Nestled on top of a hill off Minnehaha Avenue and Milton Street in St. Paul, Frogtown Farm grew and distributed some 7,000 pounds of food last year, most of it landing on the plates of low-income St. Paul residents through partnerships with charities such as Feeding Frogtown and the Sanneh Foundation. The garlic, zucchini, eggplants, beets, carrots, cabbages, tomatoes and herbs were plentiful. .
According to the USA National Phenology Network, California’s Sacramento Valley, as well as coastal areas of Oregon and Washington, are seeing the earliest spring leaf nout on record. Typically, after the leaf out process, pollen season follows with some communities in Texas and Florida reporting extreme levels.
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The leaf-out process has started in parts of Florida, Texas, California, and North Carolina. The USA National Phenology Network reports cities such as Miami and Houston are running about five days behind schedule, but some locations in the Carolinas, Southwest and Golden State are more than a week ahead of schedule.