WHEN I HEARD that today’s guest, who’s been a guiding force in educating organic farmers, was finally publishing a book specifically for gardeners, I was thrilled. I’d been following Jean-Martin Fortier since his first handbook on biointensive organic market farming came out more than a decade ago, and even gone to hear him speak at […]

WHEN WAS THE last time you made room in your vegetable garden for something a little out of the ordinary that you’d never grown or maybe even tasted before? I don’t know of anyone who speaks out more passionately or eloquently in behalf of exceptional vegetable varieties than Lane Selman, who’s introduced an ever-widening audience—myself […]

I CALL THE phenomenon tomato troubles: the yellow-spotted foliage that falls off, or the plant that produces all those misshapen fruits. And yes, the attack of the hornworms, too, when you wake up to a lot of missing leaves one day. Or all of the above. A few years back I checked in with the […]

The October vegie patch is pretty dam exciting with seedling raising in full swing and crops boosting away in the warming soil and air. Don't rush into planting summer crops on the first fine day! Its hard, I know, but wait it out until soil temperatures are ideal.

We're thinning plums, pruning passionfruits and tamarillos, planting new citrus, and feeding established citrus for the growing season ahead.

Here are my 6 baseline strategies for working with your weeds. These strategies suit all the cruisy weeds, and many of the tricky weeds as well - though not all of them. We'll dive deeper into the tricky guys next month.

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