Shade structure rises up in new accessible garden.

Originally envisioned by Angela Welty as she worked toward her horticultural therapy certification, our Seed to Salad garden has been reimagined to be an outdoor teaching and learning space, social gathering spot, and farm production area that works for our most physically challenged participants and visitors.

The farm path that circles our farm is also a key infrastructure milestone. Thanks to tremendous support from Helpers Community, this path will link our Seed to Salad garden with our production farm, our post-harvest area, our chickens and sheep, our orchard and greenhouse, and, eventually, our new barn. TRUEGRID pavers, made from recycled plastics, make a permeable pathway that stays true to our ecological goals while giving everyone better, year-round access to all the features of our farm. Right now, crews are working hard to complete this installation and we can’t wait to show it off to you during our event.

Please stop by between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for a first look at these features. Wear a mask when you’re not enjoying treats prepared by Ada’s Cafe or some refreshing, on-farm beverages, from the Wayfarer Mobile Bar. And be sure to visit the Olive + Coyote flower truck.

Common Roots thanks Palo Alto Medical Group’s Community Health Care Endowment Fund, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, and our GoFundMe donors for completing this installation.

Annabelle Lee, farm trainee, harvesting summer squash. Photo by Shmuel Thaler from the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Our farm team has been busy trying to keep up with summer’s abundance. It’s a hopping place on a farm! Most days now are filled with harvesting as we reap the rewards of our previous months of bed preparation, sowing seeds, transplanting, and tending our crops. Our wonderful volunteers, without whom we could not keep up, have been slowly returning after a long pause caused by the pandemic. We are fortunate that our work environment is outdoors, so keeping everyone safe is more easily achieved.

For those of you who are customers of our CSA, we thank you for your support! Farm sales are critical to our success. For those who live in the area and can consider joining our CSA next year, we hope to gain your trust as your local farmer. For those out of the area, we appreciate your support and encourage you to consider purchasing our value added products throughout the year. They are a yummy way to enjoy the flavors of our farm while supporting our mission.

Resident Angela Jang returns a recycling bin for her community.

Along with the beauty of a farm come the sounds too, like hungry sheep and clucking laying hens that can be heard each morning down on the farm.

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