Interesting activities for children’s garden clubs, cub scouts, brownies or your own children and grandchildren are often difficult to find during the winter months. But there are lots of planting projects right in your own kitchen! Children can learn about Mother Nature by planting the seeds they find in the fruits they have just eaten. [...]
Can you imagine Halloween without pumpkins, Thanksgiving without cranberries, or life without chocolate? Did you know that one out of every three bites of food that you eat needs the help of insect pollinators? Some of the important crops that require insect pollination include almonds, apples, alfalfa, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, pears, plums, squash, sunflowers, [...]