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• Tomato
  ===Saving the fruits (on the plants) from frost=== ...ment or other unused space that will not freeze, simply pull up the tomato plants roots and all, shake off the dirt and hang them upside down so that none of
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• Hoop house
  ...The interior heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, and other things inside the building faster than heat can escape the ==Building a hoop house==
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• Firefighting
  * Preparation is the first line of defense. The house had an air entrained concrete roof which can withstand a direct fire for over 30 minutes before the underlaying wood catches. The house had double paned windows which reduced radiant heating of the interior and
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• Hydroelectric
  ...enhouse gas]] carbon dioxide ({{co2}}) than [[fossil fuel]] powered energy plants. Worldwide, an installed capacity of 777 [[GWe]] supplied 2998 TWh of hydro ...bout 12.5 kilowatts. The Vulcan Street Plant powered two paper mills and a house.<ref>[http://home.clara.net/darvill/altenerg/hydro.htm Hydroelectric power
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• Ephedrine
  ...[methamphetamine]]. Chemically, it is an [[alkaloid]] derived from various plants in the genus ''[[Ephedra (genus)|Ephedra]]'' (family [[Ephedraceae]]). It i The [[United States House of Representatives|House]] passed the ''[[Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005]]'' as an amen
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• Laburnum
  ...e name of the house of the family is "Laburnum Villa", suggesting that the house is not as safe and protective as initially described. [[Category:Poisonous plants]]
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• Zantedeschia
  ...ow, central, finger-like spadix.<ref>Botanicas Annuals & Perennils, Random House, Sydney, 2005, ISBN 0091838096 pp. 938</ref> ...er leaves are sometimes cooked and eaten <ref>http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Zantedeschia+aethiopica</ref>.
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• Kalanchoe daigremontiana
  | image_caption = Young plants on leaf Plants of the genus ''[[Kalanchoe]]'' able to propagate [[vegetative reproduction|
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  {{cquote|He chose a spot of ground on which no plants had been sown, and there he made a hole large and deep enough to admit the ...y]] entails is seldom appreciated. The American editors who write short in-house ("[[Micropædia]]") articles are ignorant and [[parochialism|parochial]]...
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...m the sleep of negligence and the slumber of ignorance, for the world is a house of delusion and tribulations. &ndash; ''Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Sin ...existence of terrestrial plants precedes that of animals, minerals precede plants, and organism adapt to their environment” <ref>Iqbal, Muzaffar Islam and
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• Depleted uranium
  ...>6</sub>, in steel cylinders in open air storage yards close to enrichment plants. Each cylinder holds up to 12.7 tonnes (or 14 short tons) of UF₆ ...trahlung]] radiation from the uranium, and stainless steel will be used to house the device.<ref>{{cite web
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• Building insulation materials
  ...ire protection with a thermal barrier such as drywall on the interior of a house. For example a 15-minute fire rating may be required. ...ncept as in foam-core external doors, but extend the concept to the entire house. They can be used for ceilings, floors, walls, and roofs. The panels usua
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• Textiles of Mexico
  ...eriod included those from the [[yucca]], [[Arecaceae|palm]] and [[maguey]] plants as well as the use of [[cotton]] in the hot lowlands of the south. After th ...flowers, other themes from nature in woven and embroidered designs include plants, animals such as squirrels, rabbits, deer, armadillos, doves, hummingbirds,
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)
  |<span style="display:none">Fukui Tsuruga Jogu Shrine</span>Treasure House at {{nihongo|[[Jōgū Shrine]]|常宮神社|Jōgū jinja}}, [[Tsuruga, Fuku | {{nihongo|[[Uwagi]] with phoenix on white koaoi floral scrolling plants ground in double pattern weave|白小葵地鳳凰文二重織|shirokoaoiji
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• Siding
  '''Siding''' is the outer covering or [[cladding]] of a [[house]] meant to shed water and protect from the effects of weather. On a buildin ...y experts for its heat sensitivity. This sensitivity makes it easier for a house fire to jump to neighboring houses in comparison to materials such as brick
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• Cellulose insulation
  ...with 125 plants, by 1978 there were more than 350 firms with more than 500 plants¹<!-- citation is from Home Insulation Hearings 1978 -->. Cellulo ...ttp://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/HomeAgain/Video-0319-02-0.html Bob Vila - Beach House Cellulose Installation Video]
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• Bottle wall
  ...>[http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green-Homes/1976-11-01/The-Integral-Urban-House.aspx?page=6 Building a bottle wall]</ref> [[Image:Interior Jacobsen House Bathroom Earthship 2009.JPG |thumb|a Bottle Wall of an [[Earthship]] Bathro
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• Stainless steel
  ...s. This also influences its use in commercial kitchens and food processing plants, as it can be steam-cleaned, [[Sterilization (microbiology)|sterilized]], a * The [[Parliament House, Canberra|Parliament House of Australia in Canberra]] has a stainless steel flagpole weighing over 220
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• Thuja plicata
  ..."FEIS">Fire Effects Information System [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/thupli/all.html ''Thuja plicata'']</ref><ref name="FNA">Flora of North A giant stump of a Western Redcedar tree is on display outside of the Tree House exhibit at the Jardin botanique de Montréal in Quebec, Canada. Visitors ar
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• Building material
  Mud, stone, and fibrous plants are the most basic building materials, aside from [[tent]]s made of flexibl ...r lowering the temperature can use more resources than in say a wood built house, but the heat/coolness stays longer.
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