Seeds 2012
Last year we managed to meet most of our vegetable garden goals. We added bees in the spring, and in the summer months we finally built our retaining wall, which facilitated the construction of the greenhouse in the garden. This year we’re hoping to put the greenhouse to...
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The Ultimate Urban Farm – Emma Prusch Farm Park
Earlier this week we mentioned Emma Prusch Farm Park, in San José, where we attended this year’s Scion Exchange. What I didn’t have a chance to cover was the rest of the park beyond the fruit orchards. There’s a lot of buzz about ‘Urban Farming’...
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Scion Exchange 2012: An Abundance of Apples
It’s that time of year again. Coinciding with fruit tree winter pruning season, the California Rare Fruit Growers host a series of fruit wood Scion Exchanges in the San Francisco, and Monterey Bay Areas. Last year we found scions for some wonderful varieties of fruit...
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The Mock Oyster Mushroom (Phyllotopsis nidulans)
For Mushroom Monday this week we have a beautiful little oyster mushroom. Unfortunately though, this is not the oyster mushroom typically found growing on oaks here, that is prized by foragers. This is the ‘mock oyster’ (Phyllotopsis nidulans). I was...
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Rosemary Hive: A Queen Abdicates Her Throne
Sometimes, beekeeping doesn’t go according to the beekeeper’s plan. Bees are dynamic creatures, with free will, and sometimes, despite all the preparations, reading, attending guild meetings, and talking to beekeepers who are vastly more experienced than ourselves,...
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Replanting Fruit Trees, and Mitigating Vole Damage
Each January, right after the New Year, we turn our attention back to the orchard. It’s bare root fruit tree planting season! Last summer we noted that two fruit trees in our orchard had sustained significant damage as a result of Meadow Voles. Last spring, for the first...
Read More"Welcome to Curbstone Valley Farm"
a small organic farm and native garden located on California's Central Coast
About The Farm
Curbstone Valley Farm is a small private family farm located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in California. We’re located in USDA Zone 9b (Sunset Western Garden Zone 15). The Farm is situated on seven-and-a-half secluded woodland acres.
About The Coop
The Curbstone Valley Coop consists of an assortment of breeds including, Buff Orpingtons, Delawares, Partridge Plymouth Rocks, Golden Laced Wyandottes, and Black Australorps, and our fabulous Dark Brahma rooster, Frodo!
About The Gardens
The gardens at the farm consist of an heirloom vegetable garden, an herb garden, an orchard, and a native plant garden. This year we were very excited to install a new greenhouse in the garden to improve the efficiency of seed-starting, and plant propagation.