Current tree assets
The orchard work includes lemon, mandarin, fig, wild plums, and pecans. The point is long-term family food and learning this place, not instant production.
Long-Term Food
The orchard is being built slowly for long-term family food.
The Shaggy Ink Farms orchard includes lemon, mandarin, fig, wild plums, and pecans, with future additions possible as the farm grows.
Shaggy Ink Farms
Garden work under Northern California oaks
The garden pages keep the 2027 season build honest: planning, testing, preparing, and learning before claiming a finished farm system.
Current Status
Useful, honest, and still taking shape.
These notes are here to show what is being built and what is still being learned. They are not product pages.
Slow is the plan
Future orchard additions may come later. For now the work is establishment, protection, irrigation, observation, and patience.
Grow It Yourself
Related Learn Guides
These links keep the Garden pages focused on what Shaggy Ink Farms is building while sending how-to guidance to the Learn section.
Growing Guide
Fruit Tree Spray Program
A safe, UC IPM-style backyard fruit tree care guide for pruning, sanitation, scouting, and careful pest decisions.
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Growing Guide
Nutrient Deficiency Guide
How to identify and correct the most common nutrient deficiencies in vegetable gardens — nitrogen, iron, magnesium, calcium, and micronutrients.
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Field Notes
Related Journal Entries
Dated notes from the farm that connect this Garden page to the real build as it happens.
Plan Your Version
Related Planning Tools
Garden Paths
More garden work
Garden
What We're Growing
A plain overview of the garden, fruit, flower, orchard, herb, and soil-building work taking shape at Shaggy Ink Farms for the 2027 season.
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Garden
Strawberries
Strawberry field preparation at Shaggy Ink Farms, including irrigation planning, soil preparation, and the honest goal of working toward the 2027 season.
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Garden
Cut Flowers
The cut flower project at Shaggy Ink Farms is focused on sunflowers, trial varieties, pollinator value, local production lessons, and building honestly toward 2027 sales.
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Planning a garden at home? The Garden Planner and local growing guides are the practical tools side of this work.