Lavender Days
Sunrise Donald wakes with the slightest light in the east, makes a cup of tea, goes to the still to begin the day’s work while it is still cool. It will be hot today, and tomorrow, and the next, but it is prime distillation time. The sun rises, bumble bees still sleeping in… Read more »
Lavender Harvest: Distillation
Lavender Harvest: Distillation The moon is in Aquarius, an air (and flower) sign, and an ideal time to begin the lavender harvest for distillation. We will harvest and distill almost everyday over these next two to three weeks. The bees tell us the flowers are ready, the fields really abuzz!
Open House Prep: Goat Gate
Curse: May you be blessed with smart goats! Open House Prep: Goat Gate The goats do keep us on our toes! Last year they broke out of their assigned area during the first Biodynamic tour of our ranch and joined us! As much as I love walking… Read more »
Ami Mauntner, Napa Valley Apothecary, to speak at Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House
Ami Mauntner, Napa Valley Apothecary, to speak at Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House Ami Mauntner, proprietor of Napa Valley Apothecary, First Street, Napa, will be speaking at 2 pm on The Many Healing Uses of Lavender for the Mind, Body and Spirit. She will demonstrate recipes for making lavender inspired body care products and healing… Read more »
First Light Farm CSA
Two of my favorite farmers: Jesse and Wesley If you live in Sonoma or Marin County, you have access to a real deal! Join the First Light Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and get a box of certified organic veggies every week from July 1 through December. Jesse Pizzitola and Nathan Boone have… Read more »
Harvest: Helichrysum Italicum
Helichrysum italicum just before harvest. Harvest: Helichrysum Italicum It is as if the sun snowed! Yellow blossoms dot the hillside, blossoms we harvest and distill today and tomorrow, Biodynamic flower days. The moon is in Gemini, an air sign, and an ideal time for an aromatic plant, as the energy is rising into the flower…. Read more »
Natural Ecosystems and Diversity: What's Blooming
mariposa tulip grows in the hot, open meadows Natural Ecosystems and Diversity: What’s Blooming The end of wild flower season brings some of my favorites: mariposa tulip, bog candle, and Neptune’s trident. They are all a part of the healthy diversity of this ecosystem in which we live…. Read more »
Special Event at the Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House: Healing Our Waters
Bokochi balls ready to go to work! Charlie Toledo, Executive Director of Suscol Intertribal Council, will follow her 11 am talk, One Water: From Rain to Seas, with a demonstration of the making and use of Bokochi balls, a probiotic mud-ball used in Costa Rica and well as our own Napa River… Read more »
Charlie Toledo Speaking at Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House on June 22: One Water
Charlie addressing a crowd last year. Standing room only, even for the goats. Come early! Charlie Toledo, Executive Director of Suscol Intertribal Council, will be speaking again at our Open House, 11 am on June 22, 2013. This year she will be addressing the water crisis and how the post colonial trauma to… Read more »
Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House: June 22, 2013
Come meet Valley, the goat! Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Open House: June 22, 2013 Please join us for a day of tours, talks, sensory delights! June 22, 2012, 10 am to 4 pm Meet our goats! Sip our Lavender… Read more »
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