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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm
- From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:21:25 -0600
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 08:13:12PM +0000, cjmaness AT juno.com wrote:
> We heated our greenhouse with kerosene for a couple of years, that is until
> the price of kerosene went through the roof. Our heater is not vented
> either. You have to know your limitations I guess. We now heat with diesel.
> Stinks to high heaven! But, it works. We mostly have sunny days so the
> heater doesn't run during the day. I won't work in the greenhouse if the
> heater is running, and my son knows not to ever go in there when the heater
> is running. It has never hurt the plants. If we go into an extended period
> of cloudy days, cold nights, then I start seeing a bit of yellowing on the
> leaves, but as soon as we return to "normal" the plants grow out of it. We
> do have two exhaust fans on one end, and I run those and open the door or
> the back if it is not too cold to let the fumes out and get fresh air in.
I have a tank of used, but filtered and de-watered, vegetable oil that
might be a suitable replacement for fuel oil. I've run it 50-50 in
some diesel tractors and trucks. It is sold for bio-diesel stock and
is always somewhat cheaper than diesel. It does make diesel engines
smell better. Let my try to dig out the URL for my supplier.....
http://dieselgreenfuels.com/
You might have a similar place near you.
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
Willie McKemie, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
Garth & Kim Travis, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
Willie McKemie, 01/29/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm, Garth & Kim Travis, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
Willie McKemie, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
Garth & Kim Travis, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
sunnfarm, 01/29/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm, Beth Spaugh, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
cjmaness AT juno.com, 01/29/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm, Willie McKemie, 01/29/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm, Garth & Kim Travis, 01/29/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
frank ventura, 01/29/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm, Garth & Kim Travis, 01/30/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] kerosene heaters was ice storm,
Willie McKemie, 01/29/2010
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