Key ‘Juice’ for the APDC

Mile = 5280 feet long (1760 yards) A Square Mile is 640 acres   Area of an acre = 43,560 sq.ft….or A square that is 208.7’ by 208.7’ ….or A rectangle 100’ x 435.6’… or 8.25 feet wide x 5280 feet (a mile) long… or A football field. (300’x160’) without end zones

Rainfall: 1 cubic foot of water = 7.48052 gallons Therefore… 1” on rain on a square foot of your home’s roof = .623 gallons Therefore…. A 1000 square foot roof sheds 623 gallons from a 1-inch rain (How big is your home’s roof and how many inches comes off your roof each year?) 1 acre-inch = 27,154 gallons

This is ½ square mile of Heal the Planet Farm’s 7.5 square miles 2.5 Acres (1 hectare) 1 10 Acres This is ½ square mile of Heal the Planet Farm’s 7.5 square miles The soil as it is now can only absorb .5” of rain water per hour. In a 1.5” rain, over 9 million gallons runs off this ½ square mile.

A 1% increase in organic matter in the soil = ~27,000 gals increase in the holding capacity per acre

Every layer of plastic over a greenhouse = moving 250 miles south   Every layer of plastic over a greenhouse = moving 250 miles south Every 10o of angle in the bed = moving 100 miles S. more sun. Speed of light – 186,000 miles/sec. - 700,000,000 miles/hr. Distance to moon - 239,000 miles 1% increase in organic matter will hold an additional 53,000 gallons of water per acre.

50 meter electro fence = 12.5m x 12.5m square= 156 sq. meters (or 41.25 feet in a square = 1,700 sq. feet)   John Jeavon’s Minimum to feed 1 person for a year= 4,000 sq.ft. = a square that is 63.25’ x 63.25’ 1-acre pond that is 7 feet deep in center is approx. 2,000,000 gallons