Author Archives: Brian Gallimore

About Brian Gallimore

Brian is a backyard vegetable gardener, permaculturist, aquaponics enthusiast, and maintainer of the online community at northtexasvegetablegardeners.com.

The Self Sufficient Gardener: How Composting Works

Jason Akers’ presentation “Composting: What You Need to Know” given at the Mother Earth News Fair 2011: His slideshow is also available at http://www.theselfsufficientgardener.com/Composting.pdf

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Citizen Gardener Class #2 – Promise of Peace – Dallas

Here are the pictures I took of the Citizen Gardener class held at the Promise of Peace community garden: 201109-citizengardener2 I’ll post links to more pictures on the Citizen Gardener Class #2 post on the forum.

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Future Citizen Gardener Teachers

Friday night a group of students from Citizen Gardener class #1 met at the Promise of Peace community garden with Dick Pierce from Austin to train to be future Citizen Gardener teachers.  We went over the objectives of the class, … Continue reading

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Most Bugs are Good Bugs

I recently saw a fascinating (and a little gross) picture on facebook that caught my attention.  I’ve had these fat little munchers (hornworms) on my tomato plants in the past, and they have quite an apatite!  Like everything in nature, there is … Continue reading

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Living Natural First Fall Gardening Seminar

John, Rebecca, and Sabino from Living Natural First spoke before a large group gathered at Wells Brothers in Plano this morning to help people learn about Fall Organic Gardening.  It is a rare and valuable opportunity to be able to ask … Continue reading

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