Ney Farm

10/01/2020

Hi folks—There’s a room available now at Ney Farm! There are currently three awesome people living there, looking for a fourth. They’ve got some great projects going on too. Please feel free to share with anyone you know who may be looking:

One bedroom opening up in a huge house in east Oakland. Perfect for work-at-home folks to...

07/23/2019

Look at that. The first ripened Purple Cherokee Tomato!

07/17/2019

Life goals 🙌🙌🙌

06/30/2019

Aromatics garden is in! I can’t wait to sit in my garden and smell my jasmine!

06/11/2019

Perhaps gardens in The converted vans that are so popular now are the next new thing?

Every year, several landscaping contractors from around Japan participate in the Kei Truck Garden Contest. Vying to win the competition, participants try to showcase their imagination, creativity and gardening skills through their mini trucks.

06/07/2019

I w**d for a few minutes every day on my tiny farm because we chose to avoid plastic. That’s totally not sustainable on bigger farms. I hope they come up with a new solution for organic farmers.

Many organic farmers rely on plastic as a form of mulch, but it ends up in landfills. Biodegradable plastic could help, but some worry about its long-term effects on soil health and the environment.

06/07/2019

When your friends find this in the wild and think of you, you know your life is on the right track!

06/07/2019

Sometimes when we grow a crop we are also growing a story. The Purple Cherokee is one such story we have growing here at Ney Farms:

Consumers have seed savers and amateur breeders to thank for discovering and sharing heirloom varieties of some vegetables and tomatoes like the Cherokee Purple.

06/05/2019

Do you know about the statewide Master Gardener Program?

It's best known for providing a help line to gardeners to ask ANY(!) question, at no charge. But they do so much more:

"extend research-based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to the residents of California and be guided by our core values and
strategic initiatives."

All this is provided as a service by the various counties, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and thousands of volunteers. Today is a fundraising day!

"Today is UC ANR’s inaugural Big Dig Day and with your help we know we will and reach our goal to support work for a healthier California!"

Visit bit.ly/mgBigDigDay to give and follow our progress.

"Together, we are growing healthier gardens and more sustainable landscapes for future generations. The UC Master Gardener Program plays an important role in:

* safeguarding water quality, quantity and security by reducing unnecessary pesticide use, promoting integrated pest management strategies and encouraging efficient water use

* enhancing local sustainable food systems for families an, neighborhoods and communities through community, school and demonstration gardens

* detecting and managing invasive and endemic species, as well as preventing their introduction, through education

* supporting healthy families and communities through science literacy and outdoor activity

It’s the generosity of individuals and volunteers like you that support our efforts to meet California’s toughest challenges. An investment in the UC Master Gardener Program represents an investment in California's present and future."

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BIG DIG DAY - JUNE 5THToday, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources launches our first ever independent statewide giving day! We call it Big Dig Day—a day to “dig in the soil, dig in your heart, and dig in your wallet to support the programs you care about!” On World Environment Day—we aim to ...

06/04/2019

Thinking it might be time to start growing shrooms! These magical shrooms turn plastic into food!

We depend on plastic. It sounds terrible, but that’s the dark truth. Plastic is everywhere – we use it to preserve food, transport water, medicine and pretty much anything we need to survive. Plastic is a sword with two edges. It helps us do common things, but also poisons planet Earth. Our ocea...