heart mixed with oatmeal and boiled in a sheep's stomach. Purportedly, this is the nati... More..
Pets & Animals > Birds Bird facts: Hawaiian goose: 7 of 7
The Hawaiian Goose is called "Nene" in Hawaiian after one of the soft calls it frequently makes and it has a Latin name of Branta sandvicensis. The Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet and this harsh sub-tropical environment and isolation is the key to understanding the Hawaiian Goose. It is ... More..