I'm often asked "What tools are needed to grow a good garden?" We farm bio-intensively and don't use power tools very much at all. Our v...

This year we are growing three different species of Physalis, or tomatillos, at our farm. We plant them from seed in early Spring and tr...

As we clear more of our wild hillside of Himalayan blackberries and artichoke thistles we are finding young healthy sprouts of wild plums...

Once each season we invite volunteers to come work with us at the farm. It is a tremendous learning experience, and many hands make ligh...

A few months ago I was interviewed by Jason Tilley for an article he wanted to write about small farms in El Sobrante. Well, the publica...

Once per season we invite volunteers to come work with us to learn organic farming and help us get our chores done. Activities we have p...

I made a most delicious dish using freshly picked organic red shiso (Aka shiso). I brought home a nice bunch of freshly picked red shiso ...

Olive trees grow along our South fence; protected with deer wire until they get tall enough to endure the deer-browsing.

Our next volunteer day is Saturday, August 17 from 11 am to 2 pm. We will have a good variety of summer farm chores that we could use so...

Grains are an important food source and wheat is especially loved for its delicious taste and versatility. We grow three different heirl...

We are holding our next seasonal volunteer workshop on May 11, from 11 am to 2 pm. We invite volunteers to come work with us on seasonal...

Meyer Lemon 1/1-12/31 Moro Blood Orange 1/15-3/15 Trovita Orange 2/25 - 4/30 Rio Red Grapefruit 3/1 - 5/1 Tango Mandarin 3/15-4/20 V...

We grow some unusual vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs that many cooks aren't that familiar with. Many of the vegetables can be subs...

We are in the process now of doing our Winter dormant fruit tree pruning. We have four tools that help with this task: 1) Fiskars hand p...

We are holding our next volunteer day at the farm on Saturday, January 19, from 11 am to 2 pm. We welcome volunteers to join us in seaso...

Our first rain of the Winter season is expected right around Thanksgiving. Our rain is coming late this year and we are excited! With t...

Every week we seed one or two redwood flats with a seasonal variety of vegetables. We use compost for our flat soil. This time of year w...

One of our enthusiastic farm visitors and fellow gardener, Elena Jdanova, has been generously producing educational videos about our farm...

Fall is the time to plant next year's garlic crop. We will be showing our volunteers how we do this during our Autumn volunteer day on O...