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Joshua Tree Photo Index 2010 |
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Joshua Tree 2010 | |||
The Pond: | The 133 gal pond 74x51x18 fits a Prius |
Cutting ground rod so can't tear pond |
Leveling the pond, packing soil beneith |
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Clothes washer discharges into pond |
Pond and septic friendly cleaners |
The pond in a patio of rocks and plants |
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A Burgundy Red Louisiana Iris |
Two Anacharis stems |
Water Poppy - Hydrocleys Nymphoides |
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Water Sprite, Floating Form |
Yellow Floating Heart |
Parrot's Feather. Diamond Milfoil |
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Planting Water Poppy |
The pond plants are beginning to grow |
A simple valve and float shutoff |
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It works, but it could get stuck open |
Brass-PVC grates held up under pressure |
The pond filler is assembled |
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The frog spitter fills the pond |
Sump pump on a plate in a pond liner |
The sump pump wrapped in a wire mesh |
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Pond liner hung from shower floor |
A 330 GPH Totalpond pump and filter |
Replacing a 210 GPH pump with a 560 |
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Two timers for two pond pumps |
Pond water recirculates down waterfall |
Morning's Nursery in 29 Palms, CA |
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Plants: | New plants and nutrients |
Adding lime to caliche soil & mulch mix |
Planting a Manzanillo Olive Tree |
Planting a Dwarf Rosemary |
Hose thru PVC pipe to avoid crimping |
Two shutoffs in a small irrigation box |
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Water: | A shutoff valve for the Olive tree |
To carry rain and shower water to pond |
The downspout flows to the pond |
Rain flows down to a second gutter |
Three gutters send water to the pond |
Fitting around the compost toilet vent |
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Amerimax gutter for a Carolina carport |
Downspouts & drain pipes deliver water |
Connecting a corrugated roof to a wall |
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Toilet: | Carolina carport with Amerimax gutters |
All gutters capture rain for the pond |
A Sun-mar compost toilet with no drain |
The drain hose through an elbow |
Overflow hose runs to a drainfield pipe |
Name brand paper does not compost |
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Bedroom: | Compost toilet drawer into a composter |
A new pillow-top bed |
Sloping floor; Castors raise the head |
Inline cord switch with a pull-chain |
A custom made pull-chain cord switch |
A Pennzoil siphon pump at Wal-mart |
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Pull-chain cord switch in a rubber bulb |
Branstrator trailer window frames |
New bed, wall, frames, blinds & tracks |
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Web Cams: | An imitation SVAT security camera |
The Logitech Alert network adapter |
The Logitech Alert 750e power supply |
Inserting a micro SD chip into the cam |
Securing the web cam with Loctite |
A Logitech Alert web cam view |
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The Logitech Alert 750e and the 700i |
Finding better outlet for the power box |
The Logitech Alert 700i web camera |
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Creatures: | Faux wood blinds wrap around the 700i |
Capturing packrat desecration |
Bird in motion by a Logitech Alert 750e |
A spider triggers a Logitech Alert 750e |
A Desert Tortoise |
A Walking Stick insect |
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Something is eating my smokes |
Mice! (Infrared night vision capture) |
A broken Eucalyptus Tree |
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Interesting: | Spectracide Seal & Jobe's Tree Wrap |
A Seascape by Verne Gillespie |
Sunrise behind the hill |
Mount San Jacinto over Route 62 |
The iron hub of a Branstrator trailer |
A third wire grounds a two-wire system |
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Insulation: | Layered insulating fiberglass bats |
Crawlspace foam-plywood insulation |
Bolts pull 6" of solid foam to frame |
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