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Instant Poll: Help The Gallimore Family Decide

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I want to plant strawberry plants in the front beds. My reasoning is that we have never have used the beds, the cedar bark looks OK, but it is dead and boring. I could have a living mulch that gives me free food. Strawberries are low-maintenance, look good, and will come back each year. Amber thinks it will look funny and attract pests. Help us decide what to do by voting here. Also, leave a comment if you have more to add!
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Water Infrastructure Upgraded

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I managed to get the rest of the trench dug, 130′ of pipe and wire, a manual valve, a solenoid valve, and 2 hose bibs installed. I did a pressure test and found no leaks. Only thing I have to finish is putting back the dirt. I’ve got a lot of rocks that I want to sort out so it will take me an hour or so to get that done.

I laid a lot of pipe

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Posted in Gardening, Projects | Tagged pipe, PVC, valve, water | 1 Comment

Trench for the Future

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

All of last year, I carried 5 gallon buckets of water out to the end of the driveway where my asparagus is growing. I’m going high-tech and plumbing water right out to the bed this year. I’ll put a hose bib and a water valve for a new drip water zone. I’m also going to put a new hose bib on the northwest corner of the house. This will finally give me water outlets everywhere I need them, without having to use 125′ of hose. My aquaponics setup is going to be located on the north side of the house too, so I’ll need a source of water nearby for that too. I’m about halfway done with the trench. Digging is not my strong point, I’m a bit on the slow side.

The "Helper"

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Posted in Gardening, Projects | Tagged digging, pipe, trench, water | 3 Comments

TED Talks: Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I found this video very interesting, take a look, it is worth it!

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Garden Update – January 27, 2011

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

The plan this year is to focus more on companion planting. I’m going to space my tomato plants out so that no two plants are touching or near each other. I’m surrounding each tomato plant with onions, and planting cucumber in between each tomato plant. I’m going to swap out planting tomatoes from the east 3 beds to the west 3 beds every year so I automatically rotate my crops to prevent buildup in the soil that is harmful for the tomatoes. I managed to get home with just enough time to get all the onions in the ground. I’m only going to have enough room for 9 plants in the garden this yearThe seedlings have turned a deep green color since they’ve been under the grow lights. I hope that is a good thing.

Seedlings Growing Under Grolights

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Your Grocery Bill Will Double in 2011

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Can you afford to spend double at the grocery store? I’m hearing news like this from multiple sources. The inflation number published by the US government is not realistic of real cost increases. (can’t afford to pay social security increases, so they cook the books) If you are interested in growing just a little bit of your own food, right now is the time to get started. It doesn’t take much to get started and you might be really happy eating food from your own backyard!

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The Narrative – Political Correctness

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I don’t know how I missed this video from Bill Whittle. This is another MUST WATCH!

Posted in Interesting, Politics | Tagged Afterburner, Bill Whittle, liberal, msnbc, Video | 1 Comment

Garden Slideshow – 2004 to 2010

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I created this slideshow of the progress my garden has made over the years.

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Garden Update – January 24, 2011

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Seeing a picture of someone else’s seedlings reminded me that I had tomato seeds planted in a box on top of the refrigerator. Good thing I decided to look at them, because then already sprouted. The pepper plants are doing good to, just need to move them under the supercharged growlights.

Tomatoes - 6 days old

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Posted in Gardening | Tagged pepper, seedlings, tomato | 2 Comments

Gays For Guns

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

A friend of mine used this catch phrase to describe Libertarianism. Here is an actual quote:

The libertarian party is where the republicans and democrats can come together. The republicans can forget about their conservative social policies and democrats can forget about their liberal fiscal policies. But I see error in this statement. They are both statist. The republicans are corporate statists and the democrats are just statists.

I guess it is where republicans can learn to love gays and democrats can learn to love guns.

Posted in Humor, Politics | Tagged gay, Guns, Libertarian | Leave a comment

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