One of my favorite parables of Christ is found in Matthew 13:24-30 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tar...

Like always it's another last-minute-crack-of-dawn-gonna-scramble-to-make-the-most-creative-stupid-Valentines...Valentines. (Did I mention I hate Valentines Day?) Excited about our "Eat Wise" committee meeting with Superintendent Karl Springer this morning, but know the struggle we have ahead. Ah th...

RTFA: http://whitehousefarmer.com/ The United States has a White House chef . . . and now is the time for a White House Farmer. Everyone, from your family and friends to our First Family and their guests, needs to know who grew their food and how it was grown. Thank you for your 100 nominations of k...

It's hard to believe but the time for warm season plantings is over. It you have them in the ground and producing that is fine but there should be no more plantings at this time of the year. Maybe those......

I wanted to write a follow up about why you should garden. A scathing rant telling you that the Farmer's Market "where they have all these great heirloom tomatoes laid out in authentic wooden bushel baskets arranged in a perfect rainbow and kissed just right by the sunlight" or god forbid, "I buy or...

Green shoots at Phoenix When the wicked weeds start sprouting you know it’s time to get moving. There’s a couple of months starting when spring begins to really happen that will determine the success of your season, if you fall behind then it’s so hard to catch up later. In UK that...

Blackbird ‘Oscar’ with his sultanas If you haven’t yet done all your winter chores on the land by now, then you have my sympathy but please be very, very choosy about when and what you do. Walking on wet, recently dug soil compacts it, making it hard for roots to penetrate. Better ...