Barn Aid 3

 

 

Eden’s Organic presents Barn Aid 3, a benefit to raise funds for Feed Texas First.  Local Cheese and Wine Pairing from Scardello and Calais, ans guest speaker Amanda Vanhoosier.  Free concert featuring Lorynn the Redhead and movie screening “Urban Roots” too!   — October 9, 2011 — 

 

 

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Zero Cost / Zero Waste Alternative to Pots

An alternative to buying pots for starting seeds or making pots out of newspaper is to use a clump of soil with no container at all by using a handy little tool like the soil cube.  There are several benefits from starting seeds like this:

  • saves money (no re-occurring costs)
  • no need to sanitize old pots for re-use
  • avoids or minimizes root shock (roots of plant stops growing with they hit the air)

Keeping the soil cubes moist is a little more effort, since the force of normal water droplets will melt the cubes.  You need to use a spray-mister bottle to water with.  

 

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The Self Sufficient Gardener: How Composting Works

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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Two-Day Introduction to Permaculture with Patricia Allison

A super opportunity for people in DFW to get some immersion into the world of Permaculture for 2 days is coming up next weekend.  It can be hard to dedicate the time and money needed for a full PDC course, but for 2 days and $100 you can get the in-depth basics of what it is all about with Patricia Allison.  She is well-known in the Permaculture world for her inspiration to her students and for her excellent Permaculture introduction week-ends.

She brings a 2-day Introduction to Permaculture course to Dallas on October 8 & 9 from 9 until 5, both days. The course is a combination of lecture, hands-on experience, hope, and delight. The class location will be in the Dallas area around White Rock Lake.

Go to the events main webpage for more info: http://cyberparent.com/dfw/permaculture/class.htm

 

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Call for Community Gardens that Need Volunteers

DFW Citizen Gardener Volunteer Map and List

The Citizen Gardener program now has about 60 graduates from the class who are seeking to complete their volunteer hours.  We are looking for additional community gardens that would like to have volunteers help them out.  (how is that for an easy sell?)  The requirements are that the students need to benefit from actual gardening activities that will help them learn and gain experience (not just sorting thousands of seeds or spending 4 hours making labels).  Most valuable are locations with experienced gardeners who will be present and available while the volunteers are helping.

A subsection of the NorthTexasVegetableGardeners.com website has been created that displays a map of the current Citizen Gardener volunteer locations and lists them out also.  The map will provide students an easy way to find participating gardens near where they live.  If you know of a garden that is interested in being on the Citizen Gardener volunteer list, please have a representative from the garden contact us via the comment section below, or email citizengardener@northtexasvegetablegardeners.com.

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