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The Work of Early Spring

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By Jeff Main of Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop The month of January and the first few weeks of February are the winter doldrums. The sun still low in the sky, the days short, the ground a big reservoir of cold, soil life at a low ebb. For the farm life, [...]

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Graft

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My 10-year-old daughter broke her pinkie a few weeks ago while battling to catch a football in a Hail Mary melee on the school blacktop. She had surgery to pin the bone together so it would grow back properly. “She’s going to need a few sessions of finger therapy,” the surgeon told us afterward. My [...]

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Field Trips

WEST Filoli Opening – Daffodil Daydreams Feb 26, 27 Woodside, CA Cookbook Swap Feb 25 San Francisco, CA Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Mar 5, 6, 7 Sebastopol, CA EAST Composting in the City Feb 25 Brooklyn, NY Fight for Air – Stair Climb Mar 20 Bell Atlantic Tower, Philadelphia, PA Grafting Workshop Mar 27 Lancaster, [...]

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The Budding System

The first time I went to a Scion Exchange I didn’t know what to expect—was it a science fiction convention? As I drew nearer I saw people entering the building with little sticks under their arms—was it some sect of Wicca? The Wicker Wiccan maybe? But no, a Scion Exchange is where farmers and home [...]

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