TreeEater Farm and Nursery

06/21/2026

Piston pumping at TreeEater. We've still got space in our courses this summer. Check them out on the website!

06/18/2026

06/15/2026

Dry land apples!

06/03/2026

I'm offering a 10% discount on in-person pickup orders for the next two weeks. The code is "summersale". Its looking like its going to be a dry year here and id like fewer plants to water! The discount will also apply to the summer workshop offerings! Photo of pomegranate flowers in the greenhouse.

05/21/2026

There's rain in the forecast but will it actually materialize here on denman? I have a ongoing joke with a friend (who is a commercial grower) that "they" use the carrot of rain in the long-term forecast - just out of reach but never materializing- to falsely maintain our hopes and keep us functioning. Dark, I know.

We still have space in our summer course "Water Management for a Mediterranean Climate". Its August 14 to 17. We plan to share our knowledge and experience on how to grow food without needing to rely on these phantom summer rains. I think this year will be a really good pressure test of some of these systems.

The faint horizontal line across the photo here is a spreader swale that i dug last winter. It takes winter water excess and moves it across across the orchard, - keeping it high up - to hydrate the soils, instead of just letting the excess water head straight down towards the ocean.

Here is a link for more information on the course: https://treeeaternursery.com/shop/ols/products/water-management-for-small-farms-in-the-summer-dry-season

04/24/2026

I'm curious to do a vibe check with other local growers: is anyone else getting increasing anxiety in fear of a hot and dry summer? I find that people who don't produce food usually love a "full sun" forecast on their weather app but for me I always cringe on the inside.