One of the more magical experiences is walking in the forest in the early morning and finding a path of light—something so hard to capture with camera— the one place the sun makes it through to the forest floor. View Our Lavender Products
Harvest Recap in Pictures
Harvest Recap in Pictures We started at dawn. The day was cool. Only six pickers, over 12 tons. Our neighbor Jerry helped. We picked all day, eight hours, and we finished! Empty fruit bins at dawn. Jerry brought his tractor and worked all day hauling fruit bins. Ramon is understandably happy to have… Read more »
Ripening There is a tension this time of year: why are the budded-over vines three brix behind the older vines? What about that forecast for showers ? (They missed us.) How did the deer get into the vines—again! The foreman for the picking crew arrives to survey the size of the crop, to estimate the… Read more »
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 »
Norma in another year. This year she was in purple. Our friend Norma helps us each year at the Open House. She is one of the more generous people I know. You may have met her yesterday: she was greeting people as they arrived, selling lavender products, and making sure everyone helping got fed. She… Read more »
Tomorrow morning I will be a guest on Holistic Health Talk Radio for Women at 9:30 am PDT/12:30 pm EDT, the topic: The Spirituality of Biodynamic Farming. The link has call in instructions. Please consider joining the discussion! View Our Lavender Products
If you are in the Portland area this weekend, consider attending Patricia Damery’s Friday night lecture of the Oregon Friends of Jung at the First Methodist Church on 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland. Free parking. $12 at the door, cash or check. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm, March 16. She will also be doing a… Read more »
Rain is coming, they say, all day Wednesday, all Wednesday night. We hope! Meanwhile, the wild bloom proceeds! Wild plum blossoms on forest edge on red morning (“sailors take warning”) View Our Lavender Products
Boris’s Plum Tree This time of year plum blossoms of volunteer trees planted by scavenging coyotes, deer, and birds, skip through the forest foliage. They are descendants of those prune orchards of prohibition. Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds are delighted! Today some trees bear only swollen buds, insuring this bloom will go on for weeks; some… Read more »
Mystery squash in the bowl. They are beautiful! The plant looked benign enough; it was supposed to be a cantaloupe. I bought sets after the birds had eaten the melon seedlings that I had sprouted so carefully in the green house, chose this one because I wanted more melons. Early on I knew I had… Read more »
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