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Hi. I’m Kent Byron. I’ve been a gardener for 20 years, off and on. The more I found out about our commercial food supply, the more I learned about organic gardening so we could raise our own food. I am not simply alarmed; I am also having a great time. If you care to know …

We have several dozen fruit trees here at Grace Note Farm. Which is both a blessing and a curse. Fruit trees, not only stone fruits like apples and peaches but also brambles and blueberry bushes, and even our prized hardy kiwi vine, need to be pruned. We have used generic brand pruners and loppers from …

Snow is on the ground here at Grace Note Farm, and we are deep into the brow-furrowing torment of planning this year’s annual garden. It’s so tantalizing to read all the descriptions of plants we’ve never heard of and varieties we’ve never tried. Himalayan poppies! Pepper cress! Ping Tung eggplant! We usually get carried away …