John Jevons stands in thickly sown cereal rye at his mini-farm in Willits. Photo by Amy Stewart, special to the Chronicle 
I’m diligently studying his book, Grow More Vegetables
I also have some tree kale starts, given to me by Richard Jesske. You can’t find seeds for these! It’s a great vegetable.
Tree kale is grown to add calcium to a vegetarian diet. Photo by Amy Stewart, special to the Chronicle
Alex and I are trying to landscape with mostly eatable plants. We’ve decided to plant grapes, fruit trees and vegetables. We just need it to rain so that we can water everything.
