Green Goddess Eco Farm

03/20/2020

Happy Spring from our farm!

Miss this crew of quackers.

It's a great day to be a duck!

02/12/2020

Fantastic visual tree identification tool for the coming months, as we all start to look forward to Spring!Image sourced from the Woodland Trust's Nature Detectives resource

02/03/2020

Yes!!!

There are so many natural growing methods, such as wildflower barriers, certain repellent plants such as nasturtiums, planting windrows, pretty much anything that confuses insects.

Nasturtiums also attract insects that would otherwise eat your veggies, which sounds bad but is actually another bug control method.

Bugs want to move from one plant straight to the next. If they run into an obstacle, or are confused by smells, they often give up and move on.

Plant a pear tree next to that apple!

The use of pesticides has proven to affect the environment in a negative way. Many farmers are now returning to ancient environmentally friendly approaches concerning pest control. One method is known as the Biological Pest Control Method. This method involves the planting of flower strips that…

12/08/2019

05/31/2019

“In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical ‘therapy’ to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and…

04/14/2019

Do bees rest at all ?
Yes, they sleep 5 - 6 hours in 24 hours period and many bees hold each other's legs as they sleep.
Some native bees sleep in the flowers.

📷 photographer Joe Neely (You can found the original of this photo and many more amazing photos of nature and animals on www.jmneelyphotography.com

04/13/2019

A group of architects proposed a new design to help raise environmentally responsible kids.

04/03/2019

Farmer’s in Oregon could finally get a win in their fight against companies like Monsanto. House Bill 2739 is under consideration and, if passed, it would allow farmers and landowners to sue biotech patent holders like Monsanto for essentially trespassing on their property. The House Bill 2739 su

04/02/2019

Researchers have deciphered and codified the honey bee language.

03/30/2019

The nation’s first USDA-certified organic campus integrates farm work and food production into every aspect of student life.