Summer is ramping up pretty quickly here at Terra Firma. I know this probably comes as a shock for those of you who live within a few miles of the Pacific Ocean, but temperatures since early April have been running 10-15 degrees above average for areas without a coastal influence. It's been very warm, verging [MORE ...]

Standing in the dry bottom of Lake Mendocino last week, Governor Newsom declared a drought for Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.  After the driest winter on record for many areas north of San Francisco, many people are wondering stopped there.  Farmers are chief among those wondering, given that many of them around the state have already [MORE ...]

If you only ever shopped at big supermarkets, you might be excused for thinking that there are only a few types of lettuce: iceberg, romaine, green leaf and red leaf. Produce departments with a little more diversity might have Oak or Butter leaf types. Over the years, the market for whole head lettuce has dropped [MORE ...]

April is always a busy month across the farm fields of California, and Terra Firma is no exception.  It marks the real start of planting season for the summer crops that will fill up our CSA boxes in July, August and September:  Green Beans, Corn, Zucchini, Melons and Watermelons, Peppers and of course Tomatoes. But [MORE ...]