Author Archives: Brian Gallimore

Garden Update – January 18, 2011

Seeded 16 tomato plants tonight: Djena Lee’s Golden Girl 2x Talledega Hybrid VFFNT 2x Bela Rosa Hybrid FFFASTTSWV 2x Eva Purple Ball Ladybug Hybrid 2x Roma VF 2x Supersweet 100 Brandywine Riesentraube Chocolate Cherry VTO-5805 Costoluto Genovese I had a huge stockpile … Continue reading

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Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Alternate titles: “How free trade creates wealth out of thin air”, or “The problem with the survivalist/isolationist mentality”. Interesting video about the progress of humans. It touches on a subject that is very interesting to me, which deals with ease … Continue reading

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Grow Lights Done

Home Depot sells a 4-bulb instant start ballast for $20. I was going to order a ‘high ballast factor’ ballast for $35, but I decided to buy this one and get it done tonight instead. The new ballast fit perfectly … Continue reading

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Garden Update – January 16, 2011

The two varieties of pepper plants that had not sprouted yesterday sprouted today.  (Ancho 101 and California Wonder)  I was worried that I killed them by cooking them in the 105 degree F environment of my new seed starter box, but all … Continue reading

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Pots from Newspaper

I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve been buying peat pots to plant my seeds in.  Using newspaper to make a small pot is so quick and easy, this is the way to go.  I made mine a little bigger than other people, but … Continue reading

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Sims and Glenda’s 40th

We celebrated Amber’s parents 40th anniversary tonight.

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Grow Light Modification

I’m giving my grow light more horsepower this year.  I did a little research on fluorescent bulbs and learned that the bulbs will withstand higher current flow, which results in higher light output.  This higher output comes at the cost of higher … Continue reading

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Garden Update – January 15, 2011

Out of the 10 pepper plants I started from seeds 12 days ago, 6 have sprouted.  I moved them to a window sill, and placed the others inside my new seed sprouter box gadget. Karma – both sprouted Ancho 101 … Continue reading

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Cheap Seed Starter

Rather than buy a heat mat, I wanted to build something instead.  My first plan was to build a wooden box and insulate it, but then I ran across this styrofoam cooler.  I built a little shelf out of scrap plywood, … Continue reading

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3 Terrible Things from 1913

There were 3 huge ‘events’ that occurred in the USA in 1913 that have a great impact on our lives today.  Any one of them alone was a big deal, a very big deal, but the fact that all three of … Continue reading

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