What's Happening at Sow and Tare?

March 2024!

Welcome to the Sow and Tare monthly newsletter! I want to give a special thank you shout out to everyone who joined the email list! The below newsletter shares a little bit of inspiration, what happened in February, what's going to happen in March, and what Sow and Tare is currently offering for workshops/consulting, merchandise, and local products. Enjoy, and I hope to see you at our Monday Live Chats every Monday at 6 PM Pacific Time on YouTube!

A Little Bit of Inspiration:

It's been a weird month weather-wise and I know I've had tons of things I needed to get done...so guess what didn't happen? I didn't start tomatoes or peppers!

Luckily, I have a GreenStalk planter which has one- and two-year-old peppers in the screened-in porch. Yep, I even have ripe peppers right now! While I will start more jalapenos, I'm not too worried about missing this date for peppers because I was prepared. Tomatoes also take a while to get going and should be started rather early as well. Luckily, I have a pretty good nursery near me, and I will be supporting them this year for tomato starts. Even if it's too late, it's not too late! You can still start tomatoes and peppers if you have a long enough growing season.

You don't have to grow everything from seed...while there are definitely some fun varieties of plants you can only get in seed-form, there are plenty of options at local nurseries. You can even request varieties from some nurseries, ask, and they may be able to get it! Supporting others helping you to become more self-sufficient is good!

If you forgot to plant, you can always start sprouts! It only takes 4 days from seed to food! Here's a video on how!

What happened in February:

Cook With Me Live! We had our February Cook With Me Live Members-Only Event and it was great! We made Creamy Colorado Potato Fudge! Yep, that's right--fudge made with potatoes! If you would like to become one of Katrina's Kits and attend these Members-Only events, click here to join. I made a playlist on the YouTube channel only members can see so if you become a member, or if you are already a member and you missed an event, you can even go back and watch the replay of past events!

Scion Exchanges and Grafting Workshop! I attended some California Rare Fruit Growers Scion Exchanges and volunteered at a grafting course! Watch for grafting videos in March!

Rigatoni Bunny Had Babies! Rigatoni had her first kindling in February and the baby bunnies are soooo cute! Her 7 babies are growing super fast too! Click here for the video showing her getting her nest box.

Ravioli Bunny's Babies! I am continuing to post a daily YouTube short following Ravioli's bunnies--they are getting so big! Click here for the first in the series. I am so happy to have baby bunnies again! I even made a video about her nursing her babies! Click here for the video.

Rabbit Flooring Update! Parmesan's hutch got an upgraded floor! Parmesan is in temporary housing while he awaits his new home, Percy is in Parmesan's old hutch, and Ravioli's babies are in the grow-out hutch! Click here for the safety and tear-out video and click here for the installation video!

What's coming up for March 2024:

Cook With Me Live! This is a members-only event for Katrina's Kits! If you are a member of Katrina's Kits, Saturday, March 16th at 1 PM Pacific Time, we are getting together Live on YouTube to cook something together! We will be making Traditional Irish Stew and egg white meringue nests with lemon curd! Yep--I found a way to combine St. Patrick's Day and Easter! Click here to join us. If you would like to become one of Katrina's Kits, click here to join. This has been a super fun event so far, and I encourage people to join us for some fun!

Featured Guest on The Urban Gardener YouTube Channel! I will be a featured guest on The Urban Gardener YouTube channel on Saturday the 16th! I met the host at The National Heirloom Expo last fall. I believe it will be Live at 11 AM on The Urban Gardener!

Retirement for Mr. Parmesan! As my regular viewers know, Mr. Parmesan, my original buck, has been "shooting blanks". He's getting to be an old man, and I found him a wonderful retirement home! He'll be close by and I can visit him too. The lady adopting him is super sweet and already has one pet bunny. She came to meet him and fell in love. Parmesan will be living out the rest of his days in luxury!

Grafting! Watch for grafting videos in March!

Quail University Course: Raising Quail in Aviaries!

I am recording videos fora course for Quail University on Raising Quail in Aviaries! This course will be available through Quail University later in 2024, as it will take a while to film, edit, and be reviewed before it goes live! In the meantime, if you haven't taken Quail 101 from Quail University yet and are at all interested in raising quail, I highly recommend this course; you can sign up using my affiliate link here.

Baby Quail! I finally have eggs in the incubator again! Baby quail are on their way! Anyone local interested in baby quail should let me know and I'll they can go to new homes!

Looking for Fly-Fisher-people! Do you tie fishing flies? If so, I'd like to talk with you about using feathers and what people are looking for with regards to raw materials for their flies. Please email me if you are interested in trying out some feather methods.

Learn! Hatch! Grow! Hatching Rental Program!

The incubators have been tested, and I will be working on finalizing paperwork, insurance, etc. necessary for the hatching rental program! I will be making a list of people for this program once it is ready. In all reality, the program itself will likely start in February. If you are local to Gilroy, California and want to pre-sign-up for this experience, please email me here.

Workshops and Consulting:

I offer workshops and consultation as requested.

Click here for workshop details (garden tours, hatching rental kit, raising coturnix quail, canning, butchering, vermiculture and more!)

Click here for consulting details (garden planning, course curriculum development and review, and more!)

What Products are Available Locally:

As always, you can find products for sale (both shipped and local pick up) on the website here.

Tree Collard and Borage Starts! Tree collards and borage starts are available!

Eggs: A limited amount of quail eggs are available at this time. I am not taking large orders at this time. Let me know if you would like some eggs toward the end of the month and we'll get some to you.

Quail Chicks: Quail chicks will be available in a couple weeks!

Herbs: Fresh herbs currently available include French sorrel, winter savory, culinary sage, borage, and TONs of spearmint.

Purple Bearded Iris: Now is the season for separating irises, and I have some amazing dark purple bearded irises available. They are starting to poke up through the soil to grow!

More! I likely have more than I can think of right now, and can make crafts to order. If you want to see if I have something else available, email me here.

Sow and Tare Online Store:

As always, you can find products for sale on the website here. We have merchandise including T-shirts and sturdy canvas bags in addition to our farm products.

Discount Codes and Affiliate Links:

For your easy access to quick discounts on fun things and to access affiliate links, visit my website here. There's tons to choose from and worth looking into.