By teaching you how to connect deeply with nature, The Dallas Garden School helps you unlock your full potential. Callie is the foremost gardening expert and educator in North Texas and a gardening columnist for D Magazine. Based in Dallas, Texas.
The 20 Best Varieties I Grew in 2020
2020 was impossibly trying year, and, like many people, I turned to the garden for comfort, for sustenance, and for purpose. As a result, I grew more food than I ever thought possible in just 500 square feet of growing space, and I want to share some of the keys to this year's success with you, as well as my favorite 20 varieties of the year.
Click here to learn the 5 key things that maximized my garden's productivity, plus the 20 best varieties that I grew this year (including the plant below, "Hairy Balls"!)
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By teaching you how to connect deeply with nature, The Dallas Garden School helps you unlock your full potential. Callie is the foremost gardening expert and educator in North Texas and a gardening columnist for D Magazine. Based in Dallas, Texas.
Root Vegetable Revolution Recipe Booklet The Dallas Garden School online platform is unique because it allows me to share LOTS of materials and resources with you that you can access at any time after your class ends. I just added a bonus resource to the Root Vegetable Revolution class dashboard that you won't want to miss out on. As a registered student of the class, you'll get my Root Vegetable Revolution Recipe Booklet with 24 recipes that make use of your homegrown harvest in inspiring...
Here's what I did this morning in the garden: Deadheaded rudbeckia, snapdragons, and 'Mystic Spires' salvia Cut back 'Monarch Magic' ageratum, aster, and salvia nemorosa by 50% Staked 'Hopi Red Dye' amaranth Harvested 'Midnight Moon' eggplant, 'Marketmore' cucumber, 'Golden Griller' squash*, 'Sweet Canyon Orange' bell pepper*, and 'Baby Bubba' okra*. If you haven't done so already, this is your final reminder to cut back any perennials or annuals that have become overgrown or unruly. This is...
Here's what to plant now in your garden. Vegetables by direct seed: Cucumbers, okra, melons, pumpkins, winter squash, summer squash. Vegetables by transplant: Tomatoes (last day!), eggplant, peppers, okra. Annuals by transplant: Pentas, vinca, begonias, impatiens, zinnias, sunflowers. Indoors: Cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, amaranth, cosmos, zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds. General maintenance: Deadhead all annual and perennial flowers regularly to maintain bloom. Shear back...