The view surrounding GH Sebastopol changes month by month as the once prominent apple orchards yield to the ever expanding vines of progress. Western Sonoma was once renowned for its Gravenstein apples. Today when people think of Sonoma County I am confident that the first thing that tickles the brain is the melody of flavorful [...]

Everything was frozen over this morning when I hopped in the car to go to work. All of the leaves have fallen off my mulberry and apple tree, and my tomatoes are wilting and dead in the frost. So in the dark of the morning I tried to look around and see which trees & [...]

I picked up a Poinsettia plant the other day while grocery shopping and started wondering, “Why is this plant associated with the Christmas Holiday season”? Here are some interesting facts I learned about this beautiful plant that may help shed some light on your questions?
The Poinsettia (Euphorbia Pulcherrima) is native to the [...]

A gentleman in Michigan provided us with these epic root photos for our RapidStart Roots Contest, and evidently this plant isn’t even his most epic:

This root system is from a clone clipped on October 16th, 2011. It measures over 37” when extended. Here they are looped to support the RapidStart. I wish the [...]

There is so much speculation on what is the proper way to flush a plant of its excess nitrates.
In my opinion it’s a good idea to fill the plant with as much sugary water as possible towards the end of its life to add weight as well as density.
As the plant comes close to harvest, [...]

When you run out of land in a crowded city, the solution is obvious: build upwards. This simple trick makes it possible to pack huge numbers of homes and offices into a limited space such as Hong Kong, Manhattan or the City of London. Mankind now faces a similar problem on a global scale. The [...]