Windows that face south or southwest are usually best, but you can also choose windows that face east or west. A kitchen window with a good-size ledge that gets four hours of sunlight per day is ideal, since it also keeps your herbs out of the way and reduces the chance that they'll fall. If the pots don't have a place for excess water to drain, you risk flooding and drowning your herbs. You can find pots specifically for herbs at most home improvement and gardening stores or online. Don't use clay pots for indoor herb gardens. They can dry out quickly, and if you're growing your herbs indoors in winter, they can ruin the soil and your herbs. Some herb pots will come with drain pans to catch excess water. If the pots you choose don't, you can use saucers or liners to catch the water and protect the surface of your windowsill. The indoor mixes will have all of the nutrients your herbs need, without you having to add compost or fertilizer.  Fill the pots with the potting mix, leaving about 1 in (2.5 cm) between the top of the soil and the rim of the pot. Don't press down on the soil – your herbs' roots will need plenty of room to put down roots. Once your pots are prepared, plant one seedling per pot. Dig a hole as deep as the root ball of the seedling, then place it in the pot and tap down the soil at the top to compact it. If you're planting from seeds, follow the instructions on the packets for planting. How many seeds and how deep they should be planted in the pot will vary from herb to herb. Once you've got the seeds or seedlings planted, water the pot until you see water come out of the bottom. Then place the pots on the liner or saucer in your window. If you touch the soil around your potted herbs and it's dry, you need to water. You should pour water over the soil until it starts to come out of the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot. Indoor herbs may not grow as quickly or as tall as herbs planted outside. However, once your herbs have reached 4 in (10 cm) tall, you can start harvesting them. Use a pair of gardening scissors and cut off about 1/3 of the plant. Cutting near a leaf intersection will encourage quicker new growth.
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One-sentence summary -- Choose a sunny spot with at least four hours of sun per day. Use glazed or plastic pots with good drainage. Place the pots on a saucer to collect water. Fill your pots with an indoor potting mix. Place a different seed or seedling type in each pot. Water each pot and place them in the window. Check the moisture level each day and water as necessary. Harvest the plant after it's grown to at least 4 in (10 cm).


Find an empty two litre plastic bottle from your recyclables. You can also buy a two litre bottle of soda from your local supermarket or corner store and empty it out. Make sure that it is completely empty and dry of its contents before using. Cut a consistent diameter by carefully positioning masking tape a quarter of the way down around the bottle to create a horizontal line. Use sharp scissors to cut the bottle at the masking tape. You want the diameter to be consistent. Remove the top of the bottle and invert it to fit upside down over the bottom of the bottle like a funnel. Use paperclips to hold the two halves snugly together. If there is a heavy downpour, you will need to make sure your rain gauge does not come apart. Find an adequate location to collect rain. You don’t want to place the gauge close to a high traffic area where it could get knocked over. Avoid placing it near buildings or trees where a change in wind direction could prevent any rain from falling into the gauge. Keep it upright by placing it in a bucket or container. You may also dig a hole for the gauge to stand about halfway in. Remove the gauge from its location at the prescribed time every day and take your measurement. Pour the collected rain into a measuring cylinder. Be careful not to spill any water.  For example, your measuring cylinder may be measuring in cm so if you have collected rain for one week and the water you pour in from your rain gauge reaches the 10 cm mark on your measuring cylinder, you can ascertain that roughly 10 cm of rain has fallen during the week. Compare your daily measurements. Using a pen and paper, record your findings every day at the exact same time of day to give you an accurate comparison. Most soda bottles are uneven at the bottom. Before you measure any rain, use a ruler to measure how much liquid fills the uneven bottom. Subtract this small amount from your final findings. Compare the amount of rain you gather to the length of time it takes to reach this amount. For example, how many days will it take to rain 15 cm. You can also compare the rainfall from month to month, week to week, or day to day. You may even graph your results to see the changes as the season progresses into the next. You may also compare your findings with the wind speed, wind direction, or air pressure. Be sure to always replace your gauge at the same location.
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One-sentence summary -- Get a plastic bottle. Cut off the top. Invert the top of the bottle. Place your rain gauge. Measure your findings. Account for an uneven bottle. Analyze your results.


Some doctors will help anyone have twins, like the doctor of the Octomom.  Others will only help if there is a "medical necessity." There are several medical reasons for a doctor to help you have twins.  If you are older, the doctor may suggest having twins is lower chance of birth defects than having two single pregnancies. There are other reasons why a woman may medically not be able to have more than one pregnancy, known as Secondary Infertility.  Age and fertility windows are other reasons for needing to have twins. Implanting multiple eggs is cost effective since each IVF egg has a lower chance of implanting, so best to try a bunch at once. It is normally used as a treatment for women who do not ovulate, but when taken by women with no issues it can raise the chance of having twins to over 33%, depending on the woman. Clomid works by encouraging the ovaries to drop more eggs in a cycle.  Clomid can result in triplets or more, so be warned! )  IVF used to be called "test tube babies."  IVF procedures result in twins at a high rate.  Normally the doctors will try to implant many embryos in the hopes that one sticks, but if one sticks, two is also likely.  Overall, the chances of having twins in IVF are between 20% to 40%.  IVF can be expensive.  There are many clinics that do IVF, so get referrals and shop around. IVF is now fairly routine.  It's not cheap or quick, but it is not unusual these days either.
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Let a doctor help you increase your chances of twins. If you are undergoing IVF, you could be spending some serious money. Talk to your doctor about an oral medicine called Clomid. Go through IVF (Intro Vitro Fertilization.