Every time we have a rainfall shortage on the central coast of California we begin to hear talk of water rationing. All of a sudden we begin to see the…
Here we are found making a cob bench. What is cob? Final stage, we wait for the cob to dry. Then we apply the final wheat paste plaster to protect…
A notable event in the sustainable landscape world took place in Sacramento, CA. on February 3rd, 2007. A few of us from the California’s central coast went up to attend…
One recent customer actually encouraged me to start a blog so we could document the sustainable landscape installation in their yard. Here you go! Here is a project inspired by…
Here’s a custom cartoon from cartoonist David Retsof who happens to be my brother. Hence Foster spelled backwards. This cartoon may someday adorn bags of our own worm castings. With…
I rode my recumbent bicycle from Santa Cruz to Asilomar in Pacific Grove to the Ecological Farming Conference again this year. This is the seventh year for this ride. I…
My annual sojourn to the Ecological Farm Conference began Wednesday morning January 25th, 2006. My trusty steed is my Linear recumbent bicycle. For me being an avid cyclist has always…




