Marigolds Attract Pollinators

by | Oct 29, 2016 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening

About five years ago I bought a flat of marigolds at a garden show in Rockford, Illinois. The flat cost only five dollars. I presumed the marigolds were neither organic nor open pollinated, but they looked strong and there were a lot of plants for the money. I thought I would stick marigolds at the ends of the raised beds to add some easy and quick color. This was in June. The plants performed well and bloomed until hard freezes came. They put out seed heads with...

It’s National Pollinator Week!

by | Jun 24, 2016 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening

National Pollinator Week is a USDA sponsored event with the main focus of improving the health of pollinators, primarily, honeybees.  I appreciate their efforts, but if the USDA really wanted to improve pollinator health, they would get out of their agri-business practices that are most responsible for loss of pollinator friendly ecosystems.  Anyway, celebrating pollinators is a good thing, so we’ll contribute by featuring some of our local pollinating...

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