Plant Share May 30th

One Magic Square

I checked a few books out of the library this spring in order to get some new ideas for my garden plot and One Magic Square was one of them. I've enjoyed every page of this book, from all the vegetable information, to the plot plans, and discussions about companion planting. 

Do you have a favourite gardening book you'd like to share?

Plant Share May 30th

Plant Share May 30th 10:00am-12:30pm

Saving Seeds

If you've been wanting to save seeds from your garden Mother Earth News has a great article on doing just that! The article includes information on recycling seeds, the best crops to save seeds from and other popular vegetables to save. 

Thank you Lowes for saving the bees!

We’re buzzing: Lowe’s, one of the world’s biggest home and garden retailers,  just announced it’s no longer going to sell bee-killing "neonic" pesticides. There’s no way Lowe’s would have done this without you and almost a million other SumOfUs members. Together with Friends of the Earth, SumOfUs members have been pushing Lowe’s to save the bees for almost two years -- and it worked! We’re at a critical moment in the fight to stop the mass bee die-off -- with this move, we can push other big retailers and governments to save the bees as well. Here are three easy ways you can help right now: 1. Make a donation to keep the momentum up -- your gift will supercharge the Save the Bees campaign! 2. Share this image on your Facebook wall celebrating this huge victory for the bees! 3. Forward this email to five of your friends and show them that people power works.

Lowe's commitment is the real deal: in the next 4 years, it will phase out all bee-killing pesticides in shelf products and plants that it sells.