New Potatoes!

We used Phil Foster's big honkin' red potatoes as seed potatoes this year and are quite pleased with the results so far. The plants are just starting to senesce, but I dug one up tonight for a sneak preview. Not too shabby considering each plant was started with 1/4 potato. Sartaj is included for scale.

"Candy" for the HGP

We are happy to announce that today marked the beginning of a strategic partnership between AHMF and the Homeless Garden Project. We delivered 6 cases of "Candy" sweet white onions for their 70 member CSA. Unfortunately, I pulled out to deliver them before Nancy had a chance to get any photos, but they were large, good looking and a "high quality product" in the words of Paul Glowaski, HGP's Garden Director. We look forward to supplying them with "Apple" sweet and "Tiburon" poblano peppers later this season. If you haven't been out to the HGP recently, it is beautiful this year. A map to their garden can be found here.

6 Week Old Ducklings & Our 1st (and 2nd) Avocados

Lots of feathers and still growing, these ladies now stay out all day!

These are from the Zutano we put in a couple of years ago.

It has a much heavier set on it this year.

Images of Summer

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Top Row: Flowering cactus (Cereus peruvianus 'monstrosus'), Leucospermum cordifolium, Pomegranate flowers
Bottom Row: Wisteria & Garuda, Walla Walla Onion seed saving operation with pollinator, Flowering Onions with Eschscholzia californica (California Poppies)--orange--and wild mustard--yellow.

New Kitties!

Jasper & Opal, brother and sister born at Tennyson High School Farm, Hayward, CA.

They have feral instincts and show excellent hunting skills already!

Estelle was excited to meet her new friends.