Category: Information
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Texas Sized Raised Garden Bed for 2019
Hey my name is Jon and i’m going to start you guys off with a short summary of what I have going on right now for my new 24′ raised garden bed for 2019! Listed above is all the seeds I have going on at the moment and also the ones I need to plant…
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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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What to Plant and When in North Texas
The Texas seasons are great, but it can cause gardening to get overwhelming trying to keep straight what can be planted and when. The unique seasons cause the time for gardening to differ from that of other areas. Keeping track gets even more complicated, due to the fact that many plants will have two growing…