FarmGirls offer garden tips

FarmGirls

Posted: Saturday, June 1, 2013 5:04 pm
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Updated: 5:12 pm, Sat Jun 1, 2013.

FarmGirls offer garden tips

BY MARILYN DONELLE Simmons
FarmGirls

Waxahachie Newspapers Inc.

The FarmGirls have hustled all spring weeding, digging, planting seeds and vegetable transplants. Spring has been kind and delivered timely garden rain showers. Donelle has headed up all the gardens, while I have been healing from an injury to my leg and foot. We have four ground vegetable gardens. Many square foot gardens, an herb garden, and a tower garden. They are all teaching gardens. We have interns that come and work beside Donelle and learn gardening skills. Among the variety of gardening subjects we teach  “Shovels in the Soil” a hands- on learning experience in the gardens. The students experience planting, foliar spraying, mulching, bug patrol and many gardening techniques. 

The FarmGirls are always working with nature. Farming organically and avoiding the use of chemicals. We apply natural practices. Some of these practices are rain water catchment, mulching, companion planting, the use of beneficial insects, rotating crops, and encouraging birds to stay on our property.

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Saturday, June 1, 2013 5:04 pm.

Updated: 5:12 pm.

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