After my return from the Positano Italy trip during October 2019, moving from Placerville became the priority, as planned. We need a more manageable home and yard. Luckily our realtor, Scott Derkson, projected our path quickly to find a 55+ community and lovely home in El Dorado Hills. There followed a month or more of… Continue reading It Started Ten Months Ago
Category: Organic Farming at Home
9 Garden Results That Taught Me a Lesson in Winter
THE APPLE HILL™ STORY
Consult the directories listed in The Gold Nuggets of El Dorado County in this blog for maps, open hours, days, and contact information for over 64 certified producers, 22 of them registered organic. Agriculture in El Dorado County grew after the gold rush. There were about 16 ranchers, mostly pear orchards. In 1958,… Continue reading THE APPLE HILL™ STORY
SECURED! A Short Story of Reinforced Dimensions
The new compost bin was long in contemplation and even longer to begin. The small version of a composter–a catalog-order tumbler– had been in use for three seasons now and had to be rejected since, come each spring, it produced slightly more than a couple of buckets of compost tea. It really wasn’t… Continue reading SECURED! A Short Story of Reinforced Dimensions