Raised Bed 4 and 5

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I convinced Amber that working in the garden was good family fun, so we all went to work this morning. The weather was beautiful. Sunny and cool, but not cold. Perfect weather for working outdoors.

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How Does a Piggie Eat?

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

When Amber isn’t around to supervise us, Bryson and I eat however we want. Using a Spoon takes way too long.

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Babeeee Worrrrrrmz

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

Bryson helped me in the garden this afternoon. We screened more dirt to get the raised bed number 5 ready for planting. We founds lots of “Worrrrmz” and even some “Babeee Worrrrmz”.

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It’s time to plant seeds!

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I found another “garden planner” spreadsheet, filled in the frost date for my area, and see that I need to have seeds started next week!

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Garden Preperations

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I’m determined to get my vegetable garden going strong this year. I’ve got a good variety of seeds ordered already. I’m trying to be more organized and document what I’m doing. You can take a look at my spreadsheet I’ve set up to do this. My goal is to have all 6 of my raised beds in full production this season, and keep growing cool weather plants throughout the fall and winter.

I just learned about the term “Aquaponics”. I’m interested in getting into this, but I’m going to hold off until I get all my existing “garden systems” working and fully used. Check out some of these links to learn more about aquaponics:

http://www.backyardaquaponics.com
http://www.aquaponics.com/
http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/page2.htm
http://www.webofcreation.org/BuildingGrounds/aqua/TOC.html
http://www.aquaponics.net.au/2300sys.html
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hawau/hawauh89001.pdf
http://www.cherrysnapper.com/downloads/HatcheryManual.pdf
http://www.vsb.cape.com/~nature/greencenter/pdf/zweig.pdf
http://www.aquanic.org/index.htm
http://www.thekrib.com/Filters/Sasala/
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA097
http://www.northernaquafarms.com/knowledgelibrary/NAF_PDF_Files/barrel-ponics-Manual.pdf
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.php

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The Electric Fence

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

We have the standard 6ft. Fence in the backyard, and a few months ago, I heard about burglaries increasing dramatically in the entire city.
To make sure this never happened to me, I got an electric fence and ran a single wire along the top of the fence. Actually, I got the biggest cattle charger Tractor Supply had, made for 26 miles of fence. I then used an 8ft. Long ground rod, driven 7.5 feet into the ground. The ground rod is the key, with the more you have in the ground, the better the fence works.
One day I’m mowing the back yard with my cheapo Wal-Mart 6hp bigwheel push mower. The hot wire is broken and laying out in the yard. I knew for a fact that I unplugged the charger. I pushed the mower around the wire and reached down to grab it, to throw it out of the way.
It seems as though I hadn’t remembered to unplug it after all.
Now I’m standing there, I’ve got the running lawnmower in my right hand and the 1.7 giga volt fence wire in the other hand. Keep in mind the charger is about the size of a marine battery and has a picture of an upside down cow on fire on the cover. Time stood still. The first thing I notice is my balls trying to climb up the front side of my body. My ears curled downwards and I could feel the lawnmower ignition firing in the backside of my brain. Every time that Briggs & Stratton rolled over, I could feel the spark in my head. I was literally at one with the engine.
It seems as though the fence charger and the POS lawnmower were fighting over who would control my electrical impulses. Continue reading →

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Betty’s Unnecessary Operation

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

I convinced myself that the problem a few mornings ago was due to sludge and debris built up inside the fuel tank. So, today, set out to pull the tank out and clean it. After finally getting it out (which is a very messy job) I was disappointed to see that the strainer was pretty clean.

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Bryson’s House

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

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1964 vs 2007

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1964 – Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack’s rifle, goes
to his car and gets his to show Jack.
2007 – School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail
and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for
traumatized students and teachers.
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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1964 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up
best friends Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.
2007 – Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark.
Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.
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Scenario: Jeffrey won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.
1964 – Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
Sits still in class.
2007 – Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School
gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
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The Huckabee Report

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Brian Gallimore

New on the radio this week is “The Huckabee Report”. It is at 7:30am on WBAP, it has replaced Paul Harvey. I was able to listen to the first few episodes this week and they are great! Mike says:

My goal is to offer insightful and meaningful commentary daily on the very latest news, presented with what I hope is wry humor and an insider perspective as a newsmaker from time to time.

I think he does just that. My driving schedule caused me to miss him this morning, but I found that you can go to http://radio.mikehuckabee.com/ and download his episodes as a podcast.

Also, I was able to listen to an older episode of The Survival Podcast titled “Five Lies that Attack Individual Freedom and Liberty”. He discusses some topics such as education, freedom, debt, and the economy that are very important. Jack explains these things so everyone can understand them. I’ll say this is another “must listen to”.

These two shows are great resources. Please turn off the TV and spend some quality time listening to these folks and thinking about what they say. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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