Stories, experiments, recipes & lessons

Epic Yard Farm Field Notes

Tempe, Arizona | USDA Zone 9B
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Black Sphinx Date Harvest 8.21.2026

Happy Friday! ☀️🌴 We started the morning harvesting just under 2 lbs of Black Sphinx dates from one of our clusters! There are still plenty ...
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Moringa Tomato Curry

This is my variation of the moringa curry. There are many different variations out there, you can play with the ingredients and spices to come ...
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Chat about Mulberries on The Show at KJZZ

April is mulberry season in Phoenix, Arizona. You start to see photos of delicious mulberry harvest fill the feeds of Instagram and Facebook feeds amongst ...
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Growing Mushroom in the Desert with Jacq

We participated in one of the series of interviews that North Spores conducted with gardeners growing mushrooms in the desert and other unusual climates.
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Urban Food Forests with The Urban Farm

I was honored to chat about growing our little Epic Yard Farm 1.0 food forest on a podcast episode with Greg Peterson from The Urban ...
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Photo by Casey Kuhn - KJZZ

Grow Edible Trees in the Desert with KJZZ

I was honored to be one of a handle of local gardeners who contributed to this segment about the increasing edible tree growing trend that ...
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From the garden to the table

Garden Harvest Recipes

Moringa Tomato Curry

This is my variation of the moringa curry. There are many different variations out there, you can play with the ingredients and spices to come ...
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Things we’ve learned along the way

Garden Tips & Thoughts

Growing Mushroom in the Desert with Jacq

We participated in one of the series of interviews that North Spores conducted with gardeners growing mushrooms in the desert and other unusual climates.
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Good conversations with growing minds

Interviews

Chat about Mulberries on The Show at KJZZ

April is mulberry season in Phoenix, Arizona. You start to see photos of delicious mulberry harvest fill the feeds of Instagram and Facebook feeds amongst ...
Read More →

Growing Mushroom in the Desert with Jacq

We participated in one of the series of interviews that North Spores conducted with gardeners growing mushrooms in the desert and other unusual climates.
Read More →

Urban Food Forests with The Urban Farm

I was honored to chat about growing our little Epic Yard Farm 1.0 food forest on a podcast episode with Greg Peterson from The Urban ...
Read More →

Notes, observations & lessons from the plants we grow

The Plant Files

eyf black sphinx main

Black Sphinx Date Harvest 8.21.2026

Happy Friday! ☀️🌴 We started the morning harvesting just under 2 lbs of Black Sphinx dates from one of our clusters! There are still plenty ...
Read More →

Moringa Tomato Curry

This is my variation of the moringa curry. There are many different variations out there, you can play with the ingredients and spices to come ...
Read More →

Chat about Mulberries on The Show at KJZZ

April is mulberry season in Phoenix, Arizona. You start to see photos of delicious mulberry harvest fill the feeds of Instagram and Facebook feeds amongst ...
Read More →