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Vegetable Gardening 101
The most common questions about gardening come from people just starting out: What do I do? How do I start? Most any experienced gardener will tell you they never stop learning, so don’t wait until you think you ‘know it … Continue reading
More Gardening Babble from Brian
Just wanted all my friends to know about a new place for vegetable gardening information, especially for people living near the DFW metroplex. I’ve created a few blog posts there now, so put it in your RSS reader if you … Continue reading
Brian is a Permaculture Designer
I presented my design today and graduated. I’m amazed at how much material we covered in the 11 day class. It was a whirlwind of knowledge, ideas, concepts, getting dirty, building a raised bed, rain barrel, herb spiral, compost pile, working … Continue reading
Garden Update – May 6, 2011
Everything is my garden is growing along pretty nicely. Out of all my beds, the new bed with 100% imported soil is doing the best. I think my next project will be to add another 12″ of height to my … Continue reading
Damon’s Backyard – Dallas Texas
We covered the topic of small animals today in my PDC class. We took a field trip down to a ‘beginners’ (his words) garden a few blocks away to see his chickens. The first thing I saw was his tomato … Continue reading
Garden at Stonewall Elementary School – Dallas Texas
After my PDC class a few of us stopped by to look at the gardens around the Stonewall Elementary School. It was great to see all this gardening activity at a school. There was also a butterfly garden and a … Continue reading
Garden Update – April 3, 2011
I think I’m about done planting for the spring! I have a little room left in my aquaponics bed, and some space left in the bed by the gate, but I’m mostly done. I didn’t plant any corn because I … Continue reading
Comparing Plants Grown in Aquaponics and Soil
The pictures below are of plants that came from the same batch of seedlings. The broccoli growing in the aquaponics system are starting to flower, but the ones growing in soil still have tight heads. I sprayed BT on the … Continue reading
Aquaponics Update – March 26, 2011
The aquaponics setup has seen a lot of changes in the past few days. The bacteria in the growbed seems to finally be catching up with the massive amounts of ammonia I added to the water to start it all … Continue reading
Green Phoenix Farms
Adam Cohen put together an information session and demonstration of aquaponics to a group of about 20 people this afternoon. He gave us lots of great info about planning and starting a system, then we got to tour his setup … Continue reading
