- Author: Betty Homer
Last month, I blogged about the Capay Valley Mother's Day Tour which I took in May 2016 (not to worry; it is returning in May 2017 so consider this your early heads-up) in which I featured the tour at Full Belly Farm. This month, I am featuring another farm and garden on that tour, and that is the Garden at Good Humus. Many of the farms and gardens on this tour, are not usually open to the public, so to visit them, you will need to sign up for the tour.
The owners of Good Humus, Jeff and Annie Main, established the farm in the Hungry Hollow area in 1984. This 20-acre organic farm grows flowers, herbs, and fruits. A special feature of this farm and garden is that many of the flower garden plants come from the garden of Annie's grandmother. It is a bit like traveling back in time, as you are seeing the same plants that someone else was viewing from a time before you were born.
Flowering trees and shrubs, native hedgerows and Australian Beefwood demarcate the boundaries of this garden. The owners left the central area of this farm and garden to grow vegetables, flowers and to plant a stone fruit orchard.
A unique feature of these this Capay Valley tour, is many of the sites, including Good Humus, will all you to bring your packed lunch to their site (which is usually their home) and to set up a picnic there. Also at some of these site including Good Humus, will sell plants, fresh flower bouquets, jams, jellies and dried fruit. Enjoy the photos below.