Thinking about the new year and the new growth of plants is very inspiring. Today I thought I would start the new year off with a walk around the FarmLab. Things are always lush in our indoor gardens, and the farm was quite a contrast. Most of its plants are brand new seedlings. The weather was [...]

We are expecting rain this weekend in NorCal, and that signals that it’s the perfect time to get winter crops in the ground. Just about everything except the strawberries and the artichokes were cleared from the acreage at the FarmLab. It can be shocking to see all the vegetation gone, but it will all be worth it [...]

Check out this resilient plant! Usually sunflowers grow to 6 feet, right? Well this one only got to 6 inches, and today it was covered in frost. The flower is a volunteer that planted itself behind the office in Sebastopol.

And the other plant oddity I found at the farm this morning was this misshapen pumpkin.