This scene wasn’t on TV, but during the commercial, Mr. Hair walked over to Ron Paul’s podium and started griping at him, grabbed his wrist and pointed his finger at him. Isn’t this how most bar fights start out?
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“Look here Mr. Constitution, you need to shut the hell up about my record. Im playing the conservative from Texas here and you’re ruining it. You’re not even supposed to be here you jerk.”
Mr. Hair strongly believed Al Gore was the man who should lead the free world. Of all the current presidential candidates, only one was endorsed for election by Ronald Reagan.
learn more about Ron Paul at: http://www.ronpaul2012.com
Evil is Real, Hate is Destructive, Security is an Illusion
Heroes Exist, There is Joy in Community, There is Strength in Unity
Sacrifice is Worth Honoring, Freedom is Worth Defending
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I was able to get quite a few seeds in the ground today. I cleaned up the bed by my patio, and re-planted most of bed #1. I think it was just too hot for the broccoli seedlings I planted 2 weeks ago. Bed #5 has beans coming up now, those did fine in the heat. Okra is growing like crazy, and the malbar spinach is doing great too. I planted lots of peas and broccoli, plus some lambquarter, mustard greens, arugula, kale, turnip, radish, spinach, and lettuce.
My simple aquaponics system has been relativly trouble-free for about 6 months now. I haven’t had to do anything to it other than feed the fish. (not counting my battle with pH) 
Today, I noticed the drain wasn’t flowing water very well, so I took a look at it and noticed lots of roots had made their way into the holes. I took a piece of all-thread and started hacking the roots away. Then I noticed the grow-bed leaking, so I dug out the drain and took it completely apart. (I was amazed at all the roots in the gravel and how well the roots held the gravel as I dug it out)
The root-cause of my problem was that I poked a hole in the pond liner because the drain was elevated above where it was supposed to be, pulling a pocket of air under the liner, making it vulnerable to my less-than-gentle strikes with a metal object. I think the grow-bed has settled down in the ground over time, and the rigid drain pipe could not move down with it, so it forced the drain up.
The fix was simple, and I should have thought of this when I designed it: Create a flexible joint that will allow the grow-bed and drain pipe to move in different ways without breaking something. I accomplished this with a 12″ piece of vinyl hose and two hose clamps.
I’d like to point out that the debris trap was used while I was cleaning out the gravel. Some pieces made their way down into the drain, and they were safely trapped inside the trap instead of traveling through the long underground pipe.
One other improvement that I’ll make on ‘the next one’ is the big pipe surrounding the drain. Make it big enough to fit your whole hand in. Probably need a 6″ pipe for that, but it is worth it. You need space to get in and clean out the little drain holes on the bottom that are horizontal. The extra space also provides more insurance against roots clogging things up.
Bryson ‘helped’ me in the yard today, mostly by using what seemed to him to be a cool new toy. The look on his face when he sprayed the water straight up in the air and got a shower was priceless, but I didn’t have the camera ready!
Lots of great stuff packed into a 14 minute interview:
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I enjoyed this conversation between Paul Wheaton and Toby Hemenway (author of Gaia’s Garden). They explore human behavior of wanting to take something that does not belong to you.
OK. This hit on something big. To me these two guys are saying to comply with the third ethic of permaculture, you need to respect liberty, especially the personal property of individuals. …AND, socialistic/statist actions like redistribution of wealth and state control of production are in direct conflict with the ethics of permaculture.
I thought this was an interesting explication of the attitudes of the public toward political candidates.
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