Thursday, December 14, 2006

Flight Simulator X Gold Edition Vs Deluxe Edition




These nine days, there was 90mm of rain (the average for the month of December is 92mm) which means that 90 liters of rain fell on each square meter, c ' is wet everywhere! This observation provides no obvious solution to saving water. Water conservation becomes a major environmental problem, and because we pay for our water supply, also an economic problem. The organic market


St Pern, and between Plouasne Becherel, our friend Beatrice Mera, has a stall and sells cosmetics and bio-ecological essential oils, she also sells some equipment to conserve water and water filters. Because of its technical sales, which packs a punch, or perhaps because we felt sorry for her on that cold fall, we bought two things to put on faucets (one for mixer taps in the kitchen and one for the bathroom) and a head save for the shower. I had already seen the stuff for faucets, but I am wary of the shower head, because I like the feel of a powerful shower. She convinced us that the shower spray was strong and very pleasant.


Installation was fairly easy. The valves have a diffuser with pliers to unscrew, there is an adapter ring which gives two possibilities in diameter. And beware if the valve head and plastic as you screw. The shower head was a complete replacement, but fortunately all health facilities seem to have almost all the same standards. Tips on taps, gazĂ©ifient water, so it is the same feeling of moisture, but with less water. The shower was so nice that I thought there was no differance consumption and therefore I had wasted my 30 €! D'or, experience with measuring jug and shows that you can see in the picture above.


flow to the taps changed from about 12 seconds per liter to 20, but the shower, for which I had doubts, is increased from 10 to 28 seconds per liter per liter. Beatrice told us that we can recover the investment in less than a year. It was also interesting because of the experience, know how quickly pulls out a liter of tap water. Apart from lack of water, there is also the issue of energy and chemicals used to purify water that supplies drinking water in the house. Recovery of the rain becomes very interesting for the garden or cleaning the car (see my blog Friday, August 4 in English only!). You can find Beatrice Saturday market in St Pern and you can send an email to contact@herbes-aux-anges.com . I have two suggestions for books on this subject for Santa: English, The Water Book by Judith Thornton (Pub. by The Centre of Alternative Technology). and, in French, A Little Place To Relieve Planet by Christopher Elaine. (My translation has been corrected by our friend, Marine, thank you!)

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

My Baby Has Rosy Cheeks




Since I started "blogging" in French (once only, of course!) I wrote a few Blogs in English without translation - sorry. It takes time to blog in English and to make a translation of each, I should spend all day at the computer without having the time to take permaculture, the subject of the blog! So, I will blogging in French from time to time but if you're interested in my blog, look, please, the English blog (click the British right drapes for the link) and try to use Google to make a real (?) Translation . Add http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=fr&sl=en&u = before the address of the blog or page, and voila.


Otherwise, if is a specific blog that interests you, post a "how (note) and I'll answer your questions and, perhaps, make a copy of this blog in French. How to post a comment?
1. Click on "comments x" (green) at the end of each blog.
2. Type your comment
3. In your comment below, or what says "Choose an identity " click "Other " and "name " write your name or nickname
4. Click "Publish your post "
I have the opportunity to verify First, as there is a delay before your comments appear.


So what is the "Permaculture"? For a definition, click here . I tried to find a company Permaculture in France without success. If you know one, tell me, please. The translation of this blog has been checked by Navy, thank you.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Blueprints For A Dining






Rabbits are viewed differently here in France the way they are in England. In England, a domestic rabbit is for children to pet and wild rabbits, of which there many, a pest. For the ethics of eating the game through to how to prepare the carcass for some recipes, look at books by Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Cookbook pp 364.367 and The River Cottage Meat Book pp 150.177.


Here, rabbits are raised for meat and sold in butchers and supermarkets or high on a domestic scale in hutches in the garden. The meat, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is "highly nutritious, low in fat, low cholesterol and high in protein and certain vitamins and minerals ". Our friends Julie (pictured above) and Samuel have recently started their production chain of meat by a pair of rabbits housed in their separate hutches. A doe can give birth from 25 to 40 offspring per year.
Unfortunately, their female took an extreme aversion to the male and strove with him whenever they were presented rather than make love like crazy ... rabbits! Their solution was to eat the rabbit and buy another. In The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency John Seymour warns that the rabbit must always be taken at the rabbit hutch and never the contrary, "or there will be fighting" p 124. You may be able to guess how Julie and Samuel were the ... oops!


I was blogging in English since a few months, but because we are in France, it is not too soon as I start blogging bilingual, so here goes. And I'm sorry for my bad French!