Neighborhood Seed Saving Project One of the most life-affirming, inspiring movements in the world today is the Community Garden movement, particularly when it involves teaching children. And we see or hear of examples of this emerging trend throughout our country. But there is nothing as profound and wise and enlivening as bearing witness or becoming […]
Posted on November 5th, 2014 by Kathryn
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pumpkin beauty I have to admit I was intrigued when my new pumpkin mentor, Anne, of C & A Organic Farm, posted to her Facebook page that she would be having an Ugly Pumpkin Sale this Sunday afternoon. Really? What might that entail? I asked. What it entailed was the marvelous opportunity to purchase very […]
Posted on October 21st, 2012 by Kathryn
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A fair (archaic: fayre) is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. Strangely, in spite of putting up posters, tweeting and Facebooking the Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, perhaps due to their midweek scheduling, I passed […]
Posted on September 17th, 2012 by Kathryn
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