Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: Weather or Not
The pattern this year is that there is no pattern; the weather for this season has been downright schizophrenic. Hot, cold, rain, wind, sun...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: On Frost
Each winter, before it gets too muddy, we load up the green frost fans onto our Bobcat, a somewhat precarious proposition, and then schlep...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: Barn Owls
If you build it, they will come. Barn owls, I mean. Gray boxes on tall steel poles, holes facing east, loom over many of...
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A Bustle in the Hedgerow
Want to save the bees? Plant a hedgerow. Say “hedgerow” to most folks and it conjures up an image of ancient English fields neatly bounded...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: The Sheep are Baaaack!!
Though we remain in yet another drought year, it has more or less rained when it was supposed to. The grass has grown, and...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: The Sheep Are Baaaack!!
The sheep are baaack! Though we remain in yet another drought year, it has more or less rained when it was supposed to, the...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: Livestock Are Not Pets
Livestock are neither cats nor Alsatian dogs nor fish nor hamsters, they don’t help you get through your day; they are not your companion...
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Fault in Our Vineyards: Debby Zygielbaum Recounts the 2014 Napa Quake
Apparently my farming is earth shaking: a fault runs through my vineyards. In the wee hours of August 24, 2014, I woke as my...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: How Our December Rain Will Affect the Vines
As recent weekends have tempted us with suggestions of Spring, the vines are slowly beginning to wake. We’re delighted to bring back RSV Dirt...
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Chronicles of a Dirt Farmer: Suburbia vs. Farmland
When I was ten years old, my family moved from one suburban home to another deep in the concrete jungles of Los Angeles county....
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