This little humming bird was flying around the door of the greenhouse, I walked up and asked it if it wanted in. It hovered next to me as I opened the door and has since been enjoying the greenhouse all day.

Farm Stand is Open! Our second year, and we sold out 3 dozen eggs today to our neighbor. It’s very rewarding to provide fresh organic food to our community! I seed started Lettuce, Spinach and Artichokes as well. What are you growing? It’s almost Spring! Let’s Grow!!! 🐓🥬🥚

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Did you know? Potatoes can grow in space! NASA has tested growing spuds in simulated Martian soil—they thrive with a bit of tweaking. Gardening on Mars might just be a thing soon! 📷📷 #GardeningFacts Elon Musk Wen Beef Tallow Mars Fries🍟

Lemon + Grass = Lemongrass? youtu.be/EN4aMAieqwU?si… via YouTube

The smell of rain makes plants happier! Actinomycetes bacteria in soil release a scent when wet, which plants "enjoy"—it signals good growing conditions! 📷 #NatureFacts

Ancient Egyptians used lettuce as an aphrodisiac! They dedicated it to Min, the god of fertility—your salad might have a spicy history! 🥬 #GardeningLore

In 1948, a young Marilyn Monroe was crowned the first Artichoke Queen at the inaugural Castroville Artichoke Festival. Before her Hollywood fame, she reigned over the 'Artichoke Capital of the World' in a quirky moment of history.

Diatomaceous earth: a natural, fossilized algae powder. In the garden, it controls pests like slugs & aphids, improves soil drainage, and adds silica for stronger plants. Safe, eco-friendly, and versatile!

If Elon Musk was a farmer😃 Image by Grok

If Trump was a farmer Image by Grok

Gradually cutting back watering and exposing seedlings to full sun for brief but increasing periods of time "hardens them off" reducing chances of transplant shock. Reduced watering encourages deeper root growth and easing into full sun reduces chances of burning when planted.

Woohoo made it to 500 followers today! Next goal 1000😀

Spinach: Superfood or Supertoxic? It’s a nutritional champ—vitamins K, A, C, iron, magnesium, and antioxidants galore. Organic spinach delivers these perks clean and pure. But conventionally grown? It’s #2 on the EWG’s Dirty Dozen, loaded with pesticides like permethrin,

RFK Jr: “There are studies coming out of Stanford and Harvard that show a lot of mental illnesses, including anxiety and depression, are related to food.” “Food is medicine.” “By changing your diet, you can lose some of those diagnoses.” “This is a uniquely American problem.”

The Surprising Truth About Probiotics and Anxiety Nobody Tells You youtu.be/hMytntE-3oM?si… via YouTube

Love this we need more good info for the kids

Carrots used to be purple or yellow until the 16th century when orange ones were bred in the Netherlands as a tribute to the royal House of Orange. Now orange is the norm! #GardeningHistory

Fall Is Here!