Este documento es el prólogo de un libro escrito por Stormie Omartian sobre el poder de la esposa que ora. Cuenta la historia de su matrimonio de 25 años con Michael y cómo las oraciones constantes de Stormie han sido fundamentales para superar dificultades. Aunque al principio no oraba por él, aprendió que las oraciones funcionan y han mantenido su matrimonio por más de un cuarto de siglo, lo que considera un milagro.
The Palace of Versailles was commissioned by King Louis XIV of France to serve as a symbol of his absolute power and control over the nobility. The chief architect, Louis Le Vau, designed the palace and gardens to depict the king's dominance through its lavish Baroque design elements including long, symmetrical perspectives and over 1,400 fountains. Key features like the Hall of Mirrors and elaborate gardens were meant to awe visitors and reinforce the message of the king's grandeur. The design principles established at Versailles went on to heavily influence garden and city planning around the world for centuries.
Botanical gardens are gardens dedicated to collecting, cultivating, and displaying a wide variety of labeled plants. They contain different plant collections like tropical plants, herbs, cacti, and greenhouses. Botanical gardens are often run by universities or research organizations and serve purposes like education, scientific research, conservation, and addressing climate change by sequestering carbon and increasing cloud cover. Some examples of botanical gardens in India include the Empress Garden in Pune, Lalbagh Garden in Bangalore, and the largest in Asia, the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden in Kerala.
This document discusses green elements that can be incorporated into weddings. It provides examples of eco-friendly options for wedding rings, dresses, locations, invitations, design concepts, food, favors, rentals, lighting, transportation, and tips for marketing oneself as a green wedding planner. Specific green vendors and products are also mentioned such as recycled gold rings, organic and locally-sourced food caterers, LED lighting, and hybrid limousines.
Educational video on the principle differences between conventional garden design and eco-friendly, sustainable garden design and why sustainable design is superior to conventional design for saving money, time, energy, and resources. Showcases the work of Cornucopia Sustainable Designs based in Southern California (Los Angeles).
The document provides information on converting traditional landscapes to more water-efficient Localscapes that are better suited for Utah's climate. It discusses replacing lawn with low-water plantings and hardscaping, using a central lawn shape for recreation, and grouping elements into gathering spaces, activity zones, and paths. Examples show how the principles can transform both new and existing yards into Localscapes that save water and maintenance while providing useful outdoor spaces.
4 case studies of urban gardens designed and installed by A Yard & A Half Landscaping Cooperative bring permaculture lessons to bear on planning and designing small spaces. Includes sustainable technologies, edible plant lists, and resources for site assessment and planning.
Este documento es el prólogo de un libro escrito por Stormie Omartian sobre el poder de la esposa que ora. Cuenta la historia de su matrimonio de 25 años con Michael y cómo las oraciones constantes de Stormie han sido fundamentales para superar dificultades. Aunque al principio no oraba por él, aprendió que las oraciones funcionan y han mantenido su matrimonio por más de un cuarto de siglo, lo que considera un milagro.
The Palace of Versailles was commissioned by King Louis XIV of France to serve as a symbol of his absolute power and control over the nobility. The chief architect, Louis Le Vau, designed the palace and gardens to depict the king's dominance through its lavish Baroque design elements including long, symmetrical perspectives and over 1,400 fountains. Key features like the Hall of Mirrors and elaborate gardens were meant to awe visitors and reinforce the message of the king's grandeur. The design principles established at Versailles went on to heavily influence garden and city planning around the world for centuries.
Botanical gardens are gardens dedicated to collecting, cultivating, and displaying a wide variety of labeled plants. They contain different plant collections like tropical plants, herbs, cacti, and greenhouses. Botanical gardens are often run by universities or research organizations and serve purposes like education, scientific research, conservation, and addressing climate change by sequestering carbon and increasing cloud cover. Some examples of botanical gardens in India include the Empress Garden in Pune, Lalbagh Garden in Bangalore, and the largest in Asia, the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden in Kerala.
This document discusses green elements that can be incorporated into weddings. It provides examples of eco-friendly options for wedding rings, dresses, locations, invitations, design concepts, food, favors, rentals, lighting, transportation, and tips for marketing oneself as a green wedding planner. Specific green vendors and products are also mentioned such as recycled gold rings, organic and locally-sourced food caterers, LED lighting, and hybrid limousines.
Educational video on the principle differences between conventional garden design and eco-friendly, sustainable garden design and why sustainable design is superior to conventional design for saving money, time, energy, and resources. Showcases the work of Cornucopia Sustainable Designs based in Southern California (Los Angeles).
The document provides information on converting traditional landscapes to more water-efficient Localscapes that are better suited for Utah's climate. It discusses replacing lawn with low-water plantings and hardscaping, using a central lawn shape for recreation, and grouping elements into gathering spaces, activity zones, and paths. Examples show how the principles can transform both new and existing yards into Localscapes that save water and maintenance while providing useful outdoor spaces.
4 case studies of urban gardens designed and installed by A Yard & A Half Landscaping Cooperative bring permaculture lessons to bear on planning and designing small spaces. Includes sustainable technologies, edible plant lists, and resources for site assessment and planning.
Breakout Session Slides
Climate Adapted Native Plant Materials Project: Practical Innovation for an Uncertain Future – Mike Conroy will discuss how the Tualatin SWCD is evaluating assisted migration to augment the genetic fitness of native plants used in restoration projects. The core of this project is a long-term common garden experiment.
Monday, February 12 3:05 - 3:30 p.m.
Awareness lecture series conducted in Anuradhapura (31.01.2019) and Trincomalee (05.02.2019) organized by Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project - UNDP
Marion County, Indiana - Build your own Rain Garden
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For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
The document provides an environmental evaluation of contamination in the San Salvador community of Puerto Rico. It identifies various forms of pollution affecting the community, including water pollution, soil pollution, and waste management issues. It then discusses several sustainability initiatives that could help address these problems, such as alternative energy sources like biogas and wind power, hydroponic farming using greywater, composting programs, and establishing small businesses like a worm composting operation. The evaluation finds that the community has good potential for various sustainability programs given its natural resources and interest from residents.
The document discusses solid and hazardous waste production and management. It notes that developed countries like the US produce the majority of the world's hazardous waste. Various methods for managing both solid and hazardous waste are examined, including reducing waste production, reuse, recycling, composting, incineration, and landfilling. Integrated waste management is presented as utilizing a combination of strategies to minimize environmental impacts.
The document provides information about creating sustainable landscapes that work with nature. It discusses how conventional gardening practices often damage the environment, while sustainable practices can help clean air and water, reduce flooding, and combat climate change. The Landscape for Life website provides guidance on sustainable practices for soil, water, plants, and materials to create healthy, beautiful gardens. It explains how to do a site assessment and harness natural processes like rainwater and nutrient recycling to care for the landscape.
This presentation provides property owners with guidelines for constructing rain gardens to reduce nonpoint source pollution from their property. Rain gardens are shallow depressions planted with water-tolerant native plants that capture, filter, and infiltrate runoff from roofs, driveways, and other impervious surfaces. The presentation covers choosing a suitable location, sizing the rain garden, installing plants, and general maintenance requirements. To receive stormwater utility credits, rain gardens must meet local regulatory standards and be certified by an engineer.
Community Gardens Manual
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Design Concepts & Advice to Construct an Edible Forest Garden in GreystanesPaul Boundy
This document provides a design plan for an edible forest garden in Greystanes, Australia. It summarizes the project goals of sustainably empowering a family to grow their own food. The design considers constraints like available space, budget, and clay soil. It proposes strategies like soil improvement, plant layers, and ecological plant feeding. Detailed construction steps are outlined for the orchard and banana circle areas. The document also reflects on challenges during implementation and things that could be improved for the future.
Rain Gardens for the Protection Narragansett BaySotirakou964
The document describes a demonstration rain garden installed at the North Kingstown Town Hall. It summarizes the benefits of rain gardens in reducing stormwater runoff and pollution while beautifying landscapes. The garden captures runoff from the building's roof through an underground pipe and stores it in a 10' by 16' depression planted with native species. Proper garden design, installation, and maintenance helps protect local water resources and wildlife.
Protected Cultivation -shadenet and polyhouseShirishaPaidi1
This document provides information on protected cultivation of capsicum. It discusses growing capsicum in structures like greenhouses, plastic houses, and shade houses which provide protection from unfavorable environmental conditions, leading to higher quality and year-round production. Microclimate management techniques like heating, cooling, humidity and CO2 control are described. Suitable varieties of capsicum for protected cultivation are mentioned. Cultural practices for nursery preparation, transplanting, spacing, fertilizer application and irrigation are outlined. Training and pruning of capsicum plants is also summarized.
Rain Gardens for the Protection Narragansett Bay
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Pollinator and wildlife friendly solar is a growing and important subject in the Midwestern US and across the country/globe. We expect to add 2-3 million acres of ground mount solar in the US from 2020-2030 so there is a real opportunity to make those solar fields as environmentally friendly to birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
2015 Fall Conference: Recycling in Manufacturing-Vermeerisoswo
1) Vermeer Corporation is a family owned company based in Pella, Iowa that manufactures agricultural and industrial equipment. It has over 2,600 employees working across 7 manufacturing plants and other facilities on a 320 acre campus.
2) The company follows a "4P Philosophy" of pollution prevention, projects, community outreach, and habitat conservation. It has implemented various recycling, waste reduction, and energy efficiency projects to reduce its environmental impact.
3) Examples of projects include converting parts washers to reduce water usage by 35-45%, implementing site-wide recycling to reduce waste by over 1,100 tons per year, and utilizing a composting program to divert food scraps and other organics from
This document provides information and guidance for designing and maintaining a native plant garden to attract wildlife on the Gold Coast. It discusses why native plants should be used, describes the local vegetation groups, and provides tips for site analysis, garden design, planting, and maintenance. Specific guidance is given for soil testing, weed removal, planting techniques, watering, and using mulch. Lists of suitable native plant species for the Gold Coast are also included broken down by plant type. The document aims to educate homeowners on creating successful habitat gardens using local native species.
Xeriscape Handbook for Apartment Complexes - ColoradoEric851q
The document provides guidance on implementing xeriscape landscaping at apartment complexes in Colorado. It discusses how traditional landscaping practices have led to high water use and maintenance costs. It then introduces the seven principles of xeriscape landscaping as an alternative that can reduce water usage without sacrificing plant health or aesthetic appeal. The document is intended to help project developers, owners and managers establish more sustainable landscapes through better planning and plant selection.
Lawn Liberation is one way to help make your home
a place of production rather than consumption and uses ideas from the permaculture design principles.
This presentation shows how sheet mulching can be used to transform an unproductive lawn into a bountiful fruit and vegetable garden in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Breakout Session Slides
Climate Adapted Native Plant Materials Project: Practical Innovation for an Uncertain Future – Mike Conroy will discuss how the Tualatin SWCD is evaluating assisted migration to augment the genetic fitness of native plants used in restoration projects. The core of this project is a long-term common garden experiment.
Monday, February 12 3:05 - 3:30 p.m.
Awareness lecture series conducted in Anuradhapura (31.01.2019) and Trincomalee (05.02.2019) organized by Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project - UNDP
Marion County, Indiana - Build your own Rain Garden
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
The document provides an environmental evaluation of contamination in the San Salvador community of Puerto Rico. It identifies various forms of pollution affecting the community, including water pollution, soil pollution, and waste management issues. It then discusses several sustainability initiatives that could help address these problems, such as alternative energy sources like biogas and wind power, hydroponic farming using greywater, composting programs, and establishing small businesses like a worm composting operation. The evaluation finds that the community has good potential for various sustainability programs given its natural resources and interest from residents.
The document discusses solid and hazardous waste production and management. It notes that developed countries like the US produce the majority of the world's hazardous waste. Various methods for managing both solid and hazardous waste are examined, including reducing waste production, reuse, recycling, composting, incineration, and landfilling. Integrated waste management is presented as utilizing a combination of strategies to minimize environmental impacts.
The document provides information about creating sustainable landscapes that work with nature. It discusses how conventional gardening practices often damage the environment, while sustainable practices can help clean air and water, reduce flooding, and combat climate change. The Landscape for Life website provides guidance on sustainable practices for soil, water, plants, and materials to create healthy, beautiful gardens. It explains how to do a site assessment and harness natural processes like rainwater and nutrient recycling to care for the landscape.
This presentation provides property owners with guidelines for constructing rain gardens to reduce nonpoint source pollution from their property. Rain gardens are shallow depressions planted with water-tolerant native plants that capture, filter, and infiltrate runoff from roofs, driveways, and other impervious surfaces. The presentation covers choosing a suitable location, sizing the rain garden, installing plants, and general maintenance requirements. To receive stormwater utility credits, rain gardens must meet local regulatory standards and be certified by an engineer.
Community Gardens Manual
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159`
`
Companion Planting Increases Food Production from School Gardens
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110
Design Concepts & Advice to Construct an Edible Forest Garden in GreystanesPaul Boundy
This document provides a design plan for an edible forest garden in Greystanes, Australia. It summarizes the project goals of sustainably empowering a family to grow their own food. The design considers constraints like available space, budget, and clay soil. It proposes strategies like soil improvement, plant layers, and ecological plant feeding. Detailed construction steps are outlined for the orchard and banana circle areas. The document also reflects on challenges during implementation and things that could be improved for the future.
Rain Gardens for the Protection Narragansett BaySotirakou964
The document describes a demonstration rain garden installed at the North Kingstown Town Hall. It summarizes the benefits of rain gardens in reducing stormwater runoff and pollution while beautifying landscapes. The garden captures runoff from the building's roof through an underground pipe and stores it in a 10' by 16' depression planted with native species. Proper garden design, installation, and maintenance helps protect local water resources and wildlife.
Protected Cultivation -shadenet and polyhouseShirishaPaidi1
This document provides information on protected cultivation of capsicum. It discusses growing capsicum in structures like greenhouses, plastic houses, and shade houses which provide protection from unfavorable environmental conditions, leading to higher quality and year-round production. Microclimate management techniques like heating, cooling, humidity and CO2 control are described. Suitable varieties of capsicum for protected cultivation are mentioned. Cultural practices for nursery preparation, transplanting, spacing, fertilizer application and irrigation are outlined. Training and pruning of capsicum plants is also summarized.
Rain Gardens for the Protection Narragansett Bay
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
Pollinator and wildlife friendly solar is a growing and important subject in the Midwestern US and across the country/globe. We expect to add 2-3 million acres of ground mount solar in the US from 2020-2030 so there is a real opportunity to make those solar fields as environmentally friendly to birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
2015 Fall Conference: Recycling in Manufacturing-Vermeerisoswo
1) Vermeer Corporation is a family owned company based in Pella, Iowa that manufactures agricultural and industrial equipment. It has over 2,600 employees working across 7 manufacturing plants and other facilities on a 320 acre campus.
2) The company follows a "4P Philosophy" of pollution prevention, projects, community outreach, and habitat conservation. It has implemented various recycling, waste reduction, and energy efficiency projects to reduce its environmental impact.
3) Examples of projects include converting parts washers to reduce water usage by 35-45%, implementing site-wide recycling to reduce waste by over 1,100 tons per year, and utilizing a composting program to divert food scraps and other organics from
This document provides information and guidance for designing and maintaining a native plant garden to attract wildlife on the Gold Coast. It discusses why native plants should be used, describes the local vegetation groups, and provides tips for site analysis, garden design, planting, and maintenance. Specific guidance is given for soil testing, weed removal, planting techniques, watering, and using mulch. Lists of suitable native plant species for the Gold Coast are also included broken down by plant type. The document aims to educate homeowners on creating successful habitat gardens using local native species.
Xeriscape Handbook for Apartment Complexes - ColoradoEric851q
The document provides guidance on implementing xeriscape landscaping at apartment complexes in Colorado. It discusses how traditional landscaping practices have led to high water use and maintenance costs. It then introduces the seven principles of xeriscape landscaping as an alternative that can reduce water usage without sacrificing plant health or aesthetic appeal. The document is intended to help project developers, owners and managers establish more sustainable landscapes through better planning and plant selection.
Lawn Liberation is one way to help make your home
a place of production rather than consumption and uses ideas from the permaculture design principles.
This presentation shows how sheet mulching can be used to transform an unproductive lawn into a bountiful fruit and vegetable garden in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Wereport the study of a huge optical intraday flare on 2021 November 12 at 2 a.m. UT in the blazar OJ287. In the binary black hole model, it is associated with an impact of the secondary black hole on the accretion disk of the primary. Our multifrequency observing campaign was set up to search for such a signature of the impact based on a prediction made 8 yr earlier. The first I-band results of the flare have already been reported by Kishore et al. (2024). Here we combine these data with our monitoring in the R-band. There is a big change in the R–I spectral index by 1.0 ±0.1 between the normal background and the flare, suggesting a new component of radiation. The polarization variation during the rise of the flare suggests the same. The limits on the source size place it most reasonably in the jet of the secondary BH. We then ask why we have not seen this phenomenon before. We show that OJ287 was never before observed with sufficient sensitivity on the night when the flare should have happened according to the binary model. We also study the probability that this flare is just an oversized example of intraday variability using the Krakow data set of intense monitoring between 2015 and 2023. We find that the occurrence of a flare of this size and rapidity is unlikely. In machine-readable Tables 1 and 2, we give the full orbit-linked historical light curve of OJ287 as well as the dense monitoring sample of Krakow.
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Olbrich gravel gardens jeff epping - ppa - baltimore - 2-2017 - final
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Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Jeff Epping
Sustainable Gardens:
Creating & Maintaining
Gravel Gardens
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The Idea
• Beth Chatto at The Beth Chatto Gardens
Essex, England
• Cassian Schmidt at Hermanshoff
Weinheim, Germany
• Roy Diblik at Northwind Perennial Farm
Burlington, Wisconsin
5. Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg (S.W. Germany)
Cassian Schmidt
Director & Head Gardener
The Hermannshof Garden
“The New German Style”
combination of nature, art and ecology into a
concept of “enhanced nature”
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The Benefits
Sustainable
• beauty in every season
• long lasting
• environmentally sound
• less water
• no fertilizer
• less pesticide
• lower maintenance cost
• straight forward instructions
• reduced time maintaining
• little watering
• little weeding
• no annual mulching
• no dividing
• little replanting
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Plant Selection Criteria:
“right plant for the right place”
• drought tolerant species
• seasonal interest - flowers, foliage,
seed, stems, etc.
• creating a plant community - mix of
grasses, forbs, bulbs and shrubs
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water, water, water…
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Maintenance - watering
• watering - critical to establishment
• years 2 & 3 – during drought
• years 4 & beyond – maybe during severe drought
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Maintenance - weeding
• weeding – highest upon establishment
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Maintenance – clean-up
• annual spring clean-up – no organic matter build-up
in gravel !
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Olbrich’s Visitor Center
Gravel Garden
est.. August 2014
(based on 2016 prices)
* 4354 sq ft. – beds & two parking lot islands
* plant 12” on center (multiply sq. ft. by 1.44 = # of plants)
* need ~4380 plants
* average price is $3.00 per plant (mix of 2 ½”, 3 ½”, 4” & 1 gal
pots) - total $13,140
* quartzite ( 7/16” screened chips) – 4-5” deep – ~100 tons @
$16.00/ton = $1600 (Michel’s Materials, Waterloo, WI)
* $95.00/hour shipping (semi) – holds 25 tons = $1520
* Total Material Cost = $16,260
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summer – one year after planting 12:00