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Winter Organic Farming Workshop
Once each season we invite volunteers to come work with us at the farm. It is a tremendous learning experience, and many hands make...
Susan Truscott
Dec 26, 20191 min read
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December Contra Costa Marketplace Article
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...
Susan Truscott
Dec 2, 20191 min read
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Autumn Organic Farming Workshop - Oct 26
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...
Susan Truscott
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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Japanese Red Shiso Pesto
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...
Susan Truscott
Aug 26, 20192 min read
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Fall & Winter are Olive U-Picking Times
Olive trees grow along our South fence; protected with deer wire until they get tall enough to endure the deer-browsing.
Susan Truscott
Aug 22, 20191 min read
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Summer Organic Farming Workshop on August 17
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...
Susan Truscott
Jul 10, 20191 min read
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Growing Heirloom Wheat
Grains are an important food source and wheat is especially loved for its delicious taste and versatility. We grow three different...
Susan Truscott
Jun 6, 20191 min read
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Spring Farm Volunteer Workshop May 11
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...
Susan Truscott
Apr 9, 20191 min read
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Plan Your Harvest: A Guide to Cloverfield Organic Farm's Fruit Ripening Calendar
Please note that these expected fruit ripening times are only estimates, based on a 'typical weather cycle'. We just have about one tree...
Susan Truscott
Mar 25, 20194 min read
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Cook What You U-Pick at the Farm
We grow some unusual vegetables, edible flowers, and herbs that many cooks aren't that familiar with. Many of the vegetables can be...
Susan Truscott
Mar 2, 20191 min read
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Fruit Tree Pruning
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...
Susan Truscott
Jan 11, 20191 min read
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Winter Farm Volunteer Day January 19
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...
Susan Truscott
Dec 14, 20181 min read
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Winter Cover Crops
Our first rain of the Winter season is expected right around Thanksgiving. Our rain is coming late this year and we are excited! With...
Susan Truscott
Nov 18, 20181 min read
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Starting Vegetables from Seed
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...
Susan Truscott
Nov 7, 20181 min read
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Authentic Gardening Videos
One of our enthusiastic farm visitors and fellow gardener, Elena Jdanova, has been generously producing educational videos about our...
Susan Truscott
Oct 29, 20181 min read
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Fall Planting of Garlics
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...
Susan Truscott
Oct 9, 20181 min read
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Autumn Farm Volunteer Day on Oct 27
We are inviting volunteers to come out to work with us at the farm for a few hours. We will start at 11 AM and finish up at about 2 PM. ...
Susan Truscott
Oct 2, 20181 min read
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