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Dick Pierce Talk this Weekend!

An interesting, unusual, unique opportunity for Gardeners, Sustainability Folks, the Green Team, the Environmentally-minded, and their children, grandchildren,.....parents, grand-parents and friends. Come and see for yourself - Saturday, June 19. See Nationally acclaimed photographer, Chris Jordan's Beautiful, Powerful, Moving, Alarming Photo Exhibit of the Waste Stream in America at the Austin Museum of Art - Downtown at…

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Added by Rachel Butler on June 16, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Introducing the Tomato Worm Avenger! - Steven Hebbard

This past weekend, I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting Steven Hebbard and learning more about The Karpophoreō Project.





What I didn't know when I met Steven was that he is quite the ham on camera! I wanted to share his most recent video on the Tomato Worm!



Great stuff and please, please check out and support The Karpophoreō Project. Also take some… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on June 14, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Barr Mansion Fire

I can't say it better than Brad Stufflebeam from Home Sweet Farm:



Our hearts go out to the McAfee family at Barr Manision who had a fire yesterday at their organic ball room, destroying the unique timber frame building. True champions of local/organic food! Our community stands by them to help.…

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Added by Rachel Butler on June 10, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Foogs on Film-Composting 101 with News 8 Austin

http://news8austin.com/content/top_stories/271545/go-green---start-a-compost-pile

Added by Rachel Elsberry on June 5, 2010 at 11:34pm — No Comments

A Guide to getting your Compost on!

According to the United States EPA, yard trimmings and food residuals together constitute 26 percent of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream. That's a lot of waste to send to landfills when it could become useful and environmentally beneficial compost instead! Sometimes it's hard to know how to get started! Here is a quick guide to getting started!… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on June 5, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Composting 101 with News 8 Austin and Foogs.org

Be sure and check out Rachel Butler talking with News 8 Austin's Maureen McCann this Saturday starting at 6 a.m. once every hour. They'll discuss composting in the Go Green! segment.

(Rachel Butler of Foogs, Maureen McCann of News 8 Austin and Drew Moses, News 8 Austin photographer in the backyard garden of Foogs member Rachel…

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Added by Rachel Elsberry on June 4, 2010 at 9:37am — 1 Comment

Canning Plums

I had an amazing amount of plums this spring. We are picking them every day. I canned some yesterday and it was pretty simple. Using a boiling medium syrup cook plums for two minutes. I neither pitted nor peeled. Remove from heat and let sit for 20 minutes. Spoon plums into hot pint jars. Fill with boiling syrup to 1/4 inch from top. Run a knife around the inside to remove air pockets. Clean inside of jar lip with clean cloth. Twist on lids. Simmer in a hot water bath 2 inches… Continue

Added by Denise Pilotte LoSchiavo on June 1, 2010 at 4:59pm — 1 Comment

Composting Tips

Some great little tips from one of my favorite sites. http://www.composting101.com



1. Grass clippings add necessary nitrogen to a compost pile, but be sure

to mix with the "brown" materials that add carbon. Both are necessary

for quick decomposition and rich compost. Piles made up of just grass

will compact, slow down and start to stink.



2. Do not compost fats, pet droppings, or animal products. They will attract… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on May 31, 2010 at 9:28pm — No Comments

STUDIES SAY: Update on CO2 and a report on Pesticide ADHD link

Increased Levels of CO2 Threaten Quality of Food Crops, Study Says

Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could reduce the protein content of crop plants by as much as 20 percent, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of California, Davis say high CO2 levels interfere with the ability… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on May 20, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

The Impatient Gardener: Lettuce Lessons Learned

So... My garden is lovely and out of control....just like I like it. My pride and joy until last week was my lettuce... so beautifully bountiful! Then I noticed it kept bolting on me. It would shoot up into these glorius stalks. So I let it run free... it is after all natural. As you can see from my garden there is really no rhyme or reason or order to my planting madness.



So I harvested a huge bunch of lettuce and began to prep it for the mother of all salads. I took the usual taste… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on May 20, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Whole Life Gardens Update from Tom, Your Garden Buddy!

Hey folks!! Tom your garden buddy reporting from Whole Life Gardens. Things are really jumping here.Check out these pics.



I have planted in stages this year about 3 weeks apart. This will insure that I always have plenty of veggies all year long.





I am planting a special variety of tomatoes that are supposed to produce fruit even at 100…

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Added by Tom Butler on May 19, 2010 at 11:41am — 1 Comment

More Foogs Photos

Added by Rachel Elsberry on May 12, 2010 at 3:43am — No Comments

I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You a Foogs Garden



My grandmother had a green thumb. No matter what she planted, it sprouted, blossomed and bloomed. When I was a child, her backyard, just south of Detroit, was a wonderland of flowers and fruit…

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Added by Rachel Elsberry on May 11, 2010 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

Garden Growth Slowed? Try an organic solution.

What a beautiful Spring my friends! We have had some incredible weather in the Central Texas Region. It was a little chilly so I was late in putting in some of the veggies I would have started in late February, early March. My stuff just sprung to life and has grown like gangbusters!! Some of my friends have begun to comment that the growth in the garden has slowed. This can be concerning, especially after seeing the massive growth right after a seedling establishes itself. First, be gentle… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on May 10, 2010 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

Composting 101 and Dirt-the movie

I find myself in my new home. I live with two male roommates, like a reverse Three's Company. The boys have really gotten into the garden. The one I'll call Chrissy was floored by the idea of eating out of the garden. My favorite comment when I first harvested some lettuce was, "So, I can just come out here and grab a piece of lettuce and put it on my sandwich?" So now that the boys are on board with the garden, I'll be setting up my compost bin/pile. I did a little research and… Continue

Added by Rachel Butler on April 21, 2010 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

When does gardening become too expensive?

I follow the blog "Former Chef," written by a..former chef...who gardens and who posts great recipes. Recently, she posed this question to her readers. I have to say, this is an issue that has crossed my mind, and it did give me pause. After thinking it over, this was my reply. Hope it provides you some food for thought, and I hope your gardens are happy and healthy!

So far I have spent 25 on mulch, 25 on turkey compost,…

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Added by Elvia Padilla-Medel on April 6, 2010 at 1:30pm — 6 Comments

It's no Rocket Science, "Earth Day Eco-ABC's"

This is an article I've received about living a Healthy/Green life; wanted to share it with you.

Happy 40th Anniversary Planet Earth! As a global holiday, celebrating Earth Day galvanizes us to think about the hopes we have for our planet. Every day provides us another opportunity to recommit how we care. You and I, and the rest of the inhabitants of this planet have a common goal. We share a…

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Added by Sharabella Fini on April 6, 2010 at 8:25am — No Comments

Foogs Builds Me a Raised Bed

Click on this link to watch Foogs on News 8 Austin's Go Green Segment with RIch Segal and Founder Ty Mellon: http://news8austin.com/content/living/go_green/269973/local-organization-nurtures-community-of-local-gardeners…

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Added by Rachel Elsberry on April 4, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Thank you Easter bunny

Seems like it might be a good year. I planted my tomatoes just a bit early, and they weather the late snow we had in Dallas. I planted my first trial on potatoes just a bit after optimal. Now, I have finished planting the rest of my garden. I have a small garden of only 2 small 4x4 beds. I am sorta following the square foot method. Today I added a poblano pepper plant, then by seed I put in the ground: squash, zucchini, cucumbers, cantaloupe, carrots, beets, radish, onion, spinach, watercress,… Continue

Added by KevG on April 4, 2010 at 12:19am — 2 Comments

Spring 2010 Herbal Apprenticeship Class

I met a great lady, Ginger Webb, in permaculture class a couple of weeks ago and wanted to share information about her class. - Love-Rache



The Spring 2010 Herbal Apprenticeship is beginning, and Ginger is looking forward to getting outside with…
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Added by Rachel Butler on April 1, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

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