I liked this interview and article by Jen Garbee, blogger, author of the book Secret Suppers: Rogue Chefs and Underground Restaurants in Warehouses, Townhouses, Open Fields, and Everywhere in Between, and food reviewer for the LA Weekly. She pulled everything into perspective in this one article. I’ve been living this project for a decade now and she asked all the right questions and put it all together into one post on her blog at the LA Weekly.
I am offering free seed for potential greenthread growers.
At this Risk Management Education Seminar I will be presenting on the production system I have in place as well as the value-added product I sell. Plateau™ may well be the only small-farmer-owned tea label in the world. Kinda risky? Definitely.
Here’s what that bountiful second harvest looked like while it was still converting the fall sunshine into my favorite native herb.
Gardens and farms everywhere are experiencing this end of the summer rush of growth. Here are some photos of the greenthread crop as it goes for broke before the fall weather sets in.
New packaging allows grower-direct brand, Plateau™, to go to market.
This Little Wonder electric hedge trimmer is hooked up to an 800W inverter by an extension cord. It is being used for the Western …
Seed that is gathered the same season is sure to sprout in a week of rains like we have had this week.
After the first harvest it’s convenient if the weather stays dry so the herb dries quickly and there is no anxiety about losing any of it.
We had to put off the harvest of the WSARE rows for a couple of weeks due to the regular rains we received from July 22nd til mid August. About 3.5 inches of rain in that time.
