by Rachel Wohlander | Jul 26, 2018 | Agriculture, Community, Environment, Event, Terra Cultura News
Hello Friends! Ready for some fun in the sun on the farm? We’re beginning our Saturday Volunteer Days this weekend, and we wanted to answer any questions you may have. First of all, thank you for your interest in volunteering at Terra Cultura! To stay up to...
by Travis Hill | Jul 10, 2018 | Agriculture, Environment
We’ve been asked recently what we plan to grow on the land. Our answer to that complex question was naively simple when we started out on this adventure a couple years ago: “We don’t know yet. We want to get to know the land before we make our crop plan.” While this...
by Travis Hill | May 17, 2018 | Agriculture, Environment, Terra Cultura News
We got our first water bill from the Aromas Water District last week. In our first 30 days on the land, we used 220 cubic feet, or 1645.71 gallons of water. That sounds like a lot, but if you do the math, that works out to 54.85 gallons of water used on-site per day...
by Rachel Wohlander | Mar 20, 2018 | Agriculture, Art, Community, Environment, Terra Cultura News
Updates From All 3 of Us on What We’ve Been Researching and Thinking About . . . Travis: Solar Energy & Childhood Dreams I’ve been fascinated by the idea of using solar panels to achieve off-grid energy independence for as long as I can remember....
by Rachel Wohlander | Feb 2, 2018 | Agriculture, Community, Environment, Event, Sister Farms, Terra Cultura News
If you haven’t heard from us quite as often lately, it’s because we’ve delved into a whole new level of intensity here with regard to finding Terra Cultura the right permanent home. Because it’s owed its proper due, we will be running a multi-part series in coming...
by Travis Hill | Jul 11, 2017 | Agriculture, Environment, Terra Cultura News
A seed of an idea When Jessica and I returned from our world travels in late 2011, we stayed for a short while in San Diego, with Jessica’s parents, while we regrouped and planned our next move. During our stay, we talked a lot about some of the different agricultural...