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		<title>Automatic hammer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 05:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video-Automatic hammer build by Larry Sandlin (in action) This is a video of a hand built automatic blacksmith hammer. This hammer was built by my late brother-in-law for use in his blacksmith shop. He assembled and cut to size all the components. The motor is 3 phase. He studied up on different designs of hammers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roasted Sweet Potatoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Easy to make, this recipe is the first sweet potato dish I&#8217;ve fonnd that I like. Ingredients 2 to 4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes small to medium onion,finely chopped 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 to 3 tbs extra virgin olive oil Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put sweet potato cubes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alocasia macrorrhiza</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Elephant Ears]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These big, upright elephant ears are becoming more popular lately. I see them in public landscapes more and more and find them for sale at nurseries quite often. It has the upward pointing leaves of Alocasia and is gets very large, up to 6 to 7 feet tall with 3 foot leaves. It is native [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equisetum Horsetail Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigplants</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The horsetail plant grows where it stays wet or where it gets plenty of water.  It is sold in nurseries as a water garden or bog plant.  In some areas it can be very invasive.  In northern California we saw a form of horsetail growing dense in wet areas along some roads and were told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building our Underground Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The crew ab0ve  were some of the helpers we had when building the house.  Without friends like these we could never have completed the project. When we were designing the house we tried to keep in mind that we needed to use construction methods that would allow me to do most of the work without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarracenia psittacina Parrot Pitcher Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Carnivorous Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This small pitcher plant has pitchers that are recumbent, lying almost flat on the ground forming a sort of rosette.  The top of the pitcher is shaped somewhat like the beak of a parrot, thus the name.  With the bulbous head and recumbent pitchers that have a sort of fin, this pitcher plant looks much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarracenia purpurea The Purple Pitcher Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigplants</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Purple Pitcher plant is native to the eastern U.S. as well as the Great Lakes region and eastern Canada.  It is the only species of Sarracenia that thrives in a cold, temperate climate.  The species is made up of two sub-species, S.purpurea-purpurea and S. purpurea-venosa.  S.p.purpurea the more cold hardy and requires a dormant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarracenia leucophylla the White Pitcher Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This carnivorous pitcher plant is native to north America and commonly grows on the southeast coast, especially the Florida panhandle.  There are a number of varieties or cultivars of this pitcher plant with some having pitchers up to 3 feet tall and  many color variations.  It produces smaller pitchers in the spring and taller ones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Grow Pitcher Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I grow Sarracenia plants.  These pitcher plants are cold hardy and native to the southeast for the most part.  A few are very cold hardy growing as far north as Michigan and Canada. These beautiful carnivorous plants are easy to grow if you follow these basic guidelines. Soil: Sarracenia do best in a mix of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pitcher Plants of the Americas Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bigplants</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pitcher Plants of the Americas by Stewart McPherson This covers pitcher plants species from Canada to the tip of South America.  This is an in depth book covering all 5 genera of pitcher plants including over 45 species and hybrids.  There are over 200 color photographs and these alone make the book worth the price. [...]]]></description>
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