by Casey O'Neill | Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
CSA 2019 Week 5 CSA Feb 4Download Imbolc or Imbolg (/ɪˈmɒlɡ/ i-MOLG), also called (Saint) Brigid’s Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde, Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde, Manx: Laa’l Breeshey), is a Gaelic traditional festival marking the beginning of spring. It...
by Casey O'Neill | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
CSA 2019 Week 4 CSA Jan 28thDownload One of the things I love about living in Mendocino county is that January often brings a period of mild, sunny weather. This time arrives after we’ve had significant rainfall,...
by Casey O'Neill | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
CSA 2019 Week 3 CSA Jan 21stDownload As I harvested and washed salad mix in the sleet today, I thought about what it means to farm in the winter. Some things are much easier (no irrigation, less pest pressure, less heat) but some are hard, like the cold, the wet, and...
by Casey O'Neill | Jan 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
CSA 2019 Week 2 CSA Jan 14thDownload We’ve been getting some amazing weather patterns that bring a few days of plentiful precipitation and then some days of warm and glorious sunshine. The pond is full, the landscape is beginning to return to green as the...
by Casey O'Neill | Jan 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
CSA 2019 Week 1 CSA Jan 4thDownload Well here we are, having arrived in 2019! We’ve had some glorious weather of late, allowing us to accomplish some much needed infrastructure projects. We run full tilt during the growing season, and there is not often time...
by Casey O'Neill | Dec 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
As a small child, my father was part of a local construction crew with some of his brothers, friends and neighbors. The cast rotated a bit during the years, but it was always a group of cheerful, hard workers engaged in a...
