by Clare | Jan 31, 2012 | Farm Blog, Goats
We’ve decided it’s time to stop putting off adding goats to the farm. I was surprised on Christmas morning, with an envelope from Mr. Curbstone that contained copies of the pedigrees, and due dates, of two Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat doe kids. Unbeknownst...
by Clare | Jan 24, 2012 | Farm Blog, Garden, Vegetables
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...
by Clare | Jan 20, 2012 | Farm Blog
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...
by Clare | Jan 17, 2012 | Farm Blog, Orchard
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...
by Clare | Jan 9, 2012 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Fungi
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...