This is probably the longest of my companion plant listings, and this guide will be describing which foods naturally help each other just by being planted nearby, for those who can’t invest in flowers or herbs too heavily as companion plants.
Again, I will be using Allium, Brassica,…
Who controls the food system? (by Oxfam GROW)
A fainting goat is a breed of domestic goat whose muscles freeze for roughly 10 seconds when the goat is startled or excited. Though painless, this generally results in the animal collapsing on its side. The characteristic is caused by a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. When startled, younger goats will stiffen and fall over. Older goats learn to spread their legs or lean against something when startled, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle.
omg you guys FAINTING GOATS ARE ADORABLE
The disorder was actually selected for because it makes the goats more muscled or “meaty” (also easier to catch and contain because they are poor fence climbers). The fainting goat was breed for meat before they gained popularity as a pet.
Breakthrough wind turbine produces drinking water
What if your source of electricity also gave you clean drinking water?
That’s the promise of new technology developed by the French engineering firm Eole Water, first conceived in the late 90s by a man who collected water from his air conditioner. He reasoned that if an air conditioner could help him accumulate water, so could other types of machines, so he set about merging the production of electricity and water.
Today, that dream is alive and well. Eole’s turbines are currently undergoing rigorous tests in Abu Dhabi following months of development and fine tuning in France. The company says that each turbine is capable of producing up to 1,000 liters of clean drinking water per day, or about 62 per hour, simply by filtering moisture out of the air and funneling it to a storage tank below.
Thibault Janin, Eole’s director of marketing,told CNN reporter Eoghan Macguire that the turbines can cost up to $790,000, and that the company is targeting poor, water-starved regions like Africa, South America and Indonesia first.
“We have just started the commercial aspect of this product but the price is not that expensive when you compare it with the long term solution that it gives,” he reportedly said.
Over 884 million people struggle for or go without access to clean water on a daily basis,according to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence. The director warned recently that the world faces a growing potential for water being used as a “weapon” unless rapid improvements in technology can mitigate the growth of drought weary communities.
permascot: Here’s the state of our second garden area (behind the house, zone 2). It’s a bit of a mess at the moment. One large bed made by sheet mulching and planted with onions. A second bed behind that with sandy soil ready for carrots. The garden is split in two by the swale, then, behind the swale, will be more verg beds. All the beds/paths are on contour so will be acting like mini swales (the paths between the raised veg beds). Today is the first day all month that we have not had heavy rain - beautiful to be out in the sun again! Oh, and we have the polytunnel still to put up which will be put at the bottom of the garden close to the back door.
