FullCircle Florals Gardening

Open forum! Got gardening questions? Fire away! We're headed into winter full bore here in Northern California with a series of whopper storms threatening to take out power, limbs, trees and flooding the rivers and streams all over the North state. But I'm thinking about SPRING! And of course spring planting! Can I sway you to think about it as well? If so, please let me know what your thinking of growing this year. If you are still holding out, tell me whats holding you back, maybe we can work out the kinks and get you growing up too! We have a Facebook page for Full Circle Organic Gardens too! Come ask there or message if you like! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Full-Circle-Organic-Gardens/153242518077764

In the aftermath of a possible No vote from Californians on prop 37, the right to know prop, what shall we do? Well, FIGHT like mad! Thats what we do. No on Prop 37 spent $45 million on advertising that used lies and fallacy to confuse the issue surrounding the Prop. Here is a site with some interesting info regarding the prop. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_37,_Mandatory_Labeling_of_Genetically_Engineered_Food_(2012) I'm going to try to keep the momentum going for labeling in California and the US both here and our Facebook page for Full Circle Organic Gardens Here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Full-Circle-Organic-Gardens/153242518077764 Please go "Like" our page to stay informed and up to date with this critical issue.

Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! (Repurpose!) Three words that speak volumes.   Around the farm, these concepts have been applied for decades. My husband, Eric, has an impressive local family history. According to the land deeds recovered while organizing paperwork from the other house on the property, his ancestors purchased this particular plot in the 1930’s.    The family was in the area for quite some time before that, however, and are rumored to have been numbered in the Stevens Party who came over via none other than the Stevens Trail. Frances Lenninger, a local Vina historian and author wrote in her book, Vina’s History in Photos and Stories, that Eric’s great-great-great-great grandmother, Matilda Foster, came over the trail from Iowa in 1848. This photo (Left) of Sam Henry Stephens, Eric’s great-great grandfather was taken in front of the Vina Hotel circa 1910. As locals during the time period prior to the great depression of the 1...

 Hello followers! Sorry I dropped off the face of the Earth there! The photography biz has really been booming! Just posted some more wedding favs so check them out if you like! http://www.facebook.com/E.HendersonPhotography  . Hopefully I am back on the wagon here! We are right in the heat of plant our winter garden. Yesterday we planted Spinach, carrots, beets, cilantro, and LOTS of lettuce! All from seed of course! Today was Brassica day; we planted Purple cauliflower, regular cauliflower, several different cabbage varieties, broccoli and two kinds of Pak Choy. Tomorrow we are hoping to get the beans and peas going so wish us luck! I will post pics in short order. For now, Since I have worked to get my pics organized (7 external hard drives full) I've posted some eye candy from the gardens of the past. Some plants are still here while some others have long since gone! Enjoy!