I have nothing against pink. Really, I don’t. But–you knew that was coming, didn’t you?–when I saw this pink kitchen in a custom millwork’s gallery recently, I let loose a ‘whoa’. It wasn’t for the color itself but for the extent of its use. Refrigerator panel, backsplash and walls? What do you think? Is it pretty in pink or positively Pepto?
Tags: Kitchen, Pink Kitchen
Fragrant container plants offer more than just the way they look. Fragrance can be a potent pleasure giver right on your deck in a container. Here are some plants that can be containerized and produce delightful fragrances. Citrus trees, English lavender, Freesia, hyacinth, juniper, lily, lily of the valley, narcissus, night jassamine, peony, rose, sweet alyssum. sweet pea, and winter daphne.
Tags: Container Plants, Fragrant Container, Fragrant Container Plants, Plants
Follow Capay Valley farmers Annie and Jeff Main as they struggle to preserve Good Humus Produce, their small organic farm, in the documentary “The Last Crop.” The film will be screened from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, in The Chronicle building at 925 Mission St.
Produced and directed by Chuck Schultz, the film explores the challenges facing family farms today and what the Mains are doing to preserve their land. Like other farming communities across the nation, Central California’s farmers are aging out and cashing in, placing the future of family farms such as the Mains’ at a crossroads. None of the Mains’ three children are interested in taking over the farm.
After the film, there will be a panel discussion with Annie and Jeff Main, Schultz, and Molly Bloom, California FarmLink’s North Coast regional coordinator. Serena Unger, senior policy consultant for American Farmland Trust, will moderate.
Tags: Capay Valley Farmers, Crop, Last Crop, Valley Farmers
For nearly two decades now, geothermal heating is one technology that has been begging for acceptance from the general public. Presently, little glimmers of hope are beginning to appear at the end of the tunnel for developers of this unique technology. This however is a result of change in attitudes and improvement in technologies. This does not mean that a lot of sales are being recorded as far as geothermal systems are concerned; it is just that there has been an increase in the number of people taking notice and actually making purchases of the system. This means that gradually, geothermal is gaining recognition and acceptance. Geothermal heat pumps, also called ground-source pumps were actually invented in the 1940s. They were designed to make use of the earth’s constant temperature as exchange medium instead of making use of the outside air temperature. This is why geothermal heat pumps maintain 300% to 600% efficiencies on very cold nights unlike the air-source heating systems that do not exceed 175% to 250% efficiency. Yo
Tags: Geothermal Heating, Heating