What’s in the ground:
I have to say that this has been a remarkably insane season for weather. I get back from San Francisco where it was in the 90’s during the day, and I was wearing a winter coat yesterday. I’m still getting my bearings on what do do with the crops. But in the [...]

What’s in the ground:
I really think it’s beautiful when you can tell the fall has come by the way the light looks around four o’clock. There’s something magical about this, but the phenomenon is quite easy to explain. The sun is getting farther away and is lower in the sky. What that means for the [...]

What’s in the ground:
Although it’s hot in the sun, you can feel that fall breeze of september. No more walking down the street and sweating. So hopefully all of those fall crops are in the ground and you seeded that spinach. I think we’ll have a very long season coming upon us so it’s the [...]

What’s in the ground:
So it’s the first day of September and the second day of a five day heat wave. It’s a good testament to this season. But I’ve not let that stop me from getting some lettuce mix and spinach in the soil. I admit I sowed it when it was still 70 degrees [...]

What’s in the ground:
I couldn’t believe that my first idea for this week was to start talking about shutting the season down. But don’t despair, I’ll hold off the talk of cover cropping for another month or so, there’s still so much much more food to grow. So, if you’ve reached that point where you’ve [...]

Well, hello there. I’ve got one more installation in this series on Earthship design ideas.  This time we’re talking water. Same disclaimer as last week: this is a very simplistic description of some pretty ingenious engineering. I present it here as an idea starter…some inspiration for you in your quest to live more [...]

What’s in the ground:
So if you’ve transplanted your fall crops into the ground, it’s going to take another three of four weeks for them to begin to mature. While you are waiting, it’s a great time to intercrop some beet seed within your rows. As the beets mature, they will inhibit [...]

What’s in the ground:
I can’t believe this is our first August installment. The season’s flying. Traditionally, August is the hottest month in these parts, but from what I heard, it may be the coolest of the summer. So, I think it’s possible to get a jump on your lettuce season by starting some seeds now, [...]

What’s in the ground:
Now is the time to start seeding your fall crops if you don’t plan on buying or bartering for transplants. Hopefully you saved some of that seed from the broccoli that flowered in June. You may even want to let your current Kale and Collards bolt so you can harvest their seed. [...]

What’s in the ground:
So I’m experimenting with the idea of letting my garbanzo beans dry on the plant as opposed to trying to harvest fresh and then dry. This is a technique that can be used on many varieties of legumes such as black eyed peas, garbanzos, black beans. Basically you just let the plant [...]