Category Archives: Information

Most of North Texas Now in Zone 8A

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Brian Gallimore

The USDA recently released an updated version of their ‘plant hardiness zone map‘ (or the PHZM if you like using government acronyms).  The new map is based on more recent data that spanned a longer time period.  In general, most … Continue reading →

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A Subversive (garden) Plot

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Here is a good video about backyard vegetable gardening and food safety. Roger Doiron is founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a network of people taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the global food supply. Doiron is an advocate for … Continue reading →

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The Self Sufficient Gardener: How Composting Works

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

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

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

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

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

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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