DOWN on the FARM
with Tom Willey
I did not set out forty-some years ago to be a hippy, organic or alternative farmer of any sort. Deeply disillusioned after a few years of striving to reform society’s miscreants in California’s prison and parole system, I ached to produce something of unquestioned value for myself and my community – growing food seemed to fit that bill. Though it’s been a jolly good ride, the journey proved to be not as simple as it looked either. Let me share a “thing or two about a thing or two” that I learned along the “way of the dirt farmer”. [Read more…]
Potato harvest will begin in earnest this week. We’re finally tearing out last summer’s peppers and eggplant, making way for spring seedings. Our warm autumn lead to early and complete harvests of Mei Qing and Fennel planned for winter boxes. It’s fun to see what local growers have to share. This week we’re featuring items from young David Obermiller’s four-acre Fresno garden. – denesse