Plant Friends Organic Nursery

09/29/2026

https://seedalliance.org/publications/seed-saving-guide/

This guide outlines how to plant the best varieties, maintain important traits, cultivate, harvest, process, and store seed.

04/25/2026

04/20/2026

"Farmers like Alita Kelly hold long-term leases — in this case, 99 years. The lease terms, as the Trust describes them, are “intentionally equity-centered and transformational.” Kelly pays affordable rent rather than carrying the crushing debt of a land purchase. She can invest in stewardship, build her farm business, and envision a multi-generational future on the land without the specter of foreclosure or forced sale hanging over her.

The model also solves a problem on the other end of the transaction. Aging farmers who have devoted their lives to the land often face an impossible choice: sell to the highest bidder (often a corporate buyer) and watch their legacy disappear, or pass up financial security to protect what they built. The Farmland Commons creates a third path — an equitable exit that preserves the farm for the next generation while honoring what the departing farmer created."

- Kevin Jones, "A First: Young Black Woman Farmer Secures 99-Year Land Tenure in Michigan"

Read the full article linked on the Media page of thefarmerslandtrust.org

04/20/2026

04/20/2026

First drop of summer vegetable starts at Mariposa Market! People have been asking about cucumber 🥒 plants and the wait is over.

04/20/2026

04/20/2026

Can you eat tree leaves? Take a bite on the wild side with these arboreal flavors from edible trees, and make a mulberry jam recipe, a momiji tempura recipe, and a spruce tip recipe.

04/20/2026

Grab this printable list of 29 edible flowers you can grow in your yard!

-->> https://www.attainable-sustainable.net/edible-flowers/

Read more about adding edible flowers to your garden here:

https://www.attainable-sustainable.net/edible-flowers/

04/20/2026

Join us for our next free webinar on April 28!

Dr. Anurag Agrawal is a professor at Cornell University and the author of "Monarchs and Milkweed," a groundbreaking book that explores the evolutionary relationship between monarch butterflies and their host plants.

This webinar, which will be held at 1 p.m. CT, will provide an immersive journey through the natural history of these remarkable plants, highlighting key biological adaptations, including their diverse habitats and growth forms, the complexity of their unique floral morphology and specialized pollination mechanisms, and the crucial role of latex and cardiac glycosides (cardenolides) in their defense.

Click the link in the comments to sign up!

04/20/2026

🐛🌿 It’s here! Meet the Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Caterpillars and Host Plants poster.

Illustrated by the incredibly talented Avani Hope (.hope on IG), this year’s design showcases 19 caterpillar species alongside the native host plants they rely on, offering a beautiful visual guide to these essential relationships. Many species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) will only lay their eggs on one or two specific plants, making the availability of native host plants essential to their survival.

Pre-order yours today: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-pollinator-poster-pre-order

Pre orders are expected to ship at the end of April and arrive before Pollinator Week (June 22-28, 2026).