I believe the best cocktails come out of summer. I’m sure the outdoor drinking weather helps with this, but truly it is the access to fresh fruit and herbs that makes it hard to come in from watering the garden without a cocktail special in mind. I am very fortunate to have the abundance that […]
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‘Comida del Pueblo’
Centro del Pueblo is launching a new gardening program this spring that would empower Humboldt County’s Latinx community to learn and share their gardening knowledge says Karina Coronado, a Centro del Pueblo volunteer who is spearheading the program. “Comida del Pueblo” will provide herbs and vegetables for micro-gardening, spaces in community gardens for full gardening […]
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Shiso with Everything
I didn’t even hear my cat-footed co-worker leave the bag of shiso leaves on my porch. But, to my joy, there it was: a dozen or more peach-fuzzed, feathery edged, heart-shaped shiso leaves, green on one side, purple on the other. Last week she’d sent me an email asking what I do with shiso — […]
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Micro-farming a Kitchen Herb or Succulent Garden
Late summer, and the weather continues to be fine with warm days and long evenings. Here on the home farm, we’re straightening up our culinary herb garden bed to enjoy stepping out the back door and snipping a few sprigs of fresh herbs to add to farm kitchen sauces, salads, soups and stir-fried veggies. Cucumbers […]
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Garden toMedicine Cabinet
Like the song goes, “Summertime, and the living is easy.” Here on the home farm, we’ve been enjoying the pleasant mid-summer days and long evenings, as well as garden fresh salads and veggies. After staying committed to maintaining designated flower and medicinal herb patches for a few seasons, the sections are well established and we […]
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Fruit Trees and Mint Patches
As winter wraps us in her chilly embrace, here on the home farm we are totally jazzed about the winter planting season. Cold weather brings plants into dormancy, creating an opportunity to introduce new additions, such as fruit trees and edible shrubs in the mint family (Lamiacea). Winter rainfall generously irrigates and softens the ground […]