The American Horticultural Society (AHS) and the Junior Master Gardener Program (JMG program) in 2005 created national awards for excellence in children's literature known as the Growing Good Kids Book Awards. For the 17th year in a row, they have honored the best new children's … [Read more...] about Four Award-Winning Picture Books On Gardening & Nature
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“No Mow May” Grows Into Blossoming Goldenrod In Late August
The conservation initiative No Mow May "to save threatened wild flowers, plants and fungi," spotlighted a few months ago in an earlier post, has grown into a patch of blossoming goldenrod in late August in this homeowner's side yard in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Albany, New … [Read more...] about “No Mow May” Grows Into Blossoming Goldenrod In Late August
Artful Reminder That Pears & Apples Should Soon Be Ripening As Summer 2022 Winds Down
The website pickyourown.org "provides local listings of pick your own (also called U-pick or PYO) farms in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries." Its New York crop harvest calendar shows the "Most Active" period for picking … [Read more...] about Artful Reminder That Pears & Apples Should Soon Be Ripening As Summer 2022 Winds Down
New York Botanical Garden Spotlights Edible Plants And What Humans Eat On Its 250-Acre Landscape & In Its Galleries This Summer
For the summer of 2022, the New York Botanical Garden is staging an extraordinary event of major scope that if you're fortunate to be within driving distance of its location in the Bronx or visiting the Big Apple this summer, this botanical garden established in 1891 is a … [Read more...] about New York Botanical Garden Spotlights Edible Plants And What Humans Eat On Its 250-Acre Landscape & In Its Galleries This Summer
Pondering the Meaning of Organic As The New Year Begins
Early last month on our Facebook page, we shared Michigan farmer Leah Smith's clear thinking on the meaning of Organic in her article What Does Certified Organic Mean? published on ACRE U.S.A.'s Ecofarming Daily. We were pleased that this FB post reached over 1,500 people and … [Read more...] about Pondering the Meaning of Organic As The New Year Begins
