Lucy's Garden

07/05/2023

Harvesting sunflower heads and drying sunflower seeds. Marie Broughton

06/16/2023

Organic Consumers Association and Regeneration International have developed a farm map of more than 3,200 recommended organic and regenerative farmers around the globe.

We can support these farmers every day, by buying local, organic, and regenerative.

https://organicconsumers.org/regenerative-farm-map/

08/09/2022

It is not to late to start your garden and learn how to compost. What are 3 key takeaways from this article?

Fertilizer prices have been soaring over the past years, but they took off on the upside in 2022. Fertilizer shortages and rising prices are pushing agricultural commodity prices higher and creating market deficits as they are critical farming inputs.

06/26/2022

Gates' farmland holdings are largely controlled by trusts, which aren't allowed under North Dakota law. The state's attorney general is inquiring.

06/12/2022

(Beyond Pesticides, June 10, 2022) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on June 1 that it will provide a potential 15-fold increase in funding aimed at organic food production — up to $300 million. The subject Organic Transition Initiative provision is embedded in a new USDA Food Sy...

05/03/2022

🎵🎶It's the most wonderful time of the year!🎵🎶

04/08/2022

Georgia weather will have your strawberries blooming before the last frost date. Covering them with frost cloth might do the trick or might not. Regardless, being grateful for the harvest that comes either way will reduce any worries.🙂

04/08/2022

Half a bed of spinach has done well even in below freezing temps. Have you tried growing spinach?

04/08/2022

In case you were wondering, these are the typical dates of our last spring frost in Atlanta -- usually between April 10th and 20th in Atlanta and a bit later in the mountains.

There's a freeze warning in the mountains tonight and a frost advisory in the northwest suburbs!

10/07/2021

Heads up gardeners.

By the middle of October, a large chunk of the U.S. has typically seen its first freeze.

Are you ready for cooler temps? 🥶