…But the simplest way to sell lavender is as dried flower bouquets. A one-acre planting can produce about 12,000 bouquets per year, which are worth $10 each or more on…
Many Other Ways to Save Bees
In yesterday’s program, Cathy Isom told you what the best plants were to plant to attract and feed bees. Aside from planting, Cathy lets you know there other many ways…
Protecting Pollinators Through New Certification Program
…such as plants with pity-stems for cavity-nesting bees, undisturbed ground to provide cover for soil-nesting bees, and planting butterfly host plants. Incorporating comprehensive pest management strategies that include non-chemical practices…
Mid-South Cotton Producers to See San Joaquin Valley Agriculture
…their farming efficiency by 1) gaining new perspectives in such fundamental practices as land preparation, planting, fertilization, pest control, irrigation and harvesting; and 2) observing firsthand the unique ways in…
Pollinator Partnership’s 10th Annual Pollinator Week
…the Congressional Pollinator Protection Caucus to engage policy makers in the Capitol. P2 will be hosting an employee-planting day on June 21 at Noosa Yoghurt’s farm in Bellvue, Co., as…
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…to restore its Butterfly and Pollinator Garden. (PRNewsfoto/Bayer) Earlier this year, Bayer announced its latest Feed a Bee initiative to facilitate forage plantings in every state by the end of…
Agri View: Weather is Important for Crop Outlook
…for cotton and grain farmers back in early April. In storage supplies of all crops was above average and early planting intentions from the March survey was higher than expected….
National Weed Your Garden Day
…keep all weeds away from young plants. It is okay to plant your plants closely together to leave less room for weed growth. make sure the soil weed-free before planting….
USDA Announces Farm to School Grant Awards
…local foods, offering taste tests to children, buying equipment, planting school gardens and organizing field trips to agricultural operations, Long said. State and local agency interest and engagement in community…
Organic Research Institution Launches Industrial Hemp Research Project
…play in soil health? In 2017, Rodale Institute’s research project was one of 16 projects that received a permit for the inaugural planting of hemp in Pennsylvania in more than…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…own hives, they can help by planting bee-friendly flowers and flowering herbs in their yards and gardens. Honeybees particularly love wildflowers, lilacs, poppies and Black-eyed Susans, as well as herbs…
National Gardening Exercise Day
…calories. Lifting and hauling the heavy rocks can burn about 400-to-600 per hour. Raking and bagging leaves could burn 300-to-400 calories per hour. Pulling weeds and planting flowers, too? Yep,…
California Processing Tomato Report
…weather eased drought concerns and increased available surface water from the state and federal water projects. It did, however, lead to rain delays and flooded fields early in the planting…
Plants That Are a Magnet for Bees
…cities in the Ohio valley region that were relatively close in distance with comparable landscape plantings. She also identified 50 bees visiting the plant or planting at each site. She…