What's Happening at the Farm

Great News for 2023!

Great News for 2023!

Sherri Wood

We start the year with some great news about the Western Monarch! From a historic low of 2,000 butterflies counted in 2020 to a whopping 300,000 counted (initially) for 2022 —...

Sherri Wood

Great News for 2023!

We start the year with some great news about the Western Monarch! From a historic low of 2,000 butterflies counted in 2020 to a whopping 300,000 counted (initially) for 2022 —...

Looking Forward to the New Year

Looking Forward to the New Year

Sherri Wood

For me, the week between Christmas and New Year always has a feeling of reflection and anticipation.  This week, as I look back at what we were able to accomplish in...

Sherri Wood

Looking Forward to the New Year

For me, the week between Christmas and New Year always has a feeling of reflection and anticipation.  This week, as I look back at what we were able to accomplish in...

Finally -- some time to work on the hedgerow!

Sherri Wood

So many lists, so little time (or so it seems). That legendary Naughty and Nice list, the holiday gift shopping list, the extra-long grocery list to help us prepare our...

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Finally -- some time to work on the hedgerow!

So many lists, so little time (or so it seems). That legendary Naughty and Nice list, the holiday gift shopping list, the extra-long grocery list to help us prepare our...

What the heck is a cover crop?

What the heck is a cover crop?

Sherri Wood

Soon, the olive grove at Capay Valley Lavender will come alive with brilliant green sprouts of oats, field peas, bell beans and the curly plant known as vetch. We use...

Sherri Wood

What the heck is a cover crop?

Soon, the olive grove at Capay Valley Lavender will come alive with brilliant green sprouts of oats, field peas, bell beans and the curly plant known as vetch. We use...

Months Making Plans -- That Fell Apart!

Months Making Plans -- That Fell Apart!

Sherri Wood

There’s a wise-woman phrase that goes “If you want God to laugh…” It’s meant as a humorous reminder about life and making plans. For example, to my way of thinking,...

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Months Making Plans -- That Fell Apart!

There’s a wise-woman phrase that goes “If you want God to laugh…” It’s meant as a humorous reminder about life and making plans. For example, to my way of thinking,...

I Was Country Before Country was Cool

I Was Country Before Country was Cool

Sherri Wood

Remember that old song?  “I was country before country was cool” – I sing it sometimes as I walk from room to room in my all-white farmhouse (pictured in my...

Sherri Wood

I Was Country Before Country was Cool

Remember that old song?  “I was country before country was cool” – I sing it sometimes as I walk from room to room in my all-white farmhouse (pictured in my...