Author: Brian Gallimore
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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 balance and control. Fat worms like the hornworm are used by certain wasps to lay…
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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 gardening questions to these three folks! I did lots of listening and note-taking, and will…
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Invitation to the Community
The reason this website was created was to bring local vegetable growers together in an online community. There is lots to be learned by sharing and interacting with others! The best tool I know of for this is an Internet forum. (click link if you are unfamiliar to learn more) The North Texas Vegetable Gardeners…
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Garden Diary
As I was planing some seeds last weekend I decided to go ahead and start a ‘garden diary’. At one time, I thought I would just mark what I planted and take pictures of everything and keep track of what/when things happened that way. After a few years of not really knowing what I planted…
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Announcement: Citizen Gardener Class – Sept 10 & 11
The hands-on gardening class customized to the unique climate and conditions of the North Texas area is holding another class soon: DFW Citizen Gardener class #2 will span two mornings, on September 10 and 11 (Saturday and Sunday). The purpose of the class is to (re)introduce everyday people to one method of growing some of…