Persimmons & Macadamia Nuts available

   

 We have a huge cache o Persimmons and Macadami nuts available.

Persimmons are going for $1.50 per pound

Macadamia Nut are $4 per pound, unshelled.

Give us a call if you're interested.  Local delivery available, minimum 20 pound on the persimmons.

Climate Summit!!!

Over the next two weeks, there'll be a climate summit taking place in Copenhagen. Definitely worth following so we can see what our world leaders plan on doing to prevent a serious climate meltdown.

Papalo Seeds Available

We have a harvest of Papalo seeds available, locally grown.  Give us a call if you're interested in growing this amazing herb.  We can send you a small packet at $3 per, or $30 per ounce (plus shipping)

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M.E.S. site no.1

Microfarm Exchange Services site no 1.   As you can see, this plot is a lot smaller but has so far shown strong signs of life. Behold!:

   We turned the soil, composted, turned again and then planted....or, rather, scattered seed. What should be      coming up: broccoli (2 types), kale, red cabbage, snap peas, lettuce.
   Sprouts, sprouts, everywhere! And a net to keep the little birdies from eating the goods!

Lettuce sprouts!!!!!!!!!

Upcoming events: Cuatro Caminos meeting on November 22nd at 10am at Scott's house

plus movie and potluck with Dervaes family in Pasadena at 6pm. Cost: $10-15

Scott's Yard

Here are some pictures of Scott's house before we started our project. Here is his front lawn.

This was the back yard...

here are the same spaces underneath a foot of mulch.  This past Saturday we were able to cover this up with compost.  The idea is to create a rich topsoil and grow stuff immediately without pulling out what's underneath.  Maybe transplant some brassicas, direct seed some lettuce and onion.  We'll be out at Scott's Tomorrow if anyone is interested in coming out

our first mini-farm projects

In the last two weeks, we started on our first two mini-farm projects, in two of our member's backyards in Whittier. About two weeks ago, in Iris' backyard, we planted a small garden of winter crops - broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, kale, etc. There are many lovely little sprouts coming up now!!

This past week we have been working in another yard, starting on a bigger project. This time we get to plant out the whole front and backyard!!! Since both areas were covered in grass, we decided to sheet mulch rather than try to dig them up. Eddie had two big loads of mulch delivered from a local tree company early this week, and we spread it over both yards about 8 inches thick. Then today, we picked up a load of compost and added that to the top. The code enforcement officers have already showed up once, following up on a complaint from the neighbors about the smell, and that was before Eddie topped it with compost!! Poor neighbors, I'm sure they're not too happy about the smell now. Hopefully it will quickly smell better and start looking nice. And maybe later on we can take some vegetables to the neighbors to help smooth things over. Now we just need to plan out what we are going to plant where, set up irrigation, and put seeds in the ground!!