New moon, new earth With the new moon comes a time to take a break from planting and focus on what really matters: soil. Cultivating and reaping, watering and drying, and reaping some more drains our soil of energy and nutrients, so this week we took the time to practice our preventative medicine of soil … Continue reading Bring your soil back from the dead – Farm Newsletter – 10/20/17
Happy Friday! We hope you all have had a week of bounty following last Thursday’s gorgeous harvest moon. ~Alex Satteson One Gun Ranch’s own Alex Satteson caught this Harvest Moon shot early Friday morning on his way to work. Let’s talk about planting… Planting is everyone’s favorite part about growing their own grub, but is … Continue reading To Seed or not to Seed – Farm Newsletter – 10/13/17
Everything you need to know about the harvest moon… and more The full moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox is known as the harvest moon. Though the harvest moon happens every year, this time is unique because of an observable change in the way the moon rises relative to the observer’s latitude. On … Continue reading Homage to the harvest moon – Farm Newsletter – 10/06/17
The fall equinox The equinox is a time of balance, a period of change. The natural rhythms around us are constantly in flux, and as the days begin to get shorter, take time to stop and listen to the earth. We’re not the only organisms that suffer when it’s still dark at 6:30AM… At nature’s … Continue reading A time for balance – Farm Newsletter – 9/29/17
In celebration of the fall equinox: a special compost edition You thought our compost pile was complete, but in biodynamics, is it ever that simple? The pile, comprised of alfalfa hay and dairy cow manure, was not ready for hibernation until it underwent a ritualistic inoculation. To dive into our process, let us begin: COMPOSTING WITH … Continue reading King of the compost heap – Farm Newsletter – 9/22/17
Mercury in retrograde: trendy scapegoat or legitimate concern? Last week, mercury came out of a month-long retrograde. While this seems an awfully dramatic and modish maxim coming from a biodynamic farm, allow us to explain. The planets in our solar system travel along the same west-to-east path through the starry sky as they orbit the … Continue reading Mercury in retrograde, behind the scenes and easy veggies – Farm Newsletter – 9/16/17
Bring it on, fall equinox Here in sunny Southern California September started as it somehow always does, with a gentle breeze and a gentler swelter. Last week we harvested over 50 pounds of heirloom tomatoes that had rushed to ripen in the sauna-like heat of August’s wrath, and this week we took advantage of the cooler … Continue reading Everything is better pickled – Farm Newsletter – 9/8/17
