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.
🎉 Surprise Bonus! Free Root Vegetable Recipe Booklet
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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 ways for free. Some of my faves in the booklet include: Sweet Potato and Black Bean Tacos ​ Dig into the delicious world of root vegetables with me this Saturday! Root Vegetable Revolution, Sat Sep 14, 10am-12pm on Zoom If you can't attend live, don't worry. Register now, and I'll email you when the replay is ready. ​
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The Dallas Garden School
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.
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...
As you start to plant things for fall*, here are some things to keep in mind... Your soil is likely fairly tired after the spring season. We had lots of rain and early heat. Give your soil a refresh with some good compost after you pull out your spring crops and before you plant your fall stuff. I usually mix about one bag (2 cu. ft.) into the top 6-8 inches of soil for every 9 square feet of garden space for a mid-crop boost. This morning, after hand watering the front display garden and...