Education & Stewardship: Notes From the Field

What We're Learning on the Land, in Santa Cruz and the greater South Bay

Stewardship is a practice, and practices are meant to be shared. This journal gathers what our crews are seeing and learning across the orchards, gardens, and landscapes we tend: seasonal know-how, growing wisdom for this coast, and the occasional dispatch from a project we loved. For our library of evergreen growing references, visit our Cultivation Guides.

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Natural Stone Patio Contractor in Santa Cruz, CA: Settle the Stone Before the Trees

Stone and fruit trees compete for the same ground, which is the part most people discover late. Choosing a natural stone patio contractor in Santa Cruz, CA for a property that also grows food means the terrace and the orchard get drawn together, because paving lines fix root room, drainage and the routes anyone takes with a wheelbarrow.

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