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Using the Washing machine water on the garden

appliance-washing-machine-gardenI have been wanting to start using the washing machine water on the garden. Our washing machine uses about 180 litres of water with one load. Our house uses the washing machine about 3 times a week- that’s alot of water! I am going to use this water on the beds in the side of the house.

I have mulched these beds in preparation for planting.

It turns out that using the washing machine water on the garden in this way is a bad idea because you should not let washing machine water sit as its full of bacteria. I then modified the method so I now have the outflow flow straight onto the garden. This works quite well

prune tomatoes

How to Prune Tomatoes

I have one tomato plant that I bought as a small plant. It is a Mortgage Lifter which is is an indeterminant. It is very bushy my mum told me that I will need to prune it to get a good harvest.

I found the following page that explains what I need to do.

http://www.wikihow.com/Prune-Tomatoes

or this video is very good

australia

Facts about Australia

After my Mum and Dad visiting Australia I thought I should put to task a big misconception about Australia being a dry and large dessert. It is true there are large amounts of dessert but there is also alot of arable land here too.

Australia is ranked #7 in the world with the number of cultivated land by country. The whole world 17,000 sq kilometers of cultivated land which is 11.61% of all land


1 US
2 India
3 China
4 Russia
5 Brasilland use by country from wikipeadia
6 Canada
7 Australia has 471k sq Kilometers which is 6% of total area


land use by country  wikipeadia

In fact Australia is a breadbasket here is a link to all the produce from the country

Australia is the world #1 provider of wool and lupins source produces more hops and barley than the UK

Christchurch

Day 1 Christchurch

We arrived in Christchurch in time for new years celebration

They had an alcohol ban in the city and a band it was very nice. Mum and dad liked it. Christchurch is a  lovely plaace with very little traffic.

(our photos on the way – once I get back)

new zealand

The origin of the name New Zealand

We are in New Zealand below is a map of where we are going on our trip (with markers indicating where we are staying)


View New Zealand Trip Jan 2010 in a larger map

Ever wondered where New Zealand got it’s name?

“Zeeland (About this sound pronunciation (help·info)), also called Zealand in English and Zeelandic, is a province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands (hence its name, meaning “sea-land“) and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about 2930 km², of which almost 1140 km² is water. Large parts of Zeeland are below sea level. The last great flooding of the area was in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. Its sunny beaches make it a popular holiday destination in the summer. Most tourists are Germans. In some areas, the population can be two to four times higher during high summer season. The coat of arms of Zeeland shows a lion half-emerged from water, and the text “luctor et emergo” (Latin for “I struggle and I emerge”).” Zeeland (About this sound pronunciation (help·info)), also called Zealand in English and Zeelandic, is a province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands (hence its name, meaning “sea-land“) and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about 2930 km², of which almost 1140 km² is water. Large parts of Zeeland are below sea level. The last great flooding of the area was in 1953. Tourism is an important economic activity. Its sunny beaches make it a popular holiday destination in the summer. Most tourists are Germans. In some areas, the population can be two to four times higher during high summer season. The coat of arms of Zeeland shows a lion half-emerged from water, and the text “luctor et emergo” (Latin for “I struggle and I emerge”).FULL   wikipeadia entry here 

dangers of cellphone

The dangers of Cellphones

After the HAARP post I was doing some more digging into Dr Nick Beggich who introduced the movie about HAARP. I found that his father was a democratic senator who died under suspicious circumstances and he also had another video about the dangers of mobile phones which I actually found quite credible where he talked about Dr George Carlo a scientist employed by lobbyists to the mobile phone industry.

Here is His video

Here is the video with Dr George Carlo

There was also a Scandinavian research that has been taken place

May 17, 2005
A Swedish study finds that users of digital phones in rural areas may be at greater risk of brain cancer. Its authors say the link is troubling, although they acknowledge that the amount of data is small and wider research is needed to amplify the findings.

The researchers said that incidence of brain tumors in rural areas of Sweden was much higher among users of GSM cell phones than among rural residents who were not cell phone users. The rate was also higher than among GSM users in urban areas.
The chance of developing a malignant brain tumor was roughly eight times

source click here