As mid summer approaches in Oregon and tomatoes, garlic and peppers start arriving it is a great time to re-seed Cilantro in your garden. Coriandrum sativum is bright and refreshing and one of our favorite cross over culinary-medicinal herbs. A native plant ranging from Southern Europe to Africa...
The New Map / Emergent Strategies: Making Sense of the intersection of Collapse, Energy Descent & Climate Change “It always seems impossible until it is done.” Nelson Mandela We live in one of the interesting times foretold long ago by the Chinese sage who is credited with the odd blessi...
Planting Successions Many summer vegetables will grow quickly in the long days of the northern latitudes. Some crops such as green beans, basil, cilantro, carrots, beets, sweet corn and more will produce and then wane and finish their productive life cycle. This is where planning for successive...
When the danger of frost has passed in your climate, it's possible to direct seed several tender summer annual "flowers" that will put on a magnificent show this year in the garden. Try zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds, sorghum and millet. I find that the bigger the seed, the easier it is to t...
Starting & Growing Cucurbits Here are some tips for growing Cucurbit vine crops such as cucumbers, squash, melons, and watermelons in Oregon and similar temperate climates.
Right around May 1st is the transition point between planting cool-season crops such as leafy greens, brassicas (broccoli, kale, cabbage), and root vegetables to the Warm-season crops such as corn, beans, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, melons, peppers and so on. IMHO it is too late to be seeding th...
I wanted to share a few of the techniques that we use to prepare a bed for planting garden veggies into using a variety of low tech tools such as landscape fabric (for no-till occultation), a broad fork, digging fork and bow rake.
Organic Seed Movement Loses a Giant with the passing of seed grower, plant breeder and visionary activist, Jonathan Spero I've been grappling with how to convey the sense of loss of father, husband, seedsman, community activist and visionary Jonathan Spero who passed away at home in bed last week...
