by Lisa Duff | May 6, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm, Your Neighborhood Farmer
Me! Your Neighborhood Farmer. Long before I became a farmer, I became a food lover. I understood the importance of food through mom’s homemade meals and baking with my grandma. Family functions focused around everyone bringing their signature dish or beloved...
by Lisa Duff | Apr 21, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm
Thousands of Southern Californians gathered on the beach in Santa Monica Sunday, April 22, 1990 to celebrate Earth Day 1990. The crowds listened to speeches by political figures, celebrities and were serenaded with “This Land Is Your Land” by Peter, Paul...
by Lisa Duff | Apr 8, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm
20 years ago, living an urban Southern California lifestyle, surfing on the weekend, if someone had said, “you’ll be running a farm, raising chickens and a veggie CSA”, I would’ve laughed! And I do still chuckle a little at my reality of running this farm. I laugh...
by Lisa Duff | Mar 31, 2022 | Gardening, Oak Spring Farm
Do you understand the difference between an heirloom and a hybrid? There’s a lot of confusion about heirlooms vs hybrids vs GMO. Don’t worry we’re here to help! And we’ll share with you what some of our favorite heirlooms are! We love to grow...
by Lisa Duff | Mar 23, 2022 | Oak Spring Farm
I’ve been back at the barn lately…my daughter leases ‘Pumpkin’ a sweet and spicy old Chestnut Quarter Horse who reminds me a lot of my first horse. I was thinking about who I was at Izzi’s age (12) and realized that my first horse (and...
by Lisa Duff | Mar 10, 2022 | Harvie, Oak Spring Farm
Yes, I talk a lot about “Harvie.” Sometimes I love Harvie, sometimes Harvie’s a pain in the neck! We have a love/hate relationship. CSA members realize that to know and understand Harvie is to mostly love “him.” Harvie is Oak...
