DFW’s Local Vegetable Gardening Community
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Ladybugs to the Rescue?
I have an infestation of sticky gooey tiny bugs that I think are aphids. Due to my laziness and aversion to working in the oppressive heat of north Texas summers, I’ve let things get out of hand in my backyard vegetable garden. I was cleaning up today and was happy to see an army of ladybugs eating their…
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Squash Bug Devastation
I did a little experiment. I noticed a bunch of squash bugs on my zucchini plant earlier this week. I decided to NOT do anything about it, just to see if a natural predator would come along and clean up the mess for me. Turns out these critters are lethal! In a few short days my healthy cucubrit was dead.…
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Citizen Gardener Class – Fort Worth – 8/13/2011
I’m very happy to announce the very first Citizen Gardener class to be held in the North Texas / DFW area will be in Fort Worth on August 13, 2011. The idea to start this class came from our spring Permaculture Design Class. Dick Pierce (the instructor) had mentioned the program and I thought it sounded…
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Fall Garden Planning & Seed Exchange
Visit the meetup.com group to RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/DallasVegGardeners/events/24842071/ Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 7:00 PM Patrizio 1900 Preston Rd Plano, TX (map) We’ll have a designated section of tables After a long hiatus, we are ready to do some planning for our Fall gardens. Although the temperatures are anything but “Fall-like” right now, we will actually be able to start planting…
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The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen. Yes, it’s a ’67 American war film but it’s also the name of a list of 12 fresh fruits and produce that should be purchased organically whenever humanly possible. Why should you fork out your hard earned money for organic? Because doing so can lower the volume of pesticides you consume daily…
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