Author: Brian Gallimore
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How To Test Hay, Compost, or Manure for Herbicides That Will Wreck Your Garden
Before you use that a free load of manure, compost, or hay in your garden, do a little testing to make sure the great deal on free or cheap material you just scored won’t ruin your garden for the whole season or longer! The idea is to set up a science experiment of sorts and…
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Figs are Undiscovered Treasures for Fruit Loving North Texans
The online community at ourfigs.com lists over 500 different varieties of figs. They even group figs into five flavor groups of Honey, Sugar, Adriatic, Bordeaux and Dark Berry. I was turned on to this world I never knew existed by reading an answer given by Chad Spurlock in the NTVG facebook group. Chad’s favorite variety…
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Earth-Kind Growing – No Fertilizing, No Spraying
What a terrific surprise it was to learn about the Earth-Kind Landscaping techniques, and when I heard the creator of the system, Dr. George, say that “everything he learned in school was wrong”, I couldn’t have been more pleased. You see, a credibility problem exists with the land-grant universities and their “researched-based” advice. The problem…
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NTVG Planting Calendar
North Texas Vegetable Gardeners Planting Calendar Local vegetable planting guide for the DFW metroplex area shortcut link to this page: http://WhenToPlant.ntvg.org *** Click here to open the calendar in a new tab by itself *** *** See more local planting calendars posted on the NTVG forum at this link ***
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Seed Swap Event Hosted by Texas Worm Ranch
Here is a great opportunity to meet up with the gardeners you have been interacting with in cyberspace and trade seeds in the process. Date: Sunday, January 18th Time: Come and Go, between 1-3pm Location: Texas Worm Ranch Address: 2636 National Circle, Garland, TX 75041 Info: Bring plants or seeds to swap with members of…