As winter moves into spring the weather is finally getting warm enough to embrace your green thumb, but the budding sunlight also brings unwanted visitors. Whether your garden is large or small, these mosquito-repelling plants will protect your precious greenery, and the hands tending to them. These herbs and plants also include a host of health benefits. BUG OFF Adding Citronella plants either in the ground or in potted form, will ensure you always have...

The new year is here, the time marked for new beginnings. It's our chance to “wipe the slate clean” and start fresh for a better us. Most of us have at least one New Year’s Resolutions: be more eco-friendly, live healthier, read more, get organized, etc. However, it can be a struggle to stand strong, even with the best intentions. Well, guess what?! 2017 is THE YEAR to succeed! Here are a few bits to help: 10 Tips to Keep Your...

Little Red Hen’s Park and Garden isn’t letting a little cold weather put our vegetable gardens to bed! While most gardeners hang up their gloves in September, we have stayed diligent and kept planting all the way into late October. Our vegetable garden is bursting with cool season crops. Now staff and instructors can enjoy fresh and organic vegetables all winter long. We have even extended our growing season and protected our vegetables from frost...

LRH puts it's best foot forward Home & Garden Show October 22 & 23, 2016Silver Dollar Fairgrounds - Chico, CaliforniaFREE PARKING!Coupon! Save $2 off admission Looking for something to do this weekend? Come and meet Little Red Hen at the Home & Garden Show in hometown, Chico, CA. As one of the largest of the Fall Home Shows in Northern California you will have the opportunity to enjoy over 250 exhibitors featuring the latest products for your home...

You just might hear or see the phrase “Retail with a Purpose” when visiting one of the Little Red Hen shops here in Chico. Do you know why? LRH is more than a group of retail stores only selling goods and products to customers for a profit; we are actually a non-profit business with a goal of providing employment to adults with disabilities. So, when you spend your dollars with us you are shopping for...

Our Park and Garden is always growing, from squash to sculptures! A recent addition to the mix was our custom hen house. We filled it with little chicks and now we have fully laying hens. The hen house looked a little dull in our fabulously colorful Park & Garden, so of course we had to do something about that. We thought mosaic was the way to go to make it more interesting. Mosaic is always...