DFW’s Local Vegetable Gardening Community
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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…
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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…
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Call for Community Gardens that Need Volunteers
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…
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Citizen Gardener Class #2 – Promise of Peace – Dallas
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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