The Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch Report

Greetings CSA family and friends, We hope you are enjoying the many varieties of Asian Greens you received last week; they are growing well and we have an abundance. Look forward to receiving these greens for a few weeks. The other good news is that we are able ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, We are featuring this week our many varieties of Asian Greens; all of them are mild and each one has its own unique shape, color and flavor. In the winter garden they grow prolific and are quite stunning to look at. Some are ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, The local food and sustainable movement is continuing to expand its circles with with workshops, tours, site visits, articles and of course products.  Our alliances with Somos La Semilla and WHY Hunger are growing stronger. After our quarterly meeting we are inspired to ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, Last week was busy in our small propagation greenhouse. We moved thousands of small pots/seedlings of broccoli and cabbage into another larger greenhouse to continue growing until transplanting time. Also most of the lettuce seedlings were moved as well as many perennials. We ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, We felt some raindrops today and remembered the days when it rained more. It's time that the drought ends.  All of us are still relying on our waterwells, and as long as they are available we are blessed. We are hoping to plant ...

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It's February and even if the nights are still cold, the sun is shining brighter each day. This is good news for growing certain vegetables and herbs. Many seeds sprout better in the soil when it warms up. We are in full swing of transplanting many greens ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, When the warm rays of the sun embrace us and the garden for a few days in a row, the plants respond quickly with increased growth. Even when the nights dip into the twenties the natural world is thinking spring. The unfortunate effect ...

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The greens are coming in. With the help of  a little sunshine the last few weeks and some adjusted growing methods we have caught up and are able to harvest a bigger variety of greens again. Every week we will introduce some new varieties when we can. ...

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In the articles listed below you'll find encouraging ideas and real facts. Growing vegetables in the middle of winter, where temperatures last week reach 75 degrees with clear skies and sunshine during the day and 18 degrees in the early morning hours, requires lots of adjusting ...

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It is a New Year 2012 and a new season with new ideas, ideals, hopes, visions, many surprises and opportunities. We are planning to grow more variety this year, and many different kinds of vegetables. The supermarkets and even health food stores don't give you much variety.  ...

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