First Spring

Late April 2023

For our first Spring at the farm, we harvested any remaining produce from the previous season and continued to work fresh compost and worm castings into the soil before planting. A full list of the seasonal vegetables and herbs we tried this round of plating can be found below.

Natives and other plants in ground: 

  • 1 Bush Sunflower - Encelia californica

  • 1 Coastal buckwheat - Eriogonum latifolium

  • 4 Moonshine yarrow (non native)

  • 1 mexican marigold (non native)

Edibles and flowers in raised beds: 

  • Mixed lettuces

  • Chanterais melon

  • Tomatillos

  • Purple basil

  • 24 peppers

  • Eggplant - including rosa bianca, nadia, chinese, marunasu round

  • Watermelon

  • Cucumbers

  • Winter squash

  • Italian basil

  • Thai basil

  • Greek columnar basil

  • Lemon basil

  • Oregano

  • Marjoram

  • Summer squash

  • Artichokes

  • Cantaloupes - kajari, ice cream, and ambrosia

  • African blue basil

  • Tomatoes

  • Cumin

  • Fennel

  • Bush beans

  • Dill

  • Rattle snake pole beans

  • Kentucky wonder pole beans

  • Thai Soldier pole beans

  • Chinese Red Noodle pole beans

  • Black Knight Runner beans

  • Festivity sweet corn

  • Calendula

  • Cosmos

  • Chamomile

  • Lavender

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