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Wednesday December 31, 2008 - By Julia
Here on the Mendocino coast, at least on our little three acres, we are ready to bid a fond farewell to the year 2008. The garden sleeps, though little tips of green fava shoots have begun to poke their brave noses out of the damp and chilly soil. ...
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Wednesday December 17, 2008 - By Julia
Last week, auspiciously, on the first day of real frost, we began picking the olives at the home ranch in the Anderson Valley. A crew of eight or ten arrived promptly at 7:00AM, meeting my partner with the trailer and the big wooden bins. The grass...
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Sunday November 23, 2008 - By Julia
The tables at our local farmers’ markets are full of the bounty of the fall harvest, but the chilly winds and the occasional showers remind all of us that we are inexorably marching toward winter. Here on the Mendocino Coast, our wet winter weather makes...