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Do Battery Powered Space Heaters or Emergency Heaters Exist?

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The Battery Powered Heater – Mythical Heating System

There are thousands of online searches each month for “battery operated heaters” and “battery powered heaters”. Small individual battery powered heaters for jackets, blankets, gloves, boots and 500BTU 12v car battery heaters do exist.The bad news? A large portable battery powered space heater does not exist.

Good News: There are some options available you might not know about. As an example you can buy safe indoor propane heaters.

It is possible a portable battery operated space heater might exist in the future. Newer batteries like the 18650, 21700 and 26650 can hold a lot more charge than older alkaline batteries. We will update this post as technology changes. Last Update: Jan 2020

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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries and Walnuts

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These easy to make pumpkin oatmeal cookies are chewy, nutty and delicious. Works well with a variety of flour types, including gluten free flour blends. The biggest problem with these cookies is that I want to eat the entire batch! These cookies were even a hit with the boys, who normally aren’t big on oatmeal cookies. They definitely go on the “keeper” list.

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Peach Jam Recipes – Peach Vanilla and Fuzzy Navel – Easy, Less Sugar

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Each year we buy a couple of cases of peaches from the local Knight’s of Columbus fundraiser. Some are eaten fresh, but quite a few are preserved for later. These low sugar peach jam recipes are an annual tradition. (We also enjoy Peach Raspberry Jam.)

We make up at least one batch of each peach jam – usually two. Peach jam is also a great way to use up peaches that are too soft and ripe to be canned on their own.

Finished peach jam alongside canned peaches.
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How to Tell if a Watermelon is Ripe – 4 Tips to Pick a Good Watermelon

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No one can tell you exactly how to pick a good watermelon, because so much of the flavor depends on growing and storage conditions. What I can give you are tips to teach you how to tell if a watermelon is ripe – PLUS – I’ll tell you how to store a watermelon for best flavor and nutrition.

How to Tell if a Watermelon is Ripe - 4 Tips to Pick a Good Watermelon
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Tomato Flowers But No Fruit, or No Tomato Flowers – 9 Troubleshooting Tips

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This is a guest post by Amber Bradshaw.

It’s very frustrating when you have tomato flowers but no fruit, or big, beautiful tomato plants but no tomato flowers at all. Thankfully, most of the time you can get your tomatoes producing with a little extra TLC. In this post, we’ll look at two tomato flower problems – no flowers at all, and tomato flowers but no fruit.

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