Search Results for: soil – Page 15

Food Forests Session 6: Summer Abundance & Propagation (July 26-27, 2025)

Stone fruits – tasting cherries & apricots, varietal selection; Summer orchard maintenance, summer pruning; Budding & propagation. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.

Work Opportunities

WORK OPPORTUNITIES about the farm We are a 26 acre regenerative organic farm 20 minutes north of Santa Cruz on the Pacific coast. We grow delicious and nutritious foods – over 80 crops – for our U-Pick, farm stand, farmers markets, online shop, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, and caterers, restaurants and wholesale customers. The farm has 5 acres of

Permaculture Skills (Fall 2024 – Winter 2025)

At the Santa Cruz Permaculture Farm Gain skills and learn best practices to be able to successfully and confidently implement sustainable living projects! Our 6-weekend permaculture skills course focuses on developing practical skills through hands-on learning. Topics covered include: Construction & Carpentry Forestry & Wood heat: fire mimicry, rocket stoves, ovens, harvesting timber and non-timber forest products Energy: electrical, solar,

Farm Wholesale

Wholesale price list Wholesale Price List Place orders by Thursday 5pm for deliveries Friday & Saturday. Other delivery days and orders less than 1 case available by request. Email us or text us at 831-216-8208 to place an order. Click to open in Google Sheets to print. For photos of our crops, visit our online store. 2025 Buyers Guide 2025 Crop Forecast Wholesale newsletter Signup

Skills Session 6: Water (March 15-16, 2025)

Water resilience is essential in a permaculture system. During this weekend, participants learn plumbing skills and best practices, drip irrigation installation, rainwater harvesting setup, installation, and maintenance, and system troubleshooting skills. We’ll work on projects such as rainwater tank integration, infiltration basins and trenches, setting up drip irrigation, and gutter installation and adjustment for design needs. This one-weekend course is

Closeup of fresh, red strawberries in pints

Fresh Strawberries

The sweetest strawberries you’ve ever tasted, grown on our coastal farm. These will disappear so fast, you’ll need more soon! Be sure to refrigerate them for freshness.

Depiction of forest thinning for wildfire risk mitigation

Woodland Fire Risk Mitigation & Ecosystem Restoration

The content in this post was written by PINA & Siskiyou Permaculture on the PINA website . We found it so interesting, we wanted to share! It is reprinted with their permission. Fire Ecology Restoration Project PINA has received a $75,000 grant to research improved methods of wildfire risk mitigation in relation to forest health. Our restoration forestry practices will

Food Forests Session 5: Subtropicals & the Abundance of Spring (April 26-27, 2025)

Avocados & Citrus – planting, growing, tasting, varietal selection, propagation; Berries – tasting, varietal selection; Spring orchard maintenance; Thinning, delayed dormant pruning, and corrections to winter pruning; Public food forests & community harvests. This one-weekend course is part of a six-weekend course series: Permaculture Food Forests. Sign up for this single weekend below or check out the whole series here.

Smoked Chipotle Peppers

Farm grown jalapeño peppers, smoked and dried. Each 1 ounce bag contains several peppers, perfect added to beans and stews.

Jam, Basil Strawberry

Our popular jam made from Santa Cruz Permaculture’s famously sweet strawberries, with the addition of herby basil. This jam is perfect with cheese and crackers or other savory foods. 1/2 pint jar.

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Get an email twice a month with regional permaculture news, offerings, and community events. We don’t share your email address, ever. Unsubscribe at any time. *Required field.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.