Josh Mayfield
@joshmayfield.bsky.social
• regen market grower
• ecology
• built environment
• ecology
• built environment
🌱 We’re going on 9 weeks of harvesting this sprouting broccoli now (Happy Rich F1). It hasn’t yielded well most weeks due to drought and being shaded out in the early season. But I harvested 20 lbs this week from our 50 ft row, and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down!
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🌱 We’re going on 9 weeks of harvesting this sprouting broccoli now (Happy Rich F1). It hasn’t yielded well most weeks due to drought and being shaded out in the early season. But I harvested 20 lbs this week from our 50 ft row, and it doesn’t look like it’s slowing down!
🌱 This ‘Eruption’ from Uprising Organics. Very upright habitat that I like, fewer bugs hiding in the leaves it seems. Heads are a little loose, but otherwise they look just flawless.
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌱 This ‘Eruption’ from Uprising Organics. Very upright habitat that I like, fewer bugs hiding in the leaves it seems. Heads are a little loose, but otherwise they look just flawless.
The primary restaurant that buys our produce, Topsoil, recently received a Michelin recommendation! Topsoil is really committed to the farm-to-table model, growing their own produce and buying as much locally as they can. Here are a couple items they made with our pumpkins and beets recently.
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The primary restaurant that buys our produce, Topsoil, recently received a Michelin recommendation! Topsoil is really committed to the farm-to-table model, growing their own produce and buying as much locally as they can. Here are a couple items they made with our pumpkins and beets recently.
🌱🌶️ Enjoyers of red chili pepper flakes, does this look like the right ratio of seeds to flakes? I sifted out a lot of seeds, considering adding some back in though.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🌱🌶️ Enjoyers of red chili pepper flakes, does this look like the right ratio of seeds to flakes? I sifted out a lot of seeds, considering adding some back in though.
🌱 The red cabbage couldn’t handle a 23F low, but the one green cabbage that got mixed in looks perfectly healthy! At least I’ll get one cabbage this year 😂
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🌱 The red cabbage couldn’t handle a 23F low, but the one green cabbage that got mixed in looks perfectly healthy! At least I’ll get one cabbage this year 😂
The onions I’m thinning from direct-seeded bed look better than the transplants from my 200 cell trays. Direct seeding seems a clear winner at present, but I may experiment with growing my own sets in raised beds next year. That would mitigate risk from a fall flood and allow better weed control.
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The onions I’m thinning from direct-seeded bed look better than the transplants from my 200 cell trays. Direct seeding seems a clear winner at present, but I may experiment with growing my own sets in raised beds next year. That would mitigate risk from a fall flood and allow better weed control.
Sorghum cover crop to serve as a mulch for garlic beds. Probably should have used buckwheat given our cooler temps, but I hoped this would be resistant to nematode (this variety isn’t, sadly). A few weeds here and there, so I’m tarping for a couple more weeks before I plant garlic.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sorghum cover crop to serve as a mulch for garlic beds. Probably should have used buckwheat given our cooler temps, but I hoped this would be resistant to nematode (this variety isn’t, sadly). A few weeds here and there, so I’m tarping for a couple more weeks before I plant garlic.
Life updates: baby Robin arrived, and our firstborn has a fractured leg. It’s been a crazy couple weeks here 😅
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Life updates: baby Robin arrived, and our firstborn has a fractured leg. It’s been a crazy couple weeks here 😅
My fennel was the only unexpected loss, I really thought it would be fine with 23F. One bok choi variety is unexpectedly fine. Sprouting broccoli was a goner as expected, and I harvested and blanched about 4 lbs
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My fennel was the only unexpected loss, I really thought it would be fine with 23F. One bok choi variety is unexpectedly fine. Sprouting broccoli was a goner as expected, and I harvested and blanched about 4 lbs
Onions look healthy with good germ and not too many gaps. Need to be thinned still. I decided to use some row cover to encourage more growth since they’re looking a little small at the onset of cold weather. Will remove once they have 4-5 leaves. Hybrids outgrowing OP variety so far.
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Onions look healthy with good germ and not too many gaps. Need to be thinned still. I decided to use some row cover to encourage more growth since they’re looking a little small at the onset of cold weather. Will remove once they have 4-5 leaves. Hybrids outgrowing OP variety so far.
🌱 This is just your reminder that Sweet Garleek overwinters beautifully and can be perennialized.
- Sow in late summer
- Harvest next spring by cutting at ground level
- It sends up new growth, then dies in the summer
- Several new shoots come up in the fall
- Selectively harvest from each bunch
- Sow in late summer
- Harvest next spring by cutting at ground level
- It sends up new growth, then dies in the summer
- Several new shoots come up in the fall
- Selectively harvest from each bunch
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🌱 This is just your reminder that Sweet Garleek overwinters beautifully and can be perennialized.
- Sow in late summer
- Harvest next spring by cutting at ground level
- It sends up new growth, then dies in the summer
- Several new shoots come up in the fall
- Selectively harvest from each bunch
- Sow in late summer
- Harvest next spring by cutting at ground level
- It sends up new growth, then dies in the summer
- Several new shoots come up in the fall
- Selectively harvest from each bunch
- Broadcast a cover crop in the fall
- Apply a thin layer (~0.8 yds/100') in germination and increase biomass
- Crimp in the spring.
It’s my favorite no-till method for managing permanent beds in the off-season, and can easily scale with the right attachment for a tractor.
- Apply a thin layer (~0.8 yds/100') in germination and increase biomass
- Crimp in the spring.
It’s my favorite no-till method for managing permanent beds in the off-season, and can easily scale with the right attachment for a tractor.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
- Broadcast a cover crop in the fall
- Apply a thin layer (~0.8 yds/100') in germination and increase biomass
- Crimp in the spring.
It’s my favorite no-till method for managing permanent beds in the off-season, and can easily scale with the right attachment for a tractor.
- Apply a thin layer (~0.8 yds/100') in germination and increase biomass
- Crimp in the spring.
It’s my favorite no-till method for managing permanent beds in the off-season, and can easily scale with the right attachment for a tractor.
It was a crazy amount of work this year, but the fall garden is looking so good right now. First hard frost coming next week, can’t wait for candy carrots.
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
It was a crazy amount of work this year, but the fall garden is looking so good right now. First hard frost coming next week, can’t wait for candy carrots.
Tried both a hybrid (Dragon) and an OP (Fino) fennel for the fall. They look incredible, but both suffered from sunburn as transplants, and I only had about 10% survival. May experiment with direct seeding next year.
October 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Tried both a hybrid (Dragon) and an OP (Fino) fennel for the fall. They look incredible, but both suffered from sunburn as transplants, and I only had about 10% survival. May experiment with direct seeding next year.
🌱 I originally transplanted my leeks into trenches made in a fresh layer of compost. These two photos are the before/after of using a hoe to hill them up. Pretty smooth process! I think I’d grow alliums and collards as my only winter crops if I could.
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🌱 I originally transplanted my leeks into trenches made in a fresh layer of compost. These two photos are the before/after of using a hoe to hill them up. Pretty smooth process! I think I’d grow alliums and collards as my only winter crops if I could.
This photo shows why most of the crop didn’t so well. I thought all radishes were non-hosts to nematodes, but this one is apparently very susceptible. A real shame because this might be my favorite radish. Not sure i have time for another breeding project either 😂
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This photo shows why most of the crop didn’t so well. I thought all radishes were non-hosts to nematodes, but this one is apparently very susceptible. A real shame because this might be my favorite radish. Not sure i have time for another breeding project either 😂
This door similarly irks me.
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This door similarly irks me.
🌱 Mantanghong radish looking great! I learned recently (from someone on here?) peeling the outer layer removes the peppery part. Even my daughter will eat them that way!
October 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🌱 Mantanghong radish looking great! I learned recently (from someone on here?) peeling the outer layer removes the peppery part. Even my daughter will eat them that way!
🌱🌶️ The hybrid pepper I bred is almost ripe! This was a cross between a yellow and a red pepper. The ‘y’ gene that gives peppers their yellow color is a recessive trait, so the F1 hybrids are red, and yellow fruit won’t show up until the second generation.
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌱🌶️ The hybrid pepper I bred is almost ripe! This was a cross between a yellow and a red pepper. The ‘y’ gene that gives peppers their yellow color is a recessive trait, so the F1 hybrids are red, and yellow fruit won’t show up until the second generation.
🌱 Pulled the rest of the sweet potatoes today due to the cool nights. Variety is Covington, selected for its nematode resistance. Also plenty tasty! We planted these slips into beds with several inches of composted woodchips on top. Very easy harvest, with clean tubers.
October 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🌱 Pulled the rest of the sweet potatoes today due to the cool nights. Variety is Covington, selected for its nematode resistance. Also plenty tasty! We planted these slips into beds with several inches of composted woodchips on top. Very easy harvest, with clean tubers.
🌱 It’s not easy growing great lettuce in our climate in the spring, but our fall-planted butterheads are thriving! Next year I’m hoping to trial shade cloth to help us grow the rest of the season.
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🌱 It’s not easy growing great lettuce in our climate in the spring, but our fall-planted butterheads are thriving! Next year I’m hoping to trial shade cloth to help us grow the rest of the season.
🌱 Possibly our last batch of bouquets for the season dropped off at our local coffee shop. Love these colors! I post mostly about the veg side, but the flowers are vital to our market garden.
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🌱 Possibly our last batch of bouquets for the season dropped off at our local coffee shop. Love these colors! I post mostly about the veg side, but the flowers are vital to our market garden.
Feeling a bit of burnout setting in, but this week should be the last of the busy season. 20 new 100’ beds broadforked. Half of them cover cropped already. Clearing lots 1 by 1 at home, transitioning to overwintered flowers or cover crops. Ready for baby boy to arrive and a slower, sleepless pace 😂
October 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Feeling a bit of burnout setting in, but this week should be the last of the busy season. 20 new 100’ beds broadforked. Half of them cover cropped already. Clearing lots 1 by 1 at home, transitioning to overwintered flowers or cover crops. Ready for baby boy to arrive and a slower, sleepless pace 😂
🌱 Tea bush seed pod, camelia sinensis. This is the first year my one little bush has begun producing seed. Time to scale up!
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🌱 Tea bush seed pod, camelia sinensis. This is the first year my one little bush has begun producing seed. Time to scale up!