Soil Analysis for Alder Creek Farm

This post provides a soil analysis customized to this farm with the crop set to Garlic. At the bottom of the page you will find the summary of an organic garlic fertilizer recipe customized to [...]

Summary of All Recommendations: Here’s a comprehensive summary of the amendments needed to bring your soil into balance for optimal apple production, based on Albrecht’s principles [...]

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 [...]

Before Pictures of Overgrown Slope Earthworks & Mulching Planting Trees, Berries, & Herbs Irrigation Installation & Mulching Videos of the installation on Planting Day.

Before Pictures of the site after Mowing & Flagging Earthworks Amendments and Mulching After Planting & Mulching Trees, Berries, Herbs & Edibles. Mulching & Drip Irrigation System [...]

This Hazelnut Orchard was installed in 2025 in Burgoyne Valley, Salt Spring Island. You can see Mt Maxwell in the background. This Hazelnut Orchard had four rows of 9 Trees for a total of 36 [...]

The First project is of the Earthworks building the on contour swales and mounds, as well as laying out the irrigation lines and mulching. The net few pictures are setting up for the planting day [...]

This is an experiment to grow food and restore the ecology and life to a degraded piece of land. We started on bedrock and built a forest in under five years. Here’s some pictures of the [...]

Welcome to this detailed overview of a solar-powered pump house built for Marsha G. at Eagle Ridge Seeds. This project combines sustainable energy with efficient water management, featuring [...]

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 [...]