Every farm works hard to protect their crops from the threat of pests. Where a conventional farm might use toxic pesticides (which can harm both land and human), organic operations must come up wit...
After a cold winter with hopefully enough chill hours (hours of temperatures below 45°F) our stone fruit trees enter their next phase of life - bloom! But before full bloom, there are few recogniza...
Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we work hard to make the farm a hospitable place ...
Last week we planted our new almond orchard! We put 2,665 trees into the ground on 20 acres. Though it’s only been about a week, these trees have a good start.
As you may have read in previous arti...
In an organic orchard, you are never going to get rid of all the plants in your understory, nor would you want to (bare ground is the #1 way to kill all life in your soil)! What you can do, howeve...
