North Texas Vegetable Gardeners Blog

Author: Brian Gallimore

  • Permaculture for Small Farms

    The Slideshow I presented at the 2012 TOFGA conference is below for anyone who wants to use it for reference or a refresher later.  I’ve also included click-able links below for convenience.

  • Most of North Texas Now in Zone 8A

    The USDA recently released an updated version of their ‘plant hardiness zone map‘ (or the PHZM if you like using government acronyms).  The new map is based on more recent data that spanned a longer time period.  In general, most areas moved up 1/2 of a zone, and almost all of the north Texas is…

  • Citizen Gardener Class in Oak Cliff – February 2012

    Citizen Gardener Class in Oak Cliff – February 2012

      Citizen Gardener Class #3 will be in the Oak Cliff area at Repotted (700 W Davis St. 75208).  The class will consist of two sessions held on Saturdays (2/4/2012 and 2/11/2012) from 10am to 2pm each day.  For more information about the class and to sign up, visit www.northtexasvegetablegardeners.com/cg.

  • A Subversive (garden) Plot

    Here is a good video about backyard vegetable gardening and food safety. Roger Doiron is founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a network of people taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the global food supply. Doiron is an advocate for new policies, technologies, investments, and fresh thinking about the role of gardens. His successful petition…

  • How To Post Pictures in the Forum

    Posting pictures in the forum is easy, here is how to do it: Step 1 Log in with your username and password (have to be logged in as a real user before you can post anything) Step 2   Start a new post or reply to a post by pressing the ‘New Topic’  or ‘Reply’…