Friday, December 16, 2011

A General Guide to Container Vegetable Gardening

Howdy,

Welcome to my Dubai based container vegetable gardening blog.

I was hunting some info on the www last night and came across some information from my old alma mater Texas A&M University/College Station about container gardening.  I graduated in 1979 with a BS in Agriculture Economics - Farm & Ranch Management.  It's not my profession today but it is something that is imbeded in me and thus I guest I am doing the home gardening thing now.  Had big plans for it but coming to different forks in the road in my lifetime I diverted from it.  Enough on me.
The A&M in Texas A&M University is Agriculture & Mechanical.  When it started out it was basically an Agricultural and Enginneering College.   If you would like to know more about Texas A&M University (TAMU) click on this link - http://www.tamu.edu/ .

Back to the Container gardening subject - as I said I was crusing the www and found a little something put out by TAMU about container gardening at home.  Of course it might be slanted a bit to Texan residents but it is still full of good general information for anyone thinking of what they can do at home about growing some vegetable in a limited space.  Please click on this link for the info - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/guides/e-545_vegetable_gardening_containers.pdf

TAMU is famous for college American Football.  Part of the halftime activities is the famous "Fightin Texas Aggie Band.  Here is a video of them in action - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiF1Yad-ZaQ&feature=related.

Hope the info was useful. And thanks for stopping by!

Gig'em Aggies

Bubba

3 comments:

  1. Nice post. Thanks for sharing this information. If anyone wont's some more information about it go to Container Gardening.

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  2. Hi Sandra,

    Thanks for the comment. I checked out the link and saw Patti Mareno "The Garden Girl" who's video I have watched about irrigating and perhaps posted one or two of her videos on my past blogs. Her website is a good one to check out as well -www.gardengirltv.com/.

    Thanks,

    Bubba

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  3. Howdy,

    Fellow Ag in Dubai here from the fightin' Texas Aggie class of 2007! I was so happy to see a gardening blog in Dubai and just love the fact that it's an Aggie behind it! So happy to come across your blog as I have just moved here and looking for some solid advice on what/when to plant some veggies on my balcony.

    On another note, would you happen to know of an Aggie club here in Dubai?

    Thanks and Gig 'em,
    Greg

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