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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 2/7/2007, you wrote:
> I'm just looking for generator only, Bev!  We're fairly anti-internal
> combustion here.

Generator heads are available from Northern Tool.  These are designed to be 
driven by a tractor PTO.  For an all 12V system, automotive alternators are 
compatible with Pelton wheel hydro speeds.  Automotive alternators are 
available with several hundred Amp capacity.  The one on my pickup is rated 
for 170 Amps.

For Gasoline powered generators, I have two Honda Eu2000i units.  These are 
ultra quiet high efficiency generators and they can be paralleled together 
for more power. They are pricey but well worth it.




Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
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I get it.  The seed is so cheap at bulk bin prices anyway.  Even then, 
it's a little hard to grind it and leave the seed coat behind.  Luckily 
in our coffee grinder the soft yellow middlin' clings to the lid, 
producing very nice mustard powder from brown mustard seed.

Bill
S. Oregon coast

EarthNSky wrote:

> Well, I could grow the greens, but they don't like the clay soil, prefer 
> alkaline soils over our native acid soil, and it pretty hard to harvest 
> enough seeds to make mustard.  I don't care for the greens and neither 
> does Ron, preferring other less bitter greens that do better in my soil. 
>  To clarify, to grow enough mustard to collect seeds for use, I would 
> have to plant large areas, like the pasture, which is unimproved 
> soil...rocky, clayey, and acid..I could grow the greens inside the 
> garden proper, but that doesn't yield enough seed to make mustard and we 
> don't like the greens...hope that makes sense..
>
> Bev
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> Bill Jones wrote:
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> > EarthNSky wrote:
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> > > ...I can't grow mustard here, either...
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> > It's such a minor thing, but why's that, I wonder?  I appreciate the 
> > greens in winter.
> >
> > Bill
> > S. Oregon coast
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