Category Autumn

Win Tickets to the Heirloom Expo

We are giving away a pair of 3-day passes to The 2014 National Heirloom Exposition. You have two chances to win via Facebook or Instagram. The winner will be randomly selected and announced on Sept. 5th on my weekly radio show, Sustainable Growing, 2pm to 3pm (PST) To enter on Facebook:…

Thanksgiving Harvest

Last week started off very busy with harvesting lots of vegetables for the special pre-Thanksgiving farmers’ market and CSA pick up. Then Thursday it was time to relax by welcoming friends and family to the dinner table for Thanksgiving.  It…

Arrival of Rain

This week we had a few foggy mornings complete with a light drizzle, November has finally arrived. We have had a very dry fall with no rain in sight.  The sunny days with clear skies have been beautiful and very…

Farmers Day Off

Even farmers need a day off.  This past Sunday I decided to put a bit of distance between me and the farm work.  I went down to San Francisco and spent the whole day at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, a free…

Farm Model

I have not been on the farm very much this week. I was one of seven chosen to be in the new Sonoma County Tourism ad campaign.  We spent three days going all over the county with a film and…

National Heirloom Expo

This week  was the National Heirloom Expo, I was able to get off the farm and spend a whole day there. The Heirloom Expo contains an amazing assortment of heirloom crop varieties and heritage breed animals.  It’s stunning to see over…