Category Archives: Gardening

Permaculture Emerges From the Underground

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

A good article about one of my very favorite subjects, permaculture was published in the New York Times:  Permaculture Emerges From the Underground – NYTimes.com. The author of the article took one of Wayne Weiseman‘s PDC classes. Wayne was just … Continue reading →

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Aquaponics 101 Video from TheUrbanFarmingGuys

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I love what ‘The Urban Farming Guys‘ are doing.  This excellent video is a 7 minute introduction to aquaponics. From their ‘about‘ page: Who are we….. We are the urban experiment… We are the seed that died and went into … Continue reading →

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My Interview on the Growing Your Grub Podcast

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Steve Howard with the “Growing Your Grub” podcast interviewed me about community gardening and the Citizen Gardener program.  His podcast has been a great resource for vegetable gardening information.  He had to adapt his growing techniques when he moved the … Continue reading →

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Tiny Watermelon

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

   This little melon fell off the vine today.  I was surprised when I cut it up to find it was a watermelon!  It has more seeds than edible fruit.

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Garden Update – July 10, 2011

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Lots of activity in my garden right now, but it is mostly bugs and critters eating what little can survive the massive amounts of heat of our summers in Texas.  See the other posts I made about my squash bug … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

It is a topic so important that two posts were made about it on the same blog today! EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce (click for original article)  The graphic below the result of their findings:

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Brian C’s Aquaponic System

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I toured an aquaponics system today that was pretty cool.  Here are the stats: 300 gallon fish tank + 100 gallon sump tank + 55 gallon fry tank 30 pounds of fish (mostly talipia) preps tap water w/ vitamin C … Continue reading →

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Vermicompost Sifter Project

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Here is a quick little project to help sort out worm poop from bedding material. I emptied out about 1/6th of the left side of my worm bin and sifted out the good stuff from the bedding with this.  It … Continue reading →

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Garden Update: June 6, 2011

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

The main purpose of this post is to offer photographic proof that I’m not a 100% tomato growing failure.  I have a pretty good harvest of tomatoes, and I might get a few more weeks of growing season before the … Continue reading →

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YouTube – Grocery Store Wars (2005)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

  via YouTube – Grocery Store Wars (2005).

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