A Table Foretelling the Weather Through All the Lunations of Each Year, or Forever ................ 258
Safe Ice Thickness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
The UV Index for Measuring
Ultraviolet Radiation Risk . . . . . . . 259
What Are Cooling/Heating Degree Days? ....................... 259
Richter Scale for Measuring Earthquakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Heat Index °F (°C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Clouds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
How to Measure Hail. . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
How to Measure Wind Speed . . . . . . 262
Atlantic Tropical (and Subtropical) Storm Names for 2009 . . . . . . . . . . 262
Eastern North-Pacific Tropical (and Subtropical) Storm Names for
2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Retired Atlantic Hurricane Names. . . 263
How to Measure Hurricane
Strength. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
How to Measure a Tornado . . . . . . . . 264
Wind/Barometer Table . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Windchill Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
How to Measure Volcanic
Eruptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Weather Lore Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Origin of Day Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Best Planetary Encounters of the
21st Century. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
How to Find the Day of the Week for Any Given Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Easter Dates (2009–13) . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Friggatriskaidekaphobia Trivia. . . . . . 272
Sowing Vegetable Seeds . . . . . . . . . . 273
A Beginner’s Vegetable Garden . . . . 273
Traditional Planting Times. . . . . . . . . . 273
Fertilizer Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Manure Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Soil Fixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 SoilAmendments ............... 274 pH Preferences of Trees, Shrubs,
Vegetables, and Flowers . . . . . . . . . 275 How to Grow Vegetables. . . . . . . . . . 276 Lawn-Growing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Herbs to Plant in Lawns. . . . . . . . . . . 278 A Gardener’s Worst Phobias . . . . . . . 278 Cooperative Extension Services . . . . 279 How to Grow Herbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Two Seasons of Bulb Basics . . . . . . . 282
R E F E R E N C E
Animal Signs of the Chinese
Zodiac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Phases of the Moon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Origin of Full-Moon Names . . . . . . . 268
Many Moons Ago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
When Will the Moon Rise Today? . . 270
Origin of Month Names. . . . . . . . . . . 270
Body Mass Index (BMI) Formula . . . 284
Calorie-Burning Comparisons . . . . . . 284
How Much Do You Need?
Tile and Vinyl Flooring. . . . . . . . . . 285 Wallpaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Interior Paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Lumber and Nails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
The Golden Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Famous Last Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
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