Lost Crops of the Incas & Africa

A great reference for information about rare crops. These two online (free!) books chronicle the Lost Crops of the Incas (1989) and Lost Crops of Africa (1996). A whole chapter on the lovely Tree Tomato! (Sent to us by a star volunteer, Brent)
Lost Crops of the Incas
Lost Crops of Africa (Grains)
Lost Crops of Africa (Vegetables)

Avocados in the Fog?

Are you thinking of growing Avocados in San Francisco? We are. In the Mission District they grow well, however the Inner Sunset will be a bit challenging. Interested? Check the California Rare Fruit Growers Avocado page, UC Davis Avocado page, and the Avocado Handbook. (p.s. We are considering a Mexicola or Stewart cultivar).

King Stropharia!!!

In May of this year we had a "Growing Culinary Mushrooms" workshop, led by local fungi guru Ken Litchfield. Today, August 22, we harvested 32 of theses delicious "Garden Giants" (an apt name, they are known as Garden Giant or King Stropharia)! Stropharia rugosoannulata.

15 Most Green Cities

GRIST has recently published a list of the 15 most green cities and our lovely city ranks 8th. Not too bad.

Black Gold Film Screening

A screening of Black Gold, a great film about coffee, Fair Trade and less than Fair Trade. Dolores Park, San Francisco, Thur Aug. 16th. FREE chocolate and coffee at 7:30pm, film to start at 8:30.

http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/

More on the Bees, where or where...

A great New Yorker article on bees sent to us from our experimental compost field tester, Brent P.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/06/070806fa_fact_kolbert?currentPage=1