Not that we need any more reasons to grow our own food, but this is a great explanation about how our global food system works ( or doesn't work for that matter). Thanks Michael for sending me this link!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
What are you doing for Earth day?
Spring is quickly approaching which means Earth Day is also coming up soon.
Nowadays one Earth Day just isn't enough, so many organizations are putting on events during that whole week, or even through the whole month of April. Here is a brief list of Earth Day happenings around Frederick.
April 10th: The FCGA and the Common Market are joining forces to work on projects in the Garden. This will take place from 10-2pm.
Our Common Wealth is putting on a series of events that started last week
April 16th: Monocacy Valley Montessori Charter School is Holding an Earth Day fair from 1-4 p.m.
April 24th: EARTH DAY POLLINATOR GARDEN PLANTING AND LAKE CLEAN-UP WITH THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE
http://earthday.org/events/earth-day-pollinator-garden-planting-and-lake-clean-izaak-walton-league-0
Talk back! Let us know what your plans are for celebrating Earth Day in the comments section.
Interactive Planting Calendar
If you have gardened before you know it can be a bit confusing to keep track of everything going on in your garden.
I have looked all over the internet for an interactive planting calendar that tells me when to plant what seeds. Since I couldn't find one that suited my needs, I decided to create one. Below is a link to an excel spreadsheet. You can put in the last frost date and it will give you dates for starting seeds indoors, sowing outside, transplanting, and harvesting. Please let me know if something is inaccurate and I will fix it.
Happy Gardening!
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