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.

Citizen Gardener Interview on Growing Your Grub Show

Steve Howard with the “Growing Your Grub” podcast interviewed me about community gardening and the Citizen Gardener program.  His podcast has been a great resource for vegetable gardening information.  He had to adapt his growing techniques when he moved the … Continue reading

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Ladybugs to the Rescue?

I have an infestation of sticky gooey tiny bugs that I think are aphids.  Due to my laziness and aversion to working in the oppressive heat of north Texas summers, I’ve let things get out of hand in my backyard vegetable garden.  I … Continue reading

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Squash Bug Devastation

I did a little experiment.  I noticed a bunch of squash bugs on my zucchini plant earlier this week.  I decided to NOT do anything about it, just to see if a natural predator would come along and clean up the mess for me. … Continue reading

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Citizen Gardener Class – Fort Worth – 8/13/2011

I’m very happy to announce the very first Citizen Gardener class to be held in the North Texas / DFW area will be in Fort Worth on August 13, 2011.  The idea to start this class came from our spring Permaculture … Continue reading

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Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce (click link for full article) Eating fresh food is very valuable, but what if that food is contaminated with a bunch of pesticides that you really do not want to ingest? Use EWG’s Shopper’s … Continue reading

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