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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, [...]

This recipe is revised from the book The Intelligent Gardener: Growing Nutrient Dense Food by Steve Solomon. This recipe covers 100 sq ft. of garden space. It can also be used for planting or [...]

A “Fruit Tree Guild” is a community of plants that surround the fruit trees. These plants are selected to support your fruit tree with roles such as accumulating nutrients, fixing [...]

Fairy Wood Project included a food garden and orchard installation planted Spring 2020. These pictures were taken of the food garden in Fall 2020 about six months after planting. The home garden [...]