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Paintball Game, May 1 2010

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

We had 12 folks come out and play paintball in the woods yesterday. The weather was perfect, and we had lots of fun as usual. I was dead tired by the time I got home.

David

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Garden Problem: Tire Potatoes

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Lesson learned. I thought it was a good idea to add hay to my tires instead of dirt. It would be easier to harvest with less mess. The problem is that it turned into an active compost pile. Before I realized what was happening, the poor plants bent over in pain. When I removed the hay, some of the pieces were too hot to hold in my hand, and most of the plants simply broke off when I touched them.

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A Norman Rockwell moment

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

1- You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2- What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3- The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4- When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

5- You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

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Little-Known Concepts?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

I ran across these ‘core values’ in this article and thought maybe there are some folks who might not be very familiar with these very important concepts. These were also core values held by the people who brought you the best country on Earth, and are shared by the tea party folks:

Rights are not “granted” to us by the government — they are ours by our very nature, by our birthright.
ALL just political authority is derived from the people — and government exists solely with our consent!
We the people of the several states created the federal government — not the other way around!
The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that which has been delegated by the people to the federal government in the Constitution — and nothing more.
The People of each State have the sole and exclusive right and power to govern themselves in all areas not delegated to their government.
A Government without limits is a tyranny!
When Congress enacts laws and regulations that are not made in Pursuance of the powers enumerated in the Constitution, the People are not bound to obey them.

Posted in Politics | Tagged freedom, government, Liberty, rights, Tenth Amendment, USA | Leave a comment

Cooking with Fresh Ingredients

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

I hear that most of our food travels an average of 1500 miles to get to your plate. Tonight, the spinach in the lasagna roll-ups and the lettuce in our salad traveled about 40 steps. I know exactly what chemicals were used to treat this food: NONE. It is pretty gratifying to see food you grew in your backyard on the table for dinner, so I thought I would share this with everyone.
Amber says she really likes the improved flavor of the spinach as compared to store-bought!
Oh, and I’m celebrating the fact that I have a wonderful wife that can make such a delicious meal, and all I had to do was unload the dishwasher to get to enjoy it.

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Garden Update: April 18, 2010

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

It’s been cold and drizzle all day, but I went ahead and built a new structure to hang more topsy turvys. I have 4 now, and room for 3 more. If the tomato plants do well this year, I might buy a few more for next year and save space in my raised beds. A few near-miss slips, but no accidents, and now all of my tomato seedlings have been planted. I’ll have to plumb up the drip system water to these new upside down planters in the next few days.

Sugar Snap Peas

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Bunny Rabbit

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Comet was acting strange this morning, hanging out by our bedroom window, which he never does. I opened up the blinds and saw a big fat rabbit digging around in the straw and mulch under the fig tree. The rabbit worked on this project for about an hour, and Comet was watching the whole time. A few hours later the area looks like normal, the rabbit covered everything up just like it was. I think we might have some new babies soon.

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Joel Salatin – Polyface Farms

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Amber and I had a date night tonight. We went to “An Evening with Joel Salatin” at the Plano Arts Center. All the food was provided by local sources, and was prepared by some very talented chefs. We had a good time and got to sample lots of great food. The highlight for me was getting my picture taken with Joel. I really appreciate what he is doing with his business, Polyface Farms. Not only is he running a profitable, sustainable, responsible farm, he is also a great inspiration and is making a positive impact. Check out some of the videos of his farm.

Here is a video Carol took of Joel speaking:
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Lone Star Tea Party

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Last night I met about 6 other folks from Allen and we drove down to the AirHogs ball park. I say drive, but my neighbor Rodney pampered us in a 45′ conversion coach. We had everything we needed to live like rock stars for the evening! There were some really great speakers, including Thomas Paine (Bob Basso), AlfonZo Rachel, 4 of the local talk show hosts guys, and several others. The speakers were good to hear from, but being around thousands of other everyday, middle-class Americans who understand what makes our country such a special place and are moved to stand up in the name of the US Constitution and liberty is a very special thing. The highlight of the evening for me was getting to shake the hand of Alfonzo. As soon as I saw him drive up in a golf cart I went right over to him to say hi. I was pleased that he was so nice and let me take a picture.

Me shaking hands with AlfonZo Rachel

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Garden Update: April 13, 2010

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Lots of activity in the garden right now. Cucumbers, beans, cowpeas, sunflower, corn, and watermelon are all coming up from seed. I ate my first snack of sugar snap peas, they were very tasty. Most of the strawberries I planted in my wood boxes are dead, I let them dry completely out this winter. Shame on me for that. I’ve also had 4 pepper seedlings die. They were all tiny ones that had not been transplanted into the large peat pots. I guess they didn’t have the root structure to survive outdoors yet. Dang.

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