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Garden InspirationsFirst Week of August
The short weekly blog, by Duchess
Walking around with ice packs on our backs...
Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you are doing well and you have some fun garden time planned this weekend...
 
Have you heard of Tower Gardens?  The studio that I will start teaching sessions on Pilates has a tower garden, they are the coolest container garden I've seen so far.  AND GUESS WHHHAAATTT...we signed up to be your tower garden source :)  We will have a workshop soon in regards to how you can learn about the tower gardens!
 
Speaking of Pilates - if you would like to take Pilates from me, I have two places coming up you can join in on the fun.  My mom has been taking sessions from me since February, just once a week a 30 minute session and her improvement on her posture, ability to walk up and down the stairs, and all the kneeling we do in the gardens has increased so much.  As much as she dislikes me during her sessions she loves the days that follow.  You can join me at Yoga4Love in Red Oak.  I will start teaching in September on Tuesdays 9-9:45 AM, Wednesday 6-6:45 PM and Saturdays (not all will be me because of our FarmGirls schedule) 12:-12:45 PM THe Saturday class is a donation only. 
 
Check out the coupon at the bottom for a special discount for our customers for the studio, they offer Pilates, Yoga, Bootcamp, Zumba, and Toning classes.  Great instructors and awesome owners!
 
 
Don't forget to tune in today to our show, you don't want to miss hearing about the FARFA conference coming up in September!  Become proactive about your food system and one way to be proactive is through education, this conference has many speakers on topics pertaining to our food system and security.  Be a leader in your community!     
 
Have a wonderful weekend...
- Duchess -

 

 

 
 
DFW Truck Farm News

chop chop   The DFW Truck Farm will be visiting a summer camp this week!  Excited to talk about truck farming to a bunch of kiddos :)

 

  DFW Truck Farm Fun Run is set for April 20, 2013 at Earth Day Dallas!

 

Donate to the DFW Truck Farm! 

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$10.00 Donation will help us take the truck to more events. 
Who's Cooking for Kacey
shrimp   Menus can be your best friend or your worst enemy. I didn't realize how heavily I depend on their descriptions until I unsuspectingly ordered a "different kind of" shrimp cocktail. So I was minding my own business, happily trying out a new restaurant (S&D Oyster Bar in Uptown in case you are intrigued) and perusing the menu. I was not very hungry, so I wanted something on the lighter side and a safe bet is usually a shrimp cocktail. What I was expecting was something to this effect...
Vegetable Gardening this will be a section of tips, stories, recipes, and the like...
Here is a blog by Mr. Brown Thumb
16.9.10
How To Save Tomato Seeds
Saving seeds from tomatoes is really easy and kind of fun. The process of how to save tomato seeds for next year is not very complicated, but it does involve a couple of steps. Why would you want to save tomato seeds when you can buy tomato plant starts and tomatoes at the local grocery store and farmers market? Simple, really. When you save seeds from a tomato you have grown, you are helping preserve the genetic diversity of tomatoes, and selecting for characteristics that make a tomato better. To save tomato....read more
Garden Tea Tour
The Green Garden Club Presents:
A Fall Garden Tea Tour
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5 gardens & 3 Chefs
 
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Sincerely,
 

Marilyn Simmons & Donelle Simmons
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FarmGIrls Resource Guide
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Topic this Friday:

FARFA

WWW.FARMANDRANCHFREEDOM.ORG 

with Judith McGeary

 

  
Learn about FARFA, why it's important to know about our food security.  This is a place that is helping farmers keep in the know about upcoming legislation.  You can become a member and help farmers through this organization.  Without the farmers we wouldn't have food!
 
GMO Information
Patent Pending
 
How It Happened That We Don't Regulate Biotech

by Donella Meadows
Tide Pool
August 18, 2000

Back in the 1970s the awesome news that scientists had learned how to redesign genes started a regulatory flurry. Distinguished panels met to ask imponderable questions. Could some human-created form of life carry self-multiplying havoc into the world? How can we prevent such a disaster?

Back then genetic escapes were considered so likely that gene-splicing research was carried out in sealed labs. The citizens of Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of Harvard and MIT, forbade such labs within their city limits. Congress debated dozens of bills to regulate genetic engineering.


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FarmGirls' Recommendations
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Marilyn always recommends Robert Casey when we have a landscape client needing irrigation - Giver Robert a call and tell him we recommended you!
 
North Texas Irrigation & Landscape - Robert Casey
Phone:
972-824-7519
Email:

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Have your soil tested by the best! 

 

Texas Plant & Soil Lab.

 

Frank from the lab will be speaking at 
The Green Garden Club Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Come hear what he has to say about soil! 

 

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Green Fest is Friday, September 21, 2012 Downtown Dallas.  Don't miss out on this year's festival! 

The DFW Truck Farm will be at the Green Fest! 

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Join us at the 6th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference! This unique conference focuses on the policies and regulations affecting our farms and our food. Come hear top speakers on issues such as the Farm Bill, genetically modified foods, corporate control of our food system, and much more. September 10 & 11

www.farmandranchfreedom.org

 

The FarmGirls will be at the conference :)  

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FarmGirls' Education

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

   

Classes this week:

The only classes we have this week on the schedule are the ongoing 8 Week vegetable Garden Class. 

 

Later this month:

Check out our class schedule to see when the next Canning & Preservation Class, Introducation to Garden Class, or Any of our one hour worksop classes. 

www.gardeninspirations-tx.com click on Garden Classes to check out the schedule and sign up! 

 

 

Other events we recommend:

A free day of learning, why yes we think it's a great idea!

Check this out

 

 

 

 

 
 

FarmGirls Found a Good Story

FoodCorps: One Year Later, Hundreds of Kids Feeling the Impact  

Based on the program's success, more volunteers sign on and states are added to its reach. Read about this program here
food corps  
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sign up at Yoga4Love in Red Oak, www.yoga4love.net, and enjoy a great deal from Garden Inspirations & Yoga4Love, 5 weeks beginner series for $39.  Print off this coupon or show it on your smart phone when you visit the studio.  Tell them the FarmGirls sent you in, you will benefit a great deal from the classes :)