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Six years ago today, I was harvesting spinach from…

Wrapping up New Zealand and preparing for workshops in Victoria, BC and Boston, MA
Just a couple more days of relaxing, then we're heading back…
February 15, 2017/by Curtis Stone
Announcing a 5 day workshop at Green City Acres
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Today, I am very excited to announce that…
December 1, 2016/by Curtis StoneToday, I am very excited to announce that…

4-day Profitable Market Gardening workshop in New Zealand
Join Curtis Stone (author of The Urban Farmer) for his most…
November 5, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 11 – A Most Peculiar Situation
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 10 – Making Good With What You’ve Got
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 09 – Summer tarps & Fixing tools
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 08 – Burning in the Rain
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 07 – Turning, Planting, and Breaking Tools
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Farm Flow (drone + action footage)
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
FARMER TO FARMER – What The Fungus – PART 2
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
FARMER TO FARMER – What The Fungus – PART 1
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 06 – A Day at the Farmers Market
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 05
July 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 04
July 1, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 03 – Diego Footer shows up
July 1, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 02
June 29, 2016/by Curtis Stone
VLOG – 01
June 29, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Basil
June 29, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP15 – JUNE 20-26
June 29, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Patty Pan Squash
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Giving your greens a haircut
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Manage Intensive Tomatoes
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP14 – JUNE 13-18
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE Tracking Waste/Spoilage
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Beet Greens
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Sacrificial Harvesting
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP13 – JUN 06-11
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Make Walkway fabrics
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP12 – MAY 30-JUNE 03
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Harvest Salanova Lettuce
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP11 – May 23 – 28
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Why you shouldn’t thin
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Washing Table
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP10 – MAY16 – 21
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Quick Cut Greens Harvester Review
Check it out here.
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Farm Land You Don’t Own
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Hand Knife vs Quick Cut Greens Harvester
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Double Beds
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP09 – MAY 09 – 14
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer — CSA?
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Working in and around the weather
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Keeping Stock
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
FARMER TO FARMER: Salsa kitchen & Farm
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: When to Crop Out
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Insect Netting
To learn more or purchase this insect netting, go here:
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer: Hydroponics
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN PRACTICE: Field Heat
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: My Favourite Hand Watering Tool
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Salad Mix
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP07 – APR 25 – 30, 2016
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Passive Solar Greenhouse
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Flame Weeding
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Radish
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: Walk-in Coolers
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP06 – Apr 18 – 23
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Structure the week
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Tool Review: Row bags
Check them out here:
http://goo.gl/eI1CLp
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stonehttp://goo.gl/eI1CLp

IN PRACTICE: To till or not to till
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Harvest in Succession
June 23, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP05 – Apr 11 – 16
https://youtu.be/5oPjsVxEcB4?list=PL0-eENDJNcJDcDkGXOBcsHN90…
April 16, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer — How we harvest interplanted crops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMdxDuzH6e4
April 15, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Scaling Up The Market Garden – A Visit to the Farm of the Future – The Urban Farmer – Season 2 – Week 2
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/scaling-up-the-market-garden-a-visit-to-the-farm-of-the-future-the-urban-farmer-season-2-week-2/
April 13, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Tomatoes and Google connect a Canadian farmer to new Syrian neighbour (CBC interview)
Written article here.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tomatoes-google-kelowna-curtis-stone-1.3532564
April 13, 2016/by Curtis Stonehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tomatoes-google-kelowna-curtis-stone-1.3532564

HOW TO: Interplant Tomatoes
https://youtu.be/BWERM05g1M0
April 11, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP04 – APR 04 – APR 09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBR6AE3S5IY
April 8, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS — Overwintered Beets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9seI8-VJw
April 7, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Taking Advantage of Time with the Passive Techniques of Over-Wintered Crops and Stale Seed-bedding – The Urban Farmer – Season 2 – Week 1
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/taking-advantage-of-time-with-the-passive-techniques-of-over-wintered-crops-and-stale-seed-bedding-the-urban-farmer-season-2-week-1/
April 6, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Know when to terminate a crop
https://youtu.be/aI_w2EQ4otI
April 4, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP03 – MAR 28 – APR 02
https://youtu.be/5feKPs_IK9E
April 2, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer — $300K on an acre. To scale or not to scale?
https://youtu.be/axMbB-HmeSY
April 1, 2016/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: Greens Drying Screen
https://youtu.be/q0-zB8nrt5I
March 31, 2016/by Curtis Stone
French Canadian CBC interview about my book
Listen here.
March 28, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Make straight beds by eye
https://youtu.be/MugV8p2dHWg
March 28, 2016/by Curtis Stone
$1 MILLION on 10 acres — Scaling up the small farm with JM Fortier
March 26, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: No-Till Spring Bed Prep
March 21, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP02 – MAR 18, 2016
March 18, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer — What happens when we leave a plot?
March 18, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Farmer to Farmer podcast with Chris Blanchard
http://www.farmertofarmerpodcast.com/episodes/stone
March 17, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Early season planting strategies. Techniques to plant more crop successions with less work.
March 17, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Farming in the City – The Presentation – The Urban Farmer – Encore Episode 4
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/farming-in-the-city-the-presentation-the-urban-farmer-encore-episode-4/
March 16, 2016/by Curtis Stone
TARPS – How and why we use them.
March 15, 2016/by Curtis Stone
WEEKLY UPDATES – EP01 – MAR 10, 2016
March 11, 2016/by Curtis Stone
FARMER TO FARMER: Bio-Intensive tools and soil w/ Jodi Roebuck
February 25, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO deal with pests.
February 25, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HUGE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL FARMING IN NEW ZEALAND – JM FORTIER & CURTIS
February 19, 2016/by Curtis Stone
How to set your prices
February 18, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Raising pasture animals on other peoples land! – Interview with Jodi Roebuck
February 16, 2016/by Curtis Stone
4th Annual Massachusetts Urban Farming Conference
I'm happy to announce that I will be presenting 4 lectures at…
February 10, 2016/by Curtis Stone
The 10 Essentials for Profitable Urban Farming
http://www.permaculturevoices.com/10-essentials-for-profitable-urban-farming-presented-by-curtis-stone-pvp114/
February 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Turn your lawn into an urban farm
February 9, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Weed-free beds using landscape fabric
February 1, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer — Certified Organic?
January 29, 2016/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Harvest microgreens
January 28, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask the Urban Farmer — Bylaws and Ordinances
January 22, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Singing Frogs Farm – Renenative Ag Model Farm
Diego and I had the privilege of visiting Elizabeth and Paul…
January 18, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Book review from Milkwood. Australia here I come!
I will be in Melbourne Feb 27 & Sydney Feb 28.
https:…
January 18, 2016/by Curtis Stonehttps:…

Is this the next evolution of farming?
https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost/videos/10153593374106130/
Is…
January 9, 2016/by Curtis StoneIs…

New developments in the greenhouse.
January 8, 2016/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer — Theft and Vandalism
January 8, 2016/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Winter Carrots
How would you like to pull fresh carrots from the ground…
January 6, 2016/by Curtis Stone
California Book Tour – January 11th – 24th – San Francisco to San Diego
January 11th - 24th
California from San Francisco to San…
January 2, 2016/by Curtis StoneCalifornia from San Francisco to San…

CROP FOCUS: Winter Spinach
December 31, 2015/by Curtis Stone
The Urban Farmer – Week 40
End of Season Reflection – Thinking about How Things Went This…
December 30, 2015/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: Winter Kale
December 28, 2015/by Curtis Stone
HOW TO: Harvest bunched herbs
This is how we harvest bunched herbs such as parsley, cilantro,…
December 24, 2015/by Curtis Stone
The Urban Farmer – Week 39
The Urban Farmer Season Wrap Up and Looking Ahead – Thanks…
December 23, 2015/by Curtis Stone
We built a passive solar greenhouse. Here’s a time-lapse of most of the process.
December 21, 2015/by Curtis Stone
The Urban Farmer – Week 37
17,500lbs of Vegetables Produced on One Third of An Acre –…
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone
The Urban Farmer – Week 38
It’s Not All About the Money – Keeping What Works and Getting…
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone
CROP FOCUS: videos about crops
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone
IN FOCUS: infrastructure and equipment
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone
We are now shipping The Urban Farmer within CAN & USA
You can now purchase The Urban Farmer right from my website!
We…
December 18, 2015/by Curtis StoneWe…

New Zealand workshop and lecture tour
I'm so excited to finally visit New Zealand, but what's even…
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone
Australia workshops Melbourne Feb 27 & Sydney Feb 28
JM Fortier and I will be tag teaming Melbourne and Sydney and…
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone
Ask The Urban Farmer Q&A Series on Youtube
I'm back with the Ask The Urban Farmer series. From Jan 8, I'll…
December 18, 2015/by Curtis Stone