Journal

From the farm.

Stories, field notes and research as we transition a citrus grove to organic farming and build a different kind of community life alongside it.

Orange tree in summer heat
Field Notes 8 min

What Happens to an Orange Tree at 42°C

Heat stress, dropped fruit and what the grove has been teaching us this summer about resilience — and where it breaks.

Orange grove in full leaf
Research 24 min

What Going Organic Actually Means

I went into this thinking organic was mostly a marketing thing. Then I found a study. Then another. Then I couldn't stop.

The farm surrounded by orange trees
S1 E1 7 min

We Bought a Farm. We'd Never Farmed.

For the last four years, every week, the gardeners came and shaped the bush beside the pool into a topiary spiral. An awkward shape for a plant.

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What Lives in the Rock: Geology, Water and Agriculture at Finca Tariqa

At the top of Puig Gros, the rock underfoot is the floor of a warm shallow sea. The full geological and agricultural report.

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