Tomatoes growing in the June sunshine. The roots are covered in black plastic and watered with a drip tape.  This keeps the roots warmer and allows us to control the amount of water that the plants receive.	Another bountiful winter squash harvest. Kobocha, Delicata, Black Acorn, Butternut and Red Kuri are just a few of the many varieties that we grow here on Sun Gold Farm.
Numerous bumblebees on a late-August sunflower. 2011 brought more bumblebees than we've seen on the farm in years.  Though we bring honey bee hives in for pollination and CSA honey, they were no match to the numbers of these "gentle-giants."	Beets with greens from greenhouses for the June CSA. Sun Gold Farm has 5 in-ground greenhouses for specialty crops.  6 to 8 crops are rotated in and out of these greenhouses through out the year for the CSA and farmer's markets.
Purple blooms on a purple potato plant. We grow 4 types of potatoes on the farm. Purple potatoes are always the first to ripen, then Red Pontiac and Yukon Gold, and the last is sweet potatoes which we harvest in the fall.	Edible pod snow peas are usually in the early summer CSA shares. We grow 3 types of peas, snow, sugar snap, and english shelling peas.  These are usually ready in June or July and again in October or November.
Thirsty fava bean plants are being irrigated. Sun Gold Farm in lucky enough to receive almost a limitless amount of irrigation water, and not many farmers in this nation can say the same.  Our water comes from Hagg Lake, which is fed by the lush rains in the coastal range.	Vicki bales timothy hay in early July. About half of our farm is planted in hay crops, mainly timothy grass and alfalfa.  These crops are left in the ground, undisturbed for 3 to 5 years, allowing the earth to "rest."
"Jack" peeks out from the barn to say hello. Only a few large livestock animals call Sun Gold Farm home these days.  Jack, the donkey, is the largest of these creatures.  We also have a pony, two guinea pigs, two arthritic dogs, and around 10 cats.	Hanging flower baskets are a beautiful May feature at our nursery. Sun Gold Farm also has a plant nursery in the spring.  We grow all of our own starts for the fields.  You can also find us at farmer's markets in the spring with vegetable, herb, and flower starts.   CSA members also receive plant starts in their June shares.