Abalone Diving… Yep. So this summer I have the opportunity to go abalone diving since I’m living and working on the Mendocino coast in and around Ft. Bragg. I have wanted to go abalone diving for a very long time but have not had the opportunity, mainly because my dad, the former Seal, has repeatedly…
I should have called this post “Things I Thought Were Hard to Cook (But Was Wrong About)”, but then I would have had to include all of the other well-kept culinary secrets and…well…some of them are just going to have to stay secrets for a little longer. Today, I just want to talk about mussels….
Today’s guest post is from Brad of Highly Uncivilized. We’ve featured a post from him before and next week we’ll have a follow up to that one. But for today he’s going to discuss two fantastic organic methods for controlling pests and weeds. We use Diatomaceous Earth here as natural flea, mite, and lice control…
People are picky. They are used to buying perfect produce at the supermarket. Even the certified organic produce is pretty without very many flaws. Honestly, I used to be one of those picky people. That was until I started growing my own food. Holes happen. Since growing my own food I have to wonder how…
We raise plants and animals already. We’ve decided to add onto our farm by adding fungi – a new mushroom garden. For those that were at our potluck you probably noticed this small area fenced off between the house and the tower. It’s a nice small area that we don’t use that spends…
Today’s guest post was submitted by Keith Howard of Lawn Care Service. You can see his original post here. There are some other great articles on that site as well, including 10 Unusual Items to Grow in Your Garden. ———————————————————————- Photo by Rachel Brinkerhoff If you have a back yard large enough to…
The weekend before last we got our first package of bees. We chose to go with Carniolans our first go because they are said to be more docile. The queen package didn’t have candy in it, just a cork so we chose to just leave her in the cage for several days to make sure…
The recent nice weather has me dreaming big dreams of garden-overhaul: what plants to take out, what new plants to put in…how to put the greenhouse together, what seeds need to be started, whether or not it’s a good idea to get MORE chickens… Spring Cleaning, it seems, is not restricted to the indoors this…
Calypso beans, an heirloom seed My friend, Yolanda, sent me this article from the NY Times renewing that old debate about heirloom vs. hybrid seeds. So I figured I’d give my opinion on it here. Remember it’s only my personal feelings about the debate. No one is wrong, we all have very good reasons for…
It was a mighty pig. We decided finally to not actually raise one because we didn’t want to anger our neighbors. They already put up with enough from us. I don’t think there are enough eggs in the world to make them OK with us raising hogs here. So instead we took a trip out…
Dog Island Farm is a small urban farm in the San Francisco Bay Area.
