Planting Guide April 01-15
Farmer D Organics’ week-by-week planting guide is specific to zone 7b (Greater Atlanta, and surrounding cities). Click the chart page below for an enlarged view.
Spring Party at Farmer D Organics! April 8th
Date: Sunday, April 8th, 2012 Time: 5 pm - 8 pm ** Baby Chicks have arrived in time for the party!** Come learn about raising your own and urban livestock. Come join us to celebrate the spring planting season and the launch of the Farmer D product line in Williams-Sonoma catalogs and stores. Come to meet [...]
Easy Gardening Tips
One thing we here at Farmer D Organics like people to understand is that growing isn’t nearly as difficult as you might think. Fortunately we’re not the only people who think this. The good folks at eartheasy have a great article on the different methods that can make growing things super easy. Use the ‘no-till’ [...]
Easy Guide to Sprouting using Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds
Every morning I roll out of bed, fire up my cast iron skillet, and cook up a fried egg sandwich. The star of the show is not the egg, the cheese, or even the Sriracha hot sauce. It’s the sprouts. My fascination with sprouts started when my mom fished some old unused sprouting screens out [...]
Local Organic Produce Available at Farmer D Organics!
Buying directly from local, organic farms is a great way to make sure that you are eating the healthiest, tastiest and most ecologically conscientious food available. Eating local is a wise decision for your body, for your wallet, and for the planet. Now farmer D organics is making it easier than ever to support local [...]
Planting with the children from the Nicholas House
This is from the planting I did yesterday with the children from the Nicholas House. We donated a raised bed garden to them and led an educational planting activity. It was great! Credit for the collage goes to Pattie Baker who planted hydroponic gardens for the children to take home. The teens are volunteers with [...]
What’s Growing On? Williams Sonoma and Book Deal
Farmer D goes to New York for a big PR launch party for the new Williams Sonoma Agrarian Line, which he and his products are prominently featured. Farmer D has been working on a big community farm project in Southern California with the Valley Crest Group and gets some more West Coast love from his [...]
Adapting Your Garden to an Early Spring
The spring season this year is moving fast without leaving us time for the much loved cool season crops like peas, spinach, collards, kale and more. That’s the downside. The upside is an early season for warm season crops like tomatoes, basil, okra, beans and cucumbers to name a few. I am by no means [...]
Planting Guide March 15-31
Farmer D Organics’ week-by-week planting guide is specific to zone 7b (Greater Atlanta, and surrounding cities). Click the chart page below for an enlarged view.
Planting Guide, Week 6 (March 4 through March 10)
Farmer D Organics’ week-by-week planting guide is specific to zone 7b (Greater Atlanta, and surrounding cities). The “week” listed is how many weeks before the last average frost, which for the Atlanta area is approximately April 15th. Click the chart pages below for an enlarged view.
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