DFW’s Local Vegetable Gardening Community
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Citizen Gardner Class – Christian Care Center – Mesquite
sign up for the class at http://northtexasvegetablegardeners.com/index.php/citizen-gardener/classes
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Citizen Gardner Class – Buckingham UMC – Garland
Click for more information on the DFW Citizen Gardener Program or to sign up for Citizen Gardener class number 6.
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Neem Oil
I’ve been prompted to write an article about neem oil to clarify some issues and offer some perspective on some things that I’ve heard in recent conversations. First – in the spirit of full disclosure: I sell neem oil. I started using neem oil in my garden about 4 years ago when I was still…
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Fall 2012 Citizen Gardener Classes
CITIZEN GARDENER CLASS INFORMATION There are 2 fall classes scheduled, the first class will be on Saturday August 18 and Saturday August 25, 2012 (8:30am to noon both days) at Spring Creek Church in Garland (Beltline and Shiloh). The second class will be on Saturday September 15 and Saturday September 22, 2012 (8:30am to noon…
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Grasshoppers Stress Level Affects Soil Biology
This article was mentioned in Howard Garrett’s recent newsletter. “Fear factor seems relevant in decomposing bug’s effect on soil” It explains how the conditions a grasshopper dies under affect how beneficial the grasshoppers’s corpse is to the soil. The grasshopper eats differently and processes its food differently if it is living under fear of death,…
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