Give cabbage 1 to 1½ inches of water every week; 1 inch equals 16 gallons (60.5 liters). As plants reach maturity, cut back on watering to avoid splitting heads. Always water at the base of the plant; avoid overhead watering which can spread disease. Feeding cabbage Cabbage is a ...
“In a normal election year, there are stories of voting machines configured for the wrong precinct. As voters shift to voting by mail, the equivalent error is a batch of ballots mailed out with the wrong ballot style,” said Doug Jones, a University of Iowa election technology expert. Elec...
You may be wondering how many cubic feet are in a five-gallon bucket, or how many gallons are in a bucket. There are many ways tocalculate cubic feet in a cylinder, but we are here to discuss the easiest way. All you have to do is measure the bucket and convert its dimensions into...
The fuel load is 800 to 1,000 pounds (about 450 kg) of fuel at launch, or approximately 150 gallons (600 liters). The missile has a cruising speed of 550 mph (880 kph). Guidance Tomahawk cruise missile escorted by F-14 Photo courtesy U.S. Navy The hallmark of a cruise missile...
“Trash cache” is an old tech-support trick that seems like it shouldn’t work anymore–shouldn’t apps be sufficiently self-aware to know when they’re ingesting corrupted temporary data?–and yet it seems to have worked in this case. Will the fix stick? I sure hope so, at least unt...
However, nitrate pads do have an obvious drawback – they need to be replaced constantly. The typical lifespan for a nitrate pad is 2-3 months, after which it needs to be tossed in the trash. 4. Get planting! Plants naturally utilize nitrates. ...
This led to international interest in the design. Most modern dual flush toilets use less than a gallon of water (3 liters, approximately) to flush liquid waste and around 1.6 gallons (6 liters) to flush solid waste [source: Nash]. This is a big savings over old toilet styles that ...
To combat growing trash problems associated with plastic bags, some countries and cities have initiated bans on them. David McNew/Getty Images In 2007, the environmental movement began to question the sustainability of the polyethylene plastic bag. This is the ubiquitous bag found in grocery sto...
This is a much better solution, but costs her $150 every time she dumps a load. (As a “full service” pet waste removal provider, she didn’t want to simply stink up her customer’s trash bins.) What’s Next? Erica went full-time with Kroopin’s Poopin Scoopin when her earnings...
In this case, what is being thrown is the air molecules inside the balloon. Many people believe that air molecules don't weigh anything, but they do (see the page on helium to get a better picture of the weight of air). When you throw them out the nozzle of a balloon, the rest ...