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Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 1:35
AM
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Heating &
Maintaining CT water and other subjects.
Merla when you take our electric power line out of our lives and CT
production you screw up everything. We flatlanders don't know how to
cope. I was thinking park it in the sun and it will warm up just as I
began to read that suggestion from you. Solar heating may be your
best source. Any chance you could have a green house with water storage
in it to warm water for all your use? Bath, laundry, and
CTEA?
It says in the solar heating science data that High temp. solar heat
enters thru glass but that low temp heat source ( the heated water) does not
exit thru glass. So over several days the average heat in the water
would increase to where it would be useful for all those purposes.
Paint the water tanks in the greenhouse black and cover to pevent
evaporation cooling. Pump cold water in at bottom, take warm water from
the tip. Do that 3 or 5 or more 50 gallon barrels in series. Each cold
in at bottom warm out at top into the next barrel at the bottom etc.
Your well water pump drives the flow. End barrel is rather hot
water. The more barrels the larger the capacity to heat It is
called passive solar heating. It works.
If I know anything about you and Herb I know you have already
investigated this. Such a solar system is not a small or simple
project.
Subject #2 WEEDS
I've been working in my yard some of late. We have some daiseys and
a few other wild flowers that grow like weeds only better. They seed and
reseed and come up from the roots after a long winter and act just like weeds
except they don't spread on the wind or creep underground and they are rather
good looking as bright flowers most of the year. They are the first to
bloom in spring and keep blooming all summer. Clover would be
another great flower to plant. Since these plants are all affected by
24D you could rightfully object to the area being sprayed . Patrolling
for other noxious weeds on an 8 mile road will still be a BIG project. But if
I were a betting man ( I am) I would bet on the daiseys,
Subject #3 PIONEERS
When you feel sorry for yourselves there without the powerline
remember how the rugged pioneers survived without . And how luckey you
are that you live in such a beautiful environment. And how luckey we all
are to have people like you defending that beautiful environment. Thanks Merla
and Herb! Bob
Subject #4 I think I am appearing too dam often on this show.
Merla Barberie <herbnmerla@supersat2.net>
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