DFW’s Local Vegetable Gardening Community
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RoT Organics Compost Tea Video
Obie from RoT Organics in Sherman made a great video on how he makes his compost tea: Professional Compost Tea Lots of discussion and various ways to make compost tea, find more on the ‘compost tea’ thread on the NTVG forum.
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How to Install a Raised Bed
I enrolled in the Citizen Gardner class which provided me with some excellent knowledge on installing a Raised Bed garden. I’d like to share my approach with this community. The first assumption is that you’ve built the raised bed already. If not, check out http://northtexasvegetablegardeners.com/blog/2012/03/11/how-to-build-a-citizen-gardener-raised-bed/. Site Selection – Ideally, you want about 8 hours of…
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How To Transplant Seedlings
A few steps to follow to help get your seedlings safely in the ground after they have been growing in pots: Move back any mulch or covering you have in your beds. (note the wood mulch shown in this picture is NOT approved in the Citizen Gardener method) Dig a hole about the size of your pot,…
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Planting From Seeds (Outdoors)
Most of the plants grown in the North-Central Texas area can (and should) be ‘direct sowed’ or planted in the soil from seed. Here are some basic steps to take to ensure you have good success. Remove or push aside and mulch or covering. Note: wood mulch is shown here — planting with the Citizen…
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Pictures from Citizen Gardener Class 4 in McKinney
Here are some pictures from the Citizen Gardener class a few weeks ago in McKinney at Creative by Nature. If slideshow doesn’t work, click here to view the pictures in Picasaweb.
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