Brian Stroffolino presses soil into place around a carrot that will produce a tall plant and yield seeds for next year Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Stroffolino hopes to someday be producing all of his own seed. “The annuals are almost more of a transition for us until the trees start producing,” said Stroffolino who takes a permaculture approach to his farm, planting fruit trees and shrubs that will produce perennially. (Valley News – James M. Patterson)

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