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This Guide is for gardeners who want to grow delicious, flavourful, and nutrient dense food. Soils are different all over the world. If you live in the Pacific Northwest or Coastal British [...]

Ornamental Edibles for the Pacific Northwest This is an excellent book for those wanting to add edible and ornamental groundcovers and herbs to their forest garden or food forest. As the Author [...]

Here are a few places I’d recommend visiting Food Island Naturals stocks local fruit South Kona Fruit Stand! Maku u Markets in between Pahoa and Hilo on Sunday. North of Kona Area: KUA Bay [...]

Our goal when restoring old fruit trees is to let sunlight and airflow into the tree. This will improve the fruit & reduce diseases such as scab. First, Prune off Dead, Diseased, [...]

Here are a few of the books on my winter reading list.P.S. I tend to use the Inter-Library loan service to access some of these. Ask your local library about it.

Summary of Amounts of Available Nutrients to Add per 100 sq ft: Available Phosphorus (P) Via Rock Phosphate: Approximately 18.57 lbs per 100 sq ft Available Sulfur (S) Via Gypsum: Approximately [...]

Degraded or Rocky site with No soil? Bulk Soil can be purchased from Cinnabar Valley Farms – a Garden soil mix of Peat, Sand Compost On SSI, soil can be purchased via Steffich Transport, [...]

Slugs are often thought of as pests in the garden. However, they provide a number of valuable roles as a contributor to a resilient garden ecosystem. Their skill in nutrient cycling, spreading [...]

Today I had the opportunity to share a great conversation with local Saltspring farmer Jade at Backwoods Farm. He has been farming his space for 9 years with the mission to grow intensely [...]

Here is some of the food that we grew in our garden over the last year. This was our first season in our new garden and some things worked great! We really enjoyed our Scarlett Runner Beans, [...]