New CSA Offering – The D...

Apr 28, 2014 by

It is time to open the 2014 CSA Share subscriptions!  I have just re-tooled my Fibershed Marketplace listing to offer a Drought Share...

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A Summer of Dye Plants

Sep 23, 2012 by

The summer has just flown by this year, as I try and balance both running the dye CSA and working full-time at a new job. I have been...

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The Gift of Aspen

Apr 22, 2012 by

Aspen trees are one of the highlights of fall in my part of the world, and I was overjoyed to find that the leaves produce a true,...

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Fun with Fungi

Jan 17, 2012 by

Back in the fall, our local mycological expert Daniel Nicholson asked for some help in preparing for the first-ever Nevada City Wild...

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The Magic of Blue

Nov 22, 2011 by

When I started this CSA Farm adventure, I planned to grow enough Japanese Indigo (Polygonum tintorium) to dye yarns for my...

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Down in the Pokeberry Patch

Oct 7, 2011 by

What are pokeberries? Not a surprising question for a Northern California grrl… this is a native plant in the South and...

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