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May 4, 2011

Farm Photos, Week 11, from Nicole Walsh

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Harmony Farm Supply's "Growers Resource Guide"

Harmony Farm Supply's "Growers Resource Guide"
This is a "must have" for irrigation and many other things of organic interest

Muir Beach Open Garden and Studio Sale

Muir Beach Open Garden and Studio Sale
Come on by, Sat & Sun, April 9 & 10

Article on Tomato Blight

Article on Tomato Blight
recommended reading sent in by instructor Wendy Johnson

Organizations

  • 350.org
  • ATTRA
  • Boston Food Project
  • California Farm Link - Farming Resources
  • California Farm to School
  • Chez Panisse Foundation
  • City Slicker Farms
  • Edible Schoolyard in Berkeley
  • Farm Direct Marketing
  • Farm Trails (Sonoma County, CA)
  • Food First
  • Forage Oakland
  • Gardening at the Dragon's Gate
  • Green Gulch Farm
  • Grow Your Lunch
  • Growing Power - Aquaponics and Urban Farming
  • Grown in Marin
  • Harmony Farm Supply
  • Homeless Garden Project (Santa Cruz, CA)
  • Inaugural IVC Farm Class
  • IVC Organic Farm & Garden Photo Gallery
  • Kijiji Grows - Oakland - Aquaponics
  • Live Power Farm
  • Luther Burbank Home & Gardens
  • Mandela Foods (Oakland)
  • Marin Agricultural Land Trust
  • Marin County Cooperative Extension
  • Marin Garden Matchmaker
  • Marin Open Garden Project
  • MCSTOPPP: Garden Resources
  • Melissa Gardens-Healdsburg
  • More Gardens (NYC)
  • National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  • Natl Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat
  • NorCal Aquaponics
  • Oakland Based Urban Gardens (OBUGS)
  • Oasis Designs - Art Ludwig
  • Occidental Arts & Ecology
  • Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
  • Pesticide Action Network
  • Pie Ranch
  • Planting Justice - Oakland
  • Salmon Safe Certification
  • School Bus Green House (New Mexico)
  • Seeds of Change
  • Slide Ranch (West Marin)
  • Soil Born Farms
  • Steve Quirt's blog
  • Sustainable Fairfax
  • The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (Santa Cruz, CA)
  • The Center For Whole Communities (Vermont)
  • The Food Project (Boston, MA).
  • The Hungry Owl Project
  • The Soil Association (UK)
  • The Youth Garden Project (Moab, UT)
  • U. Mass Soil Testing Lab
  • UC Cooperative Extension
  • University of California Cooperative Extension, Marin
  • Urban Homestead
  • Virtual Grange
  • Wild Farm Alliance

Extensive Reading List

  • A Handfull of Seeds – free publication from O.A.E.C.
  • A Review of Essentials of Accounting, Robert N. Anthony
  • Barron's Business Guides
  • Botany for Gardners, Brian Capon
  • Building a Sustainable Business, pub. Minnesota Inst. for Sus. Ag.
  • Dirt- the ecstatic skin of the earth - William Bryant Logan
  • French Fries and the Food System
  • Gardening at the Dragon's Gate, Wendy Johnson
  • Garlic is Life, Chester Aaron
  • Grasping the Nettle, Chester Crocker
  • Hobby Farms Magazine
  • Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World, Kathleen Dean Moore
  • Holyshit- managing manure to save mankind - Gene Logsdon
  • In Full View, Glenn Keator
  • Lost Crops of the Incas, OIA
  • Making Your Farm Profitable, Ron Macher
  • One Straw Revolution, Masauolou Fukuoka
  • Plant Propagation, Principles and Practices. In the Internet Cafe
  • Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver
  • Roots Demystified - Robert Kourik
  • Seed to Seed, Suzanne Ashworth
  • Sharing the Harvest, Robyn Van En
  • Slowfood Nation
  • Soil not Oil, Vandana Shiva
  • Starting and Running Your Own Small Farm Business, Sarah Beth Aubrey
  • Stuffed and Starved, Raj Patel
  • Teaming with Microbes: A Gardner's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis
  • The Clover and the Bee, Anne Ophalia Dowden
  • The Flower Man, Mark Ludy
  • The Forgotten Pollinators, G. Nabhan
  • The Fruit Berry and Nut Inventory - Seed Saver's Exchange
  • The Grafter's Handbook - R.J. Garner
  • The Immense Journey, Loren Eisely
  • The Ohlone Way, Malcolm Margolin
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan
  • The Resilient Gardener (& Others) Carol Deppe
  • The Splendid Grain, Rebecca Wood
  • The Value of Zero, Raj Patel
  • Weather of the SF Bay Area, Harold Gilliam
  • You Can Farm, Joel Salatin

Films

  • Symphony of the Soil
  • The Future of Food
  • Queen of the Sun
  • The Real Dirt on Farmer John
  • Microcosmos
  • Dirt! - The Movie
  • The Garden by Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Events

  • California Small Farm Conference (March)
  • Eco-farm Conference (January)
  • SSU Insecta-palooza (October)

News Stories

  • Capital Press: The West's Ag Website
  • Minority Farmers vs. USDA
  • Inner City Food Co-ops

Heroes

  • Alan Chadwick
  • Alice Waters
  • Dr. William A. Albrecht
  • Eliot Coleman
  • Michael Pollan
  • Raj Patel
  • Vandana Shiva
  • Wendell Berry
  • Wes Jackson

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Followers

Garden catapiller

Garden catapiller
Another pest, catapillers are voracious eaters. Thanks to Axel for the discover and the arm support.

Cucumber Beetle

Cucumber Beetle
Here, a common garden pest, the cucumber beetle on a marigold.

Eating the fruits of the harvest

Eating the fruits of the harvest
Browsing is a good thing!

The Beauty of Closeness

The Beauty of Closeness
A new view of fungus

The Beauty of Closeness

The Beauty of Closeness
A strawberry as you may not have seen it

Nearly completed compost piles

Nearly completed compost piles

Building the compost pile layer by layer

Building the compost pile layer by layer

Building compost piles in the hail and rain

Building compost piles in the hail and rain

Building the compost pile

Building the compost pile
Astrid Lindo brings on the straw

Bob Thiel, fava plant harvester

Bob Thiel, fava plant harvester

Apples for the Future

Apples for the Future

Destined for the Table

Destined for the Table

Our Classmate Jerry Pruette

Our Classmate Jerry Pruette

Sign of the Times

Sign of the Times

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

Doing Wheelies at the Farm

Doing Wheelies at the Farm
Alex brings on the compost

Mixing it up

Mixing it up
Kathy and Betsy at the nutrient mixing bar

Jenny's Tree Planting Along the Fence Line

Jenny's Tree Planting Along the Fence Line
Farm work for our 3rd week

Don't Forget: Wednesday is Farm Market Day

Don't Forget: Wednesday is Farm Market Day
Devon Paoli selling organics to the public

IVOFG's Newest Enhancement: Water Catchment

IVOFG's Newest Enhancement: Water Catchment
Jesse Froehlich and John Thorburn with their designed and installed rain water catchment system

Hail the Mighty Instrument

Hail the Mighty Instrument
Henry shows us the seed row planter

Fruit Tree Planting Demonstration

Fruit Tree Planting Demonstration

Seed Planting on St. Bridget's Day

Seed Planting on St. Bridget's Day

Celebrating Imbolc

Celebrating Imbolc
Tano, Mark and Wendy lead us in Seed Prayers

From Steve Quirt's Discussion

From Steve Quirt's Discussion
Steve Quirts "Words of Wisdom"

Andean Tuber #3

Andean Tuber #3
Mashua

Andean Tuber #2

Andean Tuber #2
Oca

Andean Tuber #1

Andean Tuber #1
Yacon

Passing it On

Passing it On

Delia says "YES!"

Delia says "YES!"

Mark's Garden in Bolinas

Mark's Garden in Bolinas


Vanessa's Creations

Vanessa's Creations

Farm Love

Farm Love

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum



Herb Harvest @ Star Route Farms

Herb Harvest @ Star Route Farms

Warren Webber @ Star Route Farms

Warren Webber @ Star Route Farms


Sandy taking notes

Sandy taking notes







Abundance & Bounty

Abundance & Bounty

Karina with film maker Taggart Siegel at MVFF

Karina with film maker Taggart Siegel at MVFF
Films: The Real Dirt on Farmer John and Queen of the Sun

Row Covers

Row Covers

Henry discussing seed spacing and thinning

Henry discussing seed spacing and thinning

Wendy with strike ready for transplant

Wendy with strike ready for transplant

Christina with Flower Hat Pin

Christina with Flower Hat Pin

Pulling Weeds

Pulling Weeds

Laura and Mark

Laura and Mark

Making Compost

Making Compost

Pearl with Corn and Compost

Pearl with Corn and Compost

Harvesting Green material

Harvesting Green material

Carla working hard

Carla working hard

Heidi collecting brown material

Heidi collecting brown material

Jerry at Compost Piles

Jerry at Compost Piles

Delia harvesting Broccoli

Delia harvesting Broccoli

Brocoli Planting in Prepared Row

Brocoli Planting in Prepared Row
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