Bluebird Canyon Farms

08/27/2024

Our farmstand is open today until 5 PM❤️

07/10/2024

Come see us!!
Tuesday from 10-5 for our Farm Stand

💐Our garden is currently in full bloom.
Current produce list:
Cucumber
Zucchini
Green Egg Squash
Yukon Potatoes
Dragon Tongue Beans
Green Beans
Kale
Collards
Broccoli Greens
Carrots
Shallots
Elephant Garlic
Fresh Herbs: dill, cilantro, sage, lemon balm, basil, parsley and oregano
Edible Flowers
Zinnia + Cosmo Floral Bouquets

+ Goodies from our Cottage Kitchen:
Homemade Jam & Jelly
Homemade Sourdough Bread
Bone Broth Kits
Calendula Oil

+ Goodies from our fav brands:table

06/09/2024

What a beautiful and thoughtful event to organize. Wished we all could go!

Tree of Life will again be hosting the Seri People who will be displaying and selling their artful wares on Saturday, June 15, 2024, 9am to 4pm.

The Seri, whose indigenous name is Comcáac, live on a remote stretch of the Sonoran coast along the eastern shores of the Gulf of California, adjacent to the largest gulf island, Isla Tiburón. They have inhabited these ancestral lands for centuries and encountered many of the same 16th-century explorers who ventured westward across the Gulf into “las Californias,” including Francisco Coronado and Padre Eusebio Kino. Amazingly, there are records, both prehistoric and historic, of the Seri also crossing the Sea of Cortez in their reed canoes (balsas) to visit the eastern shores of Baja California.

The Comcáac language is known as an isolate, related to no other language in the world. The language is alive and well, and is today being taught in the schools. Most of the Seri are bilingual, speaking Cmiique iitom, as well as Spanish. Currently, the Seri comprise a community of around 1000 souls. Their homeland is known as a region “where the desert meets the sea.” Their intimate knowledge of both land and ocean is wonderful and unique.

The Seri are famous for their museum quality artwork; baskets, ironwood carvings, necklaces of shell and bone, and imaginative dolls. Their baskets are made from a single desert species, limberbush (Jatropha cuneata), the materials sourced, processed and woven by each artist. Some large baskets can be many months in the making.

We have opened the Seri marketplace almost every year (missing a couple during the pandemic) for around 15 years and we are fortunate to have them come again in 2024. With all the travel complications including obtaining cultural visas as indigenous artisans, their ride, their accommodations here, and their extraordinary effort to make the long journey, we never know which marketplace might be part of their last visit to Tree of Life.

Don’t miss this opportunity to experience a day of cultural exchange and to purchase some really fine indigenous art, while helping Tree of Life revive and preserve the memory of old California.

Photo courtesy of Deborah Small

03/28/2024

Soil health is perhaps the most important aspect of a thriving regenerative agricultural operation and microbial biomass levels in the soil may be the single most important indicator of soil health. Soil microbes play a vital role in feeding & protecting plants & improving soil structure.

In January 2024 a microbial biomass (“MB”) augmentation study was initiated at Bluebird Canyon Farms to provide guidance to our soil husbandry practices.

The study involved collecting soil samples from one of our cropping terraces prior to and after the application of amendments. Amendments included a dilute molasses solution vs adding our compost tea known as Flux. Samples were analyzed using an optical instrument that correlates the relationship between light attenuation through the sample and the properties of that sample.

Baseline soil samples were collected on January 18, 2024, at six locations. Amendments were applied to those same locations the following day. Three (3) locations received 10-gallons of a dilute molasses solution (~17 g/l) with the remaining three (3) locations receiving 10-gallons of Flux.

Soil samples were collected and analyzed 47 days later. Results which are tabulated below show MB levels increasing across five of six samples ranging from 100% to 352%. One sample showed a declining MB level, and we believe this sample may have been corrupted. Both Flux and the dilute molasses solution performed equally well. These studies will be continued over the next several weeks to refine our soil husbandry processes.

Contact Scott Tenney for additional information.

03/24/2024

What we’re reading now. Modern farming practices cause great environmental harm. In Regenesis, George Monbiot describes practical solutions for “feeding the world without devouring the planet”

11/15/2023

Helping to find these guys their forever home ❤️
Please adopt me 🐾

11/10/2023

🍲Join us for our next cooking class on November 15th!

Our next class will be focused on the amazing healing properties of herbal bone broth.

As always, the class will begin with a tour followed by a demonstration where participants will learn how to process and cook bones. The class will finish with a light meal.

All attendees will receive a specialty curated herbal mix filled with exceptional herbal ingredients to support immunity, build qi and restore energy.

Sign up on our website!
Link in bio.

11/08/2023

Please send us an email at [email protected] if your interested in adopting. These dogs are Samoyed/Husky mixes. They come from a loving home with too many dogs. They need training but are fast learners and will love you forever ❤️We also have older dogs (10 months-3 years) available which are currently being spayed and neutered and are receiving professional dog training.

09/30/2023

Many of our weekly farmstand offerings will now be available in a beautifully curated farm box which you can order online . Sam and I are now also offering delivery service every Wednesday throughout Laguna Beach. Please sign up for this harvest share program which supports many local farmers passionate about healthy sustainable food ❤️

07/14/2023

There Is Beauty All Around Us

05/14/2023

Sign up for this 7 course dinner “A Gathered Feast” on July 22nd https://www.bluebirdcanyonfarms.com/events

05/14/2023

Sign up for a special dinner with Chef Dee at https://Bluebirdcanyonfarms.com

05/11/2023

Save the Date: July 22nd 4pm “A Gathered Feast” with Chef and Forager Dee Nguyen

04/26/2023

You're invited to attend one of Bluebird Canyon Farm's manual workshop classes.

The class will begin with an authentic kundalini class, it will include breath of fire and a guided meditation.

Following kundalini there will be tea served alongside a presentation on the power of Gua Sha and its variety of uses on the body in the treatment of pain.

As a take home, participants will be gifted an herbal pain balm (made from Bluebird Canyon Farm’s herbal medicinals) and Gua Sha tool.

For more information and to sign up:
check out our website.

Link in bio!

04/11/2023

Spring has arrived at the farm stand ❤️

01/17/2023

01/16/2023

🌱🪴🌱Come to our next workshop!

✨Introducing the seed to salad mix workshop series.

During this workshop you will learn what it takes to go from seed to plant! You will first learn about the history of lettuce, the available varieties and the different needs they have, how to start the seed and the different growing media that we use at the farm. You will then plant your own heirloom seeds in our greenhouse. We will conclude with going out into the field and picking a variety of ready to eat lettuce and making your own salad mix.

✨You can sign up on our website under EVENTS. Link in bio.

12/27/2022

✨SAVE THE DATE✨

Our next cooking class is on the calendar- link in bio.

Are you interested in learning how to make medicinal bone broth with immune enhancing Chinese Medicinal herbs?

Sign up for our latest cooking class on January 14th from 12-3.

The class is $75 & includes:
✨Ancient bone broth recipe
✨5 immune enhancing medicinal herbs to take home for later use
✨Beverages
✨Organic farm to table soup

11/29/2022

Farmstand every Tuesday 10-5

11/15/2022

Recently a former volunteer contacted us and asked whether our site management practices abide by regenerative philosophies. Here is our reply:

1. Compost applied to cultivated & permaculture areas are generated from onsite feedstock to produce potting soil & applied to growing areas to support soil fertility.

2. Compost used in regenerative landscaping or ecological restoration projects are purchased from qualified vendors and applied only after laboratory testing affirms they contain no hazardous metals or other toxins such as pesticide/herbicide residue.

3. Artificial or mineral fertilizers have never been applied to cultivated & permaculture areas onsite. Our soil fertility program instead relies on crop rotation, cover cropping and application of FLUX, a proprietary liquid fertilizer we produce on-site using our highest value compost.

4. Insects & other pests are controlled using integrated pest management approaches which include companion planting, using plants to trap and/or repel pests, creating habitat for beneficial insects, and use of insecticidal soaps.

5. As with all our workstations, waste minimization is practiced in our kitchens. Food waste is fed to poultry, paper & packaging are gathered and composted, other materials are sent for recycling. Our kitchens are not yet zero waste but our practices allow a great deal of material to be up-cycled & redirected away from conventional waste streams.

We would be happy to answer any questions regarding how we care for our land and our operational practices. Scott Tenney

11/13/2022

We ❤️ collaborating with locals. Pictured here is a seasonal fall basket curated with love for .

10/07/2022

🍂Fall abundance!

The fall means time to slow things down and prepare for winter. Currently tuning over some of our beds and planting our winter crop! Excited to take things slow and enjoy soup season 🤤.

09/15/2022

🌻🍂🌻Seasonal fresh picks!

Butternut squash
Sweet potato
Sweet yellow onion
Shallot

09/04/2022

Nothing better than a freshly picked backyard bouquet!

Cosmos + Zinnias + Sunflowers
= 🌞💛🌞

07/31/2022

Farm Beauties 🥰

07/06/2022

🙌Say hello to our new meditation circle under the trees.

Our resident woodworker, Jeremy, has been working hard to transform these massive stumps into beautiful stools. These stools are made from our very own fallen eucalyptus trees.

06/21/2022

💐TOPICAL WORKSHOP EVENT!

You’re invited to a new lunch and learn series workshop. This event will be hosted by a local acupuncturist and herbalist. In this workshop you will learn how to make a topical product with medicinal herbs harvested from around the farm. The event will also include an introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and local organic snacks and drinks.

July 2, 2022 🌺 11AM - 2PM
📍Bluebird Canyon Farms

Space is limited!! For more information and to sign up please visit our website. Link in bio.

06/21/2022

When you visit the Sequoia’s and you pass through Three Rivers stop at Flora Bella Farm’s self serve produce stand! It’s wonderful 😋❤️🥬

06/17/2022

Processing elephant garlic today!

Did you know garlic is a species of bulbous that falls under the genus name Allium? Other Alliums include scallions, leeks, chives, onions, shallots.

Allium species are characterized by pungent linear leaves and flowers with six petals. Many arise from bulbs or rhizomes, and most are perennials.

Allium flowers are equally beloved for their beauty and their culinary potential.