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Behold this compost! behold it well! Perhaps every mite was once form’d part of a sick person – yet behold! The grass of spring covers the prairies, The bean bursts noiselessly through the mould in the garden, The delicate spear…
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Farm Focus: This Compost
Posted in Blog, Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: Compost, CSA, Organic, poetry, sustainability
A Note from Farmer Al
Dear CSA Members, Christophe and I drove to Stockton last Monday to a Honda distribution warehouse, which distributes motor parts etc. to dealers all over northern California. We went there to see their new cardboard shredder. We’re looking for just…
Fruit and News: Week of April 8th
This Week’s Fruit Hass Avocados Eco Farm, Rainbow,CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. You can tell it…
Farm Focus: Compost and Beneficial Microbes
Compost, sometimes called black gold, is a vital component to building healthy soil. Like soil, compost is a complex and living system. Each pile of compost has its own biology.
Week of February 14th 2011
Last week while visiting Pleasanton CSA member Jon Harvey at his mountain cabin on Lake Serene near Truckee, he loaned me the book Water Consciousness
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, avocados, blood oranges, books, Citrus, conservation, Hass Avocados, Navel Oranges, olsen organics, oranges, Pink Lady, pink lady apples, recommended reading, sustainability, water conservation
