My brother was definitely not expecting a 7 lb Lion’s mane mushroom from me for Christmas, but I think he likes it!
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One of my favorite tropical fruits and it actually grows, fruits, and thrives here in my Northern California backyard, zone 9b.
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Tasting the smallest and largest avocados I’ve ever seen. These were gifted by a California avocado farmer who grows hundreds of different varieties.
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Over the past four years I’ve been creating my dream garden here in my Northern California backyard.
My goal was to grow a wide variety of fruits and vegetables for year-round harvests, while also creating spaces to relax and gather with friends.
All along the way I’ve been filming my entire process of creating and maintaining this space and sharing videos here and full tutorials and tours via the link in my profile.
Some sections of my garden include:
•Subtropical food forest
•Raised bed garden for annual veggies
•Orchard
•Bocce court pathway
•Fire pit seating area
•Mow-free meadow
•Stock tank pool
•Stock tank hot tub
•Potted blueberry patch
•Flower garden
And more coming soon!
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Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) is more than just a pretty face. It’s a powerhouse of nutrients, and its leaves and stems make perfect additions to your chop and drop biomass as a potent green manure.
Benefits:
* Higher in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium than cow manure
* Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators
* Acts as a natural mulch to suppress weeds and retain moisture
* Adds organic matter to improve soil structure and fertility
* Fast growing plants provide quick shade for young understory plants
Are you growing Mexican sunflowers in your garden? If not I’ll have cuttings available soon.
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Happy summer solstice!
FYI - I share my full process for free via the video link in my profile
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California Farmers are growing blueberries throughout the state, which allows us as blueberry lovers to get fresh cagrownofficial blueberries from early spring through summer.
As a backyard “farmer” I’m always looking to California’s true farmers to learn the best practices for growing organic fruits and vegetables, so I always love a #CAgrown agritour.
On my visit to fairfieldfarms in San Diego County I learned that the main blueberry pest that California farmers battle are small birds. Farmers control problem birds by supporting falcons or using “squawk boxes” which mimic the sound of these birds of prey.
On my visit to seatoskyfarmsantacruz in Santa Cruz County I learned that many California farmers grow their blueberries in containers which allows for better soil control for this acid loving crop.
Some of the most popular blueberry varieties grown by California farmers include: Emerald, Legacy, Jewel, Snowchaser, Sharp Blue, Star, and O’Neal.
What’s your favorite blueberry variety?
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Our farm stand will officially be opening this afternoon. Come by to check out the farm and pick up some free produce. Thank you so much to our great friends urbantreehouse.tv for putting together this short video. Check out their page for the upcoming full-length video of our farm and see other inspiring videos on sustainable living.
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I am excited to announce that tickets are now available for our Spring Farmstead Supper that will be on Saturday, April 30th! Held at our urbanfarmstead, this supper's menu was crafted together with ful.filled, will be vegetarian + gluten-free. It's going to be a fun, fine dining, farm-to-fork experience.
The Farmstead Supper is a pop-up dinner movement that brings people together to share in the harvest of the season. Held in the farm-to-fork Capital - every event features the bounty of local farmers and producers. Meant to inspire people to get back into touch with the food they eat - proceeds from each event support organizations doing the same. The Spring Supper will benefit foodliteracycenter.
Click the link in thefarmsteadsupper's bio to purchase tickets and check out our new video produced by seastandproductions for urbantreehouse.tv.
Our events are intimate and will sell out quickly.
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The proper way to plant tomatoes.
1. Pinch off the lower branches
2. Mix in some organic fertilizer
3. Plant it deep! It will grow more roots from the stem.
4. Mulch, then water it in.
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The purple pole beens are climbing high this summer.
Would you like some of these seeds?
I save them every year and I'll send you a few if you comment then DM me your info.
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Every season I try out a few new vegetable varieties in addition to my favorites from years past. This winter I’ve discovered a few new favorites including this Salanova Lettuce that is thriving in our rain gutter planters. Salanova is harvested as a single mature head but is more like baby-leaf lettuce once it’s cut. Salanova has twice the yield, better flavor and texture, and twice the shelf life of traditional baby leaf lettuce, but the best part is that it will grow back after harvest!
Have you discover any new favorites this season?
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Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had a tomato tunnel in their backyard? #ad
Of course it would, but the unfortunate reality is that nearly 30 million Americans don’t have access to affordable, quality, fresh fruits and vegetables. What’s also alarming is that 60% of Americans don’t actually believe this problem exists in their own neighborhood, which is why I’ve partnered with NakedJuice and WholesomeWave for their annual Drink Good Do Good campaign. Help spread awareness and increase access by joining me in doing The Shopping Cart dance and sharing your video, boomerang or photo on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook with #FillYourCartForGood. For each post or share using the hashtag, Naked will donate the monetary equivalent of a cart of produce to communities in need.
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I’ve had a few pairs of boots that I’ve liked, but my blundstoneusa boots are the first I’ve ever loved! I live in these boots - slip them on in the morning, work in them all day long and keep them on when I’m finished working. Never have I found a pair of boots that were as durable as they are comfortable. .
Do you live in your #Blundstones? #liveinmyblundstones #sponsored
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Who wants to build one of these hog wire trellises?
By popular demand I created this video to show how I built these trellises. There are endless options for hog wire and other trellis designs out there, but this was the design that I came up with for this project and I know it will work great for our garden. I hope you’ll take what you like from my design and adapt it to serve the needs of your garden.
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I watered my first vegetable garden with a water can, but today there’s no way I could manage to affectively irrigate our entire garden by hand. Over the years I have developed an irrigation system that works very well for our garden, and I’ll continue to evaluate and improve this system as time goes on.
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I recently had an opportunity to make a wide variety of repairs, improvements, and additions to an outdated irrigation system, so I partnered with Green Acres Nursery & Supply idiggreenacres for all of the irrigation supplies, and put together this two part video on irrigation solutions!
Be sure to also check out •Irrigation Solutions Part 2 •
That’s where all the magic happens!
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It’s time to plant your tomatoes! .
Well at least here in California it is.
I made this video to show how I plant our tomatoes. They should be planted deep, about half way up the stem, because they will actually grow roots from the stem!
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Music: Homegrown Tomatoes by Guy Clark
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How to grow beans
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It’s time to plant your tomatoes! .
Well at least here in California it is.
I made this video to show how I plant our tomatoes. They should be planted deep, about half way up the stem, because they will actually grow roots from the stem!
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Music: Homegrown Tomatoes by Guy Clark
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How to grow beans
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