Where Goats Become Grass and Lupine
Grass and wildflowers almost obscure the stones of our goats’ graves. Where Goats Become Grass and Lupine This month five years ago we lost two of our dear pygmy goats, first Natalie, then Boris. They were quite old, 14 1/2 years, had long lives, but we miss… Read more »
Blooming Grape Bunches
Chardonnay grapes in full bloom. Blooming Grape Bunches When the bunches are in full bloom, they look like bottle brushes. Such a vulnerable two weeks! There is a forecast of possible showers, but this is definitely the time we do not want it. Our crop this year depends on the… Read more »
Three Weeks Away And…
Three Weeks Away And… Upon returning― The grass has grown gone to seed, yellowing. Grapes coming into bloom Radishes hot and pitted The season turned. Gaviota sickened by mysterious causes (now well. We are home) The dialogue continues: weeding, mowing, walking goats.
Sneak Preview: 10 ml Bottle of Biodynamic Organic Lavender Essential Oil
New 10 ml size One of the ways that Lisa helped us was in some market research as to what people wanted. This size of our estate distilled lavender essential oil is a result of that and is available at Petaluma Market and soon at select Whole Foods. You will soon be able… Read more »
A good way to begin cooking with lavender. Available at Petaluma Market or online. Photo by Art and Clarity. One of the easiest ways to begin cooking with lavender is to use these cooking stems (fire sticks) in grilling. Soak them in water and then use them in a clay pot with garlic and other… Read more »
Your Chance to Sample Our Lavender Limeade on Friday, April 12!
Our lavender is ideal for culinary use. Art and Clarity photo. Your Chance to Sample Our Lavender Limeade on Friday, April 12! If you haven’t had a chance to sample our lavender limeade— and it is a transformative experience! —Lisa will be offering samples again this Friday, April 12, at… Read more »
Road Work
Loading gravel into dump trailer to take to road. Road Work It feels like the necessary sacrifice to have a road to our home: this tending of it. It is a gravelly road, one that follows an old wagon trail and then trade route west, and it goes through fragile… Read more »
Old Friends
Starbursts of California Buttercup, long blooming. Old Friends Our morning walks are meetings with many old friends, natives to this area, always blooming in the same locations. They are a little later this year with the cold winter and early spring, but they remind us, This is the beginning,… Read more »
Lisa is at Petaluma Market tomorrow, March 30!
Lisa is at Petaluma Market tomorrow, March 30! Our daughter-in-law Lisa is offering samples and suggestions for use of our Certified Biodynamic organic lavender essential oil, facial mist, and bath salts tomorrow, Saturday, March 30 at Petaluma Market in Petaluma, California, from 4-7 pm. She will also be there Friday, April 12, from 3-5 pm…. Read more »
Grape Buds Appear
Grape Buds Appear What is always amazing to me is that in the cup of the first tiny leaves opening from the bud on the grapevine rests the tiny bunches which will bloom in a few weeks and, fertilized, become grapes.
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