Chica Bloom Bouquets The Grand Opening was successful! This is a great place to get certified organic produce, and at very good prices! Consider including the stand on your errand route and pick up a week’s worth of seasonal produce fresh from the field, Wednesdays through Sundays. 4855 Bodega Ave., Petaluma, CA. Customers in the… Read more »
The grapes are ripening and are sweet enough to eat! Our grandson Wesley can attest to that! Wesley likes to carry handfuls of grapes as wewalk through the vines. The dogs like to follow andclean up any “droppage”! Soon Ramon will be gathering small bags to test every few days. Harvest is perhaps three weeks… Read more »
Preparing to steep the equisetum tea which we will then ferment for ten days before use. It will keep for some time. Although we no longer spray sulfur to protect against mildew as the grapes are in veraison, we do protect the vines by continuing to spray fermented equisetum tea, or Biodynamic prep 508, at… Read more »
Jesse and Nathan putting up the Grand Opening Sign.First Light Farm’s produce is a Certified Organic. Yesterday my grandson Wesley and I visited during the preparations for the Grand Opening of First Light Farm Farm Stand, 4588 Bodega Avenue, Petaluma, formerly Anderson’s Farm Stand. The stand will be open from 12 to 5 pm today… Read more »
Our son Jesse Pizzitola and his partner Nathan Boone of First Light Farm, Jesse’s wife Lisa Murgatroyd and partner Ariana Reguzzoni of Chica Bloom Flowers, are opening their farmstand for this season tomorrow! If you are in the area, go by, purchase incredible produce (including our lavender), a full and beautiful bouquet of Lisa and… Read more »
Photo compliments of Kathleen Parks-Perry Marketing Lavender Alexandra is helping us promote our products to local markets, including Whole Foods, where we recently were accepted as a vendor. Look for our products in local markets, and if you do not see them, please ask them to stock our Harms Vineyards and Lavender Fields Biodynamic organic… Read more »
Night Bloom
Soap root totally bloomed out. I dreamed I picked a soap root blossom and placed it in a vase in a darkened room. Their blossoms open late afternoon or evening and are pollinated by evening or night flying insects, closing by morning. The tiny, white, delicate blossoms do look etheric, another… Read more »
Ramon says the grapes are in veraison, meaning the they are ripening and sugars are forming. He wants me to taste the grapes, but when I do, I spit them out reflexively, tasting no sugars! He thinks the harvest may well be earlier this year than last. He is proud of the full, abundant bunches… Read more »
The vultures circle high above the meadow. There has been a kill. I try not to be sentimental, but still, I wonder: who is left?
First Feel of Fall
First Feel of Fall We felt fall for the first time today. “Is it going to rain?” Donald asks. “No prediction of rain,” I say. In our Mediterranean climate, we hope not. Rain brings dampness and mildew to grape clusters. But the sky is troubled with dark clouds and the winds whine in the tree… Read more »
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