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Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental home -- a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, "How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?" Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in progress. [www.whitesagegarden s.com]
Video duration: 31 seconds
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"Backyard" highlights John McCain's continued support for storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, despite scientific evidence that raises serious questions about its safety. On the air...
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In this episode of Backyard FX, sponsored by the movie "War", Erik Beck shows us how to make a fake hand that you can stab and smash. Now you don't have to explain to your friend's mom why her son's hand is bleeding profusely for a second time this month! Special guest stars, Zadi Diaz of Jetset and Dave Seger of A-OK Films.
Video duration: 1456 seconds
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Peak Moment 37: Jan Spencer shows his quarter-acre permaculture project transforming a typical suburban lot. Lawn and driveway were replaced with fruit and nut trees, vegetables, brambles, and native habitat, plus a 3500 gallon rainwater catchment system, a sunroom heating the house, and a small detached bungalow to increase residential density.
Video duration: 343 seconds
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Erik tells us how to get that broken glass effect without a trip to the hospital (BUT you've still got to be careful!). All you need is cooking spray, corn syrup, sugar, a pot, a pan, cream of tartar, and a thermometer.
Video duration: 241 seconds
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Erik builds his own version of the BFG9000 Giant Laser Weapon from Doom, using an old CD Tower. And he does it all for under $20 (though it should be cheaper because you should throw away all your CDs anyway and use the CD tower that once held them).
Video duration: 85 seconds
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LaDainian Tomlinson (LT) works out in the backyard old-school. Chest press with two air conditioners, boxing on an old refrigerator, and leg pressing cars. NFL star with Kimbo Slice!
Video duration: 77 seconds
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Ryan Sheckler takes you on a tour of the latest and greatest addition to his backyard - a full-size skatepark.
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What can you make with some duct tape, old cothes, a fake head, and some newspaper. If your answer was a pile of old clothes and newspaper with a roll of duct tape and a fake head on the top, then you need to watch this video. Using just those ingredients, Erik builds a life size stunt dummy.
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