Grease Trap Back Up! GF Radio

Rick and Eric talk about the power of the individual, arduino controllers for beehives, and why Eric was offline for a week. And what to do when your friend calls about his flooded basement. Plus viewer mail!

Show Notes:

Grease Trap: 

The Beehive Weight Project:

Arduino controller boards

• adafruit
•  Mike says: Arduino modules are called “shields.”
• make magazine
• instructables
• NASA Honeybee Net — tracking hive weight, advance of spring

GMOs, Microwaves, & Podcasts

• Quick & Dirty Tips: Everyday Einstein podcast – Are GMOs Safe?
• Why You’re Wrong podcast – You Aren’t What You Eat
• microwaves scramble DNA?  (note research footnotes in article)Vermiculite = Is not a petroleum based product 

Ben Zen  – cider, soaps, homemade deodorant

Earth Eats podcast – Raw okra salad & History of the Ball Jar 

Raw Okra Salad With Southern Indiana Vinaigrette

Ingredients

• 1/2-1 cup tomatoes (variety of colors and types)
• 1/2-1 cup red onions
• 1/2-1 cup tomatillos
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 2-3 cayenne pepper rings
•  Lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons vinegar
• 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
•  Salt and pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Choose small, young okra. They get more fibrous and are less ideal for raw dishes as they get larger.
2. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss. Serve immediately

Gardenfork Podcasting:

•  skype
• skype call recorder ecamm
• —–split conversations with modules for editing in WAV or AIF, avoid editing in MP3, but MP3 is fine for final output
• soundflower – Mac utility that allows you to expand inputs via MIDI utility
•  Final Cut
• Garage Band
• Quicktime Pro
• iMovie
•  Microphones
• blue Snowball usb
•  Plantronics dsp 400 – we’ve discovered that I’m overdriving my mic, despite what the control panel tells me, thus the “clipping” of some of my audio.  Eric tried to fix as much as he could in post production.   – rick
•  waterfall sounds – a bit of artful post-production editing covers up a lot of errors, one reason I run a waterfall sound through all my videos is that it covers up a lot of mic bobbles and production problems.  It’s also soothing, like here – rick

Gardenfork Videos:

• Canon vixia hs200 camera
• cannon shotgun mic
• dead cat (wind guard)
• 
• zoom h1 stereo digital recorder needs a deadcat as well.  Has a hotshot for mounting on a video or dslr camera.

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