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July 2011 Blog Posts (4)

NEW! FOOGS.org Kids Recipe Contest! YAY!

KIDS Recipe Contest!  Win a free FOOGS logo shirt!  All you have to do is submit a recipe that YOUR CHILD or CHILDREN have created using healthy ingredients from your garden or homestead farm (at least partially).  You can choose Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or Snack.  One winner will be chosen from each age group as follows:

2-4

5-7

8-10

10-12

13-15

The most creative (and palatable!) dish as judged by us at FOOGS.org will win!

All entries must be…

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Added by Ty Mellon on July 30, 2011 at 5:58pm — No Comments

I blinked and Spring was gone!

wow. it's been several months since my last post.  That post was begging for Spring to get here. Evidently, it came and went in a month. The result has been a very, very early summer for us Texans and a long hot one to boot!

 

I had a few tomatoes. Luckily, I have the friendship pleasure of a real tomato guru who is bound to the cubicle across from me in our "corporate day jobs". He shared an assortment of heirloom tomato seeds.

 

Many changes to this…

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Added by Rachel Butler on July 29, 2011 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Growing with Earth boxes

Hi, I wanted to pass on my experience with using Earth Boxes. I've been using them for the past 4-5 years now and they are low maintenance and very productive. They hold about 2 cubic feet of potting soil. There is a water reservoir in the bottom and as long as you keep the reservoir filled you will be happy with the results. I use organic fertilizer and potting soil from my local home improvement store. Vegetables really do well in these containers. I don't have to till the soil or weed or…

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Added by Bob Holsapple on July 17, 2011 at 8:46pm — 1 Comment

The City of Austin "Home Composting Rebate Challenge"



I love living in Austin!

 

The City of Austin's Home Composting Rebate Challenge is a rebate program challenging Austinites to do three things:…

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Added by Ty Mellon on July 14, 2011 at 10:09am — No Comments

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